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From: Rabbi Meir Moscowitz <rabbi@chabadnorthbrook.com>
Date: 3/20/20 1:24 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: mates57564@aol.com
Subject: Shabbat at Your Home
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| | | | | | | | | Dear Friend, The Jewish people have always been bound tightly together, and that has kept us strong through thick and thin. With the precaution of social distancing, we are finding alternative ways to stay connected and keep each other's spirits up. Now is a great time to be reminded that the most important place in Judaism is your home! Here is a thought provoking perspective from Rabbi Manis Friedman. It is a great time for personal prayer each day. Recite the Shema each day, morning and night. Men, put on your tefillin. Read some of the Psalms or choose whichever prayers you like. And then close your eyes and say some personal words or communicate in thought with our Father in Heaven, one on one. Take a few minutes each day, privately, just you and G-d. Try this and see how soothing and therapeutic it can be. You'll remind yourself that all is not lost and we are never alone! Jews the world over will be spending Shabbat at home. Usher in the Shabbat with lighting the Shabbat Candles, today at 6:44pm.
STAY HOME! I have friends and colleagues in many communities. People are fighting for their lives on respirators. Not just very old people, but even middle aged people. People who just one week ago were walking the streets and all was totally fine. In case you are unaware, this is very serious. Not in potential but in actuality. So far our area has been greatly spared. We must keep it that way. Don't venture out. If you can simply stay home that's the best thing to do. And if you are 60+ you absolutely MUST stay home. I repeat - you MUST stay home! The most important mitzvah in the Torah is to guard our health.
Remember to wash your hands and while you wash your hands remember in whose hands you are. Think good and it will be good! Please visit our ever expanding section on our website at: www.ChabadNorthbrook.com/coronavirus. As always - and especially now - I am available for you and your family in whatever way you need. Please don't hesitate to reach out by phone, text or email! Shabbat Shalom! Rabbi Meir Moscowitz PS In addition to Shmurah Matzah we will also be making available full personal Seder in a box including dinner for you to have Seder at your home. Details after Shabbat. |  | | How do we stay sane when we don't know what's lurking around the corner? By Aron Moss | | | | | |  | | Even now there are many things that we can safely do to help others. By Rosally Saltsman | | | | | |  | | Chapter 12 of Positivity Bias By Mendel Kalmenson | | | | | |  | | Psalm 23, written by King David, is a timeless testament to the rock-solid faith of the Jewish people in knowing that G‑d is always with us, protecting and guiding our path. By Shlomo Chaim Kesselman | | | | | |  | | Is there something we can do about it? The Jewish answer is: Yes, there is always something for us to do! By Mendy Kaminker | | | | | |  | | How we react to others in times of distress says so much about who we are. By Chana Weisberg | | | | | |  | | An affirmation for level-headedness By Tzvi Freeman with music by Sarah Dukes | | | | | |  | | A Letter From Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, the "Tzemach Tzedek" By Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch (The "Tzemach Tzedek"); translated by Tzvi Freeman | | | | | |  | | How contemplating G-d will pull you out of despair. By Yehuda Shurpin | | | | | | | The latest about the Coronavirus Pandemic | | | | | |  | | Coronavirus Preventing You From Saying Kaddish? We Can Help | | | | | | | |
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