Sunday, January 15, 2006
Registration Page and New Alumni Flash Movie are Ready to Use and View
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Thursday, December 29, 2005
Inspiring alumnus story at this year's West Coast Winter Regional Shabbaton
Friday night there were a group of pilots that checked into the hotel for the night as is the common occurrence since we are 3 minutes from the airport. After they checked in one of the pilots saw many kipot and was curious what was going on that was so special this weekend. He continued walking into the foyer and heard beautiful singing from all of our students during our oneg shabbos. The pilot, around 50 years old, stopped Irwin Nachimson and Yudi Hochheisser and asked in hebrew, “Is this a chanuka mesiba?” Irwin shook his head. The pilot continued in English,"oh, it must be NCSY…
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Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Letter from an anonymous alumnus
When I recieved the e-mail about an alumni reunion, I got a warm and fuzzy feeling in my heart… the timing was impecable. Mainly because recently I’ve been going through a very difficult internal conflict. I’ve met a boy that is not Jewish and I do have feelings for him. I’ve always told myself that I would never even consider a man that was not Jewish to be in my future, but lately my morals have been dwindling. Getting an e-mail from NCSY was like turning the light back on in my head.
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Rabbi Stolper On Chanukah
When the Romans destroyed the Bait HaMikdash in the year 70, the entire elaborate system of worship, sacrifice, music, ceremony and prayer ceased to be in effect. The only two functions of the Bait HaMikdash which survived its destruction were the Blessing of the Kohanim and the Golden Menorah. How did the Golden Menorah survive? From functioning as an instrument for the Tzibur—the totality of the Jewish People and the Torah of Klal Yisrael -the Menorah was transformed into functioning as an instrument for each individual Jew. Now it would cast the light of Torah in each individual Jewish home.
“How would, you feel,” asks Rav Hutner, “were the Golden Menorah of the Bait HaMikdash placed in your home?
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Thursday, December 15, 2005
See Who's Coming So Far!!
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Join Us For A Shabbos Kodesh With Fellow NCSY Alumni Feb 17-19
“Who’s Got Ruach!??” Watch this great video.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Get on the Bus!
Please Join us for the NCSY Alumni Reunion Shabbaton
Feb. 17 – 19 Holiday Inn Plaza Edison, NJ
Spread the word!!!!
For more info or to get involved contact Rabbi Dave Felsenthal:
212-613-8153 rabbidave@ou.org