Parshas Mishpatim-Shekalim, 5773

Vol. 13, Issue 44 (#718) E-mail Edition Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie Shul News – Shabbos Parshas Mishpatim-Shekalim, 5773 (29 Shevat-02/09/2013)

Table of Contents

News and Announcements 
     PURIM is coming! 
     Open Casting Call 
     Study Rambam! 
     Jewish Youth House Update 
     Nichum Aveilim 
     Mazal Tov 
     Kiddush Committee News 
Kiddush Sponsors 
Timely Reminders 
Schedule for the Coming Week 
Shabbat L’Yisraelim 
Useful Information 
From our Online Magazine

 

The countdown to an amazing Purim has begun! We have so much happening, that all the information is already up online at www.SkokieCabad.org/Purim.

Make sure to watch and share this fun video that we made, to introduce our Purim events and activities!

Here’s a rundown of some things to expect:

·         Purim in Persia is our famously fantastic Purim party for families, on Motzei Shabbat, 2/23/13. Join us for crafts, activities, animals, entertainment, and fun for the whole family! Reserve online now to get a $2 discount for each attendee, and to avoid the rush: www.SkokieChabad.org/2122093

·         Hourly Megillah Readings: Make sure to listen to the Megillah being read twice on Purim – once at night and once during the day. It’s easy to do with Skokie Chabad, we have readings every hour, on the hour. Purim night (2/23) from 7:00 pm – 12 midnight, and Purim day (2/24) every hour from 9:00 am through 5:00 pm.

·         Purim Seudah – make sure to reserve a spot for your family! No need to worry that you will be partied out by Purim afternoon, and don’t forget that one of the mitzvahs is to eat a festive meal! Join us for live music, entertainment, and a sit-down dinner for Purim. Reservations are required – click here:www.SkokieChabad.org/2122102

·         Matanot L’Evyonim – The Mitzvah is to give directly to two different needy people on Purim day. We make it easy for you on a hectic day! You can submit the information online and Rabbi Posner will deliver on your behalf on Purim day: www.SkokieChabad.org/2122094

·         Mishloach Manot – you can help bring Purim joy to nursing home residents and elderly people on Purim! Contact us to be part of this mitzvah, and to visit and deliver mishloach Manot to the residents on Purim.

This year’s Megillah-reading slideshow will feature the people  of our community. Make sure your family is part of the fun!

Open casting/photography will be this Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Come then to be photographed. We will be featuring up to 80 people in the slideshow, so don’t miss out!

This past Monday was a big day for hundreds of thousands! Across the globe people concluded a cycle of Maimonides’ code of Jewish law, known as the Mishneh Torah or his book on the 613 commandments, known as Sefer Hamitzvot.

If you have yet to take the plunge…starting is simple:

Maimonides’ code covers all the laws of the Torah. By studying it, you will fulfill the special mitzvah to become familiar with every area of Jewish law!

You will also join a global community of Jews who, transcending boundaries of time and space, are studying the entire Torah in unison. Double unity: The whole Torah around the whole world!

We make it easy! Whichever track you choose, we have on our website a full menu of  Hebrew and Englishtexts, as well as daily audio and  video classes to help you along.

The daily mitzvah track, which also started this week, covers a portion of Maimonides’ Sefer Hamitzvot which over the year covers, in a brief way, each of the 613 commandments.

Alternatively, you can join the one-chapter-a-day program finishing the entire code every three years.

You can also, order the Chayenu booklet  www.chayenu.org which will arrive in your mailbox weekly. The Chayenu has the daily Maimonides portions each week, the weekly Torah portion with Rashi and much more. You can use it at home or take it with you to study on the way.

Want to know more? Hear what the Rebbe, initiator of this global Torah revolution, has to say about it.

Cteen Shabbaton Is Here! 
We are in NYC for an amazing weekend with over 700 teens from all over the world, There are teens from the U.S , Canada, Europe, and even Africa (yup) you can follow our trip here. Check back next week for a full report.

Jewish Youth Clubs 
The Jewish Youth Club for boys will meet on Thursday 5:00 - 6:00 PM.

This week the girls enjoyed Delicious Pizza (Thank you, Main Pizza), and decorated black and white cookies as we learned about our two very different souls, and how we can get them to work together.

There will be no Girls club this coming week.

“Eighth Day” Back In Chicago 
This isn't your mother's Jewish country indie folk rock band! Join Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie and the Jewish Youth House for an amazing concert with breakaway hit band, Eighth Day!

We are excited to have nabbed a great block of seats, where we can be up close to all the energy and action. Eighth Day is most well-known for their danceable fun song, Ya'alili and their Jewish folksy, country, hip indie rock vibe. They are legendary at Skokie Chabad for having played the music that makes tables collapse! (Photos from that Purim are here :)

Each member of our group will receive a complimentary T-shirt customized for the event. To order your tickets email us at [email protected]. Tickets are limited, so, hurry! You don't want to miss this great event. Fun for the whole family.

Girls Kiddush  
There will be no Girls Kiddush this week.

With sadness we report the passing of Gusta Galster, sister ofתבדלחט"א  Mrs. Fela Pinhasik. She is sitting Shiva in her home, 4050 Enfield, through Tuesday morning.

"May Hashem comfort her among the mourners of Tzion and Yerushalayim." 

We extend a hearty Mazal Tov to Rabbi and Mrs. Yosef and Zeesy Posner on the birth of a granddaughter, Basya, to their children Nechama and Peretz Golding. May they see much Yiddishe, Chassidishe Nachas!

Thank you to the salad committee of Friedman & Scheer for making our Kiddush salads.

Marty and Terry Stub in honor of the 10th Yahrzeit of his sister Freyda bas Yitzchak.

This Shabbos we read Parshas Shekalim.

The Molad of Chodesh Adar will be Sunday, 5:37 p.m. and 13 Chalakim

The beginning of the new Hebrew month of Adar will be Sunday and Monday.

Earliest Tallis: on Mon: 6:00 am - Fri: 5:55 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.

 

4:55 p.m. Candlelighting 
5:05 p.m. Mincha and Kabolas Shabbos

9:29 a.m.   Latest Morning Krias Shma 
7:45 a.m.   Tehillim for Shabbos Mevorchim 
9:00 a.m.   Shacharis 
11:30 a.m.Kiddush sponsored by Marty and Terry Stub in honor of the 10th Yahrzeit of his sister Freyda bas Yitzchak. 
2:30 p.m.   Rabbi Raices’ class in his home, 3534 Arcadia 
4:55 p.m. Mincha 
followed by Gemara Megilla with Rabbi Raices, or Seudah Shlishis with Nigunim & Divrei Torah 
5:59 p.m.  Maariv and Shabbos ends

8:00 a.m.   Shacharis 
10:30 a.m.JLI: “Living With Integrity” with Rabbi Yochanan Posner 
5:05 p.m. Mincha 
                  followed by “The Living Torah” 
5:47 p.m. Maariv 
8:00 p.m.   Introduction to Chassidus with Rabbi Moshe Miller

6:30 a.m.   Shacharis 
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 Makos with Rabbi Posner 
10:00 a.m.Weekly Parsha and discussion with Rabbi B. Epstein 
2:30 p.m.   “What Page are We On in the Prayerbook?” Davening class in the home of Susan Rosenberg, 8343 Lowell 
7:45 p.m.  Maariv

6:30 a.m.   Shacharis 
7:15 a.m.   Gemora Makos 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 Makos with Rabbi Posner 
10:30 a.m.JLI: “Living With Integrity” with Rabbi Yochanan Posner 
1:00 p.m.   Tanya Class (Women) – contact Mrs. Raices 
5:00 p.m.   Jewish Youth Club - Boys 
7:45 p.m.  Maariv 
8:00 p.m.   JLI: “Living With Integrity” with Rabbi Yochanan Posner

6:30 a.m.   Shacharis 
7:15 a.m.   Gemora Makos with Rabbi Posner 
5:04 p.m. Candlelighting 
5:15 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.

 

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