This week we ran nine different Model Matzah Bakeries for the Sudbury community and for temples and schools in the Boston area, spanning Sudbury, Wellesley and Brookline.
Hundreds of children and family members participated in this exciting hands on Passover event and smiles and 
happy faces were in abundance, along with the great smell of Matzah in the oven.
You can see a lot more pictures of the events over here.
The Four sons are a crucial element of the Seder Table, without which the table is incomplete.
The most important family gathering of the year at the Passover Seder Table, needs to be all encompassing and embracing. We are not all the same in the way we think, act, or feel, yet we are taught that we are not complete and cannot fully experience the Seder message of freedom, purpose and meaning, unless we are cognizant of the underlying deep bonds that connect us all together and find a way to enable them to be expressed.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe would always talk about the fifth child who is not represented at the Seder Table, the one that didn't show up. Indeed, besides those who agree to sit down together, we need to seek out a… Read More »
Watching the events unfold over the last few weeks in Israel and the demonstrations and the discord that have ensued, hasn't been easy. Along with the political divide that the politicians and media could do much more to contain and defuse, there have been a few very painful terrorist attacks in which siblings and others were killed which have served as a reminder, as to the never ending external threats that Israel and the Jewish people face.
As much as I try to minimize how much news I consume and focus on purposeful and meaningful pursuits, the recent divisions have hit a very raw chord for myself and so many others.
It is truly painful and upsetting to watch the rift, and every day I pray that this will end soon. I am confident that G… Read More »
Last Friday, about a dozen teens enjoyed a Friday Night Shabbat Dinner at the home of Rabbi Yisroel & Shayna Freeman.
The teens enjoyed games, Shabbat songs and stories, awesome food and lots of fun!
This picture was taken just before Shabbat and before a few of the teens arrived!
Mazal Tov Noa Shvartzman on your Bat Mitzvah and Mazal Tov to your dear parents Dima & Orli and to your grandparents and family members.
It was a truly special celebration and you did so well and made us all so proud.
May your journey into your Jewish adulthood continue to be full of blessings, meaning and happiness as you follow the footsteps of the generations who have come before you.
Until last week, I had never heard of the Silicon Valley Bank and even the term Bank Run was never something that I had ever contemplated the meaning of.
All this changed over the course of the week as the Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, another was seized by the Feds and another one is being propped up by other banks, and similar happenings are occurring across the pond in Europe.
I have heard many seasoned financial analysts offer their take on this and I really don't understand enough of the investment world to be able to fully understand all of the dynamics myself. Yet certainly, public trust in the Bank that collapsed began to plummet very quickly and similar things began occurring to the trust in the financial system in many o… Read More »
Thank you to the beautiful crowds who turned up at the Purim Celebrations on Monday evening, Tuesday evening, Purim Morning and more!
Between all of these joyous celebrations, the four senior living or rehab centers where Chabad of Sudbury was able to do Purim programs, and the many hundreds who received a personal visit in the days leading up to the holiday, many hundreds of lives were touched and enriched this Purim.
Thank you to everyone who volunteered with setup of events, cleanup, shopping, food prep, decor, deliveries and packing the Purim Packages. Without you all this wouldn't have been possible.
You can see some photo albums of Purim in the links below.
Black & White Purim Celebration
Purim in the Jungle Celebrati…Read More »
Thank you to everyone from our community who helped us send some Purim Packages to the brave IDF Soldiers who are protecting Israel's roads and motorists from terror attacks!
They were very grateful for the Purim packages and the joy and care that it represented.
They also love saying the word "Massssssachuuuusetttss"!
Imagine the scene, when in the days just after the end of the Second World War, a young Jewish man who was a member of the Hitler Youth (through a crazy series of events) and was still wearing his uniform, comes across a gaunt, thin, and pale Holocaust survivor, just out of the Death Camps, by the name of Manfred Frankel.
Solomon Perel, who had used a German name throughout the war to conceal his identity, and had to play the part and be a part of the Hitler Youth, was suddenly facing a Holocaust Survivor from Auschwitz for the first time. He was in complete shock and disbelief and he froze, and so did Manfred Frankel as they stood there on the street.
They faced each other for a few moments, and then Solly Perel as… Read More »
