Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year, was experienced with record attendance, as our community joined together in prayer and song, filled with renewed energy to strengthen our commitment to the Torah, deepen our faith in G-d, and proudly celebrate Jewish life.
We are happy that were able to accommodate our ever growing community in the sanctuary of the new and spacious Jewish Education Center.
The Yom Kippur messages of standing together, strengthening our relationships, and the power of being there for each other, will help uplift our lives and bring us renewed energy and most importantly, to the people around us.
This energy will surely permeate our entire year and bring down G-d's goodness, blessings and abundance in our personal lives and bring peace and success to the Land of Israel and the entire world.
It is with great appreciation and humility that we thank you for your participation and kind support. You enable the further growth and expansion of our community, providing our newly expanded warm home to the Jewish Education Center, bringing so many more of us together to celebrate our Jewish life through events, holidays, programs, classes and celebrations for all!
You may kindly make a Yom Kippur donation below. We look forward to seeing you again very soon and throughout the year, celebrating our Jewish life and traditions together!
Wishing you all the very best of health, happiness and revealed goodness this year with the coming of Moshiach now!
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.
Abe Horrowitz had been a salesman in the garment district all his life, but was getting tired of the constant battles with customers. So he decided to give up his job and become a policeman. Several months later, a friend asked Abe how he liked his new role. "Well," Abe replied, "the pay is terrible, the hours are too long, and I’ve gained 10 pounds because of all of these donuts, but the one thing I love is that the customer is always wrong.
WEEKLY eTORAH
Our lives tend to be divided between spirit and matter, the sacred and the everyday. The dichotomy between spirit and matter, or Heaven and Earth, is also expressed at the beginning of this week's Torah reading, Haazinu, which takes the form of a long poem. Moses is the leader of the Jewish people, filled with love for them, yet also seeing with pain the long and tortuous history they would experience. He warns them about the mistakes they might make in their relationship with G‑d. Speaking dramatically to the Jewish people, Moses begins by addressing Heaven and Earth. Rashi tells us that he was calling them as witnesses to his words of warning which follow. Moses says, "Give ear, Heavens, and I will speak; listen, Earth, to the words of my mouth." Hebrew is a deeply poetic language which makes it difficult to translate into English. It has nuances which the English sometimes cannot convey at all. The Sages comment that the word haazinu, translated as "give ear" (ozen means ear) suggests a close proximity. If someone is standing next to you, you can speak right into their ear. By contrast, the word translated as "listen" suggests a greater distance, as if calling to someone who is far away. Moses uses the closer term when he addresses the Heavens, and the more distant term when speaking to the earth. The Sages point out that Moses was a very spiritual person, and, therefore, in his case the Heavens were very close. By contrast, as far as he was concerned, the earth and all material concerns were further away. Now, what about us? Does the Torah reveal this aspect of Moses just to impress us with how holy he was, or is there a teaching which is also relevant for our lives? There is a Chassidic idea that within each individual in the Jewish people there is a spark of Moses. This is our deepest aspect. In relation to this inner Moses, in our case too, the Heaven is closer than the Earth. One moment. Isn't our task as human beings and as Jews to reveal G‑dliness in the world? Surely we have to be immersed in the material concerns of daily life? The Chassidic answer is: "yes, but they do not have to get you down!" Indeed we are active in the world. But at the same time we have a close affinity with Heaven. Hence Moses' words are directly relevant for us too. We are active in the world but, in a deep sense, we are not limited by it. This very idea is expressed in the approaching Sukkot festival. The sukkah represents our everyday home and everyday life. At the same time, it is a spiritual realm. One of the teachings of Sukkot is that yes, we are in a material world. But at every step we have the power to make it holy. -adapted from www.chabad.org
