Prayer Services for Vayechi – December 17, 2010

Friday Evening Services are at 6:30PM at the Goldstein residence. Service includes singing, Friday Night Talk Program & Kiddush.

This week we will have a minyan to recite kaddish for the Cartman’s who are still within ‘the 30’ and for the millions who perished during the holocaust [see 10th of Tevet post].

10th of Tevet 5771

[Taken from chabad.org]

On the 10th of Tevet of the year 3336 from Creation (425 BCE), the armies of the Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem. Thirty months later — on Tammuz 9, 3338 — the city walls were breached, and on Av 9th of that year, the Holy Temple was destroyed. The Jewish people were exiled to Babylonia for 70 years.

Tevet 10 (this year December 17, 2010) is observed as a day of fasting, mourning and repentance. We refrain from food and drink from daybreak to nightfall, and add the Selichot and other special supplements to our prayers. More recently, Tevet 10 was chosen to also serve as a “general kaddish day” for the victims of the Holocaust, many of whom the day of their martyrdom is unknown.

Hanukkah Party Thanks

Thank you to everyone who was able to join our Hanukkah Party!

Thank you to all that contributed to the pot luck meal, everything was wonderful.

Thanks to the Hebrew School kids for singing for us.

Thank you to the Sudbury Jewish Community for reaching out to the university students and all others that are away from family for the holidays and making everyone feel welcome!

Hanukkah Party

If you are on our mailing list, expect a reminder in your mailboxes for the upcoming LUJSA 2nd Annula Hanukkah Party Pot Luck on Dec. 9 @ 6:30PM at the university.

It is a wonderful opportunity for our community to show support for the university students who are away from their homes and families for the holiday. The Hebrew School kids have prepared a couple of songs and the university students are eager to share some latkes with everyone!

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