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An Evening of Inspiration
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You are cordially invited to attend a heartwarming and inspirational Farbrengen (friendly gathering) in honor of Yud Tes Kislev (19th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev), commemorating the release of the first Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi from his imprisonment in Czarist prison where he was held on charges that his teachings threatened the imperial authority of the Czar.
Wednesday, December 14 | 7:00 PM
Delicious Dessert Buffet
More than a personal liberation, this was a watershed event in the history of Jewish mysticism heralding a new era in the revelation of the "inner soul" of Torah, and is celebrated to this day as "The Rosh Hashanah of Chabad teachings and approach."
Program:
7:20 PM
Welcoming remarks
Rabbi Asher Federman
7:30 PM
Sparks of Kabbala. The soul of Torah & Chabad's vindication
Guest Speaker
Rabbi Elkana Shmotkin - Director, Jewish Educational Media - Brooklyn, NY
8:00 PM
Historical Video footage - Yud Tes Kislev - 1983 Experience the spiritual joy and intellectual rigor of a Farbrengen with the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. Join the warmth and dynamism of the thousands in attendance singing Chassidic melodies with blessings of L'Chaim.
Listen as the timeless truths of Torah are applied to issues of contemporary, social and ethical concern.
"To experience a Farbrengen is to glimpse a meeting of the Divine and the human, the mystical and the mundane, the timely and the timeless."
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