A friend of someone in the Community is moving. They are selling much of their furniture.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
From the Desk of Rabbi Engel - Parshas Lech-Lecha 5771
Dear community,
I would like to bring to your attention 4 important and/or interesting items:
1) This coming Sunday, October 17, Chabad of Yorba Linda is presenting an exciting program – The Son of Hamas. This speaker, Mosab Hassan Yousef, is the son of one of the founders of the Hamas movement and he became a spy for Israel . The program begins at 9:30 am with breakfast, followed by the speaker. The cost is $25 per person. For more information, call Chabad of Yorba Linda at 714-693-0770.
2) The sofer, Rabbi Menachem Moskowitz, who has been coming to our community for the last many years, is in California for a few weeks, checking t’fillin and mezuzos. He is willing to come to Long Beach for a day or two if there is a demand. Please call me if you would like your t’fillin and/or mezuzuos checked. I will help set it up if enough people respond.
3) There is an obligation for everyone to give tzedakah twice a day (before Shacharis and before Mincha). To help facilitate this the Rebbe established a fund called Keren Hashono in which people give the Rebbe’s office a certain amount of money according to the number of days in that Jewish calendar year. This year, being a leap year, has 385 days. (One can give 2 cents x 385, 10 cents x 385, $1 x 385, $10 x 385 etc.) The Rebbe’s office still continues this tradition on a daily basis. A very special blessing comes along to those who follow the directives of a Tzadik. It is also known that this fund was very dear and precious to the Rebbe. I am encouraging our community to send in its donations via email or check (snail mail) directly to Machne Israel . Anyone who would like me to send it off for him /her must reach me with a check by this Thursday, October 14, 6 Marcheshvan, as Friday will be the last time I send it out this year.
4) A short note about the Yom Kippur/ Alevy tzedakah match. During the appeal, people informed me that approximately 200 x $chai was pledged. At this time, already 3 weeks after Yom Kippur, only 96 x $chai has come in. As we announced on Yom Kippur, we would like to bill Mr. Alevy by four weeks after, which is next Monday, October 18, 2010. If you pledged and have not yet paid, please send it in ASAP.
I would like to bring to your attention 4 important and/or interesting items:
1) This coming Sunday, October 17, Chabad of Yorba Linda is presenting an exciting program – The Son of Hamas. This speaker, Mosab Hassan Yousef, is the son of one of the founders of the Hamas movement and he became a spy for Israel . The program begins at 9:30 am with breakfast, followed by the speaker. The cost is $25 per person. For more information, call Chabad of Yorba Linda at 714-693-0770.
2) The sofer, Rabbi Menachem Moskowitz, who has been coming to our community for the last many years, is in California for a few weeks, checking t’fillin and mezuzos. He is willing to come to Long Beach for a day or two if there is a demand. Please call me if you would like your t’fillin and/or mezuzuos checked. I will help set it up if enough people respond.
3) There is an obligation for everyone to give tzedakah twice a day (before Shacharis and before Mincha). To help facilitate this the Rebbe established a fund called Keren Hashono in which people give the Rebbe’s office a certain amount of money according to the number of days in that Jewish calendar year. This year, being a leap year, has 385 days. (One can give 2 cents x 385, 10 cents x 385, $1 x 385, $10 x 385 etc.) The Rebbe’s office still continues this tradition on a daily basis. A very special blessing comes along to those who follow the directives of a Tzadik. It is also known that this fund was very dear and precious to the Rebbe. I am encouraging our community to send in its donations via email or check (snail mail) directly to Machne Israel . Anyone who would like me to send it off for him /her must reach me with a check by this Thursday, October 14, 6 Marcheshvan, as Friday will be the last time I send it out this year.
4) A short note about the Yom Kippur/ Alevy tzedakah match. During the appeal, people informed me that approximately 200 x $chai was pledged. At this time, already 3 weeks after Yom Kippur, only 96 x $chai has come in. As we announced on Yom Kippur, we would like to bill Mr. Alevy by four weeks after, which is next Monday, October 18, 2010. If you pledged and have not yet paid, please send it in ASAP.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Mazal Tov!
We would like to wish a heart Mazal Tov to our deal Rabbi and Rebbetzin Fajnland who were blessed with the birth of a grandson, born to Menucha Rochel and Yitzy Geisinsky. Mazal tov! Mazal Tov!
Friday, July 23, 2010
From the Desk of Rabbi Engel - Shabbos Nachamu 5770
1. Our Sofer will be coming to town on August 8 (28th of Menachem Av) and will be checking Tefillin and Mezuzos until August 18th (8th of Elul) If you are interested in reserving a spot, please contact Rabbi Engel ASAP (first come first serve-two days of his time are already accounted for).
2. I am considering a learn-to-read Hebrew class at our Shul in October-November, if there is enough interest. Please notify me if you are interested.
3. Scott Peck a”h – As reported earlier, there came in a few hundred dollars more than was needed to cover the basic funeral costs. All who attended from our Shul were shocked to see that he was buried in a wall and not in the ground. Even The Jewish Family Service and Rabbi Gartenberg of Temple Beth Shalom were surprised. I have spoken to two renowned Rabbonim and they both advised me to do whatever is possible to make sure that Scott receives an ‘earth’ burial. I am in touch with the Jewish Family Service, who is finding out exactly what this will involve financially and we will proceed as swiftly as possible. Hopefully we will have enough money to cover a re-interment.
4. There is a former student of the Hebrew Academy-Sam Yudin-who will be promoted from a Staff Sgt. to Sgt. First Class rank [On a scale of 1-9, 9 being the highest, he will become a number 7.] this coming Monday, July 26th at 4:00 PM. He asked me to introduce him to Tibor Rubin, a Jewish ‘Congressional Medal of Honor’ recipient, so that he could ask Tibor to bestow this honor upon him. As it turns out, Tibor will be addressing the soldiers on the Los Alamitos base, on July 26th at 4:00 PM, while bestowing the honor to Sam Yudin. The public is invited to this ceremony. You might want to attend and/or bring your family with you to show them how Jews are proudly serving their country in many ways including serving in the military. (If you have not heard about Tibor Rubin and the many American lives he has saved during the Korean war, Google Tibor Rubin and you will see how a Jew has made us proud. The reason he did not receive this medal fifty years ago was because his superior said “No Jew will receive this great honor under my watch.”)
All attendees must have identification papers/drivers license. You are to park in the big parking lot right after you enter the base. The ceremony will be on the east side of building #15, which is near the parking lot. After about five to ten minutes, we will move indoors for Tibor to address the soldiers. The entire ceremony should be about one hour long.
Best wishes for a great Shabbos Nachmu,
Rabbi Engel
2. I am considering a learn-to-read Hebrew class at our Shul in October-November, if there is enough interest. Please notify me if you are interested.
3. Scott Peck a”h – As reported earlier, there came in a few hundred dollars more than was needed to cover the basic funeral costs. All who attended from our Shul were shocked to see that he was buried in a wall and not in the ground. Even The Jewish Family Service and Rabbi Gartenberg of Temple Beth Shalom were surprised. I have spoken to two renowned Rabbonim and they both advised me to do whatever is possible to make sure that Scott receives an ‘earth’ burial. I am in touch with the Jewish Family Service, who is finding out exactly what this will involve financially and we will proceed as swiftly as possible. Hopefully we will have enough money to cover a re-interment.
4. There is a former student of the Hebrew Academy-Sam Yudin-who will be promoted from a Staff Sgt. to Sgt. First Class rank [On a scale of 1-9, 9 being the highest, he will become a number 7.] this coming Monday, July 26th at 4:00 PM. He asked me to introduce him to Tibor Rubin, a Jewish ‘Congressional Medal of Honor’ recipient, so that he could ask Tibor to bestow this honor upon him. As it turns out, Tibor will be addressing the soldiers on the Los Alamitos base, on July 26th at 4:00 PM, while bestowing the honor to Sam Yudin. The public is invited to this ceremony. You might want to attend and/or bring your family with you to show them how Jews are proudly serving their country in many ways including serving in the military. (If you have not heard about Tibor Rubin and the many American lives he has saved during the Korean war, Google Tibor Rubin and you will see how a Jew has made us proud. The reason he did not receive this medal fifty years ago was because his superior said “No Jew will receive this great honor under my watch.”)
All attendees must have identification papers/drivers license. You are to park in the big parking lot right after you enter the base. The ceremony will be on the east side of building #15, which is near the parking lot. After about five to ten minutes, we will move indoors for Tibor to address the soldiers. The entire ceremony should be about one hour long.
Best wishes for a great Shabbos Nachmu,
Rabbi Engel
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
From the Desk of Rabbi Engel - Shabbos M'Vorchim Av 5770
1. Last Shabbos someone approached my son and asked him why I do not provide camperships for members of our Long Beach community. I would like to respond to this question as I think it is very important for all of us to know the information.
In the approximately 15 years that I have been raising campership dollars, I have always made it my policy to treat all of the requests from both the observant and non-observing community in the same way, not favoring either of these communities. Many people in our community were in fact helped with camp over the years.
About 7 years ago, I received $1,000.00 from someone to help send children from our community to overnight camps. That donation was coupled with a request for having follow-up programs in our community after the children returned from camp. This was the beginning of our highly successful Chabad Kids Club.
In subsequent years, I received donations towards this fund as a blessing for a Refuah Shleima for those individuals who needed it.
Each year, when there were funds available for this purpose, 4-8 children of our community were given a $250.00 grant towards attending overnight camp. Unfortunately, that money ran out two years ago and this is why you have not heard from me about the overnight campership fund in the last two years. However, back to our day camp, rest assured that help will be given to anyone in our community who needs it, based on the same formula as everyone else.
2. After I heard about Scott Peck’s death last Thursday evening, I contacted the Jewish Family Service and Rabbi Gartenberg of Temple Beth Shalom. When I realized that he will be receiving an indigent person’s burial, which did not include the basics, which makes a funeral uniquely Jewish, I turned to our community via e mail and one Shabbos announcement. I would like to report that there came in enough money to cover Tahara, Tachrichin and a wooden pine box, as tradition dictates. There was enough money left over to arrange for Kadish for Scott three times a day for the next year. I was informed at the funeral by the funeral director, that when the man doing the Tahara heard that this was a joint effort to give a friend a Jewish burial, he decided to send back the money that he charges for the Tahara.
I thank everyone for their immediate and generous response. The leftover money will be going into my burial fund and hopefully not have to be used for a very long time to come.
3. At the request of many mothers throughout the years, we are considering offering a one-week day camp for mothers.
Director: Rabbi Moshe Y. Engel (Rabbi Engel will only set up the logistics of the program, but this is a camp being run for women and by women.)
Head counselor: to be announced. We are currently in negotiations with two very special women.
Activities: Swimming, challah baking, Jewish L.A. mystery bus tour, hiking and biking, yoga instruction, the healthy kitchen by a culinary institute graduate, arts and crafts, cupcake designing, ask Moses: the tough questions.
Cost: $180
Sponsors: $360
Conclusion: Friday and Shabbat program for husbands and wives, separate children’s program.
The cost for the Shabbat program is separate from the Mommies’ Camp, and will be approximately $75/couple and $25/child with a maximum at $136 per family.
Please e-mail to Rabbi Engel and his committee at mommiescamp@gmail.com:
a) any different activities you suggest would be of interest to the mothers;
b) whether you might be interested in such a program (at this point we are not asking for commitments, we are only wanting to know if there is an interest)
4. Now is the right time to contribute to our Campership Fund, if you are so inclined and able to do so. Tax deductible checks are made out to SGI Campership Fund.
Donors of one-week campership ----$180
Two week Campership --------------$360
Three week Campership ------------$540
All camperships donations will be acknowledged at the entrance to camp (unless otherwise requested)
Please notify us if your donation is in memory or in honor of someone or of an occasion.
5. We are also considering making a psychological shabbaton at the school.
Topics would include: anxiety, stress and depression by a licensed social worker who specializes in these areas.
Positive Jewish thinking; a guide to a more enjoyable, happy and meaningful life.
If you would be interested in such a program, please notify Rabbi Engel at rengel@hebrewacademyhb.com.
In the approximately 15 years that I have been raising campership dollars, I have always made it my policy to treat all of the requests from both the observant and non-observing community in the same way, not favoring either of these communities. Many people in our community were in fact helped with camp over the years.
About 7 years ago, I received $1,000.00 from someone to help send children from our community to overnight camps. That donation was coupled with a request for having follow-up programs in our community after the children returned from camp. This was the beginning of our highly successful Chabad Kids Club.
In subsequent years, I received donations towards this fund as a blessing for a Refuah Shleima for those individuals who needed it.
Each year, when there were funds available for this purpose, 4-8 children of our community were given a $250.00 grant towards attending overnight camp. Unfortunately, that money ran out two years ago and this is why you have not heard from me about the overnight campership fund in the last two years. However, back to our day camp, rest assured that help will be given to anyone in our community who needs it, based on the same formula as everyone else.
2. After I heard about Scott Peck’s death last Thursday evening, I contacted the Jewish Family Service and Rabbi Gartenberg of Temple Beth Shalom. When I realized that he will be receiving an indigent person’s burial, which did not include the basics, which makes a funeral uniquely Jewish, I turned to our community via e mail and one Shabbos announcement. I would like to report that there came in enough money to cover Tahara, Tachrichin and a wooden pine box, as tradition dictates. There was enough money left over to arrange for Kadish for Scott three times a day for the next year. I was informed at the funeral by the funeral director, that when the man doing the Tahara heard that this was a joint effort to give a friend a Jewish burial, he decided to send back the money that he charges for the Tahara.
I thank everyone for their immediate and generous response. The leftover money will be going into my burial fund and hopefully not have to be used for a very long time to come.
3. At the request of many mothers throughout the years, we are considering offering a one-week day camp for mothers.
Director: Rabbi Moshe Y. Engel (Rabbi Engel will only set up the logistics of the program, but this is a camp being run for women and by women.)
Head counselor: to be announced. We are currently in negotiations with two very special women.
Activities: Swimming, challah baking, Jewish L.A. mystery bus tour, hiking and biking, yoga instruction, the healthy kitchen by a culinary institute graduate, arts and crafts, cupcake designing, ask Moses: the tough questions.
Cost: $180
Sponsors: $360
Conclusion: Friday and Shabbat program for husbands and wives, separate children’s program.
The cost for the Shabbat program is separate from the Mommies’ Camp, and will be approximately $75/couple and $25/child with a maximum at $136 per family.
Please e-mail to Rabbi Engel and his committee at mommiescamp@gmail.com:
a) any different activities you suggest would be of interest to the mothers;
b) whether you might be interested in such a program (at this point we are not asking for commitments, we are only wanting to know if there is an interest)
4. Now is the right time to contribute to our Campership Fund, if you are so inclined and able to do so. Tax deductible checks are made out to SGI Campership Fund.
Donors of one-week campership ----$180
Two week Campership --------------$360
Three week Campership ------------$540
All camperships donations will be acknowledged at the entrance to camp (unless otherwise requested)
Please notify us if your donation is in memory or in honor of someone or of an occasion.
5. We are also considering making a psychological shabbaton at the school.
Topics would include: anxiety, stress and depression by a licensed social worker who specializes in these areas.
Positive Jewish thinking; a guide to a more enjoyable, happy and meaningful life.
If you would be interested in such a program, please notify Rabbi Engel at rengel@hebrewacademyhb.com.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Mazal Tov!
Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov to Rabbi and Mrs. Newman and the entire Newman family on the birth of a baby boy to Yossi and Gila Schechter from Crown Heights!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
For Sale
For Sale:
1. A double oven with stove top kosher for $15 MUST SELL
2. Two rolls of bamboo scach for Sukkos for $20 each MUST SELL
Please contact Leah Shapiro 562-426-1162
1. A double oven with stove top kosher for $15 MUST SELL
2. Two rolls of bamboo scach for Sukkos for $20 each MUST SELL
Please contact Leah Shapiro 562-426-1162
Friday, May 21, 2010
Moving Sale
We are selling the following items for any reasonable offer!
1. Patio glass top table and 6 chairs
2. Wood 6 drawer dresser - color - light oak
3. Kitchen table and 4 chairs - wood, color-light oak
4. Bedroom Furniture: night-table, 6 drawer dresser, armoire
5. Bookcases - dark
6. Corner desk-light
7. Wood desk with hutch - dark
Roizy Ulman
562-424-6940.
1. Patio glass top table and 6 chairs
2. Wood 6 drawer dresser - color - light oak
3. Kitchen table and 4 chairs - wood, color-light oak
4. Bedroom Furniture: night-table, 6 drawer dresser, armoire
5. Bookcases - dark
6. Corner desk-light
7. Wood desk with hutch - dark
Roizy Ulman
562-424-6940.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
House for Rent
There is a house for rent, one mile from Shul. For more information, please contact Yael Gollub at 562 989 9550.
Daybed for Sale
I have a white metal daybed in storage that I would like to sell. Contact me at 562-426-1162 for more details.
Leah Shapiro
Leah Shapiro
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Mazal Tov!
Mazel Tov to the Pinkersons on the birth of a baby girl to their daughter Lily and son-in-law Tani Aronin!
Mazal Tov!
Mazel Tov to the Engels and Jurkowiczs on the birth of a baby boy to Mendel and Guttie Engel!
Mazal Tov!
Mazal Tov to Fried family on the engagement of Ilana to Sruly Litchkowsky from NY. Mazal Tov!
Monday, January 25, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Free Table
We have an 8 foot conference/dining table that we are offering to anyone who wants to
come get it. I can email pictures if you are interested.
Chami Engel
chamiengel@gmail.com
come get it. I can email pictures if you are interested.
Chami Engel
chamiengel@gmail.com
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