HERITAGE Lag BaOmer Picnic!

Wednesday, May 9, 6 - 10 PM

in the field behind Bernard Horwith JCC
3003 W. Touhy Ave. Chicago
(you can leave your car at JCC parking lot and walk trhough the path)

Sports, inflatables, great BBQ and drinks

Also featuring

FARBRENGITON
a nü-Carlebach/jazz/jam-band/punk rock band

Concert starts 9:00 PM

in case of rain all the activities will be incide of JCC

Cost: $10 adult, $5 child

From Avram to Avraham - rabbi's message

One of Avram’s tests was to leave his homeland and to travel to the land of Canaan – the future land of Israel. To change one’s location is always hard. We almost always suffer dislocation, nostalgia and oftentimes confusion and difficulty in adjusting to the new society and its challenges. The same is true for other challenges as well.

In connection to a marriage Torah tells us: “A Man should leave his father and mother and be united with his wife…” The change of one’s marital status creates new challenges: learning about your spouse, dealing with moods, financial difficulties, in-laws etc.

But there is another change that God required from Avram: to change his name: from Avram to Avraham. This means to change one’s values, lifestyle and beliefs. In the past century we notice the decline in our commitment to Judaism, we change our names from Shmuel to Sam and from Ester to Emily.

Nowadays in America and elsewhere the are many opportunities to re-discover our Jewish connection, to reverse the tide from Avram to Avraham. Let’s hope that we succeed in this 3rd challenge as well.