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  • Grand Chanukia lighting daily
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    KosherWorld and Chabad House will once again be lighting a giant Chanukia daily on the newly covered Terrace above KosherWorld. Fun treat for the whole family. Kosher refreshments will be available. And there’s a big party on Sunday.

  • Sewing flat out for Rosh Hashanah
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    Linda Steinberg’s passion is making challah covers. Each one she has made over the past 15 years is unique & people come from all over SA & the world for them. This week she had an order for 12 from Oz! A GREAT STORY.

  • Shtetler comes out, sparks debate
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    9 NEW POSTS TODAY!
    Shtetlers are engaged in a wild ChirpFest on sexuality - we're struggling to keep it above the belt. Check it out! This week we also have a fun chat over the FaceGlatBook issue.

  • Lionel builds ‘em big
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    Imagine having to build a sukkah to seat 40 people at several tables. Comfortably. And nogal having to allow space for passageways as entrances to 2 shops. Lionel Marcus did. And he is ready to serve the community.

  • Select & collect while stock lasts
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    The UOS will begin supplying quality Arba Minim for Sukkot tomorrow - approved by the Beth Din. Hurry to select & collect. Stocks are limited and it is on a first-come-first-served basis - “even if you order every year.”

Chagim News

  • Reflections on Tisha B'Av
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    Listening to the Voices of the People in Israel: A message from the World Union of Progressive Judaism and submitted by the SAUPJ.

  • Popular show rebroadcasting tonight
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    Bet David Progressive Shul’s Choir & Rabbi aired live on ChaiFM last Sunday. The performance will rebroadcast tonight at 9. “We ask all our members to tune in & listen,” says SAUPJ chair Steve Lurie.

  • Special Mothers Day Event
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    Torah Academy Nursery School is inviting all their parents to a most memorable Mother & Daughter Mother’s Day breakfast, this Sunday. Stunning guest speaker Ros Basserabie, as well as a lucky draw & prizes to win.

  • Lag B’Omer parade and fair
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    First 500 kids at Chabad parade will get t-shirts, visors and placards. Marching bands and colourful floats will guide the parade before everyone has a feast of fun this Sunday.

  • BD and PnP do themselves proud
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    Rosh Beth Din thanks staff at the UOS and PnP for their efforts.

    The 2010 bumper Pesach Guide is expected to be available in PnP stores early next week.

  • A word of warning
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    Pesach is “peak missionary season” say J4J in submitting this warning. I am a proud Jew and I absolutely abhor Jewish traitors to our people. They are and have always been our worst enemies!

  • Travellin’ Rabbi’s Pesach sweatshop
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    When Rab Silberhaft isn’t wearing his ubiquitous black cap with bold white print saying “The Travelling Rabbi,” he wears two other hats. One is as the Rabbi of the 2,800-odd Jewish residents living in country communities; and the other as the head of the African Jewish Congress – which represents the 1,000-odd Jewish residents of 12 neighbouring states. Now you know why he travels so much!

  • Celebrate a Chag in Style

    Kosher cruises, Pesach holidays 2010, kosher travel, gourmet kosher cuisine, exotic destinations with all your kosher travel and Jewish observance needs catered for. Sound appealing? Treat yourself.

Previous Chagim

  • Breakfast & lunch slots on Sunday
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    This Sunday SABC 2 will feature two Jewish religious items – one at an insert on the Lubavitcher Rebbe and the other a documentary on counting the Omer.

  • Celebration of the trees and fruits
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    The joyous holiday of Tu B’Shvat celebrates our great gratitude to G-d over the trees and fruits of Eretz Yisrael. Shtetler/blogger “babchon” submitted this article which takes the Aliyah view he so vigorously expounds.

  • Chanukah at the White House
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    The American Presidency ignored Chanukah for 200 years until one of Jewish America’s least liked Presidents, Jimmy Carter, lit the National Menorah in 1979. Read the fascinating history.

  • Celebrate Chanukah daily in Sandton
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    A giant menorah will stand in the parking lot of Village Walk centre in Rivonia Road over Chanukah (the eight day festival of light which celebrates the triumph of light over darkness).

  • Latest edition of Jewish Tradition is now online
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    The Rosh Hashanah edition of the UOS’s popular Jewish Tradition Magazine is now available online. All previous editions are also available online on the UOS’s website - www.uos.co.za.
    The UOS also invites any comments from the community on their magazines. These can be sent by e-mail to tradition@uos.co.za.

  • Order early for Sukkot
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    The UOS will once again be supplying quality Arba Minim for Sukkot - approved by the Johannesburg Beth Din.
    But hurry, stocks are limited.
    CLICK FOR ALL THE DETAILS

Yom Tov

  • Smile, and say “trees”
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    Israel Centre & JNF teaming up to create a Jungle. Fun begins with Afro-Israeli drumming & never stops. Byron the Cheetah will be there to teach importance of conservation. Food available or bring your picnic.

  • Our Chanukah masthead blew out
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    Back in 2009 MyShtetl produced a special Chanukah masthead. It was a hit with Shtetlers as we lit another candle each evening. So popular was it that we ran it again in 2010 & I fully intended to do so this year too! So what went wrong?

  • Christmas in Eurabia! Fa la la …!!
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    Shtetler David submits “a politically incorrect piece.” Set in London in Dec 2019, the Latma spoof assumes an Islamic Republic of ‘Eurabia’ & was featured on J-Post, one of whose editors - Caroline Glick - then posted the full vid on her own website.

  • Huge Chanukah party on Sunday
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    Lighting Motzei Shabbos at 8.30, Sun at 5pm for the Grand Chanukah Party! Chabad House and KosherWorld areb hosting a huge Chanukah party on Sunday from 5pm. Everyone’s invited to share in the festivities which are centred around kids.

  • Message for Chanukah 2011/5772
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    The Chief Rabbi today released his message for Chanukah. Rabbi Goldstein continues to embrace audio visual technology to aid the impact of his messages.

  • BD-approved Sukkot
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    The kashrut dept of the Joburg Beth Din issued a list of kosher establishments with approved Sukkot. If they are not on this list, they are not kosher says the Beth Din.

  • BD-approved Arba Minim
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    UOS again supplying quality Arba Minim for Sukkot. Hurry to order & collect early, they say, as stocks are limited & it's first-come-first-served for all “even if you order every year.”

  • Post-Pesach opinion from Ilan Solomons
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    Ilan Solomons opines that he feels the emphasis of Pesach may be being misplaced with ritual over meaning. Ilan is a thought-leader and regular contributor to MyShtetl. He first posted this blog on the SAUJS site Chutzpah Online.

  • That ‘something different’ for Pesach is what this enterprising couple do best
    GIL-ADI - Dina is a well-known at markets. She does Rosebank every Sunday and is presently at the Norwood Mall Pesach Mart. Ask

    Stop by at Dina’s market tables or pop in to hubby Itzik’s shop. Either way you’re in for a Pesach treat. Their unique home, gift and Judaica items are a treat.
    And almost all of their lines can be personalised, too.

  • Seder Guide for Pesach 2011
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    The complete official “UOS 2011/5771 Pesach Guide,” published in association with PnP, is not yet available. Here is a pdf of the SEDER GUIDE which can be printed, downloaded and sent to friends and family.

  • Official BD lists of Pesachdik products
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    Click headline to get the BD's PRODUCTS & MEDICINES list including cosmetics & toiletries & the list of allowed PET FOOD products from the official “UOS 2011/5771 Pesach Guide,” published in association with PnP.

  • Pesach alerts & bulletins
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    MyShtetl is publishing the official 2011/5771 UOS/Beth Din Pesach Guide. All bulletins and alerts issued by the Beth Din will be updated within an hour and users can subscribe to get notifications as and when they are posted.

  • URGENT KASHRUT ALERT: Jaffa Gold & Primor juices with unauthorised hechsher
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    The Beth Din have issued an urgent warning on Fruit Juices from Israel which are not kosher and/or not Pesachdik.

    Read this before buying or using these products!

  • Purim is not just for kids
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    It’s a time for real “reJewvination” writes Rabbi Ari Kievman – the youthful director of Chabad’s Chai Seniors programme – who may be the youngest person at Chabad House's Purim party for seniors this weekend. It's free, and everyone's invited!