If I could sum up the past 10 days in a phrase:
#HoustonFlood: When Facebook helped total strangers become best of friends.
Finally a true Facebook-friend success story.
The amount of volunteers who have stepped up to the plate is astounding. This past Sunday, Chabad of Houston had 15 teams, 70 volunteers active on the ground in a grass roots effort to help in any way they can. All week has been a rotation of giving hearts volunteering for cleaning to cooking, from moving to soothing and everything in between!
The list is long and too many to list, but Jonathan Hersh and Zac Rose deserve a major shout out and Yasher koach, for working almost non-stop, helping our flood victims in so many ways.
A special thank to all those who partnered with Chabad to help the flood victims. You too can participate by clicking here. Read the Chabad of Houston Relief Blog here.
Ben Diamond's story shared at our weekly YJP dinner, class & social was inspiring. One poignant anecdote of his Jewish transformation in the army was when he went to interview to be an Army General assistant "I was explaining that I needed to not manipulate electricity from Friday sunset to Saturday nightfall, the General cuts me off and says 'Diamond, your hired! What's your problem?'"
Today was the kids last day of school. We look forward to a restful and fun packed summer for the kids. If you go on vacation, please let us know so we can have our minyan count down.
Mazel tov Maxine Epstein on the birth of a grandson, Chaim (Felix Aaron) Halevi to Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Epstein in DC!
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Shabbos Parshas Beha'alosecha
Friday, June 5
Services at 7:30 pm
Candle Lighting at 8:02 pm
Ukrainian June #FirstFridays Shabbat Dinner - RSVP here
Shabbos, June 6
Chassidus at 9:00 am
Services at 10 am
Followed by Shabbos Kiddush & Farbrengen
Mincha at 8:05 pm
Ethics of our Fathers, Chapter 2
Maariv, Havdalla & Shabbos Ends at 9:01 pm
Living Torah
Sunday, June 7
Shacharis at 8:30 am
The Real BLT = Bagels, Lox & Tefillin at 9 am
Have a good Shabbos!
Rabbi Chaim & Chanie