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Bests Wishes For A Happy Chanukah! ב”ה www.chabadelpaso.com The El Paso Issue 142 CHABAD TIMES A publication of Chabad Lubavitch of El Paso December 2016 | Kislev 5777 6615 Westwind Dr. • El Paso, TX 79912 • 915.584.8218 Chabad is hosting its annual Dear Friend, fundraising raffle to help support the many ongoing Celebrating 30 years of activities. Please participate in community and friendship, the raffle by purchasing one or we are filled with a sense of Thirteenth Annual Raffle more tickets and be a partner in pride and gratitude. Pride in the ensuring a vibrant Jewish future beautiful community we have in El Paso. The grand prize become and gratitude to you 2017 • 5777 is two round trip tickets to for partnering with us in this Israel ($3,000.00). The second revolutionary endeavor. Your place prize is a Writers Edition commitment and support is what “Virginia Woolf” Ballpoint enables us to reach out to every Pen. 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She was so warm and commemorate the miracle of the you have much health and happiness friendly and really impressed my oil sufficient for one night that this year and may graciousness and boys with her cooking. She offered burned for eight days and nights. mercy pervade your days. B. K. to email me some recipes so I am just An unnatural phenomenon following up on that. Dear Rabbi Levi, that reflected the selfless and We also enjoyed Shabbat morning Thank you so much to you and in Shul. You have a very nice unnatural commitment displayed Shainy for giving us such a delightful by the Maccabees in their struggle community. Yasher Koach for all of evening. We found the food delicious, your work to keep Judaism thriving against the ancient Assyrian ’m sure many of you company charming and the rituals very in El Paso! S. H. Greek empire. While the Greeks meaningful. See you soon. L. and B. remember Mr. Henry Kellen. endeavored to extinguish the A fine, intelligent individual soul of Judaism and the purity of always with a story to tell. He divine service with brute strength, was a community activist and the the Maccabees countered their founder of the El Paso Holocaust efforts with intensified faith Museum. in G-d. And their efforts were Baby Girl One evening on Chanukah 2013, amply rewarded. Zelda Rochel Rabbi Levi and I decided to visit Chanukah commemorates the Mr. Kellen in honor of the holiday. Proud Parents victory of authentic Torah over Rabbi Chaim and Moussia Goldstein He was not feeling well at the time all detractors regardless of how and when we arrived with a plate strong and sophisticated they Proud Grandparents of latkes and a Menorah with may be. Rabbi Yisrael and Chana Greenberg candles, we were told that he had This year as we gather the been in bed the entire day. When Engagement family and recite the blessings Rochel Greenberg to Abi Naparstek he was notified that we had come over the candles, please do to visit, he immediately came out not forget the many in our Proud Parents to greet us with a warm smile. community that are unable to Rabbi Yisrael and Chana Greenberg A Menorah and candles he share the joy of Chanukah with Rabbi Boruch and Braindy Naparstek already had but that year he had others. Invite them to join you not yet performed the mitzvah for a lighting, to enjoy some Wedding of kindling the Chanukah lights. latkes, a good game of dreidel Yaakov and Shiran Kaplan He had no one to celebrate with or just simply to be with others. and had not felt motivated to Proud Parents Encourage them to participate Yinon and Nili Arusi do so. Now that he had guests, in community celebrations and he was overjoyed to light his offer a ride etc. And if they can’t Jonathan and Abigail Kaplan own menorah. It is difficult to leave home, bring the light and Eli and Chaya Lebovics express the feeling seeing this joy of Chanukah to their places. courageous man, a survivor of Proud Parents The more light we share the Enoch and Yocheved Kimmelman the most gruesome atrocities greater our own light becomes. against our people, proudly recite Best wishes for a wonderful Dr. Irving and Shirley Lebovics the blessings of praise to G-d for Chanukah. the miracles he wrought for our Special Birthday ancestors in ancient times and for Rabbi Yisrael Greenberg Meralee Schlusselberg Shainy's Challah Grace your Shabbat table with freshly home baked Challah! One for $6 | Two for $10 Orders due every Wednesday at noon. 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Ongoing Programs at Chabad ................p 10 Chabad of El Paso does not certify Your Chanukah Guide .............................p 11 the kashrut of its advertisers. Chanukah Calendar .................................p 11 New Building Project...............................p 12 Kislev 5777 | December 2016 The El Paso CHABAD TIMES Page 3 A Holiday Message from the Lubavitcher Rebbe that mitzvos are a unique means of connecting to Gd which take us beyond human limits. In light of this, we can understand why the Greeks were so intent on defiling the oil. They wanted the Menorah to be lit with impure oil so that its light, symbolic of the light of Torah, would shine forth not in its pristine purity, but with a human, Greek touch. The Jews responded to this challenge with self-sacrifice that leaps beyond the limits of reason. Though they were pitted against the During their occupation of the world’s strongest military power, Holy Land, the Greeks entered they were determined to fight, and Do a good deed today ... the Temple and defiled all the vessels even to surrender their lives, to of olive oil they found. After their maintain the spiritual purity of their defeat, the Maccabees were able to heritage.