NAPLES CHABAD WINS SUPER BOWL
If you have ever built your own home from scratch, you know how important it is to have a budget and even more important, to stick to it. Penny details soon add up to dollars and before you know it, you can break the bank. But you realize, these seemingly unimportant details can make or destroy the result. Just as when we build relationships, the screws, nuts and bolts, like the small, day- to- day activities, put on the final touches and create the beauty.
This week's Torah reading contains details just like this, enumerating all the items that went into the first home that became a community center. We learn that the Torah is always economical with words, doesn't exaggerate and isn't redundant -- so why all the details? You might think I have an unstoppable hook shot on the basketball court, but Mr. Rabbi Handyman I am not! I may have little skill when it comes to hammering a nail straight, however, I am passionate about building to endure, and understand what is needed to create a sound foundation for a lasting home: it's the effort of communal coming together, the painting, the schlepping, The Men’s Club, The Women’s Circel, the challah making, the stories, the Shabbat meals that build the solid foundation of the annual celebrations and all our other events and activities at the Chabad Naples Jewish community center. These are our details, our hinges and nails and doorknobs.
We are celebrating Chabad's 10th Anniversary, and while we look around and say "Wow! “at all we have accomplished, what we are really celebrating is the sum of the parts of all the nuts, screws, and bolts of community effort. We are celebrating our very own Super Bowl success, and we are all on the same team here. We are all Payton Mannings and Russell Wilsons of the Chabad Naples team, prepared to lead us to even more victorious heights.
So, to honor our 10th Anniversary as it should be celebrated, we want you because it just won't be the same without all the members of our team. The response is amazing -- come and be part of this incredible evening. Join us today!
If you enjoyed this message please share it with your friends-- these tiny details add up. Never underestimate the power of one, of one of anything or anybody: each and every one of you is of major and equal importance to us. Come and be a part of our history!
Wishing you a Super Shabbas,
Rabbi Fishel & Ettie Zaklos