This email is sponsored by Samuel Kronman of Urban Farms in loving memory of his father, Yechiel Elya ben Avraham Yoel. Thank you to Sam for adding amazing flavor to our Shabbos last week with his carefully grown assorted micro greens! He is graciously opening up his commercial business for private sales to community members. Contact us for his contact info.
Almost half way through December, but we still need help to get to our $30,000 year end goal! Remember your donation is worth double, dollar for dollar! www.chabaduptown.org/donate - write "year-end" in the comments.
Shabbos schedule is slightly different this week as Friday, Jan. 13, is the Fast of Tevet 10. It is observed as a day of fasting, mourning and repentance, in remembrance of the siege of Jerusalem. We refrain from food and drink from daybreak at 5:53 am to nightfall at 5:50 pm, and add the Selichot and other special supplements to our morning prayers. (More recently, Tevet 10 was chosen to also serve as a "generalkaddish day" for the victims of the Holocaust, many of whose day of martyrdom is unknown.)
The fast begins upon going to sleep. To eat up until 5:53 am you either need to remain awake or you must, before going to sleep, make a verbal condition to yourself to eat and drink before the fast begins.
We will break the fast with kiddush at Shabbos dinner, therefore Friday night services this week will be at 4:50 pm and dinner at 6 pm... See below for detailed schedule.
Moshe Stein has a birthday and will read the Torah, Parshas Vayechi, concluding the book of Bereishis with "Chazak!" and marking his "bar-mitzvah anniversary"!
We were waiting for the perfect weather to once again have an evening around the fire pit with Stories, S'mores and Coors! Open mic (tough) questions for the Rabbi too! All happening at our weekly young professionals Wednesday dinner, class & social. Pics& short 7 second video clip capturing the cozy evening of sizzling sliders and hot cider. Here is the moving story retold about Chanie's father as retold by her sister Raizy Rubin "The Year I missed Menorah".
MARK YOUR CALENDARS for Jan. 10-11!Chabad of Uptown will join a special Shabbaton of all Houston area Chabad Houses to be hosted at Chabad Lubavitch Center at 10900 Fondren. It will mark the special weekend of Yud Shevat, Shabbos Shira Parshas Beshalach January 10-11. (Yes, that means thatwe will NOT have services at 4311 Bettis Drive that week). The weekend will include a family style Shabbos dinner and Shabbos day kiddush & farbrengen. The legendary Rav Leibel Schapiro, Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivah Gedolah of Greater Miami, will be scholar-in-residence and many Houston area Shluchim will be coming with their families for Shabbos. We will provide Shabbos sleeping accommodations in the neighborhood there, please let us know. More details to follow.
The Chanukah Coin Menorah count result is in! Congratulations to everyone for the great mitzvah of
supporting seniors! Eitan guessed $1030 and the actual count was..... $1002.73!! Congratulations to the Nezer family on winning the Coin Menorah total contents guessing contest! The beautiful leather bracelet prize was sponsored by Chaim & Dorit Kamman.
The Chabad of Uptown family extends its condolences to Bruce Schimmel upon the passing of his mother Sheba Axelrod. May Hashem comfort the family together with the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
Shabbos Chazak, Parshas Vayechi
Friday, 10 Teves, Dec. 13
Fast of 10 Teves
5:53 am Fast Begins
4:50 pm Mincha with Torah Reading - PLEASE BE ON TIME
5:06 pm Light candles
5:35 pm Kabbolas Shabbos
5:50 pm Fast Ends
As fasting on Shabbos is a prohibition, under these circumstances you should make kiddush as soon as possible, even if you are delayed until the "sixth hour" begins.
6:00 pm Shabbos Dinner - Kiddush breaking the Fast - RSVP
Shabbos, 11 Teves, Dec. 14
9:00 am Chassidus Shiur
10:00 am Shacharis
5:00 pm Mincha
6:03 pm Shabbos Ends, Maariv, Havdala
Living Torah
Sunday, 12 Tevet, Dec. 15
8:30 am Shacharis
9:00 am The Real BLT = Bagels, Lox & Tefillin
Current Weekly Torah Classes:
- Tuesdays Parsha Class at Noon
- Wednesday Dinner, Class & Social for Young Professionals
- Thursdays Tanya Class at Noon & 8 pm.
Have an easy fast and a Good Shabbos!
Rabbi Chaim & Chanie