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[ J ewish NDG KIDDUSH LUNCH SPONSORED BY Jennifer Jilek, Lior, Aylon, Sarit and Shira Wisbaum in loving memory of Bracha bat Carolina. Maryse Miriam Benhoff in honour of her Jewish Birthday and Naming Ceremony MAZEL TOV Adam & Racheli Spiro on the birth of Chaya Mushka. MaNhew and Jennifer Pekofsky on the birth of Dovid Shaya. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Zalmy Haouzi, Elanit Knecht, Esther Cohen, Rob Kape, Mitch Kurz, Severine Coen, Oliver Bleuer, Carri Bleuer and Ron Leibner. THANK YOU Laury Gossack for your help organizing the office. Lior Wisbaum & Eugene Gusman for your help planning upcoming events. Iris Marchena for making Shabbat dinners, lunches and the Tu B’Shvat Wine and Cheese Seder VOL.2 ISSUE 1 By Chayale Hershcovich We have two goals at Chabad NDG: To build our community and to strengthen the one we already are blessed to have. It is this mission that inspired “Loaves of Love”, a volunteer initiative to braid and bake Challahs which would be distributed to NDG Jews is need of a hug and blessing. With the assistance and vision of our dedicated committee, the event was planned for a Thursday afternoon, Erev Shabbat and just days before the onset of Chanukah. Thursday morning found us in the kitchen kneading and mixing ten batches of Challah. Fifty pounds of flour and sixty eggs later, every surface in the Chabad kitchen was covered with bowls of rising dough waiting to be braided and baked. It was a cold December night but twenty five women showed up to participate in this wonderful Mitzvah. Together, we made the blessing and portioned off some dough to be burned for G-d, and braided over 130 Challahs. We chatted and laughed and met new people. There was a good feeling in the room; we felt like we were participating in something great. After topping the Challahs with sesame and poppy seeds, the Challahs were baked. The kids decorated brown bags with stickers, pictures and a friendly label that said “Shabbat Shalom from your friends at Chabad NDG”. The bakers moved on to beautifully package the Challahs, covering them with cellophane and tying them with a ribbon. One member of our committee went around the room and helped the ladies choose a few addresses to which they would deliver their Challahs. Seventy packages were prepared and delivered before Shabbat. Over drinks and homemade cookies, the women of Chabad NDG smiled and socialized, united in their Mitzvah of Ahavat Yisroel- love for our fellow jews. We touched a lot of people that Shabbat and our community became a stronger, more cohesive unit because of it. The feedback from the receivers of the packages was tremendous. Everyone seemed to be saying that the Challah came just when they most needed it. Needless to say, it was a project worth repeating which is why the committee is meeting to plan the next “Loaves of Love” event which we hope will be so much bigger and even better. Thank you to our amazing committee for all their help with this program! Melanie Lallouz, Suzie Applebaum, Chani Berkowitz, Severine Coen, Sara Bernath and Carole Bibas. Chayale Hershcovich is a Rebbetzin and Director of Family Programming at Chabad NDG. She is also a busy mom of four and student at Concordia University. FEB. 2015 | SHEVAT-ADAR 5775 Jewish NDG is published monthly by ROHR CHABAD of NDG & LOYOLA CAMPUS 4020 HINGSTON AVE. MONTREAL, QUEBEC H4A 2J7 (514) 507.8800 Editors: Rabbi Yisroel Bernath, Maryse (Miriam) Benhoff, Chayale Hershcovich and Rabbi Yosh Berkowitz. Please email your comments to: [email protected] . FACEBOOK.com/ChabadNDG TWITTER.com/RabbiYisroel WEEKLY @ CHABAD SATURDAY Shabbat Prayers & Lunch @ 10:00am Easy-to-follow, clearly explained, small community makes our Shabbat morning prayers very special. Followed by scrumptious lunch. NEW SATURDAY Shabbat Morning HEBREW SCHOOL 10:30am-12:30pm Come join us for a family friendly Jewish experience, every Shabbat morning in your neighbourhood! Well-rounded, fun and interactive kids program run by Chayale Hershcovich, filled with Jewish cultural educational games and songs. Each week we play, laugh and learn as we hear stories from the Torah, sing jewish songs, create edible food projects, play games and learn our Alef Bet. Plus, We have a great new prize system! Snacks and lunch are served. NEW SATURDAY Shabbat Morning Torah Discussion for Women 11:00am-12:00pm Join Sara Bernath for an informative and stimulating discussion just for women. NEW SUNDAY Tefillin and Tai Chi 9:30-11:00am Join us for a short meditation and prayer followed by Tai Chi from 10:00-11:00 hosted by Dr. Elliot Kravitz. UPCOMING EVENTS PrinRng by: 514.483.6869 www.corebizcentres.com This week’s Jewish NDG is sponsored by A friend of Chabad Loaves of Love Caring for One Another THIS MONTH THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE! NEW COURSE BEGINS SUNDAY FEBRUARY 8 - HEBREW READING CRASH COURSE @ 10:00AM This is chance to jumpstart your quest into the Jewish language. A step-by-step system will help you navigate Hebrew in no time. This is Montreal’s Premiere Hebrew Reading Course! It’s fun and interactive! The course is targeted for beginners and those who wish brush up on their reading, it will not cover comprehension or conversation. You will be reading Hebrew in 6 weeks or your money back. $75 for 4 weeks. Scholarships Available. NEW COURSE BEGINS MONDAY FEBRUARY 9 - SINAI SCHOLARS @ 8:00pm at Chabad NDG The 8 week course is limited to 15 students. This course will guide participants through a series of questions on the fundamentals of Judaism and allow them to find their own unique Jewish voice and place within the Jewish community at large. This course is unlike any other. Apply at www.jewishmonkland.com PURIM WEDNESDAY MARCH 4 FIRE & ICE PURIM MASQUERADE at 7:00PM Chabad NDG and Hillel Concordia presents... FIRE AND ICE PURIM PARTY: Taking Purim to the Next Level. A party for students and young adults with Ice Shots and Fire Entertainers ✦ Full Cash Bar ✦ Live DJ ✦ Hamantashen Bar ✦ Food ✦ Best costume wins a weekend getaway! ✦ Megillah Reading every hour all night long ✦ Raffle for a Cruise for 2 to the Bahamas and lots more surprises coming soon... Come in costume and receive a special gift! Must be 18+ Tickets in advance $10 Students $15 Adults $25 at the door. RSVP on Facebook SAVE THE DATE PURIM FAMILY CELEBRATION THURSDAY MARCH 5 at 4:00. Masquerade. Live Music. Buffet Dinner. Entertaiment. Special Program for Children. Fun for the whole family. $18 Adult. $5 Child. $180 Sponsor. SAVE THE DATE PASSOVER SEDERS APRIL 3 at 7:00 and APRIL 4 at 8:00. Fully Catered Passover Seder. Almost entirely in English. Fun and Interactive in a nice community atmosphere. Reserve your spot today!
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KIDDUSH LUNCHSPONSORED BYJennifer Jilek, Lior, Aylon, Sarit and Shira Wisbaum in loving memory of Bracha bat Carolina.Maryse Miriam Benhoff in honour of her Jewish Birthday and Naming Ceremony
MAZEL TOV Adam & Racheli Spiro on the birth of Chaya Mushka. MaNhew and Jennifer Pekofsky on the birth of Dovid Shaya.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Zalmy Haouzi, Elanit Knecht, Esther Cohen, Rob Kape, Mitch Kurz, Severine Coen, Oliver Bleuer, Carri Bleuer and Ron Leibner.
THANK YOU Laury Gossack for your help organizing the office. Lior Wisbaum & Eugene Gusman for your help planning upcoming events. Iris Marchena for making Shabbat dinners, lunches and the Tu B’Shvat Wine and Cheese Seder
VOL.2 ISSUE 1
By Chayale HershcovichWe have two goals at Chabad NDG: To build our community and to strengthen the one we already are blessed to have. It is this mission that inspired “Loaves of Love”, a volunteer initiative to braid and bake Challahs which would be distributed to NDG Jews is need of a hug and blessing. With the assistance and vision of our dedicated committee, the event was planned for a Thursday afternoon, Erev Shabbat and just days before the onset of Chanukah.
Thursday morning found us in the kitchen kneading and mixing ten batches of Challah. Fifty pounds of flour and sixty eggs later, every surface in the Chabad kitchen was covered with bowls of rising dough waiting to be braided and baked.
It was a cold December night but twenty five women showed up to participate in this wonderful Mitzvah. Together, we made the blessing and portioned off some dough to be burned for G-d, and braided over 130 Challahs.
We chatted and laughed and met new people. There was a good feeling in the room; we felt like we were participating in something great.
After topping the Challahs with sesame and poppy seeds, the Challahs were baked. The kids decorated brown bags with stickers, pictures and a friendly label that said “Shabbat Shalom from your friends at Chabad NDG”. The bakers moved on to beautifully package the Challahs, covering them with cellophane and tying them with a ribbon.
One member of our committee went around the room and helped the ladies choose a few addresses to which they would deliver their Challahs. Seventy packages were prepared and delivered before Shabbat.
Over drinks and homemade cookies, the women of Chabad NDG smiled and socialized, united in their Mitzvah of Ahavat Yisroel- love for our fellow jews. We touched a lot of people
that Shabbat and our community became a stronger, more cohesive unit because of it. The feedback from the receivers of the packages was tremendous. Everyone seemed to be saying that the Challah came just when they most needed it. Needless to say, it was a project worth repeating which is why the committee is meeting to plan the next “Loaves of Love” event which we hope will be so much bigger and even better.
Thank you to our amazing committee for all their help with this program! Melanie Lallouz, Suzie Applebaum, Chani Berkowitz, Severine Coen, Sara Bernath and Carole Bibas.
Chayale Hershcovich is a Rebbetzin and Director of Family Programming at Chabad
NDG. She is also a busy mom of four and student at Concordia University.
FEB. 2015 | SHEVAT-ADAR 5775
Jewish NDG is published monthly by ROHR CHABAD of NDG & LOYOLA CAMPUS4020 HINGSTON AVE. MONTREAL, QUEBEC H4A 2J7 (514) 507.8800Editors: Rabbi Yisroel Bernath, Maryse (Miriam) Benhoff, Chayale Hershcovich and Rabbi Yosh Berkowitz. Please email your comments to: [email protected]. FACEBOOK.com/ChabadNDG TWITTER.com/RabbiYisroel
WEEKLY @ CHABAD
SATURDAY Shabbat Prayers & Lunch @ 10:00am Easy-to-follow, clearly explained, small community makes our Shabbat morning prayers very special. Followed by scrumptious lunch.
NEW SATURDAY Shabbat Morning HEBREW SCHOOL 10:30am-12:30pm Come join us for a family friendly Jewish experience, every Shabbat morning in your neighbourhood! Well-rounded, fun and interactive kids program run by Chayale Hershcovich, filled with Jewish cultural educational games and songs. Each week we play, laugh and learn as we hear stories from the Torah, sing jewish songs, create edible food projects, play games and learn our Alef Bet. Plus, We have a great new prize system! Snacks and lunch are served.
NEW SATURDAY Shabbat Morning Torah Discussion for Women 11:00am-12:00pm Join Sara Bernath for an informative and stimulating discussion just for women.
NEW SUNDAY Tefillin and Tai Chi 9:30-11:00am Join us for a short meditation and prayer followed by Tai Chi from 10:00-11:00 hosted by Dr. Elliot Kravitz.
UPCOMING EVENTS
PrinRng by:
514.483.6869 www.corebizcentres.com
This week’s Jewish NDG is sponsored by
A friend of Chabad
Loaves of Love -‐ Caring for One Another
THIS MONTH THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!
NEW COURSE BEGINS SUNDAY FEBRUARY 8 - HEBREW READING CRASH COURSE @ 10:00AM This is chance to jumpstart your quest into the Jewish language. A step-by-step system will help you navigate Hebrew in no time. This is Montreal’s Premiere Hebrew Reading Course! It’s fun and interactive! The course is targeted for beginners and those who wish brush up on their reading, it will not cover comprehension or conversation. You will be reading Hebrew in 6 weeks or your money back. $75 for 4 weeks. Scholarships Available.
NEW COURSE BEGINS MONDAY FEBRUARY 9 - SINAI SCHOLARS @ 8:00pm at Chabad NDG The 8 week course is limited to 15 students. This course will guide participants through a series of questions on the fundamentals of Judaism and allow them to find their own unique Jewish voice and place within the Jewish community at large. This course is unlike any other. Apply at www.jewishmonkland.com
PURIM WEDNESDAY MARCH 4 FIRE & ICE PURIM MASQUERADE at 7:00PM Chabad NDG and Hillel Concordia presents... FIRE AND ICE PURIM PARTY: Taking Purim to the Next Level. A party for students and young adults with Ice Shots and Fire Entertainers ✦ Full Cash Bar ✦ Live DJ ✦ Hamantashen Bar ✦ Food ✦ Best costume wins a weekend getaway! ✦ Megillah Reading every hour all night long ✦ Raffle for a Cruise for 2 to the Bahamas and lots more surprises coming soon... Come in costume and receive a special gift! Must be 18+ Tickets in advance $10 Students $15 Adults $25 at the door. RSVP on Facebook
SAVE THE DATE PURIM FAMILY CELEBRATION THURSDAY MARCH 5 at 4:00. Masquerade. Live Music. Buffet Dinner. Entertaiment. Special Program for Children. Fun for the whole family. $18 Adult. $5 Child. $180 Sponsor.
SAVE THE DATE PASSOVER SEDERS APRIL 3 at 7:00 and APRIL 4 at 8:00. Fully Catered Passover Seder. Almost entirely in English. Fun and Interactive in a nice community atmosphere. Reserve your spot today!
Chanukah in Pictures
Family Chanukah Concert and Celebration with Mr. Music
Over 400 Students and Young Adults at Let it Glow Chanukah
Party
Menorah lighting on Monkland.
Hillel Concordia Historic Menorah Lighting on Loyola Campus
By Rabbi Yehoshua Berkowitz
With 2 months left before Passover, why were these people doing a seder? The answer will surprise you.
The New Year for Trees on the 15th of Shevat (Feb. 4th, 2015) is one of the lesser-known Jewish holidays - but it has become traditional to celebrate by enjoying the fruits of the tree and vine.
This year, Chabad of NDG hosted upwards of 60 people for a scrumptious and enlightening Tu B’Shvat Wine & Cheese Seder. Wines selected by our in-house sommelier, Rabbi Bernath,
were matched with Kosher cheeses imported directly from France. Rabbi Berkowicz put together a riff on the Kabbalistic custom to perform a ‘seder’ on Tu B’Shvat, complete with four questions, four children, and some laughter and insight, of course!
Wine and cheese were not the only stars, as a gourmet selection of dishes, soup, and pizza made-from-scratch were part of the menu. For dessert, fresh and dried fruit, including a new fruit for the season, gave everyone a traditional tingle on the tastebuds.The musical accompaniment by Bashu, a renowned accordion player, delighted the crowd as he played classic Yiddish, Hebrew and radio ditties.
A big thanks to everybody who volunteered and helped organize the event. A wonderful time was had by all!
Rabbi Yehoshua Berkowicz serves as an Assistant Rabbi at Chabad NDG and graduate-level educational psychology student. When he’s not teaching bar-mitzvah lessons or preparing for Chabad’s next event, he’s spending time with his wife, Chani, and cute baby son, Levi - and on some of his pet projects, as well.
Tu B’Shvat Wine and Cheese Seder
