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- Talmud, Bava Batra 16b

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Our near miss on the way back from Toronto - Chabad Newsletter

2009-06-04T16:29:00.001-04:00

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Chabad Newsletter

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Candle Lighting Times for

Lancaster, PA [Based on Zip Code 17603]:

Shabbat Candle Lighting:

Friday, Jun. 5

8:12 PM

Shabbat Ends:

Shabbat, Jun. 6

9:20 PM

Torah Portion: Naso

Near Miss on the way back from Toronto

Shira, the kids, and I, were in our van on the way back from Toronto...it was on Route 15 near Mansfield at 11:30pm, Sunday night.

Anxious to get home before it gets "too" late, we weren't making many stops.

I was driving.

The road dips up and down and then all of a sudden we see two deer on the road ahead of us. One deer in each lane. No room to go around, no room to pull over.

I hit the horn and the brakes and aimed for the middle, trying to direct the van in between the deer.

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So you get an email from me, or maybe I called you, (Maybe I WILL Call you!) about our annual raffle.

You think, " I would like to buy one or two or three, depending on how much they are...but I dont have time right now. Maybe later."

Later is now.

Tickets are only $36 each.

You could win 10,000 dollars.

You could win 1,000 dollars.

You will definately win by supporting Jewish Education, Enrichment, and Inspiration.

Please go to www.jewishenrichment.com/raffle or send me an email of how many tickets you want and then send in a check to Chabad 620 Race Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17603 or Chabad, 615 Colonial Avenue, York, PA 17403.

Chabad always say that every person is important. It's true. Every ticket sold is also important.

Thank you,

Rabbi Elazar Green

Shabbat Dinner in Lancaster - You are invited!
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We are having Friday night Dinner in Lancaster this week. We have a few places open still and if you would like to attend tomorrow night, we would love to have you.

We are having York Shabbat Dinner next week. Same deal. You wanna come? Let us know.

You can't make it, but wanna come in the future? Let me know that too.

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	Women My Mommy's In Jail At first I couldn't imagine how I could take in a child at that moment, but I couldn't say no to a Jewish child who needed a home...


	NORTH AMERICA Fallen CIA Operative Remembered as Energetic and Inspiring Figure Every weekday morning, Mitch Wenzel of Monroe, N.Y., honors the memory of his son: He painstakingly wraps the very tefillin used by Gregg Wenzel, who passed away at the young age of 33 in Ethiopia.


	Living To Love without Limits "We usually are given a matter of days to find a Jewish home, or the child will go to a church or some other non-Jewish situation," says Steve Krausz of Denver, who together with his wife founded The Jewish Children's Adoption Network (JCAN).

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	FLASHBACK Striving for Peace: In Memory of President Ephraim Katzir Ephraim Katzir, Israel's fourth president, passed away last week. A brilliant scientist, he was among the first officials to greet an historic group of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries sent by the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, to help build the Holy Land.


	HOLIDAY WATCH Undergraduates Spend All Night Teaching Torah to Their Peers Whether at summer school or a lengthened spring term, Jewish students at hundreds of universities around the globe gathered for an all-night study session.


	NORTH AMERICA Fallen CIA Operative Remembered as Energetic and Inspiring Figure Every weekday morning, Mitch Wenzel of Monroe, N.Y., honors the memory of his son: He painstakingly wraps the very tefillin used by Gregg Wenzel, who passed away at the young age of 33 in Ethiopia.

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Near Miss on the way back from Toronto

2009-06-04T14:40:00.001-04:00

Shira, the kids, and I, were in our van on the way back from Toronto…it was on Route 15 near Mansfield at 11:30pm, Sunday night.

Anxious to get home before it gets "too" late, we weren't making many stops.

I was driving.

The road dips up and down and then all of a sudden we see two deer on the road ahead of us. One deer in each lane. No room to go around, no room to pull over.

I hit the horn and the brakes and aimed for the middle, trying to direct the van in between the deer.

We clipped the one on the right at about 34 miles per hour. We hit it and kept on going. We damaged the right headlight and crunched in the bumper, fender, and hood. As we are driving, I am scanning the dashboard making sure that the gauges looks good, while also figuring out how many miles to an exit with a gas station that is open at this hour.

The kids, sitting in the back, had no idea what happened. They were even laughing, giggling together.

Shira and I were quite shaken.

The expression goes, "There is a sermon in there somewhere".

This past week's Parsha Class (12:00 noon on Tuesdays) we talked about Adam and Eve in the garden, and their sin in eating from the "tree of knowledge of good and evil."

Why was this a sin? Can knowledge be a bad thing?

Imagine our girls knowing and understanding about what accidents are and what accidents could be and that we are about to be in one…imagine their terror. Over something that turns out to be what?

A smashed headlight, a crunched bumper.

Tradition has it that as many times as G-d saved us from catastrophe that threatened us openly, there are many more times that G-d saved us without us even knowing about the threat!

In our day to day life, G-d hides his face as well. Imagine if we were able to "know" that everything we get, every dollar that we make, everything that happens to us, comes from him…

Why don't we know/feel that G-d is involved?

Because we are kids sitting in the back seat.

One day we will grow up, and be in a world where everyone and everything can feel and know G-d's presence and influence in this world.

May it come much sooner than we expect.

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Rabbi Elazar Green

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How to Judge, Video of Estie - Chabad Newsletter

2009-05-27T08:39:00.001-04:00

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A Judaism you like - with people you love!

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Candle Lighting Times

Holiday Begins:

Thursday, May. 28

8:07 PM

Shabbat / Second Day Holiday Begins:

Friday, May. 29

8:07 PM

Shabbat / Holiday Ends:

Shabbat, May. 30

9:14 PM

Torah Thought ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Yesterday, at our weekly Lunch & Learn, we discussed the passage "Make for yourself a teacher, acquire a friend and judge every person favorably".

We tend to categorize people...those who are superior to us, equal to us, and those who we view as inferior to us.

The mishna is saying that we can and we have to learn from all people from all levels.

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Lisa was out driving her car and while stopped at a red light, the car just died. It was a busy intersection and the traffic behind her was starting to pile up. The guy in the car directly behind her was honking his horn continuously as Lisa continued to try getting the car to start up again.

Finally Lisa gets out of her car and approaches the guy in the car behind her. "I can't seem to get my car started," Lisa said, smiling. "Would you be a gentleman and go and see if you can get it started for me. I'll stay here in your car and lean on your horn for you."
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Recently I was asked to say a few words at a memorial service. Not having any notice, I managed a few paragraphs of whatever I was thinking at that time. I noticed afterwards that a recurring theme in all of my talks (whether I prepare or not!) is the need for action, some sort of deed. Even in the last minute talk I talked about the need to give to others just like the veterans have given so much for us.

Shavous, accepting the Torah, also has an action - a deed , the need to do mitzvoth, good deeds, with our hands, causing physical change to spiritual elevation. Without the action, the Torah can't accomplish anything down here.

It's not enough for G-d to give us the Torah. We have to receive it.

May we all merit to appreciate the mitzvoth that we do and the spiritual change in the world on an essential level inspiring us and those around us to even greater heights.

Have a great Shavous!

- Rabbi Elazar Green

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	Living A Bridge to Somewhere An American Chabad rabbi working in Uruguay to "activate souls," and a well established doctor, self proclaimed atheist from the interior of Argentina, explore their Jewishnesss, establishing a line of communication that not only transcends their differences but feeds off them...


	Women The Angels and Us At that moment the angels understood what it means to be human and to have to deal with the challenges that we deal with. It took them a hundred and something years to recover from it...

Estie singing about Torah Study ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Last week Estie got her Chumash for the first time. She had a small ceremony celebrating it. Here is a clip her class performed about Torah Study.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQAFHEeAnFY

I feel that I must mention Menachem Mendel Singing Twinkle with his new glasses on...

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Sivan 1 | May 24

Rosh Chodesh
Omer: Day 45
Flood Waters Recede(2105 BCE)

Encampment at Sinai(1313 BCE)

Korach Swallowed(1312 BCE)

Worms Jews Massacred(1096)

Rosh Chodesh Observances

Count "Forty-Six Days to the Omer" Tonight

Monday

Sivan 2 | May 25

Omer: Day 46
Chosen People(1313 BCE)

Israel Captures Golan Heights(1967)

Count "Forty-Seven Days to the Omer" Tonight

Tuesday

Sivan 3 | May 26

Omer: Day 47
Jews Prepare to Receive Torah(1313 BCE)

Vespasian Captures Jericho(68 CE)

3 Days of "Hagbalah" begin

Count "Forty-Eight Days to the Omer" Tonight

Wednesday

Sivan 4 | May 27

Omer: Day 48
Moses Transcribes (first part of) Torah(1313 BCE)

Forced Conversion in Clermont(576)

Jews Returned to Spain(1481)

Chmielnitzki Massacres(1648)

Count "Forty-Nine Days to the Omer" Tonight

Thursday

Sivan 5 | May 28

Omer: Day 49
Reuben Finds Mandrakes(1568 BCE)

Jews Accept Torah(1313 BCE)

Rabbis Burnt at Stake(1728)

All-Night Learning

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Sivan 6 | May 29

Shavuot
Torah Given(1313 BCE)

Passing of King David(837 BCE)

Cologne Jews Martyred(1096)

Passing of Baal Shem Tov(1760)

Ten Commandments

Children in Shul

Book of Ruth

Dairy Foods

More on Shavuot

Sivan 7 | May 30

Shavuot
Ger Tzedek of Vilna Burned at the Stake(1749)

Second Day of Shavuot

Yizkor

Summer Camp, Forced to Travel, Gives Teenagers Dose of Restructured Fun

Sivan 8 | May 31

Rabbi Escapes Crusaders(1147)

Isru Chag

Monday

Sivan 9 | June 1

Passing of "Kaf Hachaim"(1939)

Tuesday

Sivan 10 | June 2

Wolf Wissotzky(1904)

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AIPAC and Chabad

2009-05-08T07:39:00.001-04:00

Some of you saw this article entitled "At the Aipac Conference, A Capital Experience" http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2026142/Chabad-at-AIPAC-A-Capitol-Experience.html

Below are some musings from my experience... it reads rather "Bloggerish".

Several people asked me, "How does Chabad compare to AIPAC?"

AIPAC is a large organization that promotes a strong U.S. - Israeli relationship. Chabad is a large organization that promotes Judaism, in several tracks, educational, religious, and social services offerings. Since Israel is such a major component of Judaism it is only natural that both organizations have interest in each other.

There is no question that Chabad's presence was felt at AIPAC . I met more than a few of my colleagues there, among them... Rabbis Pinchus Herman, Aharon Herman from North Carolina, Chaim Shul Bruk from Montanta, Yossi Gordan from Chabad on Campus National, Dov Hillel Klein from Illinois, Yitzchok Raskin from Burlinton, Vermont, Aaron Margolin from Norfolk, VA, and of course Levi Shemtov, Chabad's "Rabbi on the Hill" in Washington, D.C.

Michael Oren spoke about his inspiration as a youth from a Chabad Rabbi Sholom B. Gordan from Maplewood N.J.

Chabad on Campus was one of the few organizations asked to participate at the Campus Delegate Dessert Reception.

Random people came up to me to introduce themselves and talk about their connection to Chabad.

Senator Joe Lieberman asked me if I was a "Chabad Shliach". (I asked him "what tipped you off?") Several college students asked if I knew "their" rabbi. (Yes!)

AIPAC has 6,500 participants in the annual conference of members.

Chabad had 4,000 Rabbis and Lay Leaders and 3,000 Rebetzins and Lay Leaders at their annual conferences. (As I write this I wonder...if all the Chabad supporters were to come to the annual conference, how many people would that be?)

AIPAC's conference focused on what we could individually do to help Israeli security. Chabad focuses on the effect every single person and every single mitzvah has on the world.

AIPAC is professional. Chabad is heimish.

If AIPAC takes you for a trip, there would be several coach busses to take you. If a bus is breaks down, then the professional driver would radio or call for an alternate bus.

Chabad would put you on a school bus. If it broke down they would ask people on the school bus behind you to squish a little to make room.

Both AIPAC and Chabad feature an impressive roll call at the annual gala banquet. Chabad is of the Chabad families from all over the world, by country and state of the thousands of locations in hundreds of countries. AIPAC's is of the hundreds of honorable dignitaries present at the banquet.

I think what AIPAC and Chabad have most in common is the optimistic hope for the future coupled with the determination do everything in our power and use every tool possible to bring about this future.

They both do a great job, but both recognize that they have a hard journey ahead.

When they finally succeed (finish) there won't be any reason for the organizations to be around anymore.

Let's get to work.

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Rabbi Elazar Green

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Rabbis (B)Log Dec 19, 2008

2008-12-19T12:40:00.001-05:00

Sunday – December 14, 2008 – The Chabad House in Lancaster hosted a JLI class at 10:00am. Cake needed to be cut, grapes washed, mint candies put out. Projector set up for the presentation. Will the class like the Kabbalah-toons? Time will tell.

Last week a cabinet in York fell off the wall. Called the contractor to put it back up, he said he will be there at 12:00pm today (Sunday). JLI class participants stayed behind to discuss, and I forgot about the appt in York. I remembered at 11:30 and called the contractor to see if he was still coming. He wasn't! He told me that he will be there tomorrow night. So I stayed and discussed.

Sunday evening, the York JLI class got together at Fran's. (Thank you!). My brother and sister in law came from Balti to come to the class. Including them, we had a bunch of people (9 or 10). I think everyone loved the KaballahToons. I forgot to show "Feivel goes Wacko". Have to remember to do it next time. I also forgot to make the announcement about "If you like the class, please consider donating 10-15 dollars to help pay for the course" at both Lancaster & York.

Oh well. It's not about money, right? I will send out emails maybe some of them will read it.

Monday was Pizza and Parsha at Lancaster at Noon. It is also the day that Marissa comes to help out at the Chabad house. She cleans the whole house and gets it ready for the next Shabbat. After working on paperwork and writing, I had to go back to York to meet the contractor. He called 10 min after he was supposed to be there to say he cant come today, but will be there tomorrow, same time.

Tuesday was when Shira had to be in Philly to participate in the ceremony of becoming a citizen. (Yes, she is now a US citizen.) So I get to drive the kids to Balti for school. I drove there, drove back to York for a meeting at 10:00am, drove back to Balti cause the weather was turning ugly and was worried that they may call me to pick up the kids. Hung out at the JCC café, working on the computer, shopping, and so on. Picked up MM from day care. He was happy to see me and sang the wheels on the bus for about 15 minutes. I didn't mind. I could listen to him sing much longer.. Contractor showed up on time, put the cabinet back up, reinforced the others and left.

Wednesday – I had a Lunch and Learn in Lancaster. Worked on paperwork, the mortgage broker called me to tell me that the time has come to refinance, did more paperwork, called some students, emails, and worked on Chanukah Bowling Party. We did some learning on the phone. Opened some holiday cards. One had "merry Chri…Whoops Happy Chanukah" written on it.

Thursday – Menachem Mendel woke up feeling a bit sick, so I hung out at York with the computer in case he needed me. Called bowling supply companies, trying to figure out how to make a bowling pin menorah. I think I got it. Went to Lancaster in the evening for the JCC Rededication. Was honored with helping to put up the mezuzah, but was little for me to do. I think putting up a menorah is a one man job. I got to meet some very nice people and see old friends. I think they did a very nice job renovating it. I got a call from a woman who wanted me to deliver a menorah today for her daughter to take to school to show everyone. No problem.

Friday – Esti had an appt in Lancaster so I get to hang out with her all day! I actually wrote most of this week's email while waiting 90 minutes in the waiting room.

We got so many thank yous for the Chanukah Magazine we put out. Some people wanted us to send it to their relatives. Two families wanted us to take them off our list. No problem to all of them.

2008-12-05T10:53:00.001-05:00

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Dear Rabbi (Question from an F&M Student)

2008-10-13T12:49:00.001-04:00

Dear Rabbi,

First of all, thank you for inviting me to eat dinner in your sukkah.
I really enjoyed meeting you over Rosh Hashanna and participating in
the service and the wonderful meal that Shira and you prepared for us.
It really means a lot to know that you are right here whenever I or
anyone else needs you.

My question is about Sukkot. I don't understand why it is so important
to eat in the sukkah. What is wrong with eating in the cafeteria or my
room? It's not like Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur which are important
"High Holy Days". Sukkot is just eating in a hut. What kind of holiday
is that?

P.S. If I like your answer then maybe I will join you in your sukkah.

Sincerely,

Hut-less

Dear Hut,

Thank you for your kind words and for taking the time to write the letter.

Let me ask you this,

Why is Rosh Hashanah important? What makes it a "High Holy Day"? A
classical answer is that it is a day where "bend our hearts like a
bent shofar", we accept G-d, in our hearts, as an authority. Another
answer is that it is the first day where we rectify mistakes made in
the last year by confessing them and regretting them in our hearts.
These two components together make Rosh Hashanah a High Holy Day.

Granted these are difficult to attain, but every year we try again,
growing a little bit more, becoming a little bit better at it.

I am sure that you will agree that these two sentiments are awesome,
important, and are an integral part of the High Holy Days.

You may be too young to remember the tech "bubble" of the 90s. I am
certain that you are aware of the housing "bubble" that has recently
crashed down around us.
We are currently living in another "bubble", a place where
materialistic items and events that are "overvalued" are being bought
and sold at ever increasing prices and as all bubbles do, it will
burst.

As a college student you know better than I the many events, parties,
causes, and social activities that compete for your "currency" of
time, energy, attention and focus.

It may very well be tempting to "spend" your "currency", but ask
yourself if you are overvaluing the "product" that you are buying.

In 5 years, how much will it matter if you attended a certain party or
social event?

A story is told of a man who complained about chest pains. His wife
told him to lie down to rest and she would call the doctor. The doctor
came to the patient's home, sat down at the bedside and took the
patient's hand in order to take his pulse. In a faint voice the
patient said, "Doctor, it is not my hand. The pains are in my chest,
near my heart." To which the doctor responded, "I know, but from the
hand we know how the heart works."

Rosh Hashanah involves the "heart". Sukkot is the service of the "hand".

Eating in the Sukkah is about showing G-d that since he is "the guy in
charge", you trust him to take care of you. It's about showing him
that you recognize that just like the Sukkah is temporary, our "real"
homes and houses and our time spent on this world are also temporary,
and that ultimately we will be shown the true value of our
"investments". It shows that we are aware that we are living in a
"bubble" that, given enough time, will burst. So we build a sukkah
with our hands and eat in a sukkah with our hands to show what is in
our hearts. To show what Rosh Hashanah is all about.

Granted it is difficult to absorb and really feel all these sentiments
in one visit to the sukkah, it is something to work towards. It
requires meditation, introspection, and it requires eating in the
sukkah! So we celebrate Sukkot every year, right after Rosh Hashanah.
Every single year matters and contributes to our understanding and
feelings.

Sukkot is not a different holiday than Rosh Hashanah, it is the
continuation, the next step.

Don't you want to finish what you started?

P.S. There is still plenty of room in the largest sukkah in the
county! If you would like to join us you can; Below is the schedule.

Sukkot Schedule
7:15pm Dinner Tonight, Monday, October 13, 2008

Tuesday, October 14, 2008
1:00pm Lulav & Esrog Shake (even if you can't come for lunch, come by
the shaking!)
1:05pm Lunch
7:15pm Dinner (second night)

You can find all these events at our facebook group "Chabad at F&M".
For more information about Sukkot visit
www.jewishenrichment.com/holiday

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Rabbi Elazar Green
Chabad Jewish Enrichment Center

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Chabad @ F&M Update

2008-09-16T21:23:00.001-04:00

September 2008

Welcome to Chabad@F&M!

"The Heart of Jewish Student Life"

Dear Rabbi Elazar Green,

I wanted to thank you for stopping by last week at the activities fair at our booth.

We are excited about the upcoming Jewish opportunities on and around the campus, and look forward to seeing you soon.

Who are we?

First Things First...

"What is Chabad at F&M?" In a nutshell, Chabad at F&M offers traditional Jewish programs and services in a family environment. For a more in depth description check out our facebook group Chabad@F&M. Feel free to join the group.
http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8090265324

What's coming up?

Thank G-d it's Shabbat!

Shabbat Dinner at Chabad happens every week. If you haven't tasted Shira's Challah, then you haven't tasted Challah! Never mind the four course meal, the singing, and the Torah thoughts. A lot of prep goes into each week, and we really want to set a space for every person that wants to come, so we ask you to RSVP through Facebook. This week's event is here. http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=31861112734&ref=mf

If you don't have Facebook, (..and some people don't) feel free to shoot us an email RSVPing.

The High Holy Days

Rosh Hashana/Yom Kippor

Rosh Hashana evenings are Monday Night, Sept 29 and Tuesday Night, Sept 30.

We will have services for both nights, followed by Rosh Hashana Dinner, as well as a shofar service on Tuesday and Wednesday. If you plan on attending the service or the meals, please let us know. This is especially crucial to let us know since some people plan on going home for Rosh Hashanah.

Yom Kippor

We are having a pre-fast meal followed by services on Yom Kippor Eve. We are also having a Neilah Service followed by a break-the-fast meal (bagels, cream cheese, lox, tuna, egg salad etc). Again, let us know what your plans are so we can prepare accordingly.

Communication is the Key!

How do you and we communicate?

Emails.
We send out email newsletters once a week. Sometimes once every 2 weeks. If you are overwhelmed by emails and don't want to get them, just let us know and we will take you off the list.

CHBD TXTs
If u wnt 2 rcve txt remndrs abt evnts - email us your cell phone number and we will text you a reminder the day of the event. If you try it and don't like it, just let us know and we will stop texting you.

Rabbi's Cell phone
Rabbi Green is very accessible. If you would like to talk, to meet for lunch, or if you need something, or if you are just sick in bed, you can call, txt, or facebook him. (email too). His cell phone number is 717-824-9966.

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Registration is open only for a few more days.

Shabbaton in NYC!

www.Jewishweekend.org

What do you get when you take hundreds of Jewish students from hundreds of campuses and put them together for a Shabbat led by Chabad? Check out this video on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yffWJ0vOr8Y

If you are interested in coming with us , let us know.
(Yes, Matisyahu came last year, that is really him in the video!)

What else?

We are planning our events and programs right now. Stay tuned for our next update.

I encourage you to forward this email to people who may be interested. If they wish to subscribe they can send an email to rabbi@jewishenrichment.com.
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Also, we are going to be incorporating articles and tips from students in our newsletters. If you would like to contribute to this very important section, please let us know.

Shalom!

Rabbi Elazar & Shira Green

Chabad Student Executive Board
Gabriella Wiener, President
Mike Morgenstern, Vice President
Aaron Stulman, Treasurer
Laura Epstein, Secretary
Sara Edrich
Danielle Edrich
Ashleigh Reibach

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2008-09-03T21:45:00.001-04:00

Rabbi's Log

September 3, 2008

We have been planning a Welcome BBQ for weeks. The plan was to introduce Chabad to the new Jewish F&M students showing them the different opportunities for Jewish life on campus.

It was going to be at Buchanan Park, right next to the F&M campus.

Things were going good, students were involved, we had a nice crowd rsvping, I was looking forward to it.

(Don't tell anyone this, last time we had a BBQ at the Park we didn't have a permit. Luckily when we showed up the person that did have a permit gave it to us.)

This time I was going ot be organized, I went to the city and got a permit 2 weeks ago.

Nervously checking the weather…. 10 day forecast, 7 day forecast, 3 day forecast. I heard that the price of oil went up because of concerns of the weather.

Beautiful skies, sunny, perfect weather. Things are looking good!

The BBQ is scheduled for Thursday, Sept 4.

Here is where things went downhill…….

A student called me up…"Rabbi, we may have a problem."

"what's the problem?"

"The BBQ is scheduled for 5:30. Barak Obama is supposed to be at the park from 5:00 – 6:30"

"What?!"

"it's true, we just got an email!"

I went online (Where else can you find reliable information?) and sure enough, The Senator is scheduled to be at the park where we are supposed to be!

I called the city " Hey….um… we have a permit for the pavilion, is that still valid?"

"Yes."

"um….even though Barak Obama is supposed to be there?"

"Yes. He is getting the rest of the park, you are getting the use of just the pavilion".

"Ok."

I called the Mayor.

"Rick! How are you?"

"Rabbi, you are probably wondering why I haven't been coming to temple!"

"Actually, I haven't been there either, but between the two of us, one of us should go! Why don't you go this week?

Then adopting a serious tone, I asked the mayor if we really would be allowed to use the pavilion if there is a presidential candidate in the park. "won't the secret service object?"…

The mayor told me that they are setting up right now and he will check into it and get back to me.

"How are you going to check into it?"

" I am going to walk over there and ask them".

"Mayor, you don't have to do that! I will do that, I am right across the street!"

So I strolled across the street, up the hill where a bunch of guys are hanging out, playing with some red flags. Dressed in T-shirt, sandals…

"are you setting up for tomorrow?"

"Yup!"

"well… we have a permit for the use of the pavilion, is there anyway you could accommodate us?"

"No one told us anything about that!"

I pulled the permit out and showed it to them.

"Ok. Instead of setting the fence here, here and here, we will set it up over there. And the line will go around the pavilion. Yes, Rabbi! We will make it work!"

I thanked them.

They apologized for the inconvenience.

I said, "that's alright, with the Senator coming, we probably are losing our crowd anyway!".

Then I said, "Hey, are you guys from Lancaster?"

They weren't. Chicago, California, New York… not Lancaster.

"Have any of you guys heard of Chabad?"

Guy in black shirt "Sure! Rabbi Zarchi in Harvard", Other guy in sandals "I know Rabbi Moscowitz in Chicago…"

"Well, the student group hosting the BBQ is Chabad of Lancaster serving F&M. Chabad is on 150 campuses in the US and 3000 locations worldwide."

"Yeah, we know Chabad is like huge!"

So I said, "I can't invite the Senator to come to the BBQ. It would appear to be endorsing him and I don't. (For a few reasons; IRS regulations, Chabad Policy, and my personal feeling that clergy should not be telling you who to vote for, more about that on a different post.) But, if he happens to be hungry and would like a nice kosher hot dog, we may have an extra one for him. If we do, and he comes to the pavilion, steps away from where he is speaking, I imagine that the F&M students would be thrilled to meet him, in an unofficial capacity. It may make up their disappointment from having a ruined BBQ."

They laughed. "Rabbi, we will pass that message on…"

I said, "it's not a "message". Anyone who is hungry for a kosher hot dog can get one, while supplies last. You can have one too. As long as you ask for one early enough."

I then called the Mayor and told him that if he is hungry tomorrow, to stop by and pick up a hot dog. ( I don't have a problem inviting him, he is already the Mayor!)

He said he will try!

I will let you know how it went. In the meantime we changed the BBQ time to 6:30.

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Worldwide Jewish News you may have missed!

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McCain may pick Jewish Congressman as running mate
A report by The Associated Press said that "John McCain's campaign has asked Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor for personal documents as the Republican presidential candidate steps up his search for a running mate."

The 45-year-old Cantor, the chief deputy minority whip in the House, is Jewish and according to the AP report is among Israel's most avid congressional supporters and has been mentioned among several Republicans as a possible running mate for McCain.

In June 2004 American Friends of Lubavitch presented Cantor with the Leadership Award @ their annual dinner and in December 2003 Cantor lit the Menorah on Chanukah at an event for Chabad of the Virginias.

Jews are welcome at the Olympics
BEJING, China — Kosher food awaits the Jewish athletes, their families and fans who will descend on Beijing for the 29th Summer Olympics beginning next month.

According to Rabbi Shimon Freundlich, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Beijing, some 400 people are expected to keep kosher at the Olympic Village.

"We are helping provide the kosher food for the athletes, coaches and journalists at the village," says Freundlich, who has been coordinating food shipments for the occasion.

Care packages, including a fruit basket and snacks will be delivered to Jews staying in Beijing for the games "so they have something to nosh on during the day," adds the rabbi.

In addition, Dini's Kosher Restaurant, an establishment under Freundlich's supervision outside of the Olympic grounds, will be open 24 hours a day, six days a week, during the games. It's menu boasts everything from Chinese and Japanese cuisine to New York deli sandwiches.

In anticipation of the increase in demand, Rabbi Chaim Klein, a ritual slaughterer from South Africa, has visited Beijing every three months to prepare more than 7.5 tons of beef and nine tons of chicken.

Chabad Rabbi Meets Wife of Presidential Hopeful
Chabad Rabbi to Southwest Florida Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz Meets Michelle Obama, wife of presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama In Fort Myers, FL This morning.

Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz Spoke with Michelle Obama about her husband's Democratic Presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama Trip to Israel, They also spoke about Speaking the Truth & Standing up for the Truth. Michelle Obama told Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz that we need more Truth in the world.

What Obama Wrote by the Western Wall

An Israeli newspaper's disclosure of the note Sen. Barack Obama left at Jerusalem's Western Wall this week is the equivalent of reading someone's diary — a gross violation of privacy — several Long Island rabbis said Friday.

"I think it's a terrible, terrible act," said Rabbi Steven Moss of the B'nai Israel Reform Temple in Oakdale. "Those notes are private messages between the person writing the note and God."

Moss described someone reading Obama's Wailing Wall note was bad enough. But for a newspaper to publish it was like "obtaining a diary and publishing it," he said.

Rabbi Tuvia Teldon, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Long Island in Commack, agreed.

"It's an infringement on his privacy," Teldon said. "Someone wants to have a private conversation with God and it's invaded."

Obama asked God to guide him and guard his family in the note left at Judaism's holiest site.

Maariv, the Israeli newspaper, ran a photograph of the note on its front page Friday. It said the note was removed from the wall by a Jewish seminary student immediately after Obama left.

"I think it's a sad fact that it was revealed," said Rabbi Perry Raphael Rank, of Midway Jewish Center in Syosset. "It's like peering into someone's soul."

To see a copy of the note, click here.

JLI Course 'Scares' Muslim Groups
JERUSALEM, Israel [INN] — A brief Chabad-sponsored course on the Temple, to be held in Israel this week and the next, has angered Islamic organizations, who call it a threat to the Al-Aksa Mosque compound.

"We view this as a serious and drastic move toward the fruition of extremist organizations to establish a temple in place of al-Aksa Mosque," said Zahi Nujidat of the Islamic Movement. "This represents a real danger to al-Aksa." The Aksa Foundation issued a similar statement.

The course, offered at roughly 200 locations throughout Israel, comes during the two weeks leading up to Tisha B'Av, the fast day that commemorates the destruction of both the First and the Second Temple.

According to Chabad Lubavitch spokesman Rabbi Menachem Brod, the Muslim groups are cynically pointing to the short courses as proof that the Israeli establishment wants to destroy the mosque.

"This is a pure provocation by an organization that is exploiting any opportunity to incite the Arab public to violence against Israel," said Brod. "Every time they are looking for some other excuse to incite, and now they found it in the course."

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