Vayeishev<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nLight over darkness<\/p>\n
The Chanukah story happened so long ago \u2013 yet carries a timely message for us, even today.
\nScience has given us the greatest technologies and conveniences, yet it alone cannot free us from the moral and social challenges of our day. From gun violence and simmering racial tension, to corruption in politics and distrust of Wall Street, material pursuits alone do not lead to a happy and meaningful life.
\nOur children need a better diet than the value-system fed to them by Hollywood, the Internet and mass media. They need, nay, they want, inspiration, a noble cause to live for, a moral purpose that frames their pursuits and interests with meaning and direction.
\nJudaism teaches that every human being is created in the image of the Divine, charged with the duty to illuminate his or her surroundings, to make our universe a better place, a brighter place, a holier place.
\nA wise person once said, \u201cDon\u2019t chase away darkness with a broom; simply light a candle.\u201d Darkness has no reality of its own \u2013 it\u2019s merely the absence of light. Let\u2019s teach our youth that they are the Menorah, and in a world of moral darkness, one small act of goodness and kindness will cast a light of epic proportions \u2013 just like the tiny flask of oil that miraculously burned for eight days.<\/p>\n
Over Chanukah we will be having a few opportunities to shed Light over Darkness,
\nPlease Join us:<\/p>\n
1) Saturday evening December 24th at 20:00 Revaluation Square – Public Menorah Lighting
\n2) Monday evening December 26th at 20:30 Stari Arbat (corner of Kaloshin per.) Public Menorah Lighting
\n3) Thursday evening December 29th at 19:30 IJC – Center for Jewish Life – Chanukah Party – Asian Buffet – Details below:
\nPlease join us on December 29th
\nat 19:30
\nfor our annual
\nChanukah Party!<\/p>\n
* Asian Buffet
\n* Assorted Latkes
\n* Edible Sushi Menorah
\n* Fortune Doughnuts
\n* Oriental Menorah Lighting
\n* Dreidels & Gelt
\n* Music & Lechaim<\/p>\n
International Jewish Community Center
\n“Center for Jewish Life”
\nper. Kaloshin, 12\u04411,
\n1500p. Per a Person
\nRSVP TODAY
\nChanukah@JewishMoscow.com<\/p>\n
Shabbat Shalom!
\nRabbi Yanky and Rivky Klein<\/p>\n
This email is In Loving memory of my dear father
\nR’ Yerachmiel Binyamin Halevi ben R, Menachem Klein OBM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Shabbat Candle Lighting Times for Moscow, Russia Friday, December 23rd Light Candles at 15:41 Join us Tonight! Weekly Kabbalat Shabbat Services 20:30 Followed by Shabbat Dinner Shabbat, December 24th, Shabbat Ends 17:07 Torah Portion: Vayeishev Light over darkness The Chanukah story happened so long ago \u2013 yet carries a timely message for us, even today. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,172],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishmoscow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishmoscow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishmoscow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishmoscow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishmoscow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jewishmoscow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2967,"href":"https:\/\/jewishmoscow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964\/revisions\/2967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishmoscow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishmoscow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishmoscow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishmoscow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}