Purim (many more pics uploaded - pls send us yours!) is behind us and Pesach is coming full steam ahead - only 3 weeks away!
What are your plans for the Seders? Please join us for one or both of the signature Uptown Style Seders on Friday and / or Saturday nights, April 6 & 7 - we would love to have you! The RSVP links and complete Pesach schedule is on our website at www.chabaduptown.org/seder.
YOUNG PROS: For the next three weeks the Wednesday night 8:30 pm young professional classes will explore a Practical, Psychological and Spiritual Guide to the Passover Experience. Making Passover Relevant and Bringing the Seder Alive, including your 15 Step Program Toward Inner Liberation Each class will stand on its own, so if you miss one, don't worry you can always join the next one! Of course, for the most meaningful Pesach & Seder experience you won't want to miss any! :) On Facebook Here
- March 21 - 15 Seder Steps towards Personal Freedom
- March 28 - Spirit of the Three Matzahs
- PACKAGING OF SHMURAH MATZAH FOR HOMEBOUND SENIORS
(LOAVES OF LOVE - oops, Matzahs of Love) - April 4 - Soul of the Four Questions & Four Cups of Wine
- WITH AN ARRAY OF PESACH WINES TASTING
NEW SUMMER SHABBAT SCHEDULE BELOW!
This week the Torah reading of Parah (Numbers 19) is added to the weekly reading. Parah details the laws of the "Red Heifer" and the process by which a person rendered ritually impure by contact with a dead body was purified. When the Holy Temple stood in Jerusalem, every Jew had to be in a state of ritual purity in time for the bringing of the Passover offering in the Temple. Today, though we're unable to fulfill the Temple-related rituals in practice, we fulfill them spiritually by studying their laws in the Torah. Thus, we study and read the section of Parah in preparation for the upcoming festival of Passover. RelatedLinks: The Parah reading w commentary, The Calf's Mother.
Don't miss the Aishel House concert live with Matisyahu on Sunday, March 25!
Shabbos Mevarchim, Parshas Parah & Parshas Vayakhel-Pekudei
Friday, March 16
Kabbolas Shabbos at 7:30 pm
Candle Lighting at 7:13 pm | RSVP for www.chabaduptown.org/shabbatdinner
Shabbos, March 17
Shabbos Mevarchim Tehillim at 8:30 am
Shacharis at 10 am
Blessing of the New Month of Nisan
Followed by Shabbos Mevarchim Kiddush & Farbrengen
Mincha at 7:15 pm
Preparatory Study of the Laws of Pesach
Maariv, Havdalla & Shabbos Ends at 8:07 pm
Living Torah (if we are successful in replacing our broken DVD player).
Sunday, March 18
BLT = Bagels, Lox & Tefillin at 9:30 pm
Wednesday, March 21
Young Pros: 15 Seder Steps towards Personal Freedom at 8:30 pm
Thursday, March 22
Tanya at Noon (optional lunch)
Tanya at 8 pm
See you on Shabbos!
Rabbi Chaim, Chanie & Clan