The Charlotte Jewish News - October 1998 - Page 10
Lubavitch of North Carolina
Succah Hopping with the Day School
Once again Rabbi Shlomoh
Cohen will play the role of the
Jewish Pied Piper by leading the
students of the Jewish day school
on a Succah hopping trip though
Jewish Charlotte.
One of the signs of a Jewish
neighborhood is the Succah hut
built near the home. Visit
Jerusalem or New York and you
might be amazed by the number of
Succoth built in the Jewish com
munity. But Charlotte can also be
proud of the number of Succoth
built in our community. The chil
dren of the day school will be
greeted and served refreshments
in each of the Succoth and study
the design of each Succah they
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Rabbi Shlomo Cohen and his Day School students.
Simchat Torah at Lubavitch
The most joyous festival of the
year meets the most joyous move
ment in Judaism with the lively
celebration of Simchat Torah at
Chabad House.
This year there will be two
Simchat Torah celebrations. The
first will be a special day school
Hakofot to be held on Shmini
Atzeret, Sunday October 11, 7:30
p.m. This is a service to honor the
Jews in Israel who observe
Simchat Torah on that night. The
children of the day school will
lead the participants in the
Biblical verses recited in Hebrew.
Each grade will be honored to cir
cle the Bimah with the Torah and
lead the crowd in Jewish song of
their choice.
The night of Simchat Torah,
October 12, 7:30 will be a tradi
tional Chassidic celebration open
to the community. Refreshments
Lubavitch of North Carolina invites you to
Celebrate 18 years in the Carolinas!
Join us for dinner at Charlotte’s UptoAvn Hilton
Sunday, December 13
— The first night of Chanukah —
For Tickcts, Reservations, or ads in the Dinner Journal,
please call 704 /366-39S4
New Rabbinic Couple to
Join Lubavitch in
Charlotte
will be served both nights along
with the toast of L’chaim.
Shmini Atzeret celebrates the
unity of Jew and God. The
Midrash compares it to a farewell
party, as we say farewell to all the
holidays we just celebrated in the
month of Tishrei. Simchat Torah
celebrates the Conclusion of the
cyclical reading of the Torah,
which is read in the synagogue
every Shabbat. O
Rabbi Avrohom and Devorah
Leah Gordon have recently moved
to Charlotte to join the staff of
Lubavitch of North Carolina in
Charlotte.
Rabbi Gordon will assume
some of the administrative duties
at Chabad House some of the
teaching position at Lubavitch,
especially in the area of extra
tutoring for those who wish a
more extensive knowledge of
Judaic and Hebrew studies.
Mrs. Gordon will assume the
Judaic teaching position at the
Jewish preschool on Sardis.
Devorah comes with four years
experience in preschool teaching
and has received her teaching
degree from the Chayah Muskah
teaching seminary in Montreal,
Canada.
Rabbi Gordon a native of
Johannesburg, South Africa,
comes with a Rabbinic certifica
tion from the Lubavitch
Rabbinical Academy, Montreal
Canada, and has just completed
post-Rabbinic studies in the
Rabbi Avrohom and Devorah Leah
Gordon with baby Mendel.
Lubavitch College in Brooklyn,
New York. Rabbi Gordon has had
extensive rabbinical experience as
a youth director, assistant chaplain
and spiritual counselor.
In addition to his Charlotte
duties. Rabbi Gordon will lead
Lubavitch outreach activities in
Western North Carolina, especial
ly in small mountain communi
ties. O
Project Talmud Helps Gear
Up for New Year
On Sunday September 6, a day
before Labor Day, a group of thir
ty people labored on the ancient
text of the Talmud written in a
mixture of Aramaic and Hebrew.
Fortunately, an English translation
was readily available.
Moses Maimonides on the laws of
Shofar were studied and exam-
ined.
The Chabad House was con
verted into a Talmud Academy
complete with group study and
rabbinical lectures. As the pro-
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Exploring the meaning of Rosh Hashanah at Project Talmud
The focus of the study was on
the character of Rosh Hashanah as
ap day of judgment and a day of
blessings. Rabbi Hesh Epstein of
Chabad of Columbia treated the
participants to an excellent
overview of the Talmud.
Lubavitch of North Carolina
hosted Project Talmud as a way to
prepare for the High Holidays in
an intellectual and meaningful
manner In addition to Talmudic
text, some of the writings of Rabbi
gram lasted most of the day, par
ticipants were served breakfast
and lunch. Rabbis Yossi Groner,
Binyomin Weiss and Shlomoh
Cohen led the lectures in the text
of the Talmud, Maimonides and
the Code of Jewish Law.
The program concluded with a
review of laws and customs of the
“Days of Awe” including many of
the food customs observed on
Rosh Hashanah. 0
The Jewish Day School/Jewish Preschool on Sardis
PTO will be hosting the Following Events:
Scholastic and Judaic Book Fair
Literature Based Educational Program
School Open House
Gala Dinner/Silent Auction, Celebration
Chai - Lubavitch of North Carolina’s
18 years in the Carolinas
For Details Please Oil! Jill Balick, PTO President, 84J-.^S40.
November 2 -6:
Novemer 3;
November 11:
December 13: