Last chance to buy a letter, word, verse, parshah (maybe a crown?) etc for the second Uptown Torah to be welcomed this Sunday at 4 pm! Invite and details at www.chabaduptown.org/torah.
If you plan on attending, can you please let us know on our mobile friendly, no charge, RSVP form?www.bit.ly/torahRSVP
Mazel tov! Chanie's sister Mushkie & Rabbi Yossi Bendet had a baby girl! We are especially happy with the baby's name, Chana!
- This Tuesday, April 1, is Rosh Codesh Nissan. We will have our monthly Rosh Chodesh Minyan & Breakfast at 6:45 am. In addition to the special Torah reading and Musaf, we will have the opportunity to fulfill a special mitzvah, which can be fulfilled only once a year: To recite theberachah ("blessing" or prayer) made upon seeing a fruit tree in bloom on our fruit trees!! Please let us know if we can count on you for the minyan.
- This Wednesday's weekly dinner, class & social: Learn & Burn: Pizza & Drinks @ Serious Cigars Galleria - FOR YOUNG PROS sponsored by Nick & Sandra Morgan!
- Next week, the first weekend of April, is our monthly "First Fridays" for young professionals! Come and celebrate Shabbos with friends and maybe make some new ones! Click!
Some more customs (in addition to blessing on trees above):
- On the Shabbat that falls on or before the 1st of Nissan, a special reading called "Hachodesh" (Exodus 12:1-20) is added to the regular Shabbat Torah reading. Hachodesh recounts G-d's historic communication to Moses in Egypt on the 1st of Nissan (2 weeks before the Exodus) regarding theJewish calendar, the month of Nissan and the Passover offering. Links: The Reading for Hachodesh; From the teachings of the Chassidic masters on Hachodesh; About the Jewish calendar; Haftorah in a Nutshell
- Beginning April 1, Rosh Chodesh Nissan, and continuing through Nissan 13, we recite the verses (from Numbers ch. 7) describing the offerings made by the "princes" (nesi'im) of the 12 tribes of Israel (see " Mishkan inaugurated"). Following the verses of the day's "Nasi," we recite a short prayer in which we say, "...if I, Your servant, am from the tribe of ___ whose section of the Nasi I have read today in Your Torah, may all the holy sparks and holy illuminations that are included within the holiness of this tribe shine upon me, to grant me understanding and intelligence in Your Torah and my awe of You, to do Your will all the days of my life...." Text of the Nasi in Hebrew andEnglish.
Shabbos Hachodesh, Mevarchim Nissan, Parshas Tazria
Friday, March 28
Services at 7:30 pm
Candle Lighting at 7:20 pm
Shabbos, March 29
Shabbos Mevarchim Tehillim at 8:30 am
Services at 10 am w/ Special Hachodesh Reading
Followed by Shabbos Mevarchim Kiddush & Farbrengen
Mincha at 7:20 pm
Maariv, Havdalla & Shabbos Ends at 8:14 pm
Living Torah
Sunday, March 30
Shacharis at 8:30 am
BLT = Bagels, Lox & Tefillin at 9 am
TORAH WELCOMING AT 4 PM - Hampton Inn & Suites
Tuesday, April 1, Rosh Codesh Nissan
Rosh Chodesh Minyan at 6:45 am
Have a good Shabbos!
Rabbi Chaim & Chanie