Dear Friends,
GREAT NEWS! We have added this weekend to the Uptown Shabbos schedule in honor of the Bar Mitzvah Anniversary of Sam Sands and Rosh Chodesh Iyar! He will read from the Torah the same Torah portion he read at his Bar-Mitzvah.
Please join this week (AND NEXT WEEK) for another wonderful Uptown Shabbos and come hear Sam Sands read beautifully from the Torah!
Shabbos Parshas Tazria-Metzorah
Rosh Chodesh Iyar, Friday, April 24
- 7:30 pm Mincha and Friday Night Services and Counting of Omer
- 8:30 pm Shabbat Dinner - Please RSVP
Shabbos April 25
- 9:00 am PreShacharis Chassidus Study
- 10:00 am Shacharis Services
- 11:00 am approx. Torah Reading by Sam Sands
- Musaf Rosh Chodesh followed by Kiddush Buffet Lunch
- 7:45 pm Mincha
- Study of Ethics of our Fathers, Chapter 2
- 8:32 pm Maariv & Havdalla
Looking forward to seeing you this Shabbos!
Rabbi Chaim & Chanie
P.S. A new JLI course will be offered at Chabad of Uptown the first week of May. More info here: http://myjli.com/courses.php?task=details&CID=30. The instructor will be Rabbi Moishe Traxler. Please join the fascinating course!
P. P. S. Please join us for our Thursday Torah Study classes offered at two times, at lunch 12-1:15 pm and evening at 8-9 pm. This week's class:
Tazria-Metzora: Brit Milah-The Essence of Judaism
One of the most celebrated and universally observed mitzvot in Judaism is the brit milah, the circumcision. It results in the entry of the soul into the body of the infant boy, and symbolizes the entry of the child into the Jewish nation. Yet it is somewhat of a paradox that this greatest of mitzvot is done to a child who is simply too young to appreciate it. This baby boy only feels the pain, but experiences none of the gain. Wouldn’t it be more appropriate to celebrate the brit at his Bar Mitzvah when he has the ability to begin to understand this amazing connection? In today’s class we will study the mitzvah of brit milah in depth, and see how the very lack of intention and awareness on the part of the infant creates a truly unbreakable bond between the soul and its Creator.