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Staying Focused on our Purpose

All week long, I have been receiving messages about the impending Shabbat of Hate, that will be directed at Jews this Shabbat from White Supremacist groups. From concerned friends and officials to messages from all of the big Jewish organizational players, the constant flow of emails have alarmed and concerned many.

Yet the truth is, as Stephen Covey said "The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing".

Our job despite all the tremendous distractions including the above mentioned threats, is to continue to focus on accomplishing positive and constructive goals. This is true when we are focusing on helping the world and society achieve its tremendous potential for a more united and caring humanity, a… Read More »

Torah & Tea Update

 

This past Wednesday, ladies enjoyed a great session at the monthly Torah & Tea.

The next session will take place on March 15th at 10am.

Enjoy a monthly class covering a range of topics relatable to women and the rhythm of time along a variety of delicacies and refreshments.

Thank you for the Aid for Turkey

 Thank you to everyone who dropped off brand new or slightly used sleeping bags, coats & blankets as well as baby formula and more supplies, over the last few days at the Chabad Center of Sudbury to help those impacted by the terrible Earthquake in Turkey.

Earlier this week we took a packed van of donated supplies from the Sudbury area Jewish community to the Freerange Market in Medford to drop it off.

It was heartwarming to see all the supplies that are being dropped off to be sent to Turkey and to talk to Cenk Emre who is the owner of the store and the one behind this amazing initiative. Many of the volunteers and workers who are packing the boxes and loading the trucks have family or lost rela… Read More »

From the Upper Hemisphere to Planet Earth

 

The morning after party had just begun and the Jewish people were reveling in the aftermath of the dramatic events of Mount Sinai. Never before they felt so close to G-d, as the mountain shuddered and G-d communicated to them the Ten Commandments.

It was an epiphany unlike anything else they had experienced until that point.

Yet in the portion we read tomorrow which follows these dramatic events, there is no spiritual party. Instead Moses begins to convey to the Jewish people, the nitty gritty of what an ethical and moral life that reflects the Torah's teachings will look like. In a series of 53 commandments, Moses lays out commandments that govern the way we lend money, the way we judge people in court, the tremendous damage of b… Read More »

The Life of one Child

 

A few hours ago, the Israeli search and rescue teams in Turkey pulled out a 10 year old boy from the rubble, more than 100 hours after the deadly earthquake struck. The child was the 18th person rescued from under the rubble by the IDF search and rescue team.

In the face of this terrible tragedy in which the full scope of the damage is still far from known, and when the numbers we hear are in the tens of thousands, the saving of each individual child, or adult from under the rubble, is a miracle and fills us all with hope and elation.

Meanwhile hundreds of miles away in Jerusalem, a six year old child and a twenty year old young man were brutally murdered today in a ramming attack at a bus stop.

A senseless murder of a tiny … Read More »

Tu B'Shevat Shabbos Dinner Report

 

Thank you to the almost 60 people who joined us for the Tu B'Shevat Community Shabbat Dinner. Despite the frigid cold outdoors and multiple cancelations, everyone had a truly wonderful time together as we celebrated the Tu B'Shevat Holiday and every thing that it represents.

We are planning another Community Shabbat Dinner for early May and will keep you posted on the details.

Thank you again to the three sponsoring families, Noel & Daniele Raphael, Avi & Suzanne Finder & Dr. Sasha & Angela Litovchick for helping make this happen.

Trees, Climate Change & People

 

Did you know that trees are natural carbon capture and storage machines, absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere through photosynthesis then locking it up for centuries? 

It's why planting trees in the right way is considered to be a huge tool in impacting the climate around us in a positive way. 

Trees also provide so many other benefits, ranging from their making the air around you cleaner, to providing beautiful fruit, to being used as a source of wood for homes, furniture and so much more, shade and even cooling the air around us. 

Obviously another huge component of trees is their ability to provide seeds to plant even more trees.

In a few days we will be celebrating Tu B'Shevat, the Jewish New Year … Read More »

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