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The Charlotte Jewish News - December 2003 - Page 8 Hanukkah Class at the Charlotte Torah Center Krispy Kremes Fund Raiser at Charlotte Torah Center Rabbi Roizman will be giving a class on Monday, December 17 at 7:(K) PM on deep concepts that Jews connect to on this holiday. Discover the often-overlooked rit uals and their meaning. Free. Tl»i*ali The word on the street is that Charlotte is the first city in North Carolina to offer kosher Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. Here is a chance to both help Torah study and observe an age-old custom. Please help the Charlotte Torah Center Fundraising Drive by ordering your dozen hot dough nuts by calling 704-367-1225. The festival of Hanukkah commemo rates the miracle of the oil and it is customary to eat oily foods on these eight days. Doughnuts will be available for pick up on Monday, December 22 or Tuesday, December 23 from 5:00- 7:00 PM. O Larry Horowitz, CLU, ChFC Financial 2115 Rexford Road, Suite 214 Charlotte, NC 28211 (704) 556-9982, Fax (704) 556-9983 Helping in the CREATION, PRESERVATION & DISTRIBUTION of your Estate Quality Jewish Learning and Warm- Hearted Services at Ohr HaTorah KOSHER MART & DELI Amity Gardens Shopping Center 3840 Independence Blvd 704-563-8288 Independence Bh/d. under construction. Call for directions for the best way into the shopping center. Gift Certificatos Available $25, $50, $75 and $100 CHOCOLATE COINS BAG 49. GOLDEN POTATO PANCAKES REG. $2.99 NOW *2^’ BATAMPTE MUSTARD REG.$].99 NOW *1^’ CHOPPED LIVER REG. $4.99 NOW BEEF FRANKS REG. $4.99 NOW *4^’ HANUKKAH CANDLES 99. Available by Special Order from Smokehouse in New York Lox • Whitefish • Kippered Salmon • Sable Wide assortment of fine wines Strictly Kosher meats, poultry, delicatessen and groceries. Challahs & Assorted Cakes from New York Sandwiches to eat in or take out. Corned Beef. Pastrami, Turkey, Salami, Franks Hours: Sun 10-3:30 • M-W 10-6 • Th 10-7 • Fr110-3 • Closed Sat. Jewish learning is in full swing at Congregation Ohr HaTorah with the popular Jewish Learning Institute, which will focus on Talmudic Ethics during November and December. Over 65 people are registered for this thought-pro voking course that taps into the classical Jewish sources and liter ature. The winter course, which begins on January 27, will cover Meditations in Prayer. More infor mation will be forthcoming on this course in the next issue of The Charlotte Jewish News. A variety of miniseries courses will take place at Ohr HaTorah throughout the year. Some of the exciting upcoming classes are “The Joseph Story - A Deeper Look” on December 15 and “Hanukkah 101 and Beyond - All You Want To Know about Hanukkah” on December 4 and ! 1. The Hebrew Class - Level 2 with Dr. Jeff Poelvoorde has been very successful, as it provides stu dents with a base on which they are able to structure their Hebrew language knowledge. There is also an ongoing class in Tanya on Monday nights, in which the ancient text of Jewish mystical wisdom is studied and analyzed. The famed Australian mystic. Rabbi Laibl Wolf, will present “Yoga for the Mind” with his dis- “I FIRED MY BUGMAN!” I didn’t want my mice controlled. I wanted them ELIMINATED! When 1 found mice running around my kitchen floor last fall I hired a pest control service. I thought that would be the end of my problem. He came and put out some rat poison, in and under my house. About a week later a mouse died inside my bedroom wall. The odor or rotting rodent was terrible for about two weeks. Instead of no more mice - all 1 got was excuse after excuse why my bugman couldn’t keep those nasty rodents out of my life. 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Call Now & Take The Challenge! i 3 Schedule now and take $25 Off Budget's DuraProof* Pest Prevention System ] Ask for our free information kit that gives you all of the details about Budget's DuraProof* Pest Prevention System. 3 Don't forget to ask about Budget's 12-month Interest Free Payment Plan. DuraProof^ by Budget Because You Deserve To Live Pest Free! 704-225-1667 course on Kabbalah and how to apply the ancient wisdom to mod em times. He will be speaking at Ohr HaTorah on Sunday, December 14 at 7:00 PM. C-Ongregation oralij 4 flj Caiciinu \ , / We will also be taking a look at Kashrut from the kosher inspec tor’s viewpoint. Two of the rabbis at Ohr HaTorah are official repre sentatives of several major nation al kosher organizations which serve the Carolinas. Rabbi Yossi Groner and Rabbi Binyomin Weiss have extensive experience in the field of Kashrut and visit dozens of food manufacturing plants in the Carolinas each month. Come and hear some of their amazing stories and finds on January 8. Shabbat and daily services have grown at Ohr HaTorah, with many new members joining at the begin ning of the Jewish New Year. There is a special feeling of warmth that envelops participants at Ohr HaTorah services and which is especially evident at the Shabbat services and Kiddush luncheons. Shabbat has become a time for excellent camaraderie and learning that is both inspiring and invigorating. Ohr HaTorah uses the Internet to present Jewish life at its fullest. Its highly-acclaimed website has links to a huge repository of Jewish information along with many informative sites. You can visit the website at www.ohrha- torahnc.org. Grand Hanukkah Celebration at Phillips Place Mall with Real Ice Menorah Hanukkah is unique in that the miracle of lights is to be shared with everyone, even those outside the Jewish home. Lubavitch of North Carolina will be hosting a community-wide celebration at the Phillips Place Mall on the sec ond night of Hanukkah, Saturday, December 20, at 7:30 PM, with an Ice Menorah Extravaganza. As the audience watches, the menorah will be sculpted from a huge block of transparent ice. Once completed, the menorah will be kindled with songs and bless ings. The light will light up the night as the menorah sparkles like a crystal candelabra. There will be music and dancing and wonderful holiday treats for children and adults. A large menorah will also be set up at the Hilton Charlotte and Towers at the Union Grille restau rant on Sunday, December 21. This is the night of the Kosher Dining Project, co-hosted by the Hilton Charlotte & Towers and Ohr HaTorah. The dining project is by reservation only. Please call 704-331-4360 no later than Monday, December 15. O Havurat Tikvah Takes Trip” To Portugal November proved a busy month for Havurat Tikvah mem bers who jammed at the first musical party, or created bead and wire kippot at a women’s Rosh Hodesh gathering, or listened to Estelle Spike’s unusual journey into Jewish history in Portugal. Estelle, who is new to Charlotte and the havurah, spoke November 8 at the home of Debbie Langsam and Joal Fischer. During her 17- year stay in Portugal, she was re exposed to Judaism through a syn ergy of people, places and events. While working as a counselor at an English-speaking school and as a psychotherapist, she learned Portugese and began to appreciate the country’s handicrafts. One day, by chance, as she was selling antique buttons at a village market in the historic city of Sintra, she met a Canadian woman who wanted help finding out about Jewish life in Portugal. “I had not been involved in Jewish life as an adult,” Estelle recalled. “But the experiences I was soon to have led me back to my roots.” The encounter at the market led to interviews with Benjamin Levi, whose home in Lisbon served as a sort of museum for Sephardic Jews. His ancestors had left Portugal during the Inquisition and lived in the Ottoman Empire for hundreds of years, passing on the key to the family home until the time they could return. Others Jews escaped the Inquisition by fleeing to remote and mountain ous regions in the Northeastern Portugal where Judaism was prac ticed in secret. With Levi’s connections, Estelle was able to visit old syna gogues being uncovered and restored in Castelo D’Vide and Tomar. She learned about Portugal’s role in World War II as a refuge for exiles from Germany. Gradually, she became intrigued, and by the early 1990s, when Portugal formally apolo gized to Jews for its role in the (Continued on page 10)
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