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Sep 27 2018

What’s With All the Dancing?!

Holidays, New Year
by Chabad Intown

Tis the season to be dancing! It's Simchas Torah. Sunday night in Israel they'll be dancing. In the Diaspora we dance on Sunday night in solidarity with Israel. Monday night we'll dance again for Simchas Torah and in Israel they'll dance Hakafot Shniyot (post holiday in solidarity with us). Then on Tuesday we'll close it out with day time dancing and closing out the reading of the Torah.   Lots of dancing.   In Chabad with the Rebbe, the dancing of the solidarity wasn't symbolic, it was full on. Dancing hours on end. Simchas...

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Sep 21 2018

The Divine Embrace

Children, Holidays, Loving-Kindness, New Year
by Chabad Intown

From this week's Torah Portion. [Moses said that G-d would say,] "They are children who [act] uneducated."   By referring to us as his children, G-d let it be known that he would never sever his relationship with us, and that we can never sever our relationship with Him – just as parents can ever separate themselves from their children, and children can ever separate themselves from their parents. The relationship between parents and their children is so essential, so strong, that no matter how seriously it may be tested, in the final...

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Sep 12 2018

A forgiving Shabbos

Holidays, Inspiration, New Year
by Chabad Intown

Some people are passive, others are aggressive. Yet others are passive aggressive. Some people are hard on themselves, easy on others. Hard on others, easy on themselves. The hard on themselves people are pushing themselves constantly and are very unforgiving for their shortcomings. The easy people seem to float through life. They don't seem to internalize any of it.   In just a few days the holy day of Atonement, the day of Yom Kippur will be upon us. Each year between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur we have a Shabbos. Shabbos possess a...

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Sep 06 2018

A Rosh Hashanah Suggestion

Holidays, Lifestyle, New Year
by Chabad Intown

Next week we'll celebrate Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah commemorates the creation of mankind. Beginning with Adam and Eve and setting in motion all of world history.   The opening verses of the Torah comprise what our Sages call "The Ten Utterances". These are the ten sayings with which G-d created the world.   Even though we can't literally create worlds with our speech, but the fact that G-d's speech has that power, indicates to us the importance of speech.   This is even more powerful on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur when we offer words of...

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Aug 15 2018

Happy Renewed Year

Elul, Holidays, New Year
by Chabad Intown

Happy birthday world. The world will be 5779 years old this Rosh Hashanah. (To be precise, that takes place on the 25th of Elul. Rosh Hashanah is the sixth day of Creation, the day Adam and Eve were created. That will be the subject of another article.)   What is the opposite of old? When we think in terms of people and their birthdays we think the opposite of old is young. When we think of things or perhaps to our topic we can see that the real opposite of old is...

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Aug 07 2018

Preparation of Love

Elul, Holidays, Lifestyle, Moshiach, New Year
by Chabad Intown

This Shabbos is Rosh Chodesh Elul. It is the last day of the month of Av and Sunday will be the first day of Elul.   Elul is the month of preparation for Rosh Hashanah and the New Year.   In preparation for Rosh Hashanah, I would like to explore ideas connected to the High Holiday season. I’d like to journey beyond the apples and honey, beyond the fasting of Yom Kippur and the flag waving on Simchas Torah.   Let’s start this week with Rosh Hashanah.   What is it really that we are doing on Rosh...

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Jan 17 2018

It’s That Time of the Year – Resolutions

Challenges, Change, Freedom, Lifestyle, New Year
by Chabad Intown

Have you paid attention to your inbox (digital and mail)? Are you getting those January solicitations to join the gym? Try out the newest diet? Join a new business coaching program?   January is a milestone in time; the end of one year, the start of a new one. People reflect on things they wished they had accomplished, feel guilty about the midline bulge and resolve that "this year" it's going to be different. Hence, the capitalization of your emotional roller coaster by the companies of the world.   So when is a resolution...

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Oct 04 2017

Time to Hug!

Challenges, Holidays, Lifestyle, New Year, Relationships
by Chabad Intown

It's been a rough week for all of us, it's time for a hug!   The Sukkah walls will hug us beginning this evening and for the next 8 days. It's the Divine embrace that each of us will draw from for the rest of the year. An embrace that provides each of us with the resources we need to live a more G-dly and goodly life this year!   The joy of Sukkos is fully realized on account of the 4 Kinds (Lulav, Ethrog, Hadasim and Aravos). The analogy of each of the...

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Sep 13 2017

Standing With the Water Carriers

Holidays, Lifestyle, New Year, Tishrei
by Chabad Intown

This past week we experienced a calling to open our homes, our lives to share with others. People were in need and we were there to respond. Not everyone gets their name in the paper for their acts of kindness, but they are kind nonetheless.   Why is it that people open their homes to complete strangers in a time of need? Perhaps the urgency pressures us to access parts of ourselves that remain concealed in peaceful times.   In fact this idea is reflected in the opening of this week's Torah portion, which...

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Sep 06 2017

It’s All In The Smile

Challenges, Lifestyle, Loving-Kindness, New Year, Rebbe, Rebuilding
by Chabad Intown

The Mishna states "receive everyone with a pleasant face". We are being taught in this Mishna the importance of having proper social interactions. You may be in a bad mood but you can always smile to another. Your bad mood is not their problem!   Why is the smile so important? I recently read an essay from the Rebbe with a nuanced comment that addresses this question - perhaps.   There is a parable given by the Alter Rebbe regarding the month of Elul. In the parable the Rebbe says that throughout the year...

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