Chabad of Uptown's Facebook page has made some noise this week with the following post generating some 70 comments, 579 likes, 662 shares, reaching almost 47,000 people! Here it is:
In a mother's womb were two babies. One asked the other: "Do you believe in life after delivery?" The other replies, "why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later."
"Nonsense," says the other. "There is no life after delivery. What would that life be?"
"I don't know, but there will be more light than here. Maybe we will walk with our legs and eat with our mouths."
The other says "This is absurd! Walking is impossible. And eat with our mouths? Ridiculous. The umbilical cord supplies nutrition. Life after delivery is to be excluded. The umbilical cord is too short."
"I think there is something and maybe it's different than it is here."
The other replies, "No one has ever come back from there. Delivery is the end of life, and in the after-delivery it is nothing but darkness and anxiety and it takes us nowhere."
"Well, I don't know," says the other, "but certainly we will see mother and she will take care of us."
"Mother?? You believe in mother? Where is she now?"
"She is all around us. It is in her that we live. Without her there would not be this world."
"I don't see her, so it's only logical that she doesn't exist."
To which the other replied, "sometimes when you're in silence you can hear her, you can perceive her. I believe there is a reality after delivery and we are here to prepare ourselves for that reality."
Come learn more about the Soul, Spiritual Reality and Hashem at our Tanya classes on Thursday at noon or 8 pm!
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- Sincere condolences from the Chabad family is extended to Ilana Gavra on the passing of her sister.
- Mazel tov to Chanie's brother Rabbi Shimon and Mushkie Galperin of Solon, Ohio upon the birth of a baby boy, Menachem Mendel!
- Happy 11th birthday to our son Mendel, tonight, 17 Teves!
- We never take good things for granted! We want to thank Houston Flowery for always sending our shul a beautiful bouquet of flowers beautifying the Shul every Shabbos.
- Check out the Jewish Herald Voice this week for coverage on our Uptown Park menorah!
- Torah Tuesdays, the new Parsha class is off to a great start! Uncover the deeper meaning of the weekly Torah portion. Please join us at any time......
- You should have received an email with the program and details for the Jan. 10-11 Shabbaton with Rabbi Leib Schapiro. In case you missed it, visit www.chabadhouston.com/shabbaton. Register early for 50% less!
A special thank you to all the people who donated to help us reach our $30,000 year end goal to close 2013 "in the black"! So far we have raised $19,889!! Only with your help can we raise the absolutely necessary remaining $10,111 to allow us to continue feeding hungry Jews with food for the soul (& body) with weekly classes and Shabbos, provide loving friends for homebound seniors, raise holiday and Torah awareness in the booming area of Uptown!www.chabaduptown.org/donate
A special thanks to the anonymous donor whose matching challenge has helped us reach so far!!! Read more about the campaign here.
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Shabbos Parshas Shemos
Friday, December 20, 17 Teves
Services at 6:30 pm
Candle Lighting at 5:08 pm
Shabbos, December 21, 18 Teves
Chassidus Study at 9 am
Services at 10 am
Followed by Kiddush
Mincha at 5:10 pm
Maariv, Havdalla & Shabbos Ends at 6:06 pm
Living Torah
Sunday, December 22, 19 Teves
Shacharis at 8:30 am
BLT = Bagels, Lox & Tefillin at 9 am
Have a good Shabbos!
Rabbi Chaim & Chanie