Orbit April 2012 - Plainview Jewish Center

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ORBIT Page 8 Plainview Jewish Center Blood Drive Sunday, April 1st, 9:00am ~ 1:30pm Youth Lounge Your donation will help to save up to THREE lives. Our community hospitals need your help. Please share this lifesaving gift! Thank You for Caring! Eligibility Criteria: · Bring ID with signature or photo. · Minimum weight 110 lbs. · Age 16 – 75 16 year olds must have parental permission. Age 76 and over need doctor’s note · Eat well (low fat) & drink fluids · No tattoos for past 12 months For questions concerning medical eligibility call 1-800-688-0900. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please contact: Judy Alper PJCfamilyed@gmail.com; or 938-8610 ext. 112
Dear Friends, ORBIT Page 9 SALE OF CHAMETZ One small phrase in the Torah is all it took to create the frenzy that is now known as “cleaning for Pesach.” In the book of Exodus we read, “There shall be no leavened products (chametz) in your homes.” As far as we know, our ancestors always understood this passage literally. Any leavened product, from Play Doh to bread dough, was to be removed from our homes before sunset on the 15 th of Nisan. If we are far-sighted planners, we might be able to arrange our menus so that we eat up every last crumb of chametz before Passover. We certainly can give away un-opened chametz items to Island Harvest or any other food banks as well. But most likely, there will be items we cannot use or give away; items that would be very expensive or inconvenient to replace if we were to throw them out. Rabbis in the Middle Ages recognized this reality, and created a kind of “legal fiction” to enable us to keep some of our chametz locked away for use after Passover. This legal fiction, involved transferring authority over all chametz remaining after a certain date to the local rabbi. The rabbi, in turn, would “sell” the chametz to a non-Jew for a modest down-payment. In theory, the non-Jew was free to use the chametz during Passover. In fact, the “sold” chametz is separated from Passover food and placed in a marked and sealed box or cabinet, so that a Jew cannot easily access it, but the non- Jewish buyer can easily claim it. Should the buyer fail to pay the full purchase price by the end of Passover, the reaming chametz reverts to its original owners. While some may see the Sale of Chametz as a bit far-fetched, I believe it embodies Judaism’s ability to at once be a livable religion that does not impose unrealistic demands on its adherents, but also a religion that makes change in an evolutionary, not revolutionary way. I am happy to provide the opportunity for us to sell our chametz this year. If you would like to participate in the Sale of Chametz, please fill out the form below and return it to the PJC office by Thursday April 5th. I will be available to personally “buy” chametz at PJC beginning on Monday March 26 th . I am usually available after morning minyans Sunday, Monday and Wednesday, on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 3:00-6:00 PM, and after evening minyans Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Feel free to stop by at other times as well. Chag Kasher V’samaech, Rabbi Steven Conn __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Delegation Of Power of Attorney for the Sale of Chametz Know ye that I the undersigned fully empower and permit Rabbi Steven Conn to act in my place and stead, and in my behalf to sell all chametz possessed by me (knowingly or unknowingly) as defined by Torah and the Rabbinic law. And to lease all places wherein Chametz may be found, especially in the premises located at _______________________________________________________ (address—include all residences and businesses) Rabbi Conn has the full right to sell and lease by transactions, as he deems fit and proper and for such time which he believes necessary in accordance with detailed forms as explained in the general authorization contracts which have been given this year to Rabbi Conn to sell the Chametz. This general authorization is part of that agreement. Also do I thereby give the said Rabbi Conn full power and authority to appoint a substitute in his stead with full power to sell and to lease as provided herein. The above given power is in conformity with all Torah, Rabbinical regulations and laws, and also in accordance with the laws of the State of New York and the United States. And I do hereby affix my signature on this the ______________________ day of _____________ in the year 2012. Signature: __________________________________ Print Name______________________________ I am pleased to enclose a voluntary donation of $_______ to the PJC Ma’ot Hittim Fund.
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