Hebrew School!

It's already been 4 exciting weeks of Hebrew School! The youngest children have a blast making fun coloring pages and crafts to better learn the Aleph Bet. In the other classes the curriculum ranges from learning how to use your whole body to do Mitzvot or the history of the Jews or learning how to infuse our whole life with G-dliness from the moment a child is born.

Not only is there exciting and educational classes but every child gets a chance to enhance their Hebrew reading at their own level with the Aleph Champ system. To practice at home children can go to our Website and review with the convenient level-based homework cards.

Our new incentive program is in full swing and the children will be able to start getting their prizes very soon!! Each child will get a personalized ID card and will be able to go on the Website to check out and "purchase" prizes with their points. We will also be bringing prizes to Hebrew School on November 24th for an in-school shop.

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Bat Mitzvah Club -- Meeting #1

Our first Bat Mitzvah Club meeting was a smashing success where the girls got to meet each other and learn all about Sarah, one of our greatest ancestors to date. The pride of a Jewish women was discovered as we discussed Sarah's roles in life, not only as the mother of Yitzchok (who was to become one of our four forefathers) but also that she was the known to be  mother of the Jewish people! 

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The 3 miracles that Gd did for Sarah came to life when we made our very own candle holders and challa, in a homemade tent! To keep the memoirs and think about it for the next class the girls each took home a notebook with a quote for them to come up with a connection to everything we had learned. 

Step Up -- Meeting #1

To kick off our theme of a "Thread of Kindness" we started off the year of Step Up by making Challa! We not only made a challa for ourselves but the girls were able to choose one person who they would like to do something nice for and labeled a second Challa to give to them. 
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Moment of Silence in School System!

Everyone’s question…

“How do we prevent another Shooting tragedy?”

Must introduce G-D in our DAILY LIVES!

Rebbe’s Call for a Moment of Silence in the Public School System.

 

Chabad Distributes Home Cooked Meals to the Needy

 

With the Chabad Center and Shul still in shambles, with its makeshift lighting system it became an epicenter for volunteers.

Last night Chabad Lubavitch of Manhattan Beach partnered with iVolunteer to distribute hot dinner to the less fortunate. Many people don’t realize the amount of seniors living alone in the buildings on Manhattan Beach.
Armed with flash lights the volunteers went from apartment to apartment knocking on doors bringing the elderly well needed dinner. 

“Thank you so much for bringing me this food, we couldn’t get out of the house its too cold.” said a resident of 150 West End Ave. Chabad was able to secure a list of elderly still in the neighborhood not wanting to leave their comfort zone. 

“We will do our best to guarantee these seniors have what they need till they get electricity and heat back on so they can get back to normal life.” said Rabbi Avrohom Winner, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Manhattan Beach. 

We want to acknowledge Mrs. Sheva Tauby and Rabbi Moshe Frank from iVolunteer for making these arrangements. 
Food was donated by Mrs. Rochel Leah Rubashkin from Crown Heights, and Mr. Zalman Weuntsch of Wolf and Lamb. 
We want to thank the Crown Heights volunteers and our community volunteers that were able to come late last night, thank you Sonya Merener and daughter, Glen and Sabina Singer and Daniella Zhitomorsky.

For info visit: www.ChabadManhattanBeach.com, www.Facebook.com/ChabadManhattanBeach

After "Sandy" Update 2

The feelings of the past couple of days and hours have been emotionally draining for all. Frustration, anger and sadness of all that has been lost, its unbelievable.
For some the basement / walk-in was a bedroom for others a family room. The loss is personal and close to one’s heart.
“its not just some furniture or even the structural damage… Rabbi its all my memories. My wedding album, my sons Bar Mitzvah pictures” cried out a Manhattan Beach resident to me today.
Shula and I, have been out every day these past couple of days visiting homes and families just to give emotional support. Many people put on teffilin giving G-d a prayer of thanks for being alive!
After seeing this devastation realizing that it could have been worse.
“At least we’re alive, our kids are fine… Its only money Rabbi, we can make it back… we did it before we can do it again” commented another resident of Manhattan Beach. “We came here with nothing and built all this, now we have some damage… we’ll rebuild”.
I want to conclude with GOOD NEWS.
OUR SHUL WILL BE OPEN FOR SHABBOS!
We have had a team of people cleaning out the shul the past 2 days. We are missing Chumashim and some siddurim (prayer books) and talleisim due to the damage (just to mention a few).
We have ourselves and the Torah’s. Many have asked that they want to stop by the Synagogue to make a prayer - this is the opportunity.
Services will be held Saturday Morning 10:30 – 12:30 (giving us daylight, due to partial electrical outage).
Please come and bring a neighbor.
It’s a VERY OPPORTUNE TIME, EVERYONE WILL BE INTERESTED IN GOING TO SHUL FOR A PRAYER.
Please don’t excuse them and assume they are not interested because they’re not into religion.
Just today someone put on Teffilin with the introduction that he doesn’t believe in G-d. I said YOU DON’T HAVE TO BELIEVE TO PUT ON TEFFILIN, YOU JUST HAVE TO PUT THEM ON!!! And he did.

Synagogue gets Facelift

 Thank you Arkady Orkin for donating our new furniture.
It gives the shul a complete and new look.