Parshas Vayeira, 5772

Vol. 12, Issue 30 (#653) E-mail Edition Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie Shul News – Shabbos Parshas Vayeira, 5772 (15 Marcheshvan-11/12/2011)

Table of Contents

 

News and Announcements 
     Welcoming Two New Torahs 
     Mincha This Sunday 
     Movie Night for Women 
     First Shabbaton of the Season 
     Jewish Women’s Book Club 
     Jewish Youth House Report 
     Schedule Change 
     Claim Your Property from Lost and Found 
     Art Event This Sunday 
     Shul Family Album 
     Mazal Tov 
     Camp in November 
Kiddush Sponsors 
Timely Reminders 
Schedule for the Coming Week 
Shabbat L’Yisraelim 
Useful Information 
From our Online Magazine

Join the Chicago Israeli community for a once-in-a-lifetime event as two brand new Sifrei Torah are completed and dedicated to Chabad Israeli Center. The Torahs are donated by Shaul and Hani Basa in memory of Shaul's father and in honor of their families, and by Bat-Chen Atar in memory of her parents and husband.

The Torah Dedication and Parade will be THIS  Sunday, November 13, 2011. The schedule is: 
    3:30: Completion of letters in the Sifrei Torah at 8653 Keeler Ave. 
    4:00: Departing with the Sifrei Torah to Beit Hakneset 
    4:15: Procession arrives at Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie, 4059 Dempster St, and the Torahs are welcomed inside the Beit Hakneset with Hakafot and dancing. 
    4:45: Light Buffet Meal

Mincha will be 4:20 p.m. and Maariv at 5:01 p.m. as per our regular schedule, in 4049 Dempster.

For more info and dedication opportunities please call 847-350-9770 or click here. 

 Mincha this Sunday will be at the Mooz, 4049 Dempster. We will watch the Living Torah video there, too.

All ladies are invited to a fun movie night on Motzei Shabbat, November 19, 2011, 7:30 p.m. at the home of Rivkah (Wendy) Kaplan, 9041 Kedvale in Skokie. Get ready for a fun night with a yummy popcorn bar and other tasty snacks.

We will be watching “Match and Marry”, a documentary featuring some amusing tales, anecdotes, and the surprises of matchmaking and dating for marriage  

Friday Night Shabbat dinner is back! Please join us on Friday night, December 2, 2011, for a delicious dinner & good conversation with friends. Professor Eugene Kontorovich will speak after dinner about “Disputing Occupation: Israel's Borders in International Law” Are the settlements illegal? What actually are the "1967 borders"? Is it true that International Law condemns Israel?

$22/adult and $12/kid - Reserve now and get a $2 for each online reservation.

Professor Eugene Kontorovich teaches at Northwestern University School of Law, and is currently a member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. Professor Kontorovich is an expert in constitutional and international law, and his writings appear in the Wall Street Journal, Jerusalem Post, and elsewhere. He speaks for the Israeli Defense Forces Military Advocate General officers, the American Jewish Committee, the Republican Jewish Committee, and to college student groups across the country.

Eugene is a brilliant and interesting individual, and we are sure you will enjoy his presentation.

The book club met this week at the home of Carole Cohen for an interesting discussion about the life of a very interesting person, Dona Gracia Nassi (short summary of her life can be read here:)

We are now reading “The Blessing of a Broken Heart” by Sherri Mandell. You can purchase the bookhere, or read a few of her articles here.

We will be meeting on December 12, 2011, at the home of Susan Rosenberg.

JLI TEENS GETS OFF TO A GREAT START! 
Skokie high school boys and girls came together to learn and discuss real-life issues. This past week we discussed how Torah law and secular law differ at their very foundation.  .We took some actual legal cases and examined the differences between secular law and the Torah law. 

The lesson structure allows each student to review real news stories and share views and opinions on each case. Students rendered judgment on these real-life scenarios and then considered what ancient Judaism says about those modern-day dilemmas.

Join us this week as we discuss:"If one steals in order to save a life, is he responsible to pay?" this Monday, 7:30 p.m. at the Mooz.

GIRLS KIDDUSH CONTINUES  
Following up on last week’s successful Kiddush, we will have Kiddush again this week after davening at the Mooz for all girls 6th grade and up.

Parashat Hashavua L’Dovrei Ivrit with Rabbi Raices now meets on Mondays at 7:00 p.m. instead of8:00 p.m.

Over Shabbos there will be a table in the lobby with assorted unlabeled stuff that was left in the building over the past several months. Claim yours before it is disposed of.

The Art of Avi Biran and Ilan Hasson will be on display and for sale this Sunday evening, 7:30 – 11:00 p.m., hosted by Amy and Mark Marshall. It will take place in the home of Dena and Oscar Broekman, 9534 Central Park. Part of the proceeds will benefit Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie and Kehillat Chovevei Tzion.

Please send us your family photo, so we can get this shul album together. In the interest of strengthening our shul family and getting to know our shul friends better, we are renewing our plan to compile a comprehensive shul album with family photos, to help us all connect in a more tangible way. The album will be in a private corner on our website.

Please submit current pictures either by email to [email protected] or by snail mail to Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie, 4059 Dempster St., Skokie, IL 60076.  

Mazel tov to Rabbi Aaron & Adina Kaplan on the birth of a baby boy on Thursday. Mazel Tov to the grandparents, Howard & Rivkah Kaplan.The Sholom Zochor will take place in the Kaplan home, 6322 N. Sacramento, Chicago. May they have much Yiddishe Chassidishe Nachas!

Only at Camp Gan Israel! Come Join Camp Gan Israel (under the direction of Rabbi Shneur Scheiman) this Sunday November 13, 12:30 - 4:15 p.m. for some true Camp Spirit and Fun, featuring: Hot Dog Lunch, Arts and Crafts and a Field Trip to Monkey Island!

 At Lubavitch Chabad of Northbrook, 2095 Landwehr Rd., Northbrook, IL 60062.

For all former and potential campers ages 5 – 11. Cost is only $20 per child.  Space is limited, click here to sign up now! 

 

Mr. Kalman Glustoff in honor of his father's yahrzeit, and Shaya Chayim and Chana Lapson & Dovid and Galya Lapson and their families in honor of their father Avrohom Lapson’s yahrzeit

Earliest Tallis: on Mon: 5:46 am - Fri: 5:50 am * 
*) The time we are posting is primarily with our weekday 6:30 minyan attendees in mind. If someone must daven earlier, please be aware that there are other opinions of how to calculate this.

Thursday, 20th of Cheshvan is the birthday of the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, R. Sholom DovBer (5621/1860-5680/1920)

 

4:14 p.m.   Candlelighting 
4:20 p.m.   Mincha and Kabolas Shabbos

9:06 a.m.    Latest Morning Krias Shma 
9:00 a.m.   Shacharis 
11:30 a.m.  Kiddush sponsored by Mr. Kalman Glustoff in honor of his father's yahrzeit, and Shaya Chayim and Chana Lapson & Dovid and Galya Lapson and their families in honor of their father Avrohom Lapson’s yahrzeit 
2:30 p.m.    Rabbi Raices class in his home, 3534 Arcadia 
3:10 p.m.    Tanya with Rabbi Yochanan Posner 
4:10 p.m.   Mincha followed by Gemara Megilla with Rabbi Raices, or Seudah Shlishis with Nigunim & Divrei Torah, & Seudah Shlishis for Teen boys 
5:17 p.m.   Maariv and Shabbos ends

8:00 a.m.   Shacharis 
9:00 a.m.    Tanya 
4:20 p.m.   Mincha 
                  followed by Living Torah 
5:01 p.m.   Maariv 
8:00 p.m.    Hebrew Language with Rabbi Eliezer Bakaleynik

6:30 a.m.   Shacharis 
7:15 a.m.    Gemora Shabbos with Rabbi Posner 
7:00 p.m.    Parashat Hashavua L’Dovrei Ivrit with Rabbi Raices 
7:45 p.m.   Maariv 
8:00 p.m.    Weekly Torah Class with Rabbi Yochanan Posner

6:30 a.m.   Shacharis 
7:15 a.m.    Gemora Shabbos with Rabbi Posner 
10:00 a.m.  Weekly Parsha and discussion with Rabbi B. Epstein 
7:45 p.m.   Maariv 
8:00 p.m.    Chassidic Discourses with Rabbi Raices 
8:00 p.m.    Knit, Purl, and Parsha with Yona Posner in the Phillips home, 9040 Kildare

6:30 a.m.   Shacharis 
7:15 a.m.    Gemora Shabbos with Rabbi Posner 
11:00 a.m.  Explanation of Tefila, Halachos of Shabbos, Etc. with Rabbi Posner 
5:00 p.m.    Works of Maharal with Rabbi Posner at First Equity Bank, Dempster & Crawford 
7:45 p.m.   Maariv 
8:00 p.m.    Gemora, Mesechta Pesachim with Rabbi Raices

6:30 a.m.   Shacharis 
7:15 a.m.    Gemora Shabbos with Rabbi Posner 
10:30 a.m.  JLI: Fascinating Facts with Rabbi Yochanan Posner 
7:45 p.m.   Maariv 
8:00 p.m.    JLI: Fascinating Facts with Rabbi Yochanan Posner

6:30 a.m.   Shacharis 
7:15 a.m.    Gemora Shabbos with Rabbi Posner 
4:07 p.m.   Candlelighting 
4:15 p.m.   Mincha and Kabolas Shabbos

Shabbat L'Yisraelim, provided by Rabbi Menachem Slavaticki and the Chabad Israeli Center, will meet this Shabbat at 10:00 a.m. on the lower level for Shacharit. The Tefila is followed by a complete Seudat Shabbat.