Class this Thurs & Shabbaton

Dear Friends,

• We once more will have Shabbos in Uptown this week, Aug. 25-26, please RSVP for Shabbos. Let us know if you will be there for the minyan, regardless if you will make it for the dinner (although we would love to have you!) 
• Save the dates for the following Shabbos, Sept. 8-9 and the High Holidays at The Pavilion on Post Oak (Rosh Hashana, Fri-Sun. Sept. 22-24 & Yom Kippur, Sun.-Mon., Oct. 1-2): It is not too early to RSVP for the High Holiday seats and dinners (first class catering by Benny Katz).
• This Thursday: Please join us for the upcoming Torah Study series:
  The Cosmic Arc: A Kabbalistic Approach to the High Holidays
  Four Fascinating Lectures
  Four Thursdays 8:30-9:30 pm; August 24 & 31, and Sept. 7 & 21 - RSVP
  Elul: Judaism Allows U-Turns
  Rosh Hashanah: Does G-d really need us?
  Yom Kippur: How Does the "Day of Atonement" Work?
  Sukkot & Simchat Torah: Bringing the High Holidays Down to Earth

• Our young adults Shabbaton this past week at Chabad on Fondren was great! Great company, fun food (by Benny Katz), and spirits (pardon the pun) filled the room until late into the night...
• I had the opportunity to proofread the content of 325,000 Jewish New Year calendars, to be distributed by the grocery store giant Safeway in 1775 of their Safeway and their wholly own subsidiaries namely Vons, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Genuardi's and Carrs grocery stores located throughout the USA. The 1,775 Safeway stores include 312 Vons stores in Southern California and Nevada, 112 Randalls and Tom Thumb stores in Texas, 37 Genuardi's store in the Philadelphia area, as well as 17 Carrs stores in Alaska. A write up about Chabad in Texas and the Rebbe's leadership will appear on the inside back cover. Calendar months with Yomim Tovim will be directed to the Chabad of Texas website for more recipes, how-to guides, multimedia and fun for the kids throughout the year. The Shabbos and Yom Tov brochos and times for 15 cities were corrected as well as proper Halachic description of the Shabbos candle lighting procedure. Chanukah brochos were also added to the month of Kislev. Other Chabad involvement includes the artwork of Deborah Rolnick Raichman. Check Randalls in a couple of weeks for their calendar!
• Torah Day School opens this Wednesday & Chabad Hebrew School opens this Sunday! A big week on the educational front!