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Welcome to Clifton Park Chabad Jewish Center! Here at Chabad, you will find a wide array of programming designed to enhance Jewish life in southern Saratoga County. We strive to create an environment where every person is welcome, every individual Mitzvah is cherished, and where Judaism is an accessible reality to all Jews regardless of background, affiliation or age!
Through Shabbat Dinners, Holiday events, Jewish Womens circle, Chabad Hebrew school and everything in between, we are cultivating a community together. We look forward to meeting you in person at a Shabbat dinner, Torah class or a casual coffee date.
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Thank you for your friendship and support!
Now, what kind of thank you was that?
There are two ways of saying thank you...
One is simple and immediate. We recognize something good and express our appreciation: “Thank you for your friendship.” “Thank you for your help.” “Thank you for being there.”
The other goes a little deeper. We don't only say thank you — we stop to think about what we have received, what it means to us, and how different things might be without it.
So, my opening thank you?
It was the first kind. I told you what I was grateful for — your friendship and support. But I didn't stop to tell you what that friendship and support mean to me.
Both kinds of gratitude are important.
We need the instinctive gratitude that comes naturally when we wake up to another day of life, or when someone does something kind for us. But there are also moments when we need to slow down and truly appreciate the goodness in our lives.
That, in many ways, is what prayer is about.
We begin each morning with the simple words of Modeh Ani — thank You for giving me another day of life. But then our prayers unfold, giving us the opportunity to slow down and recognize the many blessings Hashem has given us.
This is the message at the beginning of this week’s Parsha.
As the Jewish people enter the Land of Israel, they bring their first fruits and give thanks. But they don't simply say, “Thank You for this beautiful fruit.” They tell the story — where they came from, what they endured, how Hashem redeemed them, brought them to the Land, and gave them its blessings.
The gift is the same. But the more they reflect on everything behind it, the more deeply they can appreciate it.
As we stand just two weeks before Rosh Hashanah, this is an important message for us as well. The High Holidays are certainly a time to ask Hashem for a good year. But first, they are a time to stop and recognize how much we have already been given.
As tomorrow’s Torah reading says: “Veyarishta veyashavta bah” — you will inherit it, and you will settle within it.
Take a moment to settle into the goodness already in your life.
Don't just know that it's there. Appreciate it. Think about what it means to you. Let it become part of you.
That is a beautiful way to begin the journey toward Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Shabbat Shalom, and Shana Tova Umetuka — a good and sweet year!
Light candles at 7:18 pm
Shabbat ends at 8:18 pm
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Shana Tova! 🍏🍯 As we approach the High Holidays, let us welcome the new year with reflection, joy, and community. Join us for meaningful services, warmth, and inspiration as we write ourselves into a year of blessings.
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May you and your loved ones be inscribed for a sweet, healthy, and peaceful year. 🕊️
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