After six weeks of classes about Judaism — the 613 mitzvahs in the Torah and cultural identity — eight women made their bat mitzvah many years after Jewish girls typically celebrate this rite of maturity.
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8/25/17
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Learn the traditions of Passover, read the Haggadah and take in the second night of the holiday at the Chabad of Hewlett.
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4/7/17
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The Chabad of Hewlett held its third annual kids learning how to make challah bread event at the Long Beach Hotel on Feb. 12.
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2/22/17
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Hanukkah is the holiday of light. We light the menorah every night for eight nights — one candle on the first night (this year starting on Dec. 24 after sunset), then again each night, adding one more candle every night.
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By Rabbi Nochem Tenenboim
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12/27/16
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The victims of 9/11 and local police enforcement were the focus Chabad of Hewlett’s back to school barbecue at their house on Everit Avenue in Hewlett on Sept. 11.
Cub Scouts from …
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9/27/16
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Lighting the Hanukkah menorah
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Potato latkes, dreidels and gelt (the chocolate coins given to children) were handed out by the Chabad of Hewlett as the Jewish organization took part in the Hewlett-Woodmere Business Association menorah lighting at the Triangle by Broadway and West Broadway last Sunday, the first night of Hanukkah.
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12/9/15
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Chabad of Hewlett welcomed a new Torah with an ice cream party that celebrated the holiday of Shavuot and where the Ten Commandments were read in unity on June 4. Shavuot commemorates God giving the Jewish people the Torah on Mount Sinai 3,327 years ago.
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6/11/14
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Commemorating Purim with an African twist
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Chabad of Hewlett combined Jewish traditions with a modern twist as they held a “Purim in the Jungle” party that included kosher African cuisine and traditional holiday costumes at Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls on March 16.
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3/19/14
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The Chabad of Hewlett’s Jewish Women’s Circle held its Tu B’shvat “the holiday of the trees” celebration at Chabad’s Franklin Avenue center on Jan. 16.
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1/29/14
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Celebrating Hanukkah with family and friends
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Excitement was in the air at Chabad of Hewlett’s annual Hanukkah celebration at Grant Park in Hewlett, as celebrants commemorated the Festival of Lights on Dec. 3.
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Yitzhak Carroll
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12/11/13
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