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FOCUS ON YOUTH
May 2021
Passover at Chabad FGCU By Rabbi Mendel Gordon
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eading up to Passover, Chabad of FGCU hosted a Girls Night Out, painting tambourines and learning about the Jewish women in Egypt and their inextinguishable, resolute faith in G-d that things would get better and they’d be redeemed. The women prepared tambourines in advance, to celebrate when the Exodus would happen. We are those same women today, who get to keep our faith strong in any challenging times. Students also enjoyed a special field trip to experience various Jewish practices in action. The first destination was a kosher scavenger hunt at Publix, where students had to find various kosher labels and products. Following that, they went to the Estero River to learn a special mitzva of purifying utensils, which is done to all new metal and glass food utensils. Students also experienced firsthand how to kosherize a kitchen. We thank Shmuel and Malka Forshner for that demonstration. The original in-person Passover Seders planned were switched to Seders To-Go. Students picked up Matza, Maror, delicious brisket and all other Passover needs to celebrate the Seders. It was incredible to see how many Seders sprouted up all over campus, bringing the joy of Passover everywhere.
Meet & Greet via Zoom 7:00-7:30pm (EST)
Thurs. APRIL 22 email Reneé at: rbialek@jewishnaples.org to register
We will meet and greet other Jewish Young Professionals from Ft. Myers. This group is for 20, 30, & 40 year olds who are Jewish professionals looking to socialize.
We hope you can join us!
bbyo...continued from page 27 growth and prosperity of our BBYO community. These teens were, and are, dedicated leaders and powerful community members. The criterion for our alumni of the greater BBYO community is that they are: 1. An alumnus of BBYO; and 2. They care deeply for Naples BBYO in the way of dedicating time and resources to the success of our chapters. I have the honor of announcing both our 2019-20 awardees as well as our 2020-21 awardees as follows:
Naples Leadership Hall of Fame Awardees 2019-2020
Jacob Klein, Alum of Negev AZA #2560 Adam Mitrani, Alum of Negev AZA #2560 Gary Kohler, Alum of Minneapolis AZA
Naples Leadership Hall of Fame Awardees 2020-21
Dylan Saad, Alum of Negev AZA #2560 Rabbi Adam Miller, Alum of Tulsa NTO AZA To learn more about upcoming events in Naples, contact me by email at jesszimmerman@bbyo.org or call/text 941-677-3018. We hope to see you soon! Stay safe.
Hannah Castro, Alum of Mishpacha BBG #2552
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