As the week of celebration continues, may the light and warmth of the Chanukah lights, which increase from night to night, bring joy, blessings and to each of us and to the entire world!
Thank you to our awesome community, for joining together for the many Chanukah celebrations including the Chanukah Family Festival, City Hall Menorah Lighting, MVP Chanukah Party, Jteen Chanukah Bash and Dreidels and Drinks, in a wonderful display of Jewish pride and sharing of our Jewish traditions together!
Morning Prayers: Sunday, and New Years Day: 8:15am Monday- Friday: 6:30am Evening Prayers: Sunday- Thursday: 4:25pm
Discussion and Drinks
Wednesday, Jan 8th 8pm to 9:30pm An engaging class for women, using the Torah’s timeless wisdom to gain practical tips and guidance on relationships, raising children and daily stress.
Saturday night, January 11 at 7:30pm Hang out with other Jewish teens for an awesome teen night! End of Shabbos ceremony, watch a great movie and enjoy hot pizza and ice cream!
Four great revolutions that shaped the last century
Revolution in politics Karl Marx
Revolution in psychology Sigmund Freud
Revolution in science and physics Albert Einstein
Revolution in biology Charles Darwin
Three of them were Jewish
Darwin was wrong
Weekly E-Torah
The Rebbe's Chanukah Message
Greeting and Blessing!
Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, recalls the victory—more than 2100 years ago—of a militarily weak but spiritually strong Jewish people over the mighty forces of a ruthless enemy that had overrun the Holy Land and threatened to engulf the land and its people in darkness.
The miraculous victory—culminating with the rededication of the Sanctuary in Jerusalem and the rekindling of the Menorah which had been desecrated and extinguished by the enemy—has been celebrated annually ever since during these eight days of Chanukah, especially by lighting the Chanukah Menorah, also as a symbol and message of the triumph of freedom over oppression, of spirit over matter, of light over darkness.
It is a timely and reassuring message, for the forces of darkness are ever present. Moreover, the danger does not come exclusively from outside; it often lurks close to home, in the form of insidious erosion of time-honored values and principles that are at the foundation of any decent human society. Needless to say, darkness is not chased away by brooms and sticks, but by illumination. Our Sages said, “A little light expels a lot of darkness.”
The Chanukah Lights remind us in a most obvious way that illumination begins at home, within oneself and one’s family, by increasing and intensifying the light of the Torah and Mitzvos in the everyday experience, even as the Chanukah Lights are kindled in growing numbers from day to day. But though it begins at home, it does not stop there. Such is the nature of light that when one kindles a light for one’s own benefit, it benefits also all who are in the vicinity. Indeed, the Chanukah Lights are expressly meant to illuminate the “outside,” symbolically alluding to the duty to bring light also to those who, for one reason or another, still walk in darkness.
What is true of the individual is true of a nation, especially this great United States, united under G‑d, and generously blessed by G‑d with material as well as spiritual riches. It is surely the duty and privilege of this Nation to promote all the forces of light both at home and abroad, and in a steadily growing measure.
Let us pray that the message of the Chanukah Lights will illuminate the everyday life of everyone personally, and of the society at large, for a brighter life in every respect, both materially and spiritually.
With esteem and blessing in the spirit of Chanukah,
[Signed] M. Schneerson
