Parshas Vayechi, 5773

Vol. 13, Issue 38 (#712) E-mail Edition Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie Shul News – Shabbos Parshas Vayechi, 5773 (16 Teves-12/29/2012)

Table of Contents

News and Announcements 
     Phone-a-thon This Sunday 
     Introduction to Chassidus - Announcing the Second Course 
     Breakfast Club for Men 
     Baba Sali Hilula Dinner 
     Women are Invited 
     Community-Wide Farbrengen – 200 Years 
     Jewish Youth House Update 
     Kiddush Committee News 
Kiddush Sponsors 
Timely Reminders 
Schedule for the Coming Week 
Shabbat L’Yisraelim 
Useful Information 
From our Online Magazine

 

This Sunday we will be holding our annual phone-a-thon to benefit the many programs of Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie.  Please volunteer to man the phones and attend to the many tasks associated with a successful event. Contact Rabbi Yochanan to find out how you can be of the most assistance or to let us know what hours you are available.

You can help get the ball rolling in advance by going to www.SkokieChabad.org/donate; enter “Phonethon” in the comment box.

The first six week Chassidus course with Rabbi Moshe Miller at Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie was very enjoyable and a true learning experience for all of the participants. You are invited to attend the next course in this series.

This course will focus on the overall topic of “אין עוד מלבדו There is nothing beside Him - So how did we get to be here?”

We will trace the origin of the subject to a posuk in Torah; elaborate its meaning, logic and how it is connected with other concepts in Torah and Chassidus; discuss different understandings of the concept by different authorities.

Basic familiarity with Hebrew reading and translating required. This course is ideal for individuals who have some experience with learning Chassidus, whether it is simply attending shiurim at a Shul or a Chabad House, or even yeshiva graduates. Men and women are welcome.

This six week Chassidus course with Rabbi Moshe Miller will begin on January 6, 2013, and will meet on Sundays at 8pm at Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie 4059 Dempster Street.

Tuition for this course is $60. Study materials are included, and there will be homework assignments and mini tests so you can monitor your progress and your retention of the material.

For more information please contact Dovid Lapson, [email protected], or Rabbi Moshe,[email protected], or call us.

Register online at www.skokiechabad.org/2084403.

There will be a breakfast for men at Shul on January 13, 2013, 9:00 a.m.- 10:00 a.m. Rabbi Posner will discuss some interesting Halacha of Business case studies. We thank Hiam Naiditch for being the driving force behind this event, and his committee of Yehuda Leib Burgeman, Evan Loiterman, Rob Phillips, Dr. Berel Polisky, Steve Rosenberg.

Please join us for a Hilula dinner in honor of the Baba Sali, Rabbi Yisrael Abichatzeira zt”l. Featuring guest speakers Rabbi Dr. Hanania Elbaz of New York, Rabbi Reuven Matusof of France, Rabbi Daniel J. Raccah, as well as live music by Isaac Bitton of Raya Mehemna fame.

Monday, January 14, 2013, 7:30 pm promptly (doors open at 7:15 pm) at Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie, 4059 Dempster. There is limited seating available and advance reservation is required. Reserve now for this event atwww.SkokieChabad.org/Hilula.

Judi Superstein invites all women to join her this Monday evening, 19^th of Teves, in commemorating the first yahrtzeit of her father, longtime member of Skokie Chabad, R’ Kalman ben Boruch Tzvi Glustoff.

The yahrtzeit farbrengen will take place at her home, 8652 Crawford, at 8:00 pm on Monday, December 31, 2012.

In honor of the 200^th Yahrzeit of the Alter Rebbe, founder of Chabad, there will be a grand Melaveh Malkah and Farbrengen next Motzai Shabbos, 24^th of Teves, (January 5), 8:00 p.m. at Cong. Bnei Ruven, 6350 N. Whipple in Chicago. Rabbis Chaim Twersky and Moshe Yosef Unger will give Divrei Bracha, and the guest speaker will be Rabbi Sholom Wineberg, translator of “Lessons in Tanya.” For men and women. Reserve your place at http://chabadillinois.com/1708938

CTEEN Shabbaton in NYC 
The National CTeen Shabbaton will take place in New York over Shabbat, February 8-10. Teens from Skokie join others from all over the country, for the greatest “high school reunion” experience! 
Last year, the Jewish Youth House had a significant contingent at the CTeen Shabbaton. Registration for this year’s shabbaton is in full swing! Click here for a video of last year's highlights; to join the group or for more info, contact Rabbi Chaim.

Thank you to the salad committee of Friedman & Scheer for making our Kiddush salads. This week’s menu features tuna  with capers, celery, green onions and mayo, garbanzo and tomato salad, summer corn salad, and coleslaw with ramen noodles

Mrs. Bessie Muller in honor of her son Chaim Meir Yaakov's yahrzeit on 28 Teves

Earliest Tallis: on Mon: 6:23 am - Fri: 6:23 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.

This Tuesday we will be on legal holiday schedule, with Shacharis at 8:00 a.m. and Mincha at 4:15 p.m. There will not be a 7:45 Maariv Minyan.

 

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

9:35 a.m.   Latest Morning Krias Shma 
9:00 a.m.   Shacharis 
11:30 a.m.Kiddush sponsored by Mrs. Bessie Muller in honor of her son Chaim Meir Yaakov's yahrzeit on 28 Teves 
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 
5:14 p.m.  Maariv and Shabbos ends

8:00 a.m.   Shacharis 
9:00 a.m.   Tanya 
4:15 p.m. Mincha 
                  followed by “The Living Torah” 
5:01 p.m. Maariv

6:30 a.m.   Shacharis 
7:15 a.m.   Gemora Makos 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

8:00 a.m.   Shacharis 
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 
4:20 p.m.  Mincha 
5:03 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 
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 
1:00 p.m.   Tanya Class (Women) – contact Mrs. Raices 
7:45 p.m.  Maariv

6:30 a.m.   Shacharis 
7:15 a.m.   Gemora Makos with Rabbi Posner 
4:13 p.m. Candlelighting 
4:20 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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