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The Charlotte Jewish News - May 2014 - Page 19 Yoel Sharabi to Perform with Israeli Music Concert at William Davie Park Lag B’Omer Festival and BBQ with Chabad Yoel Sharabi, a talented Israeli guitarist and energetie singer will be the feature entertainment at the Lag b’Omer festival and barbeque at William Davie Park. Lag b’Omer, a well known holiday for pienies and outings in Israel, falls on Sunday, May 18. Charlotte will be fortunate to have Israel eome to our eommunity with musie, song, and food. Lag b’Omer marks the day of the passing of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yoehai, one of the greatest sages in the times of the Mishnah. Rabbi Shimon is also known as the teaeher of the Zohar, the basis of our Jewish mystieal tradition, known as Kabbalah. Rabbi Shi mon instmeted that the day of his passing should be a eelebration of life, with speeial emphasis on the kabbalistie teaehings that he is most known for. This festival is widely eelebrated in Israel with bonfires and pienies, and has been eelebrated eaeh year in Charlotte, hosted by Lubaviteh of North Car olina. This year, the Lag b’Omer eoneert and kosher barbeeue in the park, will be eo-hosted by Con gregation Ohr HaTorah and Chabad of Ballantyne at William Davie Park. This beautiful park is loeated at 4635 Pineville- Matthews Road, near the Arbore tum in Charlotte. The park is an ideal spot, as it features a eomfort- able shaded area outdoors and a large air-eonditioned faeility as well. The event will begin at 5 PM with a variety of aetivities for the ehildren. A delieious kosher bar beeue dinner will be served at 5:30 PM, followed by a the spe eial Israeli musieal eoneert with Yoel Sharabi. Advanee reservations are strongly preferred for this event, and ean be purehased at www.ehabadne.org, or by ealling 704-366-3984. Cost for tiekets, whieh inelude the eoneert and din ner, is $18 per adult and $10 per ehild ages 3-12. To help sponsor this event, please eontaet Rabbi Shlomo Cohen at 704-366-3984, or Rabbi Yisrael Levin at 704- 246-8881. For more information, please visit www.ehabadne.org. Email: info@ChabadNC.org, or eall 704-366-3984. The eoneert will be out doors, so bring your blanket and/or beaeh ehairs to enjoy the beautiful weather. The event will be rain or shine, so in the unlikely event of rain, the eoneert will be held inside the indoor pavil ion. Yoel Sharabi Chabad weleomes the partiei- pation of the Moishe House in this event, as well as the all the young adults, singles, and families of Chabad and the entire Jewish eommunity in the greater Char lotte area. ^ Family Shavuot Celebration The Ballantyne Jewish Center invites you and your family to join us to hear the Ten Command ments read from the Torah and enjoy a delieious dairy meal in honor of the holiday of Shavuot. Shavuot is the time when we eom- memorate God’s giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai and a time to eelebrate the true heroes of this holiday whieh are the ehildren. Before God gave the Torah, God demanded guarantors. The Jewish people made a number of sugges tions all rejeeted by God until they deelared, “Our ehildren will be our guarantors that we will eher- ish and observe the Torah.” God immediately aeeepted them and agreed to give the Torah. Let us make sure to bring all our “guarantors” along on the first day of Shavuot to be present for the reading of the Ten Command ments. In addition, there will be a speeial program, fun aetivities and an iee eream party for them to enjoy. Wednesday, June 4, 6-7:30 PM At the Ballantyne Jewish Cen ter, 8632 Bryant Farms Rd. In addition there will be a minyan and Yizkor serviee the following morning, Thursday, June 5. 10 AM, serviee begins. 11:30 AM, Yizkor. Followed by a Kiddush luneh. For more information visit us online www.JewishBallan- tyne.eom. ^ » t M ^ M » t Ballantyne jmijjjlEwrsH CENTER Yeur ori: Cc RC,.:ion d-ongregation MaT oraK a oj of North Caroitnti Hebrew School Registration for the 2014- 2015 Sehool Year is now open. Call 704-246-8881, email Leah@JewishBallantyne.eom. WWW. JewishBallantyne .eom/He- brewSehool ^ chabacihebrewsch -ol When I qrou) up^ I'm oonna be an astronaut To qet. reqcjyi JPS helps me: » Explore our qreat. biq world * Develop yos6 motor &kill5 * Thipk like q 6cient.i6t. * Keep my sense oF wonder It all be3l('S here Fqff Re^istratjon open FgfJ & Half Day, Schecjyfe your Togr Tocjayl » ififoyp5onSarii5,or3 • jp^onSaM'S-orj
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