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[7 Mar 2010 | 41 views | Print This Post | Email This Post ]
2010 CTC Community Pesach Seder Experience an inspiring evening full of insights, song and of course a full gourmet Passover Seder meal. Congregation Toras Chaim will hold the 2010 CTC Community Pesach Seder, Monday, March 28 at 8:45 PM, in the shul, catered by our own Ehoud Wilson, and conducted by Rabbi Yaakov Rich. Prices: Adults $50 and Read the full story »

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[7 Mar 2010 | 26 views | Print This Post | Email This Post ]
Two Critical Not-To-Be-Missed Classes Join Rabbi Yaakov Rich for two classes aimed at helping us all prepare for the upcoming holiday of Pesach.  Sunday, March 14, 8:00-9:00 PM: Kashering Utensils & Preparing Our Homes for Pesach Sunday, March 21, 8:00-9:00 PM: Step-By-Step Through the Seder  For men and women. No charge. All classes will be at Congregation Toras Chaim, Read the full story »

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[6 Jan 2010 | 395 views | Print This Post | Email This Post ]
Jewish Marriage – Two New Support Groups For Those Already Married, and Singles Looking to Get Married The sacred institution of marriage is seriously threatened in our times. Shocking statistics about divorce rates combine with countless reports about unhappy marriages and unstable families to paint a sad picture of what happens after the mazel tovs are said. A major Read the full story »

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[26 Jul 2009 | 962 views | Print This Post | Email This Post ]
Tisha B’Av Schedule 2009 Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Mincah: 6:00 PM Seudas HaMafsekes (bread with an egg dipped in ash & water) at home on the floor (we don’t sit together nor bentch with a mezuman, i.e. three men together) Fast Begins: 8:27 PM Maariv / Reading of Eichah (Lamentations) / Reading of Kinnos with explanations: 9:05 PM Thursday, Read the full story »

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[5 Jun 2009 | 189 views | Print This Post | Email This Post ]
An Ever Growing Badge of Courage Rabbi Label Lam | Parshas Nasso 5769 All the days of his Nazarite vow a razor shall not pass over his head until the completion of the days that he will be a Nazarite for the sake of HASHEM he shall be holy the growth of hair on his head shall Read the full story »

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[7 Apr 2009 | 542 views | Print This Post | Email This Post ]
Birkas HaChama – Blessing of the Sun Selected Laws A quorum of ten is not required to recite Bircas Hachammah. It is, however, preferable to recite the blessing in the company of a large assemblage because the glory of the King is in the multitude of the populace. Some authorities maintain that it is preferable to pronounce the blessing immediately Read the full story »