We are excited to share that our beautiful new Jewish Calendar has been mailed out to the entire community!
We thank our calendar sponsors for their support in making this important part of Jewish life available to our community.
The community Calendar may also be found in many establishments in our area.
This calendar is more than dates—it’s a guide to the Jewish year, complete with Jewish dates and holiday information, candle lighting times and blessings, and important community information.
We hope that the calendar will inspire you and help you connect to Jewish life bringing joy to your home throughout the year ahead.
Wishing you and your family a sweet, happy, and healthy New Year!
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Dancing with the Torahs on Fair Lawn Avenue followed by a Hot Dinner and L'chaims! Special children's Torah dance with goodie bags and flags for each child All night open bar for adults. In case of rain, the celebration will be indoors.
Location: Bris Avrohom of Fair Lawn 30-02 Fair Lawn Ave.
Join us for this magnificent celebration of Jewish Pride!
Women's Discussion and Drinks Wednesday, October 22 at 8pm An engaging class for women, using the Torah's timeless wisdom to gain practical tips and guidance on relationships, raising children and daily stress. Light refreshments and wines served.
Berkowitz and Rabinowitz were business partners, and both were avid golfers. "Rabinowitz, listen up, "exclaimed an excited Berkowitz. "Those buyers we have been schmoozing-up called to say they got a reservation for us to meet them for golf at their exclusive country club this Saturday at 8 A.M." "Sorry, replied Rabinowitz, I can't go. It's Shabbos and I will be in shul." "Shul, shmool, what are you talking about? This is a BIG deal! And, anyway, YOU in shul? Since when? As long as I've known you you've been an atheist. When we were kids you were a communist." "That was all before Goldstein came to town. You remember, when he came as a refugee without a penny in his pocket. And now, he's a multi-millionaire. Some say he may be worth billions. Well, Goldstein tells me that it's all because he goes to shul and talks to G-d." "Rabinowitz, you expect me to believe that YOU are going to shul to talk to G-d??? You are a radical atheist. Common, stop selling me nonesense…" "No!” Says Rabinowitz. “Goldstein goes to shul to talk to G-d. I go to shul to talk to Goldstein."
WEEKLY eTORAH
This week's Torah reading begins Atem nitzavim, "You are standing here today, all of you... from the heads of tribes... to the woodcutters and water-drawers." The commentaries explain that nitzavim in Hebrew means "standing firm." This verse teaches us that our standing firm is conditional upon it being all of you standing together. Each of us, from the highest to the lowliest, has our part to play and our own potential to fulfill. The Talmud's Ethics of the Fathers tells us, "Who is rich? He who is happy with his lot." Rather than worrying about why we are not standing in somebody else's shoes, our task is to fulfill our potential at the level we are at, in the situation where we are now, knowing that even if it may seem insignificant, each of us contributes on our own level and in our own way to the greater picture. In order to "stand firm" as a nation, we need the contribution of each person, on every level. The story was told of Rabbi Aryeh Levin (known as "the tzaddik from Jerusalem') who informed the doctor that "my wife’s leg is hurting us." This idea applies to all of us, as a community. When one person suffers, another feels the pain, even at a distance. When an event takes place in a distant country, this affects us as much as if it were to happen next door. There is no "us and them." Anything which undermines decency and the sanctity of human life, the very fabric of our community, has an effect on all of us, whether we are directly involved or not. Each person needs to be intact, in order for us to achieve our communal potential. If one person is suffering or is otherwise affected by something, this has an impact on all of us. -adapted from www.chabad.org
