Torah Siyum news & photos!

Chabad of Uptown welcomed a new Torah this week! What a wonderful celebration! Special thanks to River Oaks Plant House for donating the beautiful flowers and Shlomie Nathanson for the wonderful photography!

JEWISH HERALD VOICE, FRONT PAGE: Dozens of Jewish community members joyfully marched with a police escort near The Galleria on Sunday, Aug. 15, welcoming a new special member to Chabad of Uptown. A brand-new Torah – commissioned in Houston, written in Israel and dedicated in memory of a dear friend in South Africa – made its way down the 610 feeder to Westcreek Lane and to its eventual home on Bettis Drive. “With great pomp and fanfare we completed the Torah and welcomed it to our shul,” Chabad of Uptown Rabbi Chaim Lazaroff told the JHV. Read more...

ANASH.ORG: A Siyum and Hachnosas Sefer Torah was held this Sunday at Chabad of Uptown & YJP Houston, but the story behind it began years earlier, with a different Sefer Torah in South Africa. In 2013, Maurice Purcell travelled from Houston to visit his hometown of Cape Town, South Africa, and spent some time with his childhood friend Ronnie Levy. Read more....

PHOTOS: Check out the complete photo gallery here! BTW, did you know that you can see all of our photo galleries from past events on our website? Check out www.chabaduptown.org/photos

Tishrei, the month of the High Holidays, Days of Awe and Days of Joy is fast approaching! Now is the time to join or renew your voluntary membership to Chabad.Your partnership allows us to provide free, open and welcoming services to all, for the holidays and year round! Visit our High Holiday section of the website at www.chabaduptown.org/services

CALENDAR OF TISHREI HOLIDAYS:
www.chabaduptown.org/services

• Sept. 6-8 - Rosh Hashana
• Sept. 15-16 - Yom Kippur
• Sept. 20-27 - Sukkot
• Sept. 28-29 - Simchas Torah

SHABBOS PARSHAS KI TEITZEI

Friday, 12 Elul - August 20
Mincha at 7:30 pm
Light Shabbat candles at 7:39 pm

Shabbos 13 Elul - August 21
Chassidus at 9 am
Shacharis at 10:00 am
Followed by Shabbos Lunch Kiddush 
Mincha at 7:40 pm
Ethics of Our Fathers, Ch. 1 & 2
Maariv, Havdalla & Shabbos Ends at 8:33 pm
Living Torah