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Welcome |
We Welcome Rabbi Mendel Lieberman - Chabad of Ashkelon who will be our guest this Shabbos.
Rabbi Lieberman will teach the Rabbi's classes and give the sermon this week. Rabbi Lieberman is on his annual trip to Phoenix to raise much needed funds for the Chabad activities in Ashkelon |
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Shiva Info |
Dr Steven Wiener will be sitting Shiva after the passing of his mother at his home Monday, Tuesday & Thursday nights from 7:00pm - 9:00pm.
5129 E Orchid Ln, Paradise Valley
condolences can be emailed to gqwife@aol.com |
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COMMUNITY Programs |
CHANUKAH PROGRAMS
CHANUKAH GAME NIGHT & CHINESE
Sunday, December 25th 5:00pm
SHLOSHIM OBSERVANCE
in memory of Rabbi Levertov's Father
Monday December 26, 2016
ANNUAL CAR MENORAH PARADE & EVENT
Tuesday December 27 2016
CHANUKAH ON THE LAWN
by the Biltmore Shoppes
Wednesday, December 28 2016
Jewish Heritage Night
@ the Arizona
Coyotes
Thursday December 29 | 7:00pm
CHABAD YOUTH PROGRAMS
ANNUAL YEAR END $10,000 RAFFLE
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT
Buy Tickets www.chabadaz.com/win
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Friday Night & Shabbat December 30 - 31 2016
Shabbat Dinner & Lecture with Rabbi Wagner of Germany
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EMOTIONAL SOBRIETY
Sunday Evening Jamuary 22, 2017
Lecture by Rabbi Shais Taub
RSVP: chabadaz.com/taub
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Chabad of Phoenix is looking for some more sponsors for bikes and other playground equipment to keep our children occupied by services, if you would like to participate, kindly call the office at 602.944.2753 or reply to this email.
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Shabbat Vayeitzi |
This weeks email is sponsored in honor of
DR LEONARD & MALKA LAPENSON
in appreciation of their support of Aleph Bet's Chanukah Chagiga
by Aleph Bet Preschool
Sponsor an email in honor or memory of a loved one! Email RabbiDov@chabadaz.com for details.
Shul Schedule
Friday
Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat: 5:00pm
Shabbat
Chassidic Thought: 9:00am
Shacharit: 9:30am
Mens Study: 4:45pm
Mincha: 5:15pm
Women's Study: 5:15pm
Chabad of Phoenix is looking for partners to enable us to expand our wonderful programming ,
become a Chai Club Member Today!!
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Shabbat Program |
THERE WILL BE A MESIBAT SHABBAT
Between Mincha & Maariv Shabbat Afternoon
We need a Sponsor for the month of Kislev
Sponsor - $72 or $54 ______________
NO SHABBOS KIDS PROGRAM THIS WEEK
Kindly consider participating in this worthy endeavor, keeping our children busy and safe during the davening.
We would love to have a few months pre-sponsored!
Thank you for you participation in ensuring a safe, meaningful & fun service for Our
children!
To Sponsor a week, please contact
youth@chabadaz.com or speak to Rabbi Dov |
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Kiddush Sponsored By: |
Esther Grabowsky in honor of her daughter Chana Leah's (Hannah) graduation from ASU and wishing her success with her move to New York.
and by
Benny and Orna Avrahami and Moshe and Iris Avrahami in memory of their father Eliyahu ben Zilpa, their brother Aharon ben Momtaz and their sister Rachel bat Momtaz. The Kiddush is a time when we all join together as a community and share about our lives with friends & community.
Kindly consider sponsoring or contributing towards our shared community, in celebration or commemoration of a family date or event.
please call the office at 602.944.2753 |
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Several men sit around
the locker room of their local Jewish Community Center. A cell phone on a bench
begins to rings and a man engages the hands free speaker function and begins to
talk. Everyone in the room stops to listen.
Man: "Hello."
Woman: "It's me. Are you in the club?"
Man: "Yes."
Woman: "I am at the mall and found this beautiful leather
coat. It's only $1,000. Is it okay if I buy it?"
Man: "Sure. Go ahead, if you like it that much."
Woman: "I also stopped by the Mercedes dealership and saw
the new 2006 models. I saw one I really liked."
Man: "How much?"
Woman: "$90,000."
Man: Okay, but for that price I want it with all the
options."
Woman: "Really? Great! Oh, and one more thing, the house I
wanted last year is back on the market. They're asking $1,350,000."
Man: "Well, then go ahead and give them an offer of
$1,300,000. If they don't take it, we can go the extra fifty thousand. It's
really a pretty good price."
Woman: "Okay. I'll see you later then. I love you so
much!"
Man: "Bye. I love you, too." The man hangs up the
phone and the other men in the locker room are staring at him in astonishment,
mouths agape. The man smiles and asks, "Anyone knows who this phone
belongs to?
When
our patriarch Jacob left his father’s house, he stopped along the way to spend
the night in a deserted place which would one day become the site of the Holy
Temple. He gathered 12 stones, placed them around himself, and lay down to rest.
The Midrash tell us that as he lay there, the stones miraculously fused into a
single stone beneath his head.
What
is the meaning of this strange episode recorded in the Midrash? What deeper
message lies in this story? Why didn’t Jacob look for one large stone to start
with?
Jacob
was embarking on a monumental journey that would eventually lead to the birth
of the children of Israel. In a very short time, he would father 12 sons who
would in turn father the 12 tribes of the nation of Israel. With the fusing of
stones, Jacob was being told from on High that the strength and success of his
children, the Jewish people, would come only when they are united. Only when
the many stones will become one and the twelve tribes of Israel will be of one
heart and soul, will the Jews thrive as a people.
Nothing
is new under the sun. Today, as in the past, we, the Jewish people, face many
existential challenges. Nuclear threats from Iran, Hamas, ISIS and Hezbollah,
growing anti-Semitism around the world, religious fanaticism and terrorism,
just to name a few. But our single greatest challenge remains the struggle for
unity within. To be victorious over our external enemies we must first stand
together, united, guided by our one G‑d and one Torah. Only then will we be
successful in defeating our enemies. When we are fragmented individuals, they
can break us, but when we unite, they don't stand a chance! |
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Parshat
Vayeitzei
Jacob leaves his hometown of
Beersheba and journeys to
Charan. On the way, he encounters “
the place” and sleeps there, dreaming of a
ladder connecting heaven and earth, with angels climbing and descending on it; G‑d appears and promises that the land upon which he lies will be given to his descendants. In the morning, Jacob raises the
stone on which he laid his head as an altar and monument, pledging that it will be made the
house of G‑d.
In Haran, Jacob stays with and works for his uncle
Laban, tending Laban’s sheep. Laban agrees to give him his younger daughter,
Rachel—whom Jacob loves—in marriage, in return for seven years’ labor. But on the wedding night, Laban gives him his elder daughter,
Leah, instead—a deception Jacob discovers only in the morning. Jacob marries Rachel, too,
a week later, after agreeing to work another seven years for Laban.
Leah gives birth to six sons—Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and
Zebulun—and a daughter, Dinah, while Rachel remains barren. Rachel gives Jacob her handmaid,
Bilhah, as a wife to bear children in her stead, and two more sons, Dan and Naphtali, are born. Leah does the same with her handmaid,
Zilpah, who gives birth to Gad and Asher. Finally, Rachel’s prayers are answered and she gives birth to
Joseph.
Jacob has now been in Charan for fourteen years, and wishes to return home. But Laban persuades him to remain, now offering him
sheep in return for his labor. Jacob prospers, despite Laban’s repeated attempts to swindle him. After six years, Jacob leaves Charan in stealth, fearing that Laban would prevent him from leaving with the family and property for which he
labored. Laban pursues Jacob, but is warned by G‑d in a dream not to harm him. Laban and Jacob make a pact on
Mount Gal-Ed, attested to by a pile of stones, and Jacob proceeds to the Holy Land, where he is met by
angels.
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| For a mitzvah is a lamp, and Torah, light — Proverbs 6:23 |
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