There will be a Kiddush this week in honor of Chai Elul sponsored by the Shul.

Chai Elul, the eighteenth day of Elul, is the birthday of two great luminaries, the Baal Shem Tov (b. 1698 [5458]) and the Alter Rebbe (b. 1745 [5505]), the founders of the chassidic movement in general and Chabad Chassidism respectively.

The Torah mentions repeatedly that the birthday of a tzaddik is a joyous time. Still, we don’t find that Jews customarily celebrated their birthdays as a Yom Tov and in a conspicuous manner.
However, with regard to the birthdays of the Baal Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe on Chai Elul, the Previous Rebbe revealed in the name of his father, the Rebbe Rashab, that it is a day of rejoicing, to such an extent that we wish one another “Gut Yom Tov.”

Good Shabbos.

Candle Lighting 7:23 PM
Friday Mincha 7:33 PM
Kabolas Shabbos 8:08 PM
Shabbos Mincha 7:20 PM
Shabbos Ends 8:23 PM