Vol. 12, Issue 29 (#652) E-mail Edition Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie Shul News – Shabbos Parshas Lech L'cha, 5772 (8 Marcheshvan-11/05/2011)
Table of Contents
News and Announcements
Mythbusters!
Life on the Line
”The Pen of the Soul” – an Evening for Women
Book Club for Women
Movie Night for Women
SAVE THE DATE: Shabbaton
Exciting Kiddush News
Shul Family Album
Welcoming Two New Torahs
Camp in November
Jewish Youth House Report
Thank You
Mazal Tov
Kiddush Sponsors
Timely Reminders
Schedule for the Coming Week
Shabbat L’Yisraelim
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News and Announcements
Mythbusters!
Does Judaism believe in guardian angels? Why do Jews use matchmakers? Who wrote the handwriting on the wall? This fun course in Jewish cultural literacy is full of surprising facts, myths, and mysteries.
It starts this Thursday, , November 10th and meets for six weeks, through December 15th.
Morning class is 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM, and evening class is 8:00PM – 9:30 PM
For more information and to register, visit us at www.skokiechabad.org/JLI or call (847)677-1770.
Life on the Line
The new JLI Teen course begins this week too! This JLI Teen course engages students in a thought-provoking and engaging journey with some of life’s ethical challenges. The lesson structure is built to allow each student to review real-life news stories and share their views and opinions on each case. Students will render judgment on these real-life scenarios and then consider what ancient Judaism says about those modern-day dilemmas.
For more information, read the Jewish Youth House report below.
“The Pen of the Soul” – An Evening For Women
All women are invited to "Music – the Pen of the Soul," an evening of music and learning with with Kol Shira and Shaindy Jacobson this Monday, November 7, 7:45 p.m. promptly at Bais Menachem,2833 W. Howard, Chicago. This program is sponsored by Mrs. Shira Malka Walder in honor of her mother, Mrs. Ethel Mallor ob”m whose 12th Yartzeit will be commemorated that evening. Refreshments will be served. Suggested donation: $5
Book Club for Women
The Jewish Book Club will be meeting on Tuesday night, November 8, 2011, at the home of Carole Cohen, 8550 Keeler in Skokie.
PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE!
Movie Night for Women
All ladies are invited to a fun movie night on Motzei Shabbat, November 19, 2011, at the home of Rivkah (Wendy) Kaplan, 9041 Kildare in Skokie. Get ready for a fun night with a yummy popcorn bar and other tasty snacks.
SAVE THE DATE: Shabbaton
Friday Night Shabbat dinner is back! Please join us on Friday night, December 2, 2011, for a delicuios dinner & good conversation with friends, followed by a presentation by Professor Eugene Kontorovich.
Look out for more details next week!
Exciting Kiddush News
We are excited to be starting a new all-girls kiddush this week! The girls of 6th grade and higher will be having their own Kiddush each week after davening, in the Mooz, with some special cuisine added to the kiddush food and a whole lot of spirit!
This allows for more seating in the Kiddush room, and alleviates some of the seating crisis. We will miss the girls, though.
Shul Family Album
Do you know the name of the person you stand next to each week in shul? How about that nice fellow you sit next to at the Kiddush?
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.
Welcoming Two New Torahs
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 on 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 the Beit Hakneset, and the Torahs are welcomed inside with Hakafot and dancing at Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie, 4059 Dempster St.
4:45: Light Buffet Meal
For more info and dedication opportunities please call 847-350-9770 or click here.
Camp In November
Only at Camp Gan Israel! Come Join Camp Gan Israel (under the direction of Rabbi Shneur Scheiman) on 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!
Jewish Youth House Report
Jewish Youth Club has Resumed
The Girls’ Club meets Tuesday evenings 5:30 - 6:30 and the Boys’ Club meets on Wednesday evenings 5:30 – 6:30 for Parsha and Pizza courtesy of The Main Pizza/Chalavi. This past week the boys watched a fun movie about “Little Avraham”
NEW! JLI Teens to Start This Week:
If a friend and I are in a house on fire, is it more important to save my friend or to save myself? How do we balance our rights versus the rights of others? This and other provocative subjects will be discussed at the JLI Teens course, “A Life is on the Line; You Make the Call,” beginning this Monday, November 7, 2011, 7:30 – 9:00 at the Mooz. Dinner will be served. The course is open to boys and girls of high school age. For more information and to sign up visitwww.jewishyouthhouse.org or call Rabbi Chaim at 847-677-1770 x. 3
Girls Kiddush!
The Jewish Youth House is pleased to announce our very own Kiddush for girls grades 6 and up, to take place in the Mooz after Shabbos morning davening has ended.
Thank Yous
Thank you to Mike Fisher for helping to pick up things that the shul needs..
Thank you to Rochel Tatelbaum for hanging posters around town for JLI.
Thank you to Steve Rosenberg for assembling more furniture for our offices.
Thank you to Ethan Phillips for donating a book to the Shul library in honor of his 14th birthday.
Mazal Tovs
We extend a hearty Mazal Tov to Marty Stub on his engagement to Terry Eden of Atlanta. May they have much Simcha and Nachas together.
We extend another hearty Mazal Tov to Marty Stub on the birth of a granddaughter to his children Zev and Sarah in Israel. May they have much Yiddishe Chassidishe Nachas!
We extend a hearty Mazel Tov to Mendel and Debbie Feferman on the Bris of their grandson, Yaakov Simcha Schwartz. May they have much Yiddishe Chassidishe Nachas!
We extend a hearty Mazal Tov Shani Fedida on her becoming Bat Mitzvah. Mazal Tov to her parents, Shlomi and Tiffany Fedida. May they have much Yiddishe Chassidishe Nachas!
Kiddush Sponsors
TBA
Timely Reminders
We change the clocks to Standard Time this Motza’ai Shabbos.
Earliest Tallis: on Mon: 5:38 am - Fri: 5:42 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.
Schedule for the Coming Week
This Friday
5:21 p.m. Candlelighting
5:30 p.m. Mincha and Kabolas Shabbos
Shabbos Day
10:01 a.m.Latest Morning Krias Shma
8:15 a.m. Study of Torah Or.
9:00 a.m.Shacharis
11:30 a.m.Kiddush sponsor TBA
2:30 p.m. Rabbi Raices class in his home, 3534 Arcadia
4:20 p.m.Tanya with Rabbi Yochanan Posner
5:20 p.m. Mincha followed by Study of Works of the Rebbe with Rabbi Posner, or Gemara Megilla with Rabbi Raices, or Seudah Shlishis with Nigunim & Divrei Torah, & Seudah Shlishis for Teen boys
6:23 p.m.Maariv and Shabbos ends
***REMEMBER TO CHANGE YOUR CLOCKS***
Sunday
8:00 a.m. Shacharis
9:00 a.m. Tanya
4:25 p.m. Mincha
followed by Living Torah
5:08 p.m. Maariv
8:00 p.m.Hebrew Language with Rabbi Eliezer Bakaleynik
Monday
6:30 a.m. Shacharis
7:15 a.m.Gemora Shabbos with Rabbi Posner
7:45 p.m.Maariv
8:00 p.m.Parashat Hashavua L’Dovrei with Rabbi Raices
8:00 p.m.Weekly Torah Class with Rabbi Yochanan Posner
8:00 p.m.JLI Teens with Rabbi Chaim Telsner
Tuesday
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.Jewish Women’s Book Club at 8550 Keeler in Skokie
Wednesday
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
Thursday
6:30 a.m.Shacharis
7:15 a.m.Gemora Shabbos with Rabbi Posner
10:30 a.m.JLI: Myths & Facts with Rabbi Yochanan Posner
7:45 p.m.Maariv
8:00 p.m.JLI: Myths & Facts with Rabbi Yochanan Posner
Next Friday
6:30 a.m.Shacharis
7:15 a.m.Gemora Shabbos with Rabbi Posner
4:14 p.m. Candlelighting
4:20 p.m.Mincha and Kabolas Shabbos
Shabbat L’Yisraelim
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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