Rabbi Chaim just returned after spending 48 hours collaborating with 27 other Chabads who program for the next-gen demographic. Great times, great ideas, great things to come to Houston! #CYAN
The kids complete an amazing six weeks of camp and we welcomed Mendel back from overnight camp in update Michigan. School supplies are on the agenda!
ONLINE CAMPAIGNS:
- Israel needs security, and, so does your home! We joined a national campaign for a mezuzah to be had, for every Jewish pad - for only 5 bucks! Check it out at www.joinprotectiveedge.com!
- We will reach a goal for 1800 mitzvot by Aug. 11 in the State of Texas! Join and pledge your
mitzvah at www.texasmitzvot.com
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- The nine day mourning period breaks for Shabbos Chazon, the Shabbos of Vision, the day we are shown the vision of Moshiach and the Third Temple, may it be rebuilt soon!
We will celebrate it on August First, a true "First Fridays" for young professionals! RSVP at www.chabaduptown.org/shabbatdinner. We will also read on Shabbos day, Aug. 2nd, a special reading from the prophets ("haftara"), which is the third of the series of readings known as "The Three of Rebuke."
On the Eve of Tisha B'av following Maariv & Eicha the whole community is invoted to watch a timely film describing how we got here in the Israel conflict. HIJACKING THE HOLY LAND takes you behind the headlines and past the media bias against Israel. The Palestinians have been trying to sell “land for peace” for decades: Find out why this tactic will never work. - Facebook event - There will not be a Tuesday parshah class this week, in observance of Tisha B'av (see below). There will be Tanya classes on Thursday at noon and 8 pm
- Young Pros are welcome to join us on Sunday, Aug. 10, to support victims of terror at THE WHITE PARTY co-sponsored by Israel Consulate of the Southwest & FIDF. See who else is coming here!
- Expert sofrim (scribes) from Brooklyn, N.Y., Rabbis Faitel Lewin & Aryeh Moskovits, will be coming to Houston in preparation for the High Holidays to check mezuzos and tefillin in the week of Tu B'Av - from midday Monday, Aug. 11 12:30 pm, through 4 p.m. Wed, Aug. 13, at Chabad Lubavitch Center. According to Jewish law, mezuzos and tefillin should be checked twice every seven years. Some have the custom to inspect them annually.
Shabbos Chazon, Parshas Devarim
Friday, August 1
Services at 7:30 pm
Candle Lighting at 7:57 pm
Shabbos, August 2
Chassidus at 9 am
Services at 10 am
Followed by Shabbos Kiddush & Farbrengen
Mincha at 8:00 pm
Ethics of our Father, Ch. 3
Maariv, Havdalla & Shabbos Ends at 9:05 pm
Living Torah
Sunday, August 3
Shacharis at 8:30 am
BLT = Bagels, Lox & Teffilin at 9 am
Monday, August 4 - Eve Tisha B'av
Fast begins 8:13 pm
Maariv & Eicha 8:30 pm
Followed by 90 min. film: Hijacking the Holy Land: Palestine, Propaganda & Peace
- Some of the fast's mourning practices--such as refraining from Torah study other than texts related to the events and nature of the fast day--are observed beginning from midday, Chatzot, today at 1:28 pm.
- The final meal before the start of the fast, eaten shortly before sunset, is called seudah hamafseket. Only one cooked food is eaten at this meal, customarily an egg dipped in ashes.
- On Tisha B'Av we are mourning the destruction of the Temple and the exile of Israel, (see " Today in Jewish History") we abstain from eating and drinking, bathing, the wearing of leather footwear, and marital relations--for the night and day of Av 9 (i.e., from sundown on Av 8 to nightfall on Av 9).
- It is customary to sit on the floor or a low seat until after mid-day. Torah study is restricted to laws of mourning, passages describing the destruction of the Temple, and the like.
- "Eichah"--the Book of Lamentations--is read tonight in the synagogue after evening prayers.
- Links: Mitzvah Minute: Tisha b'Av; Laws of Tishah B'Av
Tisha B'Av Tuesday, August 9
Fast Ends at 8:37 pm
- Talis & Tefillin is not worn during Shacharit, morning prayers. You may join Chabad Lubavitch Center (10900 Fondren) at 6:45 am or 8 am for Shacharit. Rabbi Chaim will be at the 8 am minyan.
- The tefillin are worn only during the afternoon Minchah prayers. (Chabad on Fondren at 7:15 pm)
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In commemoration of the burning of the Temple which lasted into the 10th day of Av, we continue the mourning practices of the "Nine Days" (abstaining from meat and wine, music, recreational bathing, etc.--see "Laws and Customs" for " Av 1) until after mid-day, Chatzot, at 1:27 pm on Wednesday August 10.
Have a good Shabbos!
Rabbi Chaim & Chanie