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This year Hanukkah and Thanksgiving coincide for the first time since 1888 and the odd pairing won’t reoccur for another 79,000 years.
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By Rabbi Steven Graber
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11/20/13
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Temple Beth El celebrates 90 years
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Temple Beth El, a Conservative congregation, celebrated its 90th anniversary with gala at the Locust Avenue synagogue in Cedarhurst on Oct. 27.
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11/8/13
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Chabad biking raises $25,700 for Friendship Circle
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Nearly 250 people took part in the Jean Fischman Chabad Center’s Friendship Circle of the Five Towns second annual Bike4Friendship event on Oct. 27 that raised more than $25,700 for the Friendship Circle.
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11/8/13
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A large and enthusiastic crowd of families from Hewlett joined together to celebrate the holiday of Simchat Torah at Chabad of Hewlett by the train station in Hewlett on Sept. 26.
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Rabbi Nochem Tenenboim
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10/2/13
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When Alvin Epstein moved to Woodmere 47 years ago, he decided to join Temple Beth El in Cedarhurst a year later because it shared the same conservative values and offered outstanding youth and adult programs.
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By Ann Friedman
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9/18/13
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The Talmud in its attempt to describe a genuinely religious person records: “Who is a pious person; he who is tough on himself and lenient on others.” It’s usually the other way around. For ourselves we are able to find a million excuses for unacceptable behavior.
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Rabbi Sholom Stern, Temple Beth El
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9/4/13
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Why blow the shofar? Maimonides, known by Jews universally as the Rambam, answers simply but profoundly. It is a wake-up call. We wander through much of life slumbering, not capable of making rational decisions or avoiding dangers. The shofar is sounded to awaken us to the dangers ahead.
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Rabbi Yaakov Feitman, Kehillas Bais Yehudah Tzvi
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9/4/13
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An old Jew speaks to a friend on the occasion of his 47th wedding anniversary: “My 47 years with my wife ... it feels like only two days!” “Two days?” his friend says, “what’s the secret for such a good life?” The old Jew admits — “Actually the two days I’m thinking about are Yom Kippur and Tisha B’av!”
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Rabbi Nochem Tenenboim, Chabad of Hewlett
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9/4/13
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Recently on the street, I met a fellow that I see in synagogue every once in awhile. After exchanging pleasantries, I asked, “So, I’ll see you on the High Holy Days?” I got an answer I did not expect. “I’m thinking about skipping services this year, rabbi. I just don’t think they deliver on what they promise.”
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Rabbi Steven M. Graber, Temple Hillel
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9/4/13
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Five Hewlett High School students and one from Lawrence Woodmere Academy are part of a group that will visit Israel, then go to Germany to stay with German students who visited the Five Towns in March.
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8/22/13
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