Chabad of the West Sixties invites you to:
Shabbat Dinner – Shabbat Achdut
Join us for an uplifting Friday night dinner featuring an Israeli-inspired menu and Israeli wines.
Chabad House
249 W 60th St, New York, NY
Friday, May 15 (28 Iyar)
$85 per person | $75 for members
RSVP: chabadw60s.com/dinner
249 W 60th St. Friday, May 15, 28 Iyar.
$85 per person | $75 for members
RSVP: chabadw60s.com/dinner
Forty years ago, on Shabbat Bamidbar 5746 (June 7, 1986), the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, suggested this particular Shabbat to be a global Shabbat achdut, or Shabbat of Unity. Shavuot marks G‑d’s giving of the Torah to the Jewish people at Sinai. Then, the master commentator Rashi wrote, the Jewish people accepted the Torah “as one man with one heart.” What better way to prepare for the giving of the Torah on Shavuot, the Rebbe pointed out, then Jews of all backgrounds once again uniting in a spirit of love in the days preceding the holiday?
“Loving your neighbor as yourself is not sufficient, if the friend remains a separate entity to whom you show your love,” the Rebbe explained at the time. “There must be a unity which unites all Jews to be part of one great body; when each limb views the other as part of itself.”