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LUBAVITCH OF N. C.
Thoughts From The
Lubavitcher Rebbe
By Rabbi Yossi Groner
During the following weeks,
we read in the weekly Torah
portion, how G-d gave the
Torah to the Jewish people at
Mount Sineu, and then Moshe
relayed all the laws to the
people.
One of the basic principles of
the Jewish faith is that the en
tire Torah, including the Oral
Torah with all its details, was
given by G-d himself to Moshe
on Mount Sinai.
Maimonides writes in his
classic work Thirteen Prin
ciples of Faith: “To believe
that the entire Torah, which is
now in our hands, is the same
Torah that was given to
Moshe our teacher, peace upon
him.”
In his code of Jewish law
(Laws of Teshuvah, chapter
3:8) Maimonides states clear
ly in a definitive Torah ruling,
“One who says that the Torah
does not stem from G-d, even
if he says that so much as one
verse or even one word was
made up by Moshe himself,
this person denies the Torah.
The same applies to one who
denies the explanation of the
Torah, namely, the Oral
Torah...” Toted belief in this
basic principle is an absolute
criterion which determines if
an individual in fact has faith
in the cardinal basis of
Judaism, if he believes in the
Torah as a whole.
In addition to the origin of
Torah from the Al-mighty
G-d to Moshe on Mount Sinai,
there is a further aspect of
Torah that can be inferred
from the word “Torah” itself,
which is etymologically con
nected to the Hebrew word
“Hora’a” which means
“teaching.”
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Schoenes in front of giant Menorah.
Celebrating Chanukah
The final night of Chanukah
was celebrated at Lubavitch
with a grand Chanukah party.
The large menorah, set up by
Marty Kleinman and Andy
London, had all eight candles,
plus the Shamesh lit. People
toasted L’chaim and wished
each other a happy Chanukah,
and of course specisd Chanu
kah latkes were served.
One of the high points of the
evening was the showing of
“Lights,” an animated
Chemukah film describing the
miracle of Chanukah. Due to
the nature of the film, which
deals with the ideological bat
tle between the Maccabees
and the Greeks, it was enjoyed
by young and old.
The after school and pre
school children had a
Chanukah party of their own.
They made individual
menorahs out of clay, baked
them in the oven, and then
painted the menorahs with the
color of their choice. The
children also had a first hand
experience in prep£iring their
own Chanukah latkes.
The preschoolers have
welcomed some new additions.
Joe and Judy Gaynor (Altee’s
Pet ‘Shop) donated an
aquarium with tropiced fish
and two parakeets, Sparky
and SunsWne. In caring for
them, the children will benefit
through this rich experience.
Rabbi Yossi Groner lights the Menorah.
What’s a party without food?
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