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IllumniNations — Emor 5784

Выпуск: IllumniNations — Emor 5784. Темы: kashrut, family_education, holidays, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: кашрут, кошер, kosher, kashrut, כשרות, כשר, воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, пурим, песах, ханука, суккот, yom tov, פורים. DollarDaily.org Dedi ca te d to th e Me mo r y o f He n ya Fe d e r m an - b e l o v e d and d ev o te d Sh l u c h a i n t h e V i rg i n I s l and s Rabbi Avrohom and Shterna Simmonds, Chabad rived in Regina, we held a minyan, the walls of our “shul” made from piles of unpacked moving boxes. the community, asking them how we could best serve I’d never attempted to convince an 11-year-old to have a them, Solomon* asked if we had Kabbalat Shabbat ser- bris before, but shlichus calls on us constantly to go be- While Chester loved the classes’ intellectual challenges, vices. “I gently brought up the idea of having a bris again, empha- hope you’ll be out of the hospital by then.” “Rabbi, you understood me perfectly the first time,” Ches- sizing how great an opportunity it would be to start off his “Nah. I was surprised that he initiated the request, after so many shadow of his uncertainty, the entire idea slowly fizzled I left it alone for a few days, but when I still couldn’t find a denials, but I was more than happy to oblige. “If you can convince them to Chester* was originally tentative about committing to our weekly parsha class, but he and his wife soon became ∑ for Rosh Hashanah, and has remained in touch ever since. As Shavuos approached, we tried to get a minyan for Kri- While Solomon was hospitalized, I visited him frequent- “There’s no way they’re going to put me in front of a room yas Hatorah so we could read the Aseres Hadibros. Although I knew he would say no, I brought my tefillin full of people, like they did to my baby brother!” he ar- ready had eight commitments, and racked my brains for each time and offered him a chance to put them on. When Delfina gave birth with me, I promise to feed you!” to a healthy baby boy in April 2020, the world was a very We quickly packed everything up, bundled our family into different place. A year and half later, his parents approached me, asking “I’m sure you meant you couldn’t come for the all-night “Solomon, will you be placing your usual Pesach order?” I about preparing for Benicio’s bar mitzvah. It wasn’t easy to find someone wh

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IllumniNations

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16 мая 2024 г.

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Темы: kashrut, family_education, holidays, health_mind, parsha_commentary