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]]> http://www.qchabad.org/shemurah-matzah/feed/ 0 Join us for Shabbat! http://www.qchabad.org/join-us-for-shabbat/ http://www.qchabad.org/join-us-for-shabbat/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:48:29 +0000 Rabbi http://www.qchabad.org/?p=696 Every Friday night and Shabbat lunch for some hot food, warm conversation and cool people…

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FEBRUARY 27 at 8pm
Summit Flex Space * Queens College
Megillah Readings: 8pm & 10pm
Free Food * Hamantashen

Featuring mentalist: Terry Parrett

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28th

Megillah readings in the Chabad House at 11am and 2:30pm.

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Join Tzipah and expert cake crafter Esty Rosenblatt to make super-fancy (& yummy) cakes!

For Women Only.

In the Chabad House.  For more info: info@qChabad.org.

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]]> http://www.qchabad.org/snow-beis-medrash/feed/ 0 Talmud Takeout http://www.qchabad.org/talmud-takeout/ http://www.qchabad.org/talmud-takeout/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:46:46 +0000 Rabbi http://www.qchabad.org/?p=566 Wednesday Nights 9pm, beginning Feb.17th.
  • In the Summit (exact location TBA)
  • No experience or Hebrew necessary; text in Hebrew & English
    • ]]>     Wednesday Nights 9pm, beginning Feb.17th.
  • In the Summit (exact location TBA)
  • No experience or Hebrew necessary; text in Hebrew & English
  • For more information, email Ze’ev at zeev.landau@macaulay.cuny.edu
  • Beginning with selections from Tractate Megillah, which opens with a discussion of the proper day to read the Scroll of Esther (Megillat Esther), we will focus on the skills used for traditional Talmudic study.
  • After Purim, we will study Tractate Pesachim, beginning on p.108a, which deals with the laws of the Seder.
    • ]]>     http://www.qchabad.org/talmud-takeout/feed/ 0     Egyptian http://www.qchabad.org/egyptian/ http://www.qchabad.org/egyptian/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:19:30 +0000 Rabbi http://www.qchabad.org/?p=558 At Shabbat lunch, we spoke about the statement of our sages (Midrash Tanchuma (Bober) Yitro 16) that the first word of the Ten Commandments — Anochi אנכי – is not Hebrew, but actually Egyptian.

    The message behind this, the Lubavitcher Rebbe explains, is that those who dedicate their lives to the pursuit of spirituality and thereby decide to remove themselves as much as possible from the world — lest it have a corrupting effect — are missing the point.

    Anochi is the mission statement of the Torah.

    When we go to work amidst the distractions and temptations of the world, but at the same time remains focused and dedicated to Judaism by praying, learning Torah, giving charity and acting ethically in business, this is the purpose of the Torah.

    In a sense, the erudite sages are missing out on the challenge of Sinai.  Daily we encounter “Egypt” — otherwise known as the workplace, the market, the street, or any other place that isn’t deemed sacred.

    It is our task to utilize our faculties to fulfill the Torah while encountering “Egypt” in our everyday lives.

    A student asked: Is it really true that the word Anochi is Egyptian?  Have linguists confirmed this?

    I answered the only answer I knew: I am not a linguist… but I know one!

    A few hours later, I asked Dr. Richard Steiner if there is evidence to support the claim of our sages that Anochi is Egyptian.

    “Of course!” was his response.  He went on to explain that the word was “Anok,” which, interestingly, is how the word is spelled in the Midrash cited above.  You can view the word anok in Coptic here.

    ]]>     http://www.qchabad.org/egyptian/feed/ 3     Tanya & Kugel http://www.qchabad.org/tanya-kugel/ http://www.qchabad.org/tanya-kugel/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:16:05 +0000 Rabbi http://www.qchabad.org/tanya-kugel/ Strap on your seatbelts, because this class will achieve liftoff!  Tanya is the classic book of Chassidic philosophy.  Every Thursday in the Chabad House from 8:30-9:30pm.  No experience necessary.

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