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Mar 19 2019

G-d, wake up!

Holidays
by Chabad Intown

This Wednesday night and Thursday day we'll celebrate Purim! Yay!   Hopefully you'll be attending a service where you'll be hearing the Megillah reading. When the reader gets to Chapter 6, the reader will raise his voice as he begins the chapter. The words he reads are "on that night". That night referring to the night in which the miracle really began to occur, when the balance shifted towards to the Jews and ultimately led to the victory.   On that night, the king couldn't sleep. He asked for some bedtime stories (the book...

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Mar 13 2019

Give it all you’ve got!

Holidays, Lifestyle
by Chabad Intown

How much is enough? How much is too much? How much is not enough?   At the very opening of the Megillah - (yup it's next week! chabadintown.org/purim) - we read a lengthy description of the royal feast that the King threw. The Megillah tells us that the party lasted 180 days (you think you know how to party!) and "there were hangings of white, green and blue, held by cords of linen and purple wool to silver rods and marble pillars. There were divans of gold and silver on a floor...

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Mar 06 2019

Wear your Judaism on your sleeve or Plastic Wrapped Kosher Dinner?

Challenges, identity, Loving-Kindness
by Chabad Intown

I try to get out to community events to show my support for various causes. Occasionally, the food served is not kosher and at those times a special meal is ordered that is strictly kosher.   While everyone is digging into their non kosher chicken or steak, I'm trying to tear open the plastic for my Challah Roll and the packaging on the salad dressing.   I wonder sometimes if I'm better off just sitting there without eating altogether.   ***   In the Megillah of Purim, in a few weeks we read of the feast that the...

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Feb 27 2019

Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself

Change, Lifestyle, Moses, Rebbe, Tishrei
by Chabad Intown

Did you know that the day that Moses received atonement for the Jewish People after the sin of the Golden Calf was on Yom Kippur? In fact, because of the atonement achieved on that day, the 10th of Tishrei, the very same day, has become a day of atonement for all time.   After Moses receives atonement, G-d tells him to carve a second set of tablets and bring them to the People. Indeed on that very day, Moses comes off the mountain with the second set of tablets.   The opening of our...

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Feb 20 2019

Parenting Lessons from the Golden Calf

Challenges, Change, Lifestyle
by Chabad Intown

This Sunday we had the honor of hosting Amy Speidel a Conscious Discipline trainer. She was hilarious and true to Art Imitates Life. Totally non judgmental, she captured the joys and oys of parenting.   One of the funniest things she did all night was a routine where she demonstrates how parents are often so hard on themselves that they don't allow themselves to correct course. She imitated a parent going in for the finger wagging and anger kill when in middle they realize that they've lost it. At that point they...

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Feb 13 2019

Noisy Pomegranates

Challenges, Lifestyle, Rebuilding
by Chabad Intown

The Emmy's have passed and the Oscars are coming up. Once again everybody is preoccupied with the clothing that the actresses and actors (ok not the actors) are wearing as they walk the red carpet.   Long ago, Hashem instructed the Jewish People to build the portable temple that accompanied them in the desert. At that time He also instructed the Priests, the Kohanim to have an exclusive wardrobe to wear during their service.   Among the garments was a long apron that had at the end of it golden pomegranates. Next to these...

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Feb 05 2019

Is Truth Arbitrary?

Challenges, identity, Lifestyle, Rebuilding
by Chabad Intown

(This is a thought on last week's Torah portion that I've been working on and I wanted to share with you.)   I won't keep you in suspense, the answer is yes. Well kind of.   Let me explain. Fundamentally the common mindset; "what is your truth", ie. that truth is whatever you make it to be is not correct or accurate according to Torah.   However, to my knowledge there is no Mitzvah to "tell the truth". (Please correct me if you know otherwise.) There is a Mitzvah "midvar sheker tirchak - distance yourself from...

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Feb 04 2019

Welcome to Jewish Atlanta’s Back Porch

Media
by Chabad Intown

Chabad Intown's new facility on the BeltLine could be a game-changer for the community.   By MICHAEL JACOBS Original Article on Atlanta Jewish Times   One of the most important initiatives in Jewish Atlanta is the Front Porch, a Federation-led effort to reimagine what the community can and should be to unlock its potential, but I’ve just seen what could be our vital back porch.   Unlike the Front Porch, the back porch isn’t a metaphor; it’s the back of an intown redbrick office building. Like the Front Porch, it has transformative potential for Jewish Atlanta.   The building fronts...

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Feb 04 2019

Chabad on the BeltLine

Media
by Chabad Intown

Chabad opens its doors on one of Atlanta's most sought-after stretches of real estate.   By RACHEL FAYNE Original Article on Atlanta Jewish Times   Chabad Intown may be the first religious organization to grace the Atlanta BeltLine. To celebrate the historic event, the organization welcomed more than 400 guests to its grand opening Dec. 9.   The day included a menorah lighting, a dedication ceremony, music, dancing, and a live graffiti mural. There was even a clown, a magician and face painting for younger visitors.   Chabad Intown moved from Ponce de Leon Avenue to the much larger nearby...

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Jan 30 2019

Through Which Lens Do You See The World?

Challenges, Change, identity, Lifestyle, Rebuilding
by Chabad Intown

Remember this picture? Do you see the beautiful woman or the old lady? Through which lens do you see the world?   Here is Torah version of this (perhaps).   When you you think of Mt. Sinai, do you think of the Ten Commandments or do you think of the Revelation of G-d, thunder, lightning and booming Divine voice?   Is your experience of the Torah, a stringent set of rules that must be obeyed, or are you engaged in a loving relationship with G-d and the Torah is the framework for that relationship?   We may perceive...

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