Dear Friends,
The High Holidays are upon us and we saved you a seat! As the Sept 1 deadline is this week, we hope you will join us and RSVP on our website for the dinners, etc. We have also secured special rates at the hotel for $89 a night to help you have all inclusive weekends for you to relax and enjoy the holiday services and dinners with great accomodations! Visit www.chabaduptown.org/services for the complete schedule, to RSVP and more.
The coming week our Chabad Young Proffessionals group will have a special Shofar Factory creating a real shofar from the raw material and learning how to blow it! See www.chabaduptown.org/youngadults for more information.
This Shabbos is "Chai Elul" (Hebrew for "the 18th of Elul," also meaning "the life of Elul") is celebrated by the Chassidic community as the birthday of the "two great luminaries" -- Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Chassidism; and Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad. Chassidim wish each other "Gut Yom Tov!" and conduct joyous gatherings called farbrengens. Link: Chai Elul anthology
Elul, the last month of the Jewish year, is a month devoted to stocktaking and introspection. A Chassidic tradition holds that the last twelve days of the year -- Elul 18 to 29 -- are specifically devoted to the twelve months of the closing year: on each of these twelve days, one should review the deeds and achievements of its corresponding month.
Shabbos, Parshas Ki Tavo
Friday, August 26
Services at 7:30 pm
Candle Lighting at 7:33 pm
Followed by dinner - Pls RSVP
Shabbos, August 27
Preprayer Torah Study at 9:00 am
Shacharis at 10:00 am
Followed by Kiddush
Mincha at 7:35 pm
Ethics of our Fathers Chapter 3 & 4
Maariv, Havdalla and Shabbos Ends at 8:26 pm
Have a great Shabbos and a Kesiva Vachasima Tova,
May you be you inscribed and sealed for a happy, sweet new year,
Rabbi Chaim & Chanie
P.S. Why sweat? Join us at "High" Holiday Inn for relaxing all inclusive weekends! Visit www.chabaduptown.org/services for more!