Monday, December 23, 2013

Shiva Chair - Group Purchase

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Shiva Chair - Group Purchase
 
National Association of Chevra Kadisha
  Last chance to join our group purchase of high quality Shiva Chairs. 
 
 

Join our group purchase of these high quality Shiva Chairs at a special price of $190 per chair.

We are planning to finalize the order BE"H on Dec 31, 2013.

  

 

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(click here for more information or to purchase)

 

   Check out other chevra supplies we offer at:

 

http://nasck.org/order.html 

 

 National Association of Chevra Kadisha
85-18 117th Street
Richmond Hill, NY 11418
718-847-6280
 
 
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Monday, December 16, 2013

Shiva Chair - Group Purchase

NASCK LOGO NEW
Shiva Chair - Group Purchase
 
National Association of Chevra Kadisha
 Join our group purchase of high quality Shiva Chairs.  

  

 

 

Join our group purchase of these high quality Shiva Chairs at a special price of $190 per chair.

We are planning to finalize the order BE"H on Dec 31, 2013.

  

 

LK375C front view(SHIVA) .JPG              LK375C side view(SHIVA) .JPG            LK375C back view(SHIVA) .JPG  

(click here for more information or to purchase)

 

   Check out other chevra supplies we offer at:

 

http://nasck.org/order.html 

 

 National Association of Chevra Kadisha
85-18 117th Street
Richmond Hill, NY 11418
718-847-6280
 
 
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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Announcing a NASCK Parshas Vayechi Program

ANNOUNCING A NASCK PROGRAM

National Association of Chevra Kadisha

NASCK Dedicates

שבת פרשת ויחי

To the Discussion of Jewish End-of-Life Practices 

 

Vital facts facing the Jewish community today:

  • Health care in the US is changing rapidly.
  • Without a Health Care Proxy and a Halachic Living Will, decisions may be made by hospital staff and ethics committees that are contrary to one's wishes and to Halachah.
  • Many Jews are uninformed or confused about traditional burial and funeral choices.
  • Cremation and above-ground burial are becoming increasingly popular, if not among our members, certainly in the extended family of even our most observant congregants. 

Shabbos Parshas Vayechi is an ideal time for education and discussion of these difficult, yet fundamental, topics. The Parsha's theme of "Chesed Shel Emes" provides a unique opportunity to initiate a dialogue on various aspects of Kovod Hames, including:

  • K'vurah B'karkah
  • Taharah
  • Tachrichim
  • Shmirah
  • Kriah 

The Parshah also introduces the concepts of illness and making a Tzava'ah to children, which lend themselves to discussions of end-of-life care as well as advance directives and wills.

 

We urge Rabbonim and educators everywhere to utilize this Shabbos to its fullest by devoting their sermons and educational forums to these important and timely topics. It is an opportunity to expound on how these basic traditions reflect the most profound and core beliefs of Judaism.  It is also an opportunity to suggest that our congregants guide their extended family or circle of acquaintances to ensure that they will make proper choices after 120 years. This is our modern day version of "Mes Mitzvah."

Suggested Topics of Interest for a Sermon, Lecture or Program:

  • Halachic living wills (Agudah or RCA).
  • Jewish Hospice care and end-of-life medical decisions
  • Discussing end of life issues with our children as a way of addressing the Jewish views of both life and death.
  • The NASCK EMES Card. Bring the Campaign to your community.
  • Buying graves in advance of need -- here or in Israel.
  • Chesed-Shel-Emes - Genuine Chesed as defined by timeless (Toras) Emes - why we Jews do what we do.
  • Organ Donation - signing donor cards.
  • Making a will, and doing so K'Halachah.
  • The modern day "Mes Mitzvah" - Getting involved before an uninformed Jew dies.
For information about the EMES Card campaign and educational materials or to view a documentary on the EMES Card, visit us at 
www.nasck.org. To view a community program with presentations by prominent Rabbonim (sponsored by NASCK and the Vaad Harabonim of Queens) please visit us at nasck.org/multi_media.htm

 

 

 JOIN NASCK IN DEDICATING THIS SHABBOS VAYECHI TO THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.

 

 

 National Association of Chevra Kadisha
85-18 117th Street
Richmond Hill, NY 11418
718-847-6280
 
 
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Yeshiva University's CJF Winter 2013 eNewsletter

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Yeshiva Universty's Center for the Jewish Future

Dear Friends, 

What is [the reason for] Chanukah? For our rabbis taught: On the 25 of Kislev [commence] the days of Chanukah, which are eight... (Shabbat 21b).

Why did the rabbis choose the tractate of Shabbat to introduce the holiday of Chanukah? One would have thought that the tractate of Megillah which discusses the other rabbinic holidays would have been a more legitimate location for the placement of the laws and story of Chanukah. Rabbi Soloveitchik explains that while the experiences of Chanukah and Shabbat are distinct from each other, existentially they complement one another. Chanukah’s holiday experience symbolizes taking the light found in the Jewish home and allowing it to radiate in the public thoroughfare. All of the laws regarding the menorah’s location and time of lighting are predicated on the pedestrian’s ability to see its illumination in the public thoroughfare. Chanukah celebrates the Jews’ responsibility to be involved as an agent of change in society.

Yet this goal is only achievable when there is also the Shabbat experience. Shabbat is celebrated through the retreat from the public arena of life. Carrying objects between the private and the public domain is forbidden; so is carrying any object four amot in the public domain. The experience of Shabbat is primarily found within the privacy of the home. It is the Shabbat experience which strengthens our home, our personal spiritual epicenter. Introducing the festival of Chanukah in the middle of Tractate Shabbat is a recognition that our national aspiration, that of perfecting the public thoroughfare, is only achievable when the private arena is reinforced. Conversely, when the Shabbat experience creates a permanent mindset - a withdrawal from the world community, an isolationist mindset - it becomes an obstacle to achieving the Divine agenda of tikkun olam, the purpose of the Chosen People.

Yeshiva University at its core is the celebration of the above ideals. The programs below represents how the CJF convenes the energies of Yeshiva University and RIETS to help shape, enrich and inspire our students and the contemporary Jewish community.

Chag Urim Sameiach,


Rabbi Kenneth Brander
Vice President for University and Community Life
The David Mitzner Dean
Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future


Torah Tours

STUDENTS SPEND HOLIDAYS WITH NEW FRIENDS IN NEW PLACES

In its Fourth Decade, Torah Tours Enriches Holiday Celebrations in Communities Across North America
 
This Simchat Torah, nearly 300 Yeshiva University students and alumni traveled to 60 communities across North America as part of the Center for the Jewish Future’s Aaron and Blanche Schreiber Torah Tours program. Now in its fourth decade, the program sends hundreds of young men and women to synagogues all over the United States and Canada each year to infuse local holiday celebrations with renewed spirit and passion by offering shiurim and programming for congregants of all ages, leading singing and dancing and becoming a real part of their adopted communities.

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Medical Ethics Conference

HEALTH CARE IN THE HOMELAND

Student-Run Medical Ethics Conference Explores Interplay of Halacha and Medicine in Israel
 
As Americans across the country debated the ethical, legal and practical ramifications of Obamacare, YU’s Student Medical Ethics Society (MES), a student club mentored by YU’s Center for the Jewish Futue (CJF), looked to the Israeli medical system as the framework for a very different kind of conversation: What does universal health care look likein a country bound by Jewish law?

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Kohelet Fellowships

REINVENTING ADULT EDUCATION

Kohelet Fellowships Launch Year Three With Two New Communities
 
A few weeks ago, Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future began its third year inspiring day school parents through the Kohelet Fellowships. As of this year, 28 day schools, 12 Preschools and 1100 day school and preschool parents have participated in the Kohelet Fellowships program. Participating communities have included Boca Raton, Philadelphia, Manhattan, Long Island, Memphis and Atlanta. This year the program is launching in 2 new communities, Denver and Kansas City.

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Intermountain Jewish News: Day school grants in exchange for learning

Womens Beit Midrash

BRINGING TORAH LEARNING FOR WOMEN TO THE NEXT LEVEL

Women's Beit Midrash program recently completed its second semester
 
The 2nd Women’s Learning Beit Midrash recently took place and featured two YU scholars, Dr. Daniel Rynhold, Associate Professor of Modern Jewish History and Director of the PhD Program at Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, and Professor Smadar Rosensweig, Bible Studies Faculty at Stern College for Women. Dr. Rynhold spoke on “Freedom and Responsibility in Jewish Philosophy,” and Professor Rosensweig spoke on “Cavid Hamelekh’s Journey to Kingship.”  

MK Piron at YU

A CONVERSATION WITH ISRAEL’S EDUCATION MINISTER

MK Rabbi Shai Piron Discusses Halachic, Political and Educational Challenges Facing Israel
 
“The greatness of Yaacov was his capacity to convene the sacred to empower everyday and to realize that without the everyday there is no need for the sacred,” said YU Vice President of University and Community Life Rabbi Kenneth Brander of the biblical forefather before introducing Rabbi Shai Piron, Israel’s current minister of education and former Rosh Yeshivat Hesder Petach-Tikva. “Rabbi Piron’s personal and professional life has always been about bridging holiness to the everyday.”

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MK Bennett at YU

A LIGHTHOUSE IN A STORM

At YU Event, MK Naftali Bennett Shares Dream of Israeli Light in the Darkness of Mideast Conflict
 
Sharing his vision for Israel at a November 19 event on Yeshiva University’s Wilf Campus, Knesset Member Naftali Bennett asked the crowd of close to 300 to imagine a lighthouse. A lighthouse has strong foundations, which Israel has in our Torah, our very good economy and the most powerful army in the Middle East,” he said. “But any tower has strong foundations. The most important thing a lighthouse does is project light.” Referring to recent unrest in the region, he added, “There is a storm going on and it’s here to stay, from Pakistan to Iran, from Damascus to Yemen. Israel needs to be the lighthouse in that storm.”

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MK Bennett at YU

NURTURING THE I TO BETTER SERVE IN THE PUBLIC EYE

2013 Rebbitzin Esther Rosenblatt Yarchei Kallah for Rebbetzins
 
As part of its continuing education and support programs for rabbis and rebbetzins, Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future presented this year's Rebbetzin Esther Rosenblatt Yarchei Kallah for Rebbetzins, "Nurturing the Private “I” to Better Serve in the Public Eye". The program was held November 11-12, 2013 at Congregation Keter Torah in Teaneck, NJ, and hosted nearly 100 rebbetzins from across north America for two days of exploration, study and community building.

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