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Mumbai Reflections and Memorial Service Info

2008-12-01T18:45:00.000-06:00

From the desk of Rabbi Hershey Novack
December 1, 2008

Dear students,

It was with profound shock that I heard the terrible news: Rabbi Gabi and Rivky Holtzberg, directors of Chabad of Mumbai, were among those brutally murdered in the recent attacks. Our hearts and prayers go out to all the people of India, and to the innocent victims and their families.

*** Join us for a memorial service on Tuesday evening (Dec. 2) at 9:15 PM. We will meet at the Chabad Center, 7018 Forsyth, a sister to the Chabad of Mumbai. We will say Kaddish, pray for a better and more peaceful world, and grieve together as a community for these bright lights that have been extinguished. Most importantly, we will look to the examples embodied in the Holtzbergs’ lives for inspiration and guidance for our own. (Click here for the Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=37797216181) ***

For me, Gabi was different, for he was an old school-mate at Yeshiva. He was a year younger than I, but the program was small and encouraged collaboration between the classes. Later, we traveled to Thailand as rabbinic interns, where we--and others--helped lead Passover Seders. I think that he felt his calling in that environment, and it seemed natural to me when I learned that he was returning as a Chabad Shliach to Mumbai.

Gabi and Rivky were motivated by the vision of boundless love and service of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, of saintly memory. A part of the global Chabad Lubavitch family of over 3000 rabbis and rebbitzens in 47 US states and 80 countries around the world, they lived in a crowded section of one of the most crowded cities on earth, unnoticed and unknown to many of their neighbors, without glory or financial stability. Instead, they opened their home to thousands of people, Jews from every conceivable affiliation and background--providing a meal, an embrace, a home. They provided teaching and counseling and help to people caught up in unhealthy behavior, and spiritual inspiration to the many seeking it. Expatriates, backpackers, local Jews, and the occasional Wash. U. student were all part of their community.

Gabi was, and it is painful to discuss Gabi in the past tense, an intellectual activist with the deep grounding in the extraordinary weltschauung of Chasidism. He was--to borrow a line from baseball--a "five tool rabbi." Gabi could do it all. He was deeply learned and richly appreciative of the human condition, he served his community as a teacher, a mohel, and a shochet.

While the attack was on a Chabad center and a family of Chabad representatives were murdered, the loss is not limited to the Chabad movement. Gabi and Rivky were not targeted because they represented Chabad; Gabi and Rivky were killed for being Jewish. I would go even further to say that this was not only an attack on the Jewish people, but on anyone who values peace, goodness, and kindness. In their deaths, as in their lives, Gabi and Rivky brought people together from diverse backgrounds, uniting them in the celebration of Yiddishkeit. Let us join in ensuring that the lives of the Holtzbergs and the other victims live on by continuing that unity, that enormous outpouring of love in our own homes and communities and, indeed, in the world at large.

I have no words, and no theological answers…

The Lubavitcher Rebbe taught of the need to turn tears into action. While it is early to discuss specifics, I know that the Chabad center in Mumbai will be re-opened, and I am certain that further centers will be developed in India and throughout the world.

As students make their way back to campus this week, we will together seek proper and meaningful ways to memorialize Gabi and Rivky by bringing additional light into our own community. "The soul of man is the candle of G-d." We are within the month of Chanukah. Let us redouble our efforts to add in the celebration of Chanukah, a holiday characterized by increasing light--physical and spiritual. Details and other suggested Mitzvah memorials can be found at www.chabadoncampus.org.

I have been overwhelmed by the sheer volume of emails, facebook messages, and other communications I have received over the past few days. I hope to respond to each once, though it will take some time. aFrom now on, may we only celebrate joyous occasions together and live to see a better and brighter world with the coming of Moshiach speedily and in our days.

Sincerely,

PS – At Chabad we press ahead with our regular and special programming. Shabbat dinners, classes, events, and more.

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Shabbat at Chabad and more!

2008-11-04T14:56:00.000-06:00

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November 7, 2008 – Don’t forget to vote!

Shabbat at Chabad!
Friday, November 7
(Optional Services: 6:45 pm)
Dinner: 7:30 pm
You are invited to join us for Shabbat dinner at Chabad. Shabbat at Chabad features five-courses of classics and updated favorites, along with a great group of students from freshman to grad students. There is no fee to participate or for the dinner, but, we request that you let us know that you will be joining us by clicking over to www.chabadoncampus.org/shabbat. And we’ve got a strict “come when you want to, leave when you need to” policy. Don’t worry if you’ll be late, just stop in and say “hello!” Chabad on Campus is located at 7018 Forsyth Blvd, which is steps from the South 40 and right next door to ZBT. Click here for a map: www.tinyurl.com/7018forsyth.!

Chabad Student Association Meeting
Wednesday, November 12 at 8 PM @ Chabad, 7018 Forsyth.

Jewish Learning
Jewish learning is an important Jewish value and can be a viable, valuable part of your campus experience. Experience the intersection of the ancient tradition and modern life with classes on Talmud, Jewish Medical Ethics, Law in Judaism, and Chasidic Philosophy. Contact Rabbi Hershey or Chana to set something up.

Winter Break Plans? Here are two ideas:

Alternative Winter Break program in Israel: The Jewish National Fund has partnered with the Chabad on Campus International Foundation to offer a special Alternative Winter Break program in Israel from December 29 - Jan 7 2009. More than just another tour of Israel, this trip offers you the opportunity to give back. The trip is FREE (kind of), thanks to generous donors. To join the trip, all you will have to do is raise $950 for the new Sderot Indoor Playground, a project of JNF. This Indoor Recreational Center will provide Sderot's Kassam shell-shocked youth with a place to have fun, connect with friends, enjoy stimulating classes, and be children, beyond the conflict; and parents will have peace of mind knowing that their children are playing and learning in an environment that is safe and secure.

Check out Snorkel & Study for an amazing winter break, this Jan 1-8, 2009! Mind-blowing classes, swimming, watersports, tanning, snorkeling, friendship, sun. Did we mention it’s a phenomenal week? Meet college women from around the world and explore Jewish thinking, Jewish texts and Jewish traditions, while having an outrageously good time doing watersports in Key Largo, Florida - diving capital of the world. Full scholarships available. Apply NOW. Snorkel and Study ‘09

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