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What to ExpEct at thE ctEEn IntErnatIonal Shabbaton 5776

Shluchim Edition

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Dear Shluchim and Shluchos,

The following pages are full of really important information about the Shabbaton. Read them thoroughly so that you will be well-informed and able to make the most of the Shabbaton.

Seeing as how this year is a Hakhel year and in the wake of recent tragedies, our Shabbaton theme is “Unite with Light” and is all about transforming darkness into opportunities to do more mitzvot together. This theme will be incorporated into many aspects of the Shabbaton program.

Looking forward to yet another amazing Shabbaton!

-The CTeen Shabbaton Committee

ChaperonsPlease keep in mind the following when choosing your chaperons:

� Chaperons must be above high school age.

� There must be a ratio of 1 chaperon to every 6 teens.

� Every gender needs a chaperon. For example, even if as shliach is only bringing 6 teens but 5 are boys and 1 is a girl, he will need a female chaperon.

� Each shliach/shlucha is fully responsible for the conduct of the chaperon(s) he/she brings.

Mandatory MeetingWe highly recommend you conduct a mandatory meeting with your teens right after registration closes.

At this meeting, please be sure to review the following points (each one is addressed in this guide):

� Code of Conduct rules and regulations

� Safety & Security

� Text Updates

� Hosts and the Crown Heights neighborhood

� Teens’ Packing List

� Schedule

� Friday Tracks

� Voting for Choice Awards

safety & seCurityWe met with the NYPD who will provide additional security in Crown Heights and Times Square.

There will be a police command by all locations there will be 2 NYPD officers stationed outside. Including the NYPD counter terrorism unit.post near the JCM where teens can go for help or if they

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are lost. Please point it out to your teens upon arrival.

Please stress that we are taking precautionary measures to ensure a smooth, safe, and secure weekend with both public and private security.

� Remember that it is the utmost responsibility of the Shluchim and Shluchos to look after each and every one of their teens.

� Each teen will receive a CTeen wristband that must be worn the entire Shabbaton.

� There will be an enforced curfew each night, one hour after the official program ends.

� Teens are required to be accompanied by a chaperon at all times.

� Exchange cell phone numbers with your group as well as any teens who are joining your group for the Friday track.

� Make sure every teen knows that if they are separated from the group at any point, they should stay put and call Mendel Perlstein (347) 372-0953.

� Remind your teens to keep their valuables and cell phones close to them, especially on the subways.

� To comply with security measures, each teen must be wearing their wristband at all times.

 

 

01/07/2016To Whom It May Concern,

With the CTeen International NYC Shabbaton 2016 fast approaching, we wanted to take a moment to address several key factors relating to the safety and security of this annual event.

We are aware that security is of great concern. Our top priority when planning the Shabbaton, as well as every CTeen event, has always been and will continue to be the safety of each participant. With that in mind, the following have been put into effect for the Shabbaton:

CTeen is working closely with the NYPD, who are made well aware of the entire weekend schedule and program ahead of time. The NYPD will be on call and there will be extra patrols of police and counterterrorism units as well as patrol stations present throughout the weekend.

We will have our own security in addition to the police. Security will be stationed at exits and entries and will be continuously patrolling Crown Heights and Manhattan, particularly during night time events.

Teens will not be allowed to walk alone in Crown Heights and Manhattan without a chaperon.

We would like to once again stress the utmost caution and importance that we have placed on security measures for this event.

If you have any additional questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time.

Sincerely,

Rabbi Shimon Rivkin CTeen Executive Director p. 718.467.4400 x 4344 e. [email protected]

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text updatesThroughout the weekend you will receive text messages that will keep you up to date with everything you need to know. You will be able to sign up for this service closer to the Shabbaton.

Text CTEEN to 88202 to be added.

hosts and the Crown heights neighborhood � Please remind the teens that respecting their hosts and the standards of a frum neighborhood

is of utmost importance.

� Explain to your teens: The Crown Heights community is graciously hosting the CTeen Shabbaton for its 8th consecutive year. Most of the Crown Heights community is Shabbat observant. Although Crown Heights hosts many Shabbatons for people from all backgrounds and welcomes all Jewish people with love regardless of their level of observance, we recommend that you utilize the experience of the Shabbaton and try to observe Shabbat to the best of your ability. Let’s respect the community and its residents by acting, talking, and dressing in a modest manner.

� We have prepared a postcard with information for your hosts that gives them a general overview of the weekend schedule. These will be available for pick up at registration. Please ensure all hosts receive the postcard.

teens’ paCking ListRemind your teens to keep in mind when packing that it can get really cold in NY this time of year.

� Warm coat

� Hat, Scarf, Gloves

� 3 weekday outfits

� 2 Shabbat outfits (dressy shirts and slacks for boys, dressy tops and skirts or dresses for girls)

� Dress shoes or boots

� Casual shoes or boots

� Pajamas

� Bath towel

� Face towel

� Toiletries

� Spending money for souvenirs

� Kippah and tzitzit (boys)

� Tefillin (if you have your own)

� Passports or photo ID

� Umbrella (suggested)

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sCheduLe

Keep in mind this is just a preliminary schedule and is subject to change. A more detailed schedule will be available when you arrive at the Shabbaton.

thursdaydinnerWe are offering a Thursday welcoming dinner in the Jewish Children’s Museum (792 Eastern Pkwy). This opportunity is by reservation only.

registration � You will pick up a box containing your group’s sweatshirts and Shabbaton ID badges which

contain Metrocards, maps, and vouchers for attractions you will be visiting on Friday. We recommend you hold all the ID badges until Friday morning to avoid teens misplacing them.

� Metrocards and flags for Motzei Shabbat are also included in the box.

thursday sCheduLeEncourage your group to head to bed early on Thursday night so they can be well-rested for the Friday program.

tiMe aCtivity

7:00 pm-1:00 am Registration, Welcome Box pickup

7:00 pm-1:00 am Dinner

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fridayLuggage drop � We will be providing a locked room for groups to keep their luggage in if they arrive Friday

morning. Please follow the signs to locate the luggage room.

� At 3:00 pm the room will be open for luggage pickup. (Each group will be given a colored string to tie around each bag so the luggage can be easily identified.)

LunCh � Prepackaged lunches will be available for pick up during breakfast for all tracks except

numbers 4, 9, and 10 (they will be eating in restaurants or catered lunch).

� When you return from Manhattan, there will be packaged to-go food available in the Jewish Children’s Museum lobby.

friday traCks � Choose from the following tracks together with your teens.

� Your group can split up, however it is your responsibility to arrange for them to join another group or send them with a chaperon.

� The only exception is Track 9 which is chosen by teens on an individual basis and CTeen provides the chaperons.

1. We are America (Statue of Liberty Cruises, 9/11 Memorial)

2. Towers of Light (9/11 Museum and Memorial)

3. Believe It. Or Not. (Ripley's, shopping in Midtown)

4. Shopper's Paradise (shop ‘til you drop and dine in Jerusalem Cafe)

5. Decked Out (double decker tour bus)

6. Get Your Wax On (Madam Tussaud's wax museum)

7. Take it to the Streets (Mitzvah Tank mivtzoim)

8. Do Your Own Thing (Spend up to $9 a head for activity of your choice and be fully reimbursed by April 1st.)

9. Educate Yourself* (Advanced learning workshops and catered lunch at Chabad of NYU and sightseeing)

10. Brand New! Tour the Heights (take a walking tour of Crown Heights and see Judaica stores, behind the scenes of 770 Chabad Headquarters, kosher bakeries, and more.)

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*The Educate Yourself track will help inspire teens on a much more lasting level. We encourage you to offer this program to teens whom you feel will benefit most from this track.

friday sCheduLe

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7:00 am Shacharit in 770

8:00 - 9:00 Welcome Breakfast in Oholei Torah

9:00 Friday Tracks depart

3:00 Latest train back to Crown Heights

2:00- 4:15 To-go snack pick-up in JCM lobby

4:15-5:28 The Rebbe’s house is open

5:28 Shabbat begins

eduCate yourseLf (traCk 9)

tiMe aCtivity/workshop

9:15 - 10:00 am Subway ride to the beautiful Chabad @ NYU

10:10 - 10:20 Opening speech (it’ll be short, but just wait, you’ll want it to be longer!)

10:20 - 11:00 It’s the Real Deal: The Essence of Chassidus

11:05 - 11:15 Snack, texting, and bathroom break (phew)

11:15 - 11:55 What You Need to Know: Intro to Israel and Israel on Campus

11:55 - 1:00 pm Sightseeing around Manhattan’s iconic Bowery neighborhood (awesome!)

1:00 - 1:30 Catered lunch (yum)

1:30 - 2:20 ...It’s Complicated! An in-depth study of some of the more...unusual relationships in the Torah

2:30 Head back to Crown Heights

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friday night � The boys and girls will be in two different venues for the Friday night program. Please inform

your teens ahead of time that they will be separated. As past experience has shown, when shluchim have a confident approach to the separation of genders, their teens follow suit. Our policy of separation is in place during the nighttime activities according to advice from our Rov, Rabbi Mordechai Farkash.

� Everyone’s cooperation is necessary in order to run a Shabbat meal with so many people. When we signal for quiet, please try your best to quiet your group down quickly. The Shluchim and Shluchos Vaad have worked hard to create a program - please try to follow it so the meal can run smoothly.

girLs’ prograMThe girls will be start off in Bais Rivkah High School 310 Crown St. They will then then walk to Bais Rivkah Elementary School located at 470 Lefferts Ave for the Shabbat meal.

boys’ prograMThe boys will start off with a tour of 770. They will then head to Oholei Torah located at 667 Eastern Parkway.

friday night sCheduLe

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Girls’ ProGram5:00-5:20 pm Candle lighting ceremony

5:05-5:20 Grand Icebreaker

5:20 Keynote speaker

6:15 Kabbalat Shabbat

7:00 Shabbat dinner

8:00 CZal Partner Learning, Workshops, Farbrengen

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Boys’ ProGram5:00 pm Tour of 770, Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters

5:50 CZal Partner Learning and Workshops

6:45 Kabbalat Shabbat

7:30 Shabbat Dinner

8:30 Dessert & Up Close with sports agent, Marc Kligman

9:20 Farbrengen

shabbat day � The teens will be eating Shabbat meals by their hosts. Remember to be in touch with all hosts

about your teens’ Shabbat meal arrangements.

� Starting at 3:30 PM, there will be different workshops, TEN TALKS, and games at Oholei Torah.

� Shabbat ends at 6:25 PM.

shabbat day sCheduLe

tiMe aCtivity

8:30-10:15 am Breakfast in Oholei Torah

9:30 Tanya class

9:30-10:15 CTeen Leaders’ Breakfast

10:15-11:30 Minyan

10:30-11:30 Round Table Panel Discussions

1:00 pm Shabbat meal with host families

3:30-6:00 Workshops, Fast Friends, Stump the Rabbi, TEN Talks, Food, and CTeen Game Lounge

6:25 Shabbat ends

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Motzai shabbos After Shabbos, get your Metrocards and board the subway trains accompanied by all your teens to enjoy Manhattan.

transportation � Do not enter a train unless you have your entire group with you.

� If you see Kingston Ave station is very full, please use Nostrand Ave, station or Utica Ave. station to avoid a hazardous situation.

group piCture � This year the group photo will take place on Motzai Shabbos in Times Square. Before the

program at 8:30, the girls will take a photo.

� After the program is finished, right before boarding the buses, the boys will stand on the Red Steps to take their photo.

tiMes square takeover � Starting at 8:45 PM, this incredible program is an enormous kiddush Hashem and is inspiring

for teens and shluchim alike.

� There will be a live feed of our event on enormous LED billboard screens that we rent for the one-hour program. There will also be a grand Havdalah ceremony and concert with Chassidic rock stars 8th Day,

� The girls and boys will be on opposite sides of the plaza.

after party � The boys and girls will then be heading to two different venues for food and entertainment on

double decker buses.

� Please inform your teens ahead of time that they will be separated. As past experience has shown, when shluchim have a confident approach to the separation of genders, their teens follow suit. Our policy of separation is in place during the nighttime activities according to advice from our Rov, Rabbi Mordechai Farkash.

� Boys will head to Oholei Torah (667 Eastern Pkwy), and girls to Bais Rivkah Elementary (470 Lefferts Ave) for a Motzai Shabbat Mega Event featuring a milchig dinner, live entertainer, music, and a resource fair.

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Motzai shabbos sCheduLe

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6:40 pm Train to Times Square

7:30 pm Shopping and sightseeing

8:30 pm Girl’s Photo (on Red Steps)

8:45-9:45 pm Times Square Takeover!

Live video feed on GIANT screens

Havdalah and concert with 8th Day!

10:00 pm Boys’ Photo (on Red Steps)

Girls load buses

10:15 pm Boys load buses

11:00 pm Motzei Shabbat Mega Event:

Illusionist show!

Music & dancing

Dairy buffet

Resource Fair

1:00-1:30 am Sweet Expressions

21 Flavors

2:00 am Curfew

sundayoheL � There will be two shifts going to the Ohel on Sunday. Please choose an Ohel shift that will work

best for your group, and keep in mind that the morning shift leaves your afternoon free.

� Shift 1- Morning Shift (8:00 AM)

� Shift 2- Straight to Ohel from the banquet

� We have reserved a tent by the Ohel where you will be able to sit and guide your teens.

� See addendum for “How to speak to your teens about the Ohel.”

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Crown heights tours You can guide your teens around Crown Heights.

Suggested places to visit:

� Matzah bakery

� 770 library

� HaSofer

� Hamafitz

� Judaica World

� Primo Hatters

� The Marketplace

� Gombos Bakery

Mikvah tours � On Sunday, there will be two shifts of mikvah tours.

� The boys’ mikvah tours will take place in the Union Mikvah, and the girls’ in Lefferts Mikvah.

grand gaLa banquetThe Grand Gala Banquet will be a sit-down meal and elegant ceremony. It is one of the most important parts of the weekend. The teens will be encouraged to pledge to keep a new mitzvah together as a chapter, and the infectious energy from hundreds of fellow teens pushes many teens to do so. We highly recommend you plan to stay through the end of the weekend so your teens do not miss out on this opportunity that has transformed teens’ lives!

Cteen ChoiCe awards � Encourage your teens to go to cteenawards.com to nominate the male and female leaders of

the year and chapter of the year for the annual CTeen choice awards until February 7th. If they don’t have leaders, they can watch the videos and vote starting on February 10th.

� We will be announcing the winners of the Male and Female Teen Leaders of the Year as well as the Chapter of the Year.

� Please show your support and enthusiasm even if you do not recognize the teens or your group is not nominated in any of the categories. The teens worked hard and deserve the recognition.

transportation � There will be many different buses leaving from the banquet. Some will be leaving straight to

Crown Heights, some to the airport, some to the Ohel and then airports, etc.

� Each bus will be clearly labeled, and you will be choosing beforehand which bus you will be boarding. Please make sure you are fully aware of your bus route.

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sunday sCheduLe

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7:00 am Shacharit

7:30 - 10:00 Breakfast

8:00 Buses depart to Ohel (morning shift)

9:00 Crown Heights Tour

9:15 Mikvah Talk and Tour for Girls (shift #1)

Mikvah Talk and Tour for Boys (shift #1)

10:00 Shuttle to Oholei Torah

10:00-10:30 Buses to banquet

Coach to Ohel (with luggage if going to airport)

Double Decker to CH and Manhattan

11:00-1:15 pm GALA BANQUET!

(Includes CTeen Choice Awards)

1:30-2:00 Buses depart:

Ohel to JFK

Ohel to La Guardia

Ohel to Crown Heights

To Crown Heights

To Manhattan

2:00 Crown Heights Tour

2:30 Mikvah Talk and Tour for Girls (shift #2)

Mikvah Talk and Tour for Boys (shift #2)

3:30 Buses depart to Ohel (from there to airports)

Buses depart to JFK from CH

Buses depart to La Guardia from CH

4:30 Start Countdown to Shabbaton 2016!

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addenduM:

how to expLain sheMirat shabbat to your teensAdapted from an article by Yanki Tauber on chabad.org

A boy I know once attended swimming lessons. Af-ter the instructor had just concluded his ten minute

lecture on the joys and perils of swimming, he asked, “Any questions?”

Ten-year-old Bobby raised his hand. “Can I play with my Gameboy while we’re swimming?”

“No, Bobby,” replied the instructor. “We shouldn’t have any electronic devices with us in the water....”

“How about Scrabble? Can I play Scrabble while I’m swimming? That’s not electronic!”

“No, Bobby, I don’t think that would be possible.”

“Can I wear my new cowboy boots?”

“I really wouldn’t recommend wearing cowboy boots while swimming, Bobby.”

Bobby was disappointed to learn that he couldn’t ride his bicycle, play the piano, paint the garage, or eat a grilled cheese sandwich while swimming. He finally left in disgust. Who wants to swim when it’s all about everything you’re not allowed to do! Bobby, of course, was being ridiculous. Swimming is not a bunch of don’ts. Swimming is a positive ac-tivity. Obviously, if you’re going to be swimming,

you’re going to stop doing all the things that inter-fere with that activity.

On Shabbat we enter into a state of rest. “Rest” sounds easy. It isn’t. It is the most unnatural activity in the universe. The universe is a giant motion machine. Everything in it is constantly spinning, multiplying, deconstructing, rebuilding, driving and striving. Not for a single moment does our heart stop pumping, our brain churning, our soul yearning. Earning a living is work, running a home is work, vacationing is work.

Rest? The very fact that we can even articulate the idea of “rest” to ourselves is a miracle!

Indeed, our sages tell us that at the end of the six days of creation the world was complete. It had everything -- except for one element. What was the world missing? Rest. “With the coming of Shabbat came rest.” Rest is a creation -- if G-d had not created the seventh day, there would be no such thing as “rest.” Even now, true rest is only obtainable via the active experience of Shabbat. And to experience Shabbat rest, we need to cease all creative involvement with our world.

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Converting matter into energy (which is what we do every time we turn on an electrical appliance) constitutes creative involvement with the world. If you’re creatively involving, you’re not resting.

Swimming can be a very restricting activity -- if you forget about what it is you’re doing and just think about all the things you’re not doing.

Shabbat, too, may feel restrictive at first. But once you chuck all thoughts of the piano playing and Gameboys out of your mind, the rest kicks in.

I challenge you guys to try to “rest” on Shabbat and take it all in! Let’s do this together! There’s no better time than at the CTeen Shabbaton!

about the oheL

What is the Ohel?“The Ohel” is the resting place of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson and his father-in-law, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Y. Schneersohn.

Isn’t prayer supposed to be directed to G-d?While Jewish law and tradition dictate that a person direct his prayers only to G-d, and not to any other entity, the resting place of a righteous person is considered hallowed ground, a place where one’s requests to the Almighty are heard in the merit of the holy soul connected with this place. During our long, painful journey through history, the holy resting places of our righteous ancestors have served as spiritual oases.

Gravesites such as our mother Rachel’s and King David’s, referred to in the Torah and Talmud, have provided solace to millions.

Why do tens of thousands of Jews and non-Jews alike, from around the world, visit the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s resting place, seeking blessings, spiritual guidance and inspiration?During the Rebbe’s lifetime, he would frequent the resting place of his father-in-law two, three,

four, sometimes even six times a week, bringing peoples troubles and prayer-requests to the holy resting place. The Rebbe responded to hundreds of thousands of people by writing (in Hebrew), “I will mention [your request] at the tziyun.” He would painstakingly read every single of the thousands of notes, then tear and leave them at the grave. “The righteous are greater in death than during their lifetime,” say our Sages. Commentaries explain that while freed from their physical limitations they are able to be even more focused in their concern for us left down below. As in the Rebbe’s lifetime, there are countless stories of miraculous reprieve resulting from a visit to the Ohel. Even while on this earth the Rebbe related to G-d on higher lev-els, our Sages tell us that after leaving the physi-cal constraints, this only intensifies. Now Jews and non-Jews from all walks of life come from around the world to the Rebbe’s resting place for blessing, spiritual guidance and inspiration. What greater comfort to know that we always have an address when in need of a blessing!

Story:As told by Reuven from Chile

My wife and I had two beautiful children, and we wanted more. We waited and prayed, to no avail. After nine or so years, we visited the best doctor in this field, who told us to be happy with the children we have, as there was no way we would have any more.

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I go to work in Manhattan every morning by train. One day, I decided to take my car. On my way home, I encountered a heavy rain. Not being well-acquainted with the route, and with limited vision, I lost my sense of direction. I drove around in circles and could not find my way. Eventually, I recognized a street name –

Francis Lewis Boulevard. I believed this street would lead me to my neighborhood, so I continued on it until I came to a dead end. I had to go right or left. I had no idea which way to go. Suddenly, out of nowhere, I noticed a Chasid standing on the corner. I rolled down my window and asked him if he knew where I could

get the highway to Long Island. He didn’t, but said, ‘There’s a Chabad House here. Why don’t you in-quire inside?’ I got out in the cold rain and knocked on the door of the Chabad House. In response to my request for directions, the Chasid inside hand-ed me a slip of paper. Back in my car, I looked at the paper and noticed that

it had directions listed to all the different highways. What Chabad House is so organized, I wondered, with directions prepared to all the highways? And then I saw the word – Ohel. Oh, this is the Ohel! I had never visited the Ohel, and never intended to visit to the Ohel. But there I was on a cold and rainy night, sitting in my car near the Ohel. If G-d brought me here, I thought to myself, maybe I should go in. I got back out of my car, knocked on the door again, and asked about the procedures of davening at the Ohel. The Chasid explained what to do. I went out into the rain and stood at the Ohel for quite a while, all alone in the quiet of the night, and I davened to G-d in this very holy place, the resting place of a great tzadik, for everything I could think of.

Six months later my wife became pregnant and we were blessed with a baby boy.

How do I prepare?There are numerous observances related to visit-ing the Rebbe’s resting place:

PanWe write a “soul letter” called a Pan. Do not hesi-tate to share anything on your heart with the Rebbe. Top Israeli military agents, business CEOs, government officials and little children confide with the Rebbe about anything from health issues, moral dilemmas and personal struggles.

Whether referring to one’s own self or mentioning someone else’s name in a letter, one should always include the name and mother’s name (e.g., Isaac the son of Sarah.) It is preferable to use one’s He-brew name.

Hachlotos*The Rebbe often asked that people share with him good news and accomplishments as small as they may seem. Many therefore carefully observe the custom of adding a resolution to enhance one’s mitzvah observance to a letter one writes to the Rebbe; these are the “channels” through which G-d’s blessings can flow. Coming from the Shabba-ton, there is so much good news to report! All the “first” and rejuvenated mitzvos we kept and made commitments to keep!

In addition to Panim, we encourage you to write a group Duch as well, so that the teens will be in-spired by each other and feel committed to keep-ing their hachlotos.

CandleIt is customary to light a candle which symbolizes the candle of our soul. Candles may be lit on the designated shelves in the Ohel’s outer chamber (candles are available in the courtyard.)

ShoesWe remove leather shoes before entering the Ohel (as did Moshe before nearing the burning bush) be-cause it is holy ground.

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TzedakahIt is customary to give charity and help others in need before we ask for our personal requests to be granted.

Entering the OhelThere are separate entrances for men and women. Some have the custom to knock on the door before entering, as a sign of respect.

What should I do inside the Ohel?It is customary to verbally read one’s letter (quiet-ly) then tear it up and place it in the enclosed area.

PsalmsSuggested chapters of Psalms include the Rebbe’s chapter, Psalm 111, and the chapter corresponding to one’s age (e.g., Chapter 15 for someone aged 14.)

Ma’aneh LoshonA special traditional prayer that is recited at a rest-ing place of a Tzadik is the Ma’aneh Lashon.

(Please distribute copies of the abbreviated CTeen version.)

As a sign of respect, it is customary to exit the Ohel walking backwards.

EDITS:CTeen Extreme/Cteen Heritage Quest pageParticipating Cities- Switch to a map with little red dots in the countries that have CTeen

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