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SHABBAT MORNING SCHEDULE:

• Tehillim for Shabbat Mevorchin (no Tanya class this week)
• Service starts at 10 am
• Main part begins at around 10:40 am
  - Blessing upcoming new month of 'Menachem Av'

Followed by Kiddush with light refreshments and delicious hot cholent! 

Shabbat Shalom!

Join us for our weekly class series, the Spiritual Jew.

Sunday at 10:30 am 

Discover the pioneering and absolutely amazing and fun Jewish day camp serving the Bay Area of Houston/Galveston Jewish community! 

DATES FOR SUMMER 2025:

• Monday, July 28 thru Friday, August 8

FOLLOW UP: 

• Learn more! 
• Register Today!

Come join us for *Rise n Shine Bay Area* - our new twice weekly Shacharit Morning Service for men. 

Held Mondays & Thursdays at 7:30 am 

Duration is approx 30-45 min. Feel free to come in earlier to prep with Talis and Tefillin. 

Give yourself powerful spiritual boost for a bright and successful day! 

Treat yourself to some high quality, Glatt Kosher meat!

• Open every Sunday at 12 pm 
   
• Or simply contact us at any time to let us know you'd like to come by: [email protected], reply or call/text 713-398-2460.

KIDDUSH LUNCH THIS SHABBAT (July 12)

SCHEDULE:

- Tanya of the Day at 9:30 am

- Service begins at 10 am, main part at around 10:40 am.

• Followed by Full Kiddush Lunch sponsored by Ida Diamond in honor of the visit of Ben & Melodie Diamond and family from Israel

Shabbat Shalom!

 Fast of 17th of Tammuz will be coming up this Sunday, July 13.

• Fast starts at 5:03 am
• Ends at 8:52 pm 

Tammuz 17 is a fast day, devoted to mourning the breaching of Jerusalem's walls and the other tragic events that occurred on this day (see "Today in Jewish History") and repenting and rectifying their causes. We refrain from all food and drink from "daybreak" (about an hour before sunrise, depending on location) until nightfall. Special prayers and Torah readings are added to the day's services.

The 17th of Tammuz (this Sunday, July 13, 2025) also marks the beginning of The Three Weeks period of mourning which culminates on the 9th of Av, commemorating the conquest of Jerusalem, the destruction of the Holy Temple and the dispersion of the Jewish people.

Weddings and other joyful events are not held during this period; like mourners, we do not cut our hair, and various pleasurable activities are limited or proscribed. (Consult the Code of Jewish Law (Shulchan Aruch) or a qualified rabbi regarding specific proscriptions).

The Lubavitcher Rebbe urged that the Three Weeks should be a time of increased giving of charity and Torah study (in keeping with the verse (Isaiah 1:27), "Zion shall be redeemed by law, and her returnees by charity"), particularly the study of those portions of Torah that deal with the laws and the deeper significance of the Holy Temple.

Links:
TheThreeWeeks.com
Some Laws and Customs of the Three Weeks

About Holy Temple

This Sunday, July 6 at 12:30 pm

At Galveston Beth Jacob Cemetery, 2802 61st St, Galveston, TX 77551.

Come and join us for the brief ceremony and prayer. 

Kindly msg the rabbi if you are planning to attend, especially for a Minyan count to enable Kaddish.

Farbrengen in honor of the special day of 12 of Tammuz, marking the miraculous release of the 6th Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak, from Soviet prison and exile (he was arrested in 1927 due to his work on behalf of the Jewish people and to preserve Judaism in Russia).

• Tuesday, July 8 at 8:00 pm 
• Private home - please message the rabbi to RSVP

Refreshments, words of inspiration, l'chaim and niggunim!

Join us this
Sunday, June 29 - 3rd of Tammuz
At 10:30 am

For a special class & farbrengen as we commemorate the Rebbe's Yahrtzeit.

* Bagel breakfast 

* Torah study

* Brief video presentation

* Farbrengen with Niggunim & Inspiration

At Chabad Bay Area

Everyone is welcome!

Kindly reply to let us know if you plan to attend

Join us for the annual Ten Commandments Torah Reading and Delicious Dairy Lunch in celebration of the holiday of Shavuot!

• Monday, June 2, 2025 at 11 am
• Free of Charge | Contribute 

RSVP Today at jbayarea.org