Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! Baby Boy!

23 Adar 5781/March 6th 2021
With tremendous gratitude to HaShem, G-d Al-mighty, we welcome our new Baby Boy into our family, community, and amongst the entire Jewish people.

Baruch HaShem, we had a baby boy Motzei (evening after) Shabbos!
Mommy and baby are doing wonderfully.
He was born on my maternal grandfather's Yahrtzeit - 23 Adar.
May he grow to Torah, Jewish marriage, and good deeds!
May he give his family, community, and the entire Jewish people true Yiddishe & Chassidishe Nachas and bring Moshiach Now!!
May he grow to Torah, Chuppah (Jewish Marriage) & L'Maasiim Toviim (good deeds)!!!

He was born at 7:56pm, weighs 8lbs. 10oz. B"H Mommy and baby are healthy.

There will be Morning Services - Shachrit with Torah Reading for Rosh Chodesh before the Bris and following the Bris a wonderful feast in honor of the Bris.
We will have indoor AND outdoor seating.
We are looking forward to celebrating this joyous occasion with everyone!

FRIDAY NIGHT!!! 9:00pm and on... Shalom Zochor!!!
Beer, Food & Joy!!!

Please join us in bringing PEACE ~ SHALOM into our baby boy's 1st Shabbat in the world.

Drop in for a L'Chaim & Refreshments for our Shalom Zochor.
Perhaps the oddest of all Jewish lifecycle events is the Shalom Zochor. Unlike other lifecycle celebrations, there are no speeches, there is no ceremony, no special prayers or songs. It is just a bunch of people getting together, saying Lechaim and Mazel Tov. Yet this is the best way to welcome a new soul to the world.

As joyous as a birth is for the family, think about what it means for the child's soul. The soul is a fragment of the divine, a piece of G‑d Himself. Before birth, it dwells in the higher realms, close to G‑d, in a state of peace and comfort. All this changes when at conception, the soul reluctantly descends earthward. It spends the next nine months hovering around the body as it develops in the womb of its mother. During this time an angel is sent down as a personal tutor to teach the soul Torah. The womb is not quite heaven, but an idyllic existence nevertheless.

Then suddenly a child is born, the soul enters the body and is thrust into the world. We can only imagine how traumatic it is for a celestial soul to become enmeshed with a terrestrial body, and be transferred from a pristine world of absolute purity into a harsh world where good and evil are mixed together. No wonder we cry when we are born.

What consolation can we offer this poor soul? How can such a steep descent be justified? What can we answer to the soul's cry: Why did I have to come down here?

We can't console the newly arrived soul with words of wisdom, for it received much higher wisdom from the angel in the womb. We can't impress it with our prayers, because our prayers cannot compete with the union the soul had with G‑d before coming down. But we can show the soul the one thing that this world has that no other world can match: the opportunity to do good.

No matter how lofty the soul may have been before birth, it never had the opportunity to share its goodness with someone else. Only down here in this physical world can we perform kindness, and bring joy to another being. In the higher realms all is in order, everything's perfect. There's nothing that can be improved. Not so down here. In this world, people are needy, and we can provide their needs. People need each other when they are weak and need each other's support. And people need each other to share their joyous times as well. Visiting a friend to say Mazel Tov, and receiving a bite to eat in return, is a display of the simple kindness that cannot be found in any world other than this one.

So Lechaim! — to life on this earth, our only chance to do good and impact others. Your soul came a long way to get here. Make sure it's worth the trip.

Please do Acts of Goodness & Kindness in honor of our son.

All Mitzvahs are appreciated, especially:

• Torah Study - we want our children to be spiritually successful people.

• Encourage Jewish Marriage - we know how important "Jews marrying Jews" is for our continuity, for the couple, the children and for the entire family.

• Tzedakah - charity is the greatest of Mitzvahs. Give generously to Jewish causes.

May we be blessed to celebrate only joyous occasions together!!