Parshas Chayei Sara, 5772

Vol. 12, Issue 31 (#654) E-mail Edition Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie Shul News – Shabbos Parshas Chayei Sara, 5772 (22 Marcheshvan-11/19/2011)

 

Table of Contents

 

News and Announcements 
     This Motzai Shabbos - Movie Night For Women 
     Watch this Video 
     Shabbaton: Israel and International Law 
     Jewish Women’s Book Club 
     Jewish Youth House Report 
     Schedule Change 
     Shul Family Album 
     Mazal Tov 
     Thank You 
Kiddush Sponsors 
Timely Reminders 
Schedule for the Coming Week 
Shabbat L’Yisraelim 
Useful Information 
From our Online Magazine

 

All ladies are invited to a fun movie night this  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.

We made a short video last week ! Click here to watch it on our Youtube channel.

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, atwww.SkokieChabad.org.

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 next Jewish Women’s Book Club meeting with be December 12, 2011, at the home of Susan Rosenberg, 8343 Lowell. The book they are now reading is “The Blessing of a Broken Heart” by Sherri Mandell. You can purchase the book here, or read a few of her articles here. You can also request the book from Skokie Public Library via inter-library loan.

JLI TEENS  
JLI Teens had another amazing class! We disscused how the Torah teaches us how to act if the only to save someone’s life is through stealing from another, and if and when we must repay the damages. This week we almost doubled our numbers!!! 
All high school students are invited to  join us this coming Monday as we discuss the Torah's perspective on suicide and self–harm.  
Monday evening 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. @The Mooz, 4049 Dempster. 
For more info call 847.677.1770 x 3.

Schedule Note: 
This coming Wednesday there will NOT be "Pizza and Parsha" for the boys club. The girls club will meet as usual on Tuesday 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. @ The Mooz. 

GIRLS KIDDUSH CONTINUES  
We will have Kiddush again this week after davening at the Mooz for all girls 6th grade and up.

Thursday, due to the legal holiday, Shacharis will be at 8:00 a.m.; there will be no Minyan for Mincha or Maariv.

The international convention of Shluchim will be next week and the Rabbis will be away. Note the changes in the class schedules,

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 Bris of their son Sholom Dov Ber on Thursday. Mazel Tov to the grandparents, Howard & Rivkah Kaplan. May they have much Yiddishe Chassidishe Nachas!

We thank Howard and Glenda Kravitz for their contribution to the Kids Room in honor of their daughter Rachel passing her LSW exam.

Ilene and Phil Finkel in honor of his parents' 60th anniversary, his Dad's "special" birthday, and his grandmother's 35th yahrzeit, and

Jack and Ahuvah Goldberg, giving thanks to Hashem for the safe return of their son Richard fromAfghanistan.

Earliest Tallis: on Mon: 5:53 am - Fri: 5:58 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.

Shacharis on Thursday will be at 8:00 a.m. Friday it will be at 6:30 a.m. There will be no Minyan for Mincha or Maariv on Thursday.

 

4:07 p.m.   Candlelighting 
4:15 p.m.   Mincha and Kabolas Shabbos

9:11 a.m.    Latest Morning Krias Shma 
9:00 a.m.   Shacharis 
11:30 a.m.  Kiddush sponsored by Ilene and Phil Finkel in honor of his parents' 60th anniversary, his Dad's "special " birthday, and his grandmother's 35th yahrzeit, and by Jack and Ahuvah Goldberg, giving thanks to Hashem for the safe return of their son Richard from Afghanistan 
2:30 p.m.    Rabbi Raices class in his home, 3534 Arcadia 
4:05 p.m.   Mincha followed by Gemara Megilla with Rabbi Raices, or Seudah Shlishis with Nigunim & Divrei Torah, & Seudah Shlishis for Teen boys 
5:11 p.m.   Maariv and Shabbos ends

8:00 a.m.   Shacharis 
9:00 a.m.    Tanya 
4:10 p.m.   Mincha 
                  followed by Living Torah 
4:57 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 
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
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 
7:45 p.m.   Maariv 
8:00 p.m.    Gemora, Mesechta Pesachim with Rabbi Raices

8:00 a.m.   Shacharis

6:30 a.m.   Shacharis 
4:03 p.m.   Candlelighting 
4:10 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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