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The Charlotte Jewish News - December 2011 - Page 4 Giving Our Blessings - the Best Chanukah Gift Let our family care for yours. When you need assistance with a senior family member, adult or child, we are committed to providing compassionate home care through an experienced, caring staff. Affordable Care Solutions • Transportation • Nurse Supervised • Specialized Dementia Care • Flexible 3 to 24 hour Care • Perfect Caregiver Matching Homewatch Cstre(Aivers‘ Charlotte: 704-503-4660 Cornelius: 704-987-1802 www.homewatchcaregivers.com/ charlotte No matter that Purim is Judaism’s traditional time for bestowing presents, gift giving has become part and parcel of the Chanukah experience. But we don’t have to limit our gift giving to the exchange of material things, and when it comes to community, it’s more important for us to share our affection and connec tion with one another. At Temple Or Olam, everyone who walks into our Chanukah party will be stopping at a small table first. On the table will be strips of paper, pens and pencils beside them. A large bowl will stand at the ready. Each congregant - young or old - will write a bless ing on his or her strip of paper, fold it up and drop it in the bowl. Later that evening, each congre gant -young or old - will have the chance to pick a blessing out of the bowl. May your home be filled with O f 1 light this holiday season. May you be blessed with crispy latkes, lots of applesauce and sour cream and a generous heap of laughter. May you feel God’s loving presence fill the room as you light the candles of the chanuki- ah. Our congregants can bless each other with - health, joy, and abun- Q dance. Perhaps they will — write about the blessings * they themselves most ^ wish to receive. When we write blessings for others, we learn what we need. To give a blessing is to receive one. Of course, this year’s Chanukah party will feature our annual talent show, the crispiest latkes in five counties, songs, and games. But we also want to take the time to deepen our connec tions with each other, to strength en our community and to confirm HotWorks.org Presents 4th Annual Charlotte Fine Art Show December 9-11,2011 New Location! Charlotte Convention Center Marilee Hall, Clay Juried FihetArt & Cra:^Show , Charlotte Convention Center - 501 S College/^t., Charlotte,MC 28202 Friday, Dec 9 11am-7pm; Saturday, Dec /10 & Siii|day, Dec 1,l\j0am-5pm $8 admission - three day pass $10; 12 & Under Free Discounted Advance Tickets at TicketLeap.com WWW.H0tW0rks.0r9 proud sponsor of the Institute for the Arts & Education, Inc. Instituteo for theArts^ Education, Inc. "TICOT MAGAZINE WFAE 90.7fm Your NPR* News Source. u ^lSg ©geta^iy y gpotes elevate GALLERY LIFESTYLE Jessica at Chanukah. our purpose. We are together beeause we want to be. We bless eaeh other beeause we eare. We eelebrate together to make memo- (Continued on page 9) Giant Menorah Lighting at SouthPark Mall This Chanukah, Lubaviteh of North Carolina and Congregation Ohr HaTorah invite the entire Jewish eommunity, onee again, to usher in the Chanukah holiday with a speetaeular Menorah light ing at SouthPark Mall in the Center Court between Belk, Nordstrom, and Neiman Mareus. This exeiting event will take plaee on Tuesday, Deeember 20, whieh is the first night of Chanukah. The Chanukah Extravaganza begins at 5 PM and will feature Chanukah erafts and many other entertaining aetivities for ehildren. Traditional doughnuts and ehoeo- late gelt will be served free of eharge, along with lively Jewish musie. The Giant Menorah will be lit at 6 PM with lots of fanfare. The blessings and other traditional Chanukah songs will be sung. This eelebration is the perfeet event to open the Jewish holiday season, as it allows the Jewish eommunity to express pride and joy in our faith in a publie venue, during a time when many in our eountry are eelebrating their holi days. The publie venue for the Menorah lighting is eonsidered an important aspeet of Chanukah. One of the primary reasons for lighting the menorah is to publi- eize the miraeles of Chanukah - the miraele of the limited supply of olive oil whieh lasted for eight days in the Holy Temple and the miraele of the great vietory of the Maeeabees over their oppressors. Chanukah Menorahs and ean- dles will be available for purehase at the event. For more informa tion, please eontaet Lubaviteh of North Carolina at 704-366-3984, visit ehabadne.org, or e-mail: info@chabadne.org. ^
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