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August 3 – 16, 2013
Dedication of new synagogue on Aug. 18 Grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony Dignitaries of the State of Arizona, local mayors and business leaders will join the Jewish Community of the East Valley in cutting the ribbon and opening the doors of its new Jewish Center, 5 p.m., Sun., Aug. 18. At the dedication a mezuzah will be affixed to the doors and the Torah scrolls will be welcomed to the new synagogue. The center houses a synagogue, classrooms, the new Chandler Jewish Preschool, the Chabad Hebrew School, offices and social hall, kosher kitchen, Yoseph Yitzchak Lipskier Library and will serve as a place where Judaism comes vibrantly and joyously alive, and made accessible to anyone who would like to learn about it. The Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life was founded by Rabbi Mendy and Shternie Deitsch in September 1997, under the guidance of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, the Grand Lubavitcher Rebbe. Chabad of the East Valley is part of the largest and fastest-growing Jewish organization, with more than 4,000 centers worldwide.
Register for school Registration is underway for the upcoming school year at Chabad Hebrew School, which begins on Sun., Sept. 8 at the new Chabad Pollack Center for Jewish Life at 875 N. McClintock Dr., Chandler. Membership is not required to register for the classes. Students will be taught by warm and
professional teachers while using the most advanced textbooks and methodologies to learn about Jewish history, heritage, culture and holidays and Parsha lessons. The lessons will come alive in weekly updates in a scrapbook, which will advance each student’s reading by the end of the year. Classes will be held from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Sunday mornings for children ages 5 to 13. Other activities include honey dish craft, cards, Yom Kippur slippers, Succah Hop, kosher label contest, olive oil press, menorah making, Hanukkah Carnival, choir, Shabbat meal for parents and students, Shalach Manot distribution, Purim party and Matzo Factory. To visit the Chabad Hebrew School by appointment, call 480-855-4333 or email info@chabadcenter.com. For more information about the center, visit chabadcenter.com.
meet in order to qualify as a genuine shofar, after which they will saw, drill, sand, shellac and polish their own horns. Visual aids, such as large, full-color posters and diagrams and a colorful assortment of animal horns of all types and sizes, plus state-of-the-art shop equipment, will be provided. The Shofar is perhaps the oldest wind instrument known to humankind. Consisting of a simple horn taken from a ram or similar animal and hollowed of its internal cartilage, when blown correctly, it produces a haunting, almost mystical tone. It is sounded in Jewish houses of worship on Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Cost is $10 to make a Shofar, but free just to see the show. To make a reservation, call 480-8554333.
Shofar factory
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Children and adults can craft their own shofars, or ram’s horns, in a hands-on workshop at the Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life at 11 a.m. on Sun., Sept. 1. “The Shofar generates an otherworldly sound. It’s very soulful, very stirring and open to much interpretation,” says Rabbi Mendy Deitsch, director of Chabad of the East Valley and coordinator of the Shofar Factory. “Each individual hears something else in the Shofar’s voice. It’s no wonder the Shofar is blown on our holiest of days. It’s very appropriate, very inspiring.” Visitors to the “Shofar Factory” will learn what criteria an animal’s horn must
To honor of loved ones bricks can be donated for $100 per brick at the Chabad Pollack Jewish Center. Messages are 60 characters long and can be donated for birthdays, anniversaries, bar and bat Mitzvahs, graduations, weddings, holidays, good luck, in memory of or a simple gift to someone. Each brick donated will help fortify the Chabad Pollack Jewish Center. Donations can be made through a secure form at chabadcenter.com. For more information, email rabbi@ chabadcenter.com or visit chabadcenter. com.
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A Place of Love Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday Hamilton High School Auditorium 3700 S. Arizona Ave. www.loc-az.org
480-899-1400
Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors.
Chandler United Methodist Church Celebrating 100 Years in Chandler. Making and Deploying Disciples Who Put God First, Since 1913.
SUNDAY WORSHIP Traditional Worship .........................9:30 a.m. (August) SUNDAY SCHOOL For Children.....................................................9:40 a.m. 480-963-3360 • www.chandlermethodist.org • 450 E. Chandler Heights Rd.