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March 2021
Shalom Naples Families!
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BYO has many upcoming exciting programs open to eighth- through twelfth-graders, and some that are open to sixthand seventh-graders as well! Naples BBYO is hosting its monthly virtual meeting on Tuesday, March 15 at 7 p.m. To register for the event, visit https://bbyo.org/bbyo-nearyou/regions/north-florida-region.
Jessica Zimmerman
This meeting is open to all sixth- through twelfth-graders in the community. Quickly following, Chapter President Joshua Albanos and Vice President of Programming S’gan are hosting a virtual event
called Freaky Falafel on March 21 at 3 p.m. The event will teach you how to make falafel. Yum! To learn more about upcoming events in Naples, contact Jess Zimmerman, Associate Regional Director, North Florida Region, via email at jesszimmerman@ bbyo.org or call/text 941-677-3018. We hope to see you soon! From your friends at Naples BBYO, stay safe.
With students back at school, Chabad gears up for a new semester By Rabbi Mendel Gordon
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s the spring semester commenced at FGCU on Jan. 11, Chabad was on hand to welcome back the students at their home-away-from-home on campus. In addition to regular Shabbat get-togethers, where students wine, dine and mingle each week, Chabad hosted a welcome back barbeque, marking the beginning of what will prove to be yet another semester filled with inspiration, fun, and of course, (kosher) food. Many returning students were rejoining in-person studies after a period of virtual study. To jumpstart the camaraderie and social acclimation, Chabad hosted a night out at Congo River Mini Golf, where students socialized and mingled with new Jewish friends in a safe environment. A girls’ night saw dozens of students craft their own scented candles, while they learned about the significance of candle lighting in Jewish tradition for Shabbat and holidays. In an exciting development, Chabad has commenced a brand-new course on Jewish medical ethics, offering an age-old take on cutting-edge, modern dilemmas — Can I unplug Grandma? Can doctors play G-d? Who should be vaccinated first? As the world grapples with a raging pandemic, these sensitive moral issues are evermore relevant, with hospitals, medical staff and even laymen forced to make life-changing decisions with enormous ramifications.
spices. Special for that week was the monthly kiddush levanah prayer, when we gather under the clear, moonlight sky and recite a prayer blessing the new moon. As the moon waxes and wanes, so do we, the Jewish people. Chabad will be hosting COVID-19-friendly, social-distancing PassGetting to know other Jewish students at mini golf over Seders for students on March 27 and They explored his storied life and leg28. For more info or to RSVP, email acy; the visionary behind the thousands ChabadFGCU@gmail.com. of Chabad centers worldwide, the Rebbe’s Chabad at FGCU caters to all Jewish life mission had an impact on every Jew, students in Southwest Florida, providing a teaching that “Every Jew is infinitely home away from home. Join us to learn, celprecious,” and exhorting his followers to ebrate or just meet Jewish students your age. reach every Jew with love. For more information or to get involved, At close of Shabbat, a Havdalah contact Rabbi Mendel Gordon at 347-452ceremony was held, marking the conclu0489 or ChabadFGCU@gmail.com. sion of the week and the transition into Visit our website at ChabadFGCU. the next, with fire, wine and aromatic com.
Girls craft night
Candle lighting times:
Shabbat of Jan. 23 saw students gather in commemoration of 10 Shevat, marking 70 years of the leadership of the Lubavitcher Rebbe — Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory — who assumed the mantle of leadership that day in 1951, exactly a year after the passing of his father-in-law and predecessor, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory.
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