<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<!-- BEGIN CACHE {By: "w11-nyc1", CreatedDate: "2/14/2018 12:02:33 AM", ExpireDate: "2/15/2018 12:02:33 AM"} -->
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<meta name="ROBOTS" content="NOODP, noydir" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en" />
<meta property="og:image" content="http://www.chabad.org/media/images/1024/Cvpx10243976.jpg" width="764" height="417" itemprop="image" />
<meta property="og:image:width" content="764" />
<meta property="og:image:height" content="417" />
<meta property="og:image" content="https://w2.chabad.org/media/images/1024/megI10244190.jpg" width="368" height="642" itemprop="image" primary="true" />
<meta property="og:image:width" content="368" />
<meta property="og:image:height" content="642" />
<meta name="keywords" content="A,Chabad,Rabbi’s,Hurricane,Harvey,Diary,Chronicle,of,a,Houston-area,rabbi’s,thoughts,,feelings,and,actions, Hurricane Harvey (2017)" />
<meta name="title" content="A Chabad Rabbi’s Hurricane Harvey Diary - Chronicle of a Houston-area rabbi’s thoughts, feelings and actions - Chabad-Lubavitch News" />
<meta property="og:type" content="website" />
<meta property="og:url" content="http://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/3769850/jewish/A-Chabad-Rabbis-Hurricane-Harvey-Diary.htm" />
<meta property="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
<meta property="twitter:site" content="@chabad" />
<meta property="og:title" content="A Chabad Rabbi’s Hurricane Harvey Diary - Chronicle of a Houston-area rabbi’s thoughts, feelings and actions" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
<link rel="image_src" href="http://www.chabad.org/media/images/1024/DSiq10243977.jpg" />
<link rel="Stylesheet" href="https://w5.chabad.org/css/fonts/font-awesome.css?v=20180201" id="k0" type="text/css" />
<link rel="Stylesheet" href="https://w5.chabad.org/css/DefaultGrid.css?v=20171023.1" id="k0" type="text/css" />
<link rel="Stylesheet" href="https://w5.chabad.org/css/fonts/chabadorg-webfont.css?v=20180213" id="k0" type="text/css" />
<link rel="Stylesheet" href="https://w5.chabad.org/css/global2.css?v=20180213" id="k0" type="text/css" />
<link rel="Stylesheet" href="https://w5.chabad.org/css/global2-theme.css?v=20180201" id="k1" type="text/css" />
<link rel="Stylesheet" href="https://w5.chabad.org/css/chabadorg.css?v=20180201" id="k2" type="text/css" />
<link rel="Stylesheet" href="https://w5.chabad.org/css/chabadorg-theme.css?v=20180201" id="k3" type="text/css" />
<link rel="Stylesheet" href="https://w5.chabad.org/css/global-print.css?v=20180201" id="k5" type="text/css" media="print" />
<link rel="Stylesheet" href="https://w5.chabad.org/css/new/main.css?v=20180208" id="k7" type="text/css" />
<link rel="Stylesheet" href="https://w5.chabad.org/css/modules/campaignbanner.css?v=20180111" id="k0" type="text/css" />
<link rel="Stylesheet" href="https://w5.chabad.org/css/Library/reader-comments.css?v=20180201" id="k0" type="text/css" />
<link rel="Stylesheet" href="https://w5.chabad.org/css/old/global.css?v=20180201" id="k2898" type="text/css" />
<link rel="Stylesheet" href="https://w5.chabad.org/css/sections/news.css?v=20180201" id="k17618" type="text/css" />
<link rel="Stylesheet" href="https://w5.chabad.org/css/news.css?v=20180201" id="k510" type="text/css" />
<link rel="Stylesheet" href="https://w5.chabad.org/css/modules/sitebanner.css?v=20171023.1" id="k0" type="text/css" />
<!--[if lte IE 8]>
<link rel="Stylesheet" href="https://w5.chabad.org/css/global-ie.css?v=20180201" id="k4" type="text/css" />
<![endif]-->
<!-- Co:JsonLdResources --><script>q=[];$j=function(f){q.push(f);}</script>


<title>
A Chabad Rabbi’s Hurricane Harvey Diary - Chronicle of a Houston-area rabbi’s thoughts, feelings and actions - Chabad-Lubavitch News
</title>



 

<script>
	window.dataLayer  = window.dataLayer || [];
	dataLayer.push({"event":"datalayer-initialized","page":{"numberOfComments":2,"publicationDate":"2017-08-30","primaryArticleId":3769850,"title":"A Chabad Rabbi’s Hurricane Harvey Diary - Chronicle of a Houston-area rabbi’s thoughts, feelings and actions","author":"Chabad.org Staff","authorId":-2582,"contentLevel1":"Specialty Sites","contentLevel2":"Jewish News","contentLevel3":"News","contentLevel4":"2017","contentLevel5":"August 2017","contentLevel6":"A Chabad Rabbi’s Hurricane Harvey Diary","siteName":"Chabad.org"},"time":{"upcomingHoliday":"Purim","daysToUpcomingHoliday":15.0,"hebrewDate":"5778-11-29"}});
</script>
<script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':
new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],
j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src=
'//www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);
})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-WRHSTP');</script>
<noscript><iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-WRHSTP" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>


<!-- Start of StatCounter Code -->
<script type="text/javascript">
	var sc_project = 893428;var sc_partition = 7;var sc_invisible = 1;var sc_remove_link=1;var sc_security = "4fa0cd57";
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter_xhtml.js" defer></script>
<noscript><img src="//c8.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=893428&amp;java=0&amp;security=4fa0cd57&amp;invisible=1" alt="free hit counter code" border="0" /> </noscript>
<!-- End of StatCounter Code -->


<script type="text/javascript">
	$j(function() {
		var _gaq = window._gaq || [];_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-74858-1']);
		_gaq.push(['_setDomainName', 'www.chabad.org']);
		_gaq.push(['_setCustomVar', 1, 'k', '-6198-1676812-6199-533790-3545364-3745174-3769850--k2898-k15903-k18191-k17640-k17618-k1274-k510-k4507-k15561-k13352-k4503-k11852-k21438-k2582-k12670-k22318-k10205-', 3]);
	 
		_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

		
		_gaq.push(['t2._setAccount', 'UA-74858-9']);
		_gaq.push(['t2._setDomainName', 'none']);
		_gaq.push(['t2._trackPageview', '-6198-1676812-6199-533790-3545364-3745174-3769850--k2898-k15903-k18191-k17640-k17618-k1274-k510-k4507-k15561-k13352-k4503-k11852-k21438-k2582-k12670-k22318-k10205-']);
		
		Co.DomEvents.AddListener(window, "beforeunload", function(){_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Page', 'Unload', null, null, true]);window._gaq.push(['t2._trackEvent', 'Page', 'Unload', null, null, true]);});
		window._gaq = _gaq;
		(function () {var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;ga.src = '//stats.g.doubleclick.net/dc.js';var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);})();

		if (typeof(_gat) == "undefined")
			return;
		var sc = Co.Request.QueryString("sc"), label = 'Source';
		if (typeof(sc) == "undefined" || sc === "")
		{
			sc = Co.Request.QueryString("trk");
			label = 'Track';
		}
		if (typeof(sc) == "undefined" || sc === "")
			return;
		var trackers = _gat._getTrackers();
		for (var i = 0; i < trackers.length;i++)
			trackers[i]._trackEvent('Page', label, sc, 1, true);
	});
</script>
</head>
<body class="lang_en dir_ltr clmc partner">


<!-- BEGIN CACHE {By: "w12-nyc1", CreatedDate: "2/13/2018 9:49:38 PM", ExpireDate: "3/5/2018 11:59:38 PM"} -->
<div style="display:none;">
<div id="PopupSubscribeMessage" style="padding:20px 50px 30px 50px;">
<div id="14c8564100HideAfterSubscription">
<div class="bold medium top_padding">Here's a great tip:</div>
<div class="clearfix">
<div class="regular bottom_padding" style="padding-top: 5px;">
Enter your email address and we'll send you our weekly magazine by email with fresh, exciting and thoughtful content that will enrich your inbox and your life, week after week. And it's free.
</div>
<form style="margin:0px;" class="subscribe_box" action="" method="get" onsubmit="submitHeaderSubscribe(this, document.getElementById('14c8564100FormContainer'), document.getElementById('14c8564100ResponseContainer'), document.getElementById('14c8564100HideAfterSubscription'));TrackClick('popup-subscribe', 'sub-button', document.location.href);return false;">
<input type="hidden" name="via" value="popup-layer" />
<input type="hidden" name="subscriptionid" value="1" />
<div id="14c8564100FormContainer" style="padding-bottom:5px;">
<div class="co_global_input_container"><input type="text" class="co_global_input" value="" required="" display_name="Email" id="SubscribeEmail" name="email" placeholder="Email Address" /></div>
</div>
<div class="float_right grey">We will not share your email address</div>
<div class="float_left"><div id="CoButton_wrapper" class="co_global_button yellow" style="width:100px;"><button id="CoButton" type="submit" class="button" value="Subscribe"><span>Subscribe</span></button></div></div>
<div class="float_left"><div id="CancelButton_wrapper" class="co_global_button" style="margin:0 10px;"><a id="CancelButton" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="TrackClick(&#39;popup-subscribe&#39;, &#39;no-thanks&#39;, document.location.href);PopupSubscribeLayer.Close();" class="button no_outline"><div class="normal">No Thanks</div></a></div></div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
<div id="14c8564100ResponseContainer" style="font-size:14px;"></div>
<div class="medium bold" style="margin: 20px 0px 5px;">Oh, and don't forget to like our facebook page too!</div>
<div class="center"><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://www.facebook.com/ChabadOrg&amp;width=86&amp;height=21&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;send=false" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:86px; height:21px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe></div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- END CACHE -->
<div id="PrintCreditHeader" class="show_for_print ">
<i class="co co-logo-en"></i>
</div>
<!-- BEGIN CACHE {By: "w12-nyc1", CreatedDate: "2/14/2018 12:02:41 AM", ExpireDate: "2/15/2018 12:02:41 AM"} -->
<!-- END CACHE -->
<div id="header">
<div id="HeaderWrapper" class="wrapper">
<div class="branding_wrapper">
<div class="inner_wrapper">
<div id="BaruchHashem" class="baruch_hashem">ב"ה</div>
<div id="header_container" class="header_container">
<div class="tools_list">



<div id="loginHeaderContainer" class="">
	
			<div id="HeaderSignIn" class="top_bar_item topBarLink" data-linkname="header-login-logged-out">
				<a href="/tools/login/default.asp?aid=3769850&page=%2fnews%2farticle_cdo%2faid%2f3769850%2futm_source%2fdlvr.it%2futm_medium%2ftwitter%2fjewish%2fA-Chabad-Rabbis-Hurricane-Harvey-Diary.htm"><i class="fa fa-user"></i>Login</a>
			</div>
		
	
</div>

<div id="HeaderSubscribe" class="top_bar_item topBarLink" data-linkname="header-subscribe">
<a><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i>Subscribe</a>
<div id="HeaderSubscribeContainer" class="topBarLayer" style="display:none;width:295px;">
<div id="SubscribeFormContainer">
<span id="SubscribeMessage" class="error" style="display:none;"></span>
<!-- BEGIN CACHE {By: "w11-nyc1", CreatedDate: "2/1/2018 2:28:51 PM", ExpireDate: "2/21/2018 11:59:51 PM"} -->
<form name="topSubscribe" class="subscribe_box" target="" action="" method="get" onsubmit="return submitHeaderSubscribe(this, document.getElementById('773f1ce763FormContainer'), document.getElementById('773f1ce763ResponseContainer'));">
<div class="container horizontal_padding" id="773f1ce763Container">
<div style="margin:10px 0;">
<div class="co_form_container" id="773f1ce763FormContainer">
<div class="form_group">
<div id="CoButton_wrapper" class="co_global_submit" style="width:auto"><button id="CoButton" type="submit" class="button" value="Subscribe"><span>Subscribe</span></button></div>
<div class="co_global_input_container">
<input type="text" class="co_global_input" value="" required="" display_name="Email" id="SubscribeEmail" name="email" placeholder="Email Address">
</div>
</div>
<div class="break_floats"></div>
<div class="blue subscribe_options clearfix" style="padding-top:10px;">
<label for="subscribe1773f1ce763" class="second_column"><input type="checkbox" id="subscribe1773f1ce763" name="subscriptionid" value="1" checked="checked" /> Chabad.org Magazine</label>
<label for="subscribe14773f1ce763" class="second_column"><input type="checkbox" id="subscribe14773f1ce763" name="subscriptionid" value="14" checked="checked" /> News</label>
</div>
</div>
<div id="773f1ce763ResponseContainer"></div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
<!-- END CACHE -->
<div class="break_floats"></div>
</div>
<div class="blue bold small_vertical_padding medium_horizontal_padding footer_box">
<a href="/tools/subscribe/default_cdo/jewish/Subscribe.htm">View all subscriptions &raquo;</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="topBarLink" data-linkname="header-ask-the-rabbi">
<a href="/asktherabbi/default_cdo/jewish/Ask-the-Rabbi.htm" class="no_underline"><i class="fa fa-question"></i>Ask the Rabbi</a>
</div>
<div id="HeaderCentersSearch" class="top_bar_item topBarLink" data-linkname="header-chabad-locator">
<a id="9591124f43" class=""><i class="fa fa-map-marker"></i>Chabad Locator</a>
<div id="HeaderCentersSearchContainer" class="topBarLayer medium_top_padding">
<div class="horizontal_padding medium_bottom_padding">
<form name="ChabadLocator" style="margin:0px;" action="/centers/default.asp" method="get" onsubmit="return ChabadLocatorFormValidate(this);">
<div class="form_group">
<div id="LocatorSubmit_wrapper" class="co_global_submit"><button id="LocatorSubmit" type="submit" class="button" value="Find"><span>Find</span></button></div>
<div class="co_global_input_container">
<input type="text" required="" display_name="Find" class="co_global_input" name="qry" placeholder="City, State or Zip Code" value="" autoSuggestUrl="/WebServices/RemoteCall/Get_MosadLocation" OnAutoSuggestSelect="ChabadLocatorFormValidate(this);" autoSuggestProperties='"Highlight":"true","Name":"centers_search_81167466e8f2150ee7","AutoSubmit":true' />
</div>
</div>
</form>
<div class="break_floats"></div>
<div id="centers_search_81167466e8f2150ee7_wrapper" class="co_field_options" style="display:none;position:relative;top:0;">
<div class="co_absolute_wraper">
<div class="inner">
<div id="centers_search_81167466e8f2150ee7_container" class="co_field_options_suggestions"></div>
<div class="break_floats"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="blue bold small_vertical_padding medium_horizontal_padding footer_box">
<a href="/centers/default_cdo/aid/15676/jewish/Advanced-Search.htm">Advanced Search &raquo;</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="MoreTools" class="top_bar_item topBarLink" data-linkname="header-more-tools"><a><i class="fa fa-rocket"></i>Tools</a>
<div id="MoreToolsContainer" class="topBarLayer" style="display:none;width:615px;">
<div class="more_tools_left float_left">
<div class="wrapper clearfix">
<div class="uppercase lt_blue regular bold" style="padding-left:20px;padding-bottom:10px;">Directory of Tools:</div>
<div style="float:left; width: 160px;">
<div class="item">
<a class="blue bold regular" href="/asktherabbi/default_cdo/jewish/Ask-the-Rabbi.htm">Ask the Rabbi</a>
</div>
<div class="item">
<a class="blue bold regular" href="/calendar/bar-bat-mitzvah_cdo/aid/6227/jewish/BarBat-Mitzvah.htm">Bar/Bat Mitzvah Lookup</a>
</div>
<div class="item">
<a class="blue bold regular" href="/calendar/birthday_cdo/aid/6228/jewish/Jewish-Birthday.htm">Birthday Lookup</a>
</div>
<div class="item">
<a class="blue bold regular" href="/calendar/candlelighting_cdo/aid/6226/jewish/Candle-Lighting.htm">Candle Lighting Times</a>
</div>
<div class="item">
<a class="blue bold regular" href="/centers/default_cdo/jewish/Centers.htm">Chabad Locator</a>
</div>
<div class="item">
<a class="blue bold regular" href="/calendar/1000year_cdo/aid/6225/jewish/Date-Converter.htm">Date Converter</a>
</div>
<div class="item">
<a class="blue bold regular" href="/tools/subscribe/default_cdo/jewish/Subscribe.htm">Email Lists</a>
</div>
<div class="item">
<a class="blue bold regular" href="/centers/events/default_cdo/jewish/Event-Directory.htm">Event Directory</a>
</div>
<div class="item">
<a class="blue bold regular" href="/search/glossary.htm">Glossary</a>
</div>
</div>
<div style="float:left; width: 160px;">
<div class="item">
<a class="blue bold regular" href="/tools/cards/default_cdo/aid/825596/jewish/Holidays.htm">Greeting Cards</a>
</div>
<div class="item">
<a class="blue bold regular" href="/calendar/zmanim_cdo/aid/143790/jewish/Zmanim-Halachic-Times.htm">Halachic Times</a>
</div>
<div class="item">
<a class="blue bold regular" href="/calendar/default_cdo/jewish/Jewish-Calendar.htm">Jewish Calendar</a>
</div>
<div class="item">
<a class="blue bold regular" href="/store/default_cdo/aid/100100/jewish/Judaica-Store.htm">Judaica Store</a>
</div>
<div class="item">
<a class="blue bold regular" href="/search/default_cdo/aid/67250/jewish/Knowledge-Base.htm">Knowledge Base</a>
</div>
<div class="item">
<a class="blue bold regular" href="/tools/login/sms-shabbat.asp">SMS Shabbat Times</a>
</div>
<div class="item">
<a class="blue bold regular" href="/calendar/yahrtzeit_cdo/aid/6229/jewish/Yahrtzeit.htm">Yahrtzeit Lookup</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="more_tools_right float_left" style="width:280px;">
<div class="wrapper clearfix">
<div class="uppercase lt_blue regular bold" style="padding-left:20px;padding-bottom:10px;">Popular Tools:</div>
<div style="float:left;">
<div class="item">
<div class="inner_wrapper">
<a href="/calendar/default_cdo/jewish/Jewish-Calendar.htm">
<img height="62" width="62" src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/1/Global/menu/special/tools_resources/calendar.png" alt="Jewish Calendar" border="0" />
</a>
<br />
<a class="icon_link bold" style="font-size:15px;" href="/calendar/default_cdo/jewish/Jewish-Calendar.htm">
Jewish <br /> Calendar
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="item">
<div class="inner_wrapper">
<a href="/calendar/candlelighting_cdo/aid/6226/jewish/Candle-Lighting.htm">
<img height="62" width="62" src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/1/Global/menu/special/tools_resources/candles.png" alt="Shabbat Times" border="0" />
</a>
<br />
<a class="icon_link bold" style="font-size:15px;" href="/calendar/candlelighting_cdo/aid/6226/jewish/Candle-Lighting.htm">
Shabbat <br /> Times
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="item">
<div class="inner_wrapper">
<a href="/asktherabbi/default_cdo/jewish/Ask-the-Rabbi.htm">
<img height="62" width="62" src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/1/Global/menu/special/tools_resources/question.png" alt="Ask the Rabbi" border="0" />
</a>
<br />
<a class="icon_link bold" style="font-size:15px;" href="/asktherabbi/default_cdo/jewish/Ask-the-Rabbi.htm">
Ask the <br /> Rabbi
</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="float:left;">
<div class="item">
<div class="inner_wrapper">
<a href="/centers/default_cdo/jewish/Centers.htm">
<img height="62" width="62" src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/1/Global/menu/special/tools_resources/globe.png" alt="Chabad Locator" border="0" />
</a>
<br />
<a class="icon_link bold" style="font-size:15px;" href="/centers/default_cdo/jewish/Centers.htm">
Chabad <br /> Locator
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="item">
<div class="inner_wrapper">
<a href="/tools/subscribe/default_cdo/jewish/Subscribe.htm">
<img height="62" width="62" src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/1/Global/menu/special/tools_resources/mail.png" alt="Email Subscriptions" border="0" />
</a>
<br />
<a class="icon_link bold" style="font-size:15px;" href="/tools/subscribe/default_cdo/jewish/Subscribe.htm">
Email <br /> Subscriptions
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="item">
<div class="inner_wrapper">
<a href="/store/default_cdo/aid/100100/jewish/Judaica-Store.htm">
<img height="62" width="62" src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/1/Global/menu/special/tools_resources/shopping.png" alt="Judaica Store" border="0" />
</a>
<br />
<a class="icon_link bold" style="font-size:15px;" href="/store/default_cdo/aid/100100/jewish/Judaica-Store.htm">
Judaica <br /> Store
</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="topBarLink" data-linkname="header-donate">
<a class="no_underline" href="/tools/donate/donate.asp?AID=161548&amp;sc=t3769850"><i class="fa fa-gittip"></i>Donate</a>
</div>
<div class="top_bar_item topBarLink" id="header_languages" data-linkname="header-languages">
<a><i class="fa fa-globe"></i>English</a>
<div id="header_languagesContainer" class="topBarLayer">
<a href="http://he.chabad.org" target="_blank">&#1506;&#1489;&#1512;&#1497;&#1514;</a>
<a href="http://es.chabad.org" target="_blank">Espa&ntilde;ol</a>
<a href="http://fr.chabad.org" target="_blank">Fran&ccedil;ais</a>
<a href="http://de.chabad.org" target="_blank">Deutsch</a>
<a href="http://pt.chabad.org" target="_blank">Português</a>
<a href="http://ru.chabad.org" target="_blank">&#1056;&#1091;&#1089;&#1089;&#1082;&#1080;&#1081;</a>
<a href="http://it.chabad.org" target="_blank">Italiano</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="header_branding" style="">
<a id="ClmcHeaderLogo" href="/default.asp"><i class="co co-flame"></i><i class="co co-logo-en"></i>
</a>
<a id="MoreSitesLink" class="float_left"><span class="text">More Sites</span><span class="fa"></span></a>
<div id="NotificationsSlider">
<a id="TodaysDate" class="no_underline active fade_in" href="/calendar/view/day.htm"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i><span class="subject">Today is</span><span class="predicate">Wed. Feb. 14, 2018 | Shevat 29, 5778</span></a>
<a id="TodaysTorahPortion" class="no_underline" href="/parshah/default_cdo/jewish/Torah-Portion.htm"><i class="co co-torah"></i><span class="subject">This week's Torah reading is</span><span class="predicate">Terumah</span></a><a id="CalendarHoliday" class="no_underline" href="/article.asp?aid=109190"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i><span class="subject">Upcoming holiday is</span><span class="predicate">Purim | Feb. 28 - Mar. 1</span></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="break_floats"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="specialty_sites_bar">
<div class="close fa fa-close"></div>
<div class="horizontal_padding container shaded">
<div class="wrapper align_center clearfix">
<div class="sites">
<a class="holidays" href="/article.asp?aid=6216&trk=more-sites" data-ctooltip="<b>Jewish Holidays</b> Comprehensive sites for each of the Jewish holidays" data-ctooltip-location="bottom">Jewish Holidays</a>
<a class="therebbe" href="/article.asp?aid=60286&trk=more-sites" data-ctooltip="<b>TheRebbe.org</b> A site dedicated to the teachings and life of the Lubavitcher Rebbe" data-ctooltip-location="bottom">TheRebbe.org</a>
<a class="video" href="/article.asp?aid=591213&trk=more-sites" data-ctooltip="<b>Jewish.tv</b> Over 15,000 videos in hundreds genres, topics and styles" data-ctooltip-location="bottom">Jewish.tv</a>
<a class="audio" href="/article.asp?aid=6230&trk=more-sites" data-ctooltip="<b>Chabad.org Audio</b> Downloadable audio classes, music and more" data-ctooltip-location="bottom">Audio Classes</a>
<a class="news" href="/article.asp?aid=6199&trk=more-sites" data-ctooltip="<b>Chabad.org News</b> News about Chabad-Lubavitch and the Jewish world" data-ctooltip-location="bottom">News</a>
<a class="moshiach" href="/article.asp?aid=332562&trk=more-sites" data-ctooltip="<b>Moshiach 101</b> Learn about Moshiach and the Future Redemption" data-ctooltip-location="bottom">News</a>
<a class="kabbalah" href="/article.asp?aid=378637&trk=more-sites" data-ctooltip="<b>Kabbalah Online</b> Explore the mystical and inner aspects of Torah" data-ctooltip-location="bottom">Kabbalah Online</a>
<a class="women" href="/article.asp?aid=313386&trk=more-sites" data-ctooltip="<b>TheJewishWoman.org</b> The site for Jewish women" data-ctooltip-location="bottom">The Jewish Woman</a>
<a class="kids" href="/article.asp?aid=334370&trk=more-sites" data-ctooltip="<b>JewishKids.org</b> A site for Jewish children" data-ctooltip-location="bottom">Jewish Kids</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- BEGIN CACHE {By: "w11-nyc1", CreatedDate: "2/13/2018 2:54:38 PM", ExpireDate: "2/16/2018 2:54:38 PM"} -->
<script>
var primaryNavigationVersion = "636541304780137794";
</script>
<div id="co_menu_container_wrapper" class="co_menu_container_wrapper" data-list-name="primary navigation">
<div class="align_center partner_branding_wrapper"><a title="Jewish News" id="PartnerSiteBranding" class="inline_block" href="/news/default_cdo/jewish/Jewish-News.htm"></a></div>
<div class="co_menu_container clearfix" id="co_menu_container">
<a class="menu_logo" href="/"></a>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="main_menu_container first partner">
<tr id="tabContentMain" tab="Main" style="display:table-row;">
<td class="co_menu_item arrow single_level" aid="534348" data-menu-level="1" onmouseover="this.className += ' hover';" onmouseout="this.className = this.className.replace(/\shover/gi, '');">
<span class="parent"><img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" width="12" height="6" border="0" vspace="2" /><div><a href="/news/default_cdo/jewish/Home.htm" class="parent">Home</a></div></span><a href="/news/default_cdo/jewish/Home.htm" class="bg_extension" data-aid="534348"></a></td>
<td class="co_menu_item_divider"><img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" width="2" height="1" border="0" /></td>
<td class="co_menu_item arrow single_level" aid="533790" data-menu-level="1" onmouseover="this.className += ' hover';" onmouseout="this.className = this.className.replace(/\shover/gi, '');">
<span class="parent"><img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" width="12" height="6" border="0" vspace="2" /><div><a href="/news/article_cdo/aid/533790/jewish/News.htm" class="parent">News</a></div></span><a href="/news/article_cdo/aid/533790/jewish/News.htm" class="bg_extension" data-aid="533790"></a></td>
<td class="co_menu_item_divider"><img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" width="2" height="1" border="0" /></td>
<td class="co_menu_item arrow single_level" aid="78122" data-menu-level="1" onmouseover="this.className += ' hover';" onmouseout="this.className = this.className.replace(/\shover/gi, '');">
<span class="parent"><img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" width="12" height="6" border="0" vspace="2" /><div><a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/78122/jewish/Insight-Commentary.htm" class="parent">Insight & Commentary</a></div></span><a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/78122/jewish/Insight-Commentary.htm" class="bg_extension" data-aid="78122"></a></td>
<td class="co_menu_item_divider"><img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" width="2" height="1" border="0" /></td>
<td class="co_menu_item arrow single_level" aid="533792" data-menu-level="1" onmouseover="this.className += ' hover';" onmouseout="this.className = this.className.replace(/\shover/gi, '');">
<span class="parent"><img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" width="12" height="6" border="0" vspace="2" /><div><a href="/news/photo_cdo/aid/533792/jewish/Photos.htm" class="parent">Photos</a></div></span><a href="/news/photo_cdo/aid/533792/jewish/Photos.htm" class="bg_extension" data-aid="533792"></a></td>
<td class="co_menu_item_divider"><img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" width="2" height="1" border="0" /></td>
<td class="co_menu_item arrow single_level" aid="133159" data-menu-level="1" onmouseover="this.className += ' hover';" onmouseout="this.className = this.className.replace(/\shover/gi, '');">
<span class="parent"><img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" width="12" height="6" border="0" vspace="2" /><div><a href="/news/article_cdo/kid/12677/aid/133159/jewish/Latest-News.htm" class="parent">Obituaries</a></div></span><a href="/news/article_cdo/kid/12677/aid/133159/jewish/Latest-News.htm" class="bg_extension" data-aid="133159"></a></td>
<td class="co_menu_item_divider"><img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" width="2" height="1" border="0" /></td>
<td class="co_menu_item arrow single_level" aid="533793" data-menu-level="1" onmouseover="this.className += ' hover';" onmouseout="this.className = this.className.replace(/\shover/gi, '');">
<span class="parent"><img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" width="12" height="6" border="0" vspace="2" /><div><a href="/article.asp?aid=533793" class="parent">Videos</a></div></span><a href="/article.asp?aid=533793" class="bg_extension" data-aid="533793"></a></td>
<td class="co_menu_item_divider"><img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" width="2" height="1" border="0" /></td>
<td class="co_menu_item arrow single_level" style="visibility:hidden;" aid="245716" data-menu-level="1" onmouseover="this.className += ' hover';" onmouseout="this.className = this.className.replace(/\shover/gi, '');">
<span class="parent"><img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" width="12" height="6" border="0" vspace="2" /><div><a href="/news/inthemedia_cdo/aid/245716/jewish/In-the-Media.htm" class="parent">In the Media</a></div></span><a href="/news/inthemedia_cdo/aid/245716/jewish/In-the-Media.htm" class="bg_extension" data-aid="245716"></a></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="main_menu_container second partner">
<tr id="tabContentMain" tab="Main" style="display:table-row;">
<td class="co_menu_item search single_level" aid="0" data-menu-level="1" >
<div class="co_search_form margin05">
<form name="MainSearchForm" id="MainSearchForm" method="get" action="/search/results.asp" class="clearfix" onsubmit="return Co.Forms.Validation.Validate(this, null, {markAsSubmitted:false});">
<div class="co_global_submit"><button type="submit" class="button" value=" "><span> </span></button></div>


<div class="co_global_input_container clearfix"><input id="SearchContentContainerTopSearch_search" required="true" placeholder="Search" value="" OnAutoSuggestSelect="OnSearchAutoSuggestSelect(ev);" class="co_global_input co_search active" onblur="this.form.className = this.form.className.replace(/\sactive/gi, &#39;&#39;);" name="searchWord" onfocus="this.form.className+=&#39; active&#39;;" type="text" autoSuggestProperties="&quot;Highlight&quot;:true,&quot;Name&quot;:&quot;SearchContentContainerTopSearch_search&quot;,&quot;AutoSubmit&quot;:true,&quot;ShowRecommendedOnTop&quot;:true" autoSuggestUrl="/WebServices/RemoteCall/Get_Suggestions" display_name="Search Field" min_length="3"></input></div>

<div id="SearchContentContainerTopSearch_search_wrapper" class="co_field_options" style="display:none;">
<div class="co_absolute_wraper" id="co_absolute_wraper" style="">
<div class="inner">
<div id="SearchContentContainerTopSearch_search_container" class="co_field_options_suggestions"></div>
<div class="break_floats"></div>
<div id="SearchContentContainerTopSearch_search_options" class="co_field_options_more"><span>SEARCH</span><label for="scope6198" class="selected"><input type="radio" name="scope" id="scope6198" value="6198" checked="checked" />Entire chabad.org</label><label for="scope6199"><input type="radio" name="scope" id="scope6199" value="6199" />Jewish News</label></div> 
</div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div></td>
<td class="co_menu_right"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<!-- END CACHE -->
</div>
</div>
<div id="content">
<div id="BodyContainer" class="wrapper">
<div class="body_wrapper clearfix"> 

<div class="co_content_container clearfix syndicated" id="co_content_container">
<div class="clearfix bottom_margin">
<div class="g960">
<header class="article-header cf ">
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
"@context": "http://schema.org",
"@type": "BreadcrumbList",
"itemListElement": [
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": 1,
"item": {
"@id": "/news/default_cdo/jewish/Jewish-News.htm",
"name": "Jewish News"
}
}
]
}
</script>
<div class="breadcrumbs breadcrumbs hide_for_print" data-list-name="breadcrumbs">
<a class="breadcrumbs__crumb" href='/news/default_cdo/jewish/Jewish-News.htm' data-aid="6199">
Jewish News
</a>
</div>
<h1 class="article-header__title js-article-title js-page-title">A Chabad Rabbi’s Hurricane Harvey Diary</h1>
<div>
<h3 class="article-header__subtitle">Chronicle of a Houston-area rabbi’s thoughts, feelings and actions</h3>
</div>
<div>
<span class="article-header__byline" data-kid="-2582" data-author-bio="Chabad.org Staff">By Chabad.org Staff</span><span class="article-header__date">August 30, 2017 12:35 PM</span>
</div>
</header><div class="hero_wrapper clearfix bottom_margin">
<div align="center" class="imagetable w96 margin05 widen img500" width="945">
<div class="imagecell">
<img src="https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/1024/Cvpx10243976.jpg"
width="945"
height="516"
alt="Rabbi Yitzchok Schmukler with evacuees at a Houston shelter. He is chronicling his experiences during the ongoing devastation in Texas." />
</div>
<div class="captioncell">Rabbi Yitzchok Schmukler with evacuees at a Houston shelter. He is chronicling his experiences during the ongoing devastation in Texas.</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="body_wrapper clearfix co_body">
<div class="g700" id="co_body_container">
<div id="ContentBody">
<div class="g700 no_margin">
<div class="content">
<co:body xmlns:co="www1.chabadonline.com/alpha1" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" xmlns:user="urn:my-scripts">
<div class="co_body article-body cf">
<p>Aside from Hurricane Harvey’s sheer destruction, for many of the millions in the Houston metropolitan area, the worst has been the not knowing. Not knowing where and when the flooding would stop. Not knowing whether going up to the attic was a good idea or a bad one. Whether to get in a vehicle and try to get to higher ground or to shelter in place. What has happened to family, friends, neighbors, homes, businesses.</p>
<p>Writing in <a href="/article.asp?AID= 3769914" aid=" 3769914" target="_blank"> <i>Tablet</i></a>, Rabbi <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="16471">Yitzchok</span> Schmukler, who directs <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="18075">Chabad</span> of the Bay Area in League City with his wife, Malky, chronicles his thoughts, feelings and actions as Harvey bore down on his family, home and community.</p>
<p>By late Saturday night, after terrifying, torrential downpours throughout <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="17235">Shabbat</span>, the thunder and rain intensified.</p>
<div class="container container_left border">
<div class="shaded container inner">
<span class="small_header">RELATED</span>
<div style="margin-top:4px;">
<div class="media_links">
</div>
<div class="related_links">
<div class="related_section_head grey">Related News Stories</div>
<div style="margin-bottom:10px;">
<ul class="small_links">
<li><a class="arial_11" href="/article.asp?aid=3768231">With Stores Flooded, Kosher Food Has Run Out in Houston</a></li><li><a class="arial_11" href="/article.asp?aid=3768855">As Houston Flood Waters Rise, So Does the Kindness of Strangers</a></li><li><a class="arial_11" href="/article.asp?aid=3769157">Hurricane Harvey Relief Comes From Unlikely Places</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="dotted_line"></div>
<div class="related_section_head grey">Chabad Centers</div>
<div style="margin-bottom:10px;">
<ul class="small_links">
<li><a class="arial_11" href="/article.asp?aid=1595101">Chabad of the Bay Area</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="dotted_line"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p>“We slept little. Who could sleep? Were we safe in our home? Our kids wanted to know. Our quaint neighborhood of Clear Creek Village gets its name from the small river that runs alongside it. Would our street flood? What about our neighbor Shlomi and his family? Shlomi is our close friend and the de-facto <i><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="17919">gabbai</span></i> at our <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="13409">Chabad House</span>. He, his wife Samantha and two small children recently moved into the neighborhood to be within walking distance of the Chabad House. Behind his house are beautiful woods that lead up to the creek.”</p>
<p>At 4:35 a.m., Shlomi texted Schmukler that water was coming into his house. An hour later, water in his neighborhood reached the mailboxes, too high to evacuate.</p>
<p>“He’ll have to seek higher ground within his one-story house, but where? The attic. But you can get trapped in the attic.”</p>
<p>Later that day, Shlomi and his family are rescued, soon joining the Schmuklers in their home, which sits on higher ground.</p>
<p>“Will our house still hold its perch above the floodwaters?” the rabbi worries. “The creek’s already broken through its so-called 500-year-flood levels. What will happen tonight? For the first time, I feel fear. Malky and I call the kids together and discuss our plan of action if we are compelled to do a midnight evacuation. The kids are a bit afraid, but we assure them that this is only a contingency plan so that we can be well-prepared.”</p>
<div class="player_wrapper" style="text-align:center;">
<div id="PlayerArea-3773127" class="player_area"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$j(function() {
var player = new Co.MediaPlayer(Co.MediaPlayer.Instances.Length, "");
player.IsLocalEmbed = true;
player.CdnDomain = 'https://w4.chabad.org';
player.Domain = Co.Request.ServerName;
player.ArticleId = '3773127';
player.AvailableMediaTypes = {};
player.Width = Co.BrowserInfo.IsMobileDevice() ? "auto" : 'auto';
player.Height = Co.BrowserInfo.IsMobileDevice() ? "auto" : 'auto';
player.HideBanner = false;
player.AutoStart = false;
player.FlashVars = "";
player.AllowFullScreen = true;
player.DisableAutoplayFeature = false;
player.AvailableMediaTypes['html5'] = new Co.MediaPlayer.MediaInfo('html5', '10244183', Co.BrowserInfo.IsMobileDevice() ? "auto" : 'auto', Co.BrowserInfo.IsMobileDevice() ? "auto" : 'auto', [0, 0, 0]);
player.MediaInfo = Co.MediaInfo["item3773127"];
if (!player.AvailableMediaTypes["flashswf"])
{
player.Load("PlayerArea-3773127");
}
});
</script>
</div>
<br>
<p>Food provisions are not endless, either. It’s not an emergency yet, but still needs to be managed. “Malky and the older kids have been doing an amazing job keeping everyone well-fed despite creeping scarcity of food supplies in the pantry. I’m also grateful that our house has so far been spared, and that we can help people, and I’m grateful for the strong emotional support we are getting from our family around the world.”</p>
<p>The next day, Schmukler awakes to a startling realization:</p>
<p>“ . . . we haven’t heard from [one of our friends] since the start of the storm. He lives alone, and his house backs to a lake. He’s not answering any of his phones. I feel terrible as I think about the worst; why haven’t I reached out to him earlier? I start putting together plans for a search party. Before we head out, one last try.”</p>
<p><a href="/article.asp?AID= 3769914" aid=" 3769914" target="_blank"> <b><i>Read the whole story here.</i></b></a></p>
</div>
</co:body>
<br />
<div class="w96 margin05">
<div class="shaded container vertical_padding horizontal_padding">
<div class="small_header"><a href="/article.asp?aid=3769850">More Stories</a></div>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td width="68"><a href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3769157/jewish/Hurricane-Harvey-Relief-Comes-From-Unlikely-Places.htm"><img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/news/next.jpg" width="50" height="25" border="0" alt="Next in the Section" hspace="3" title="Next in this Section" class="hide_for_mobile" /></a></td>
<td width="100%" valign="middle"><span class="NextTitle"><a href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3769157/jewish/Hurricane-Harvey-Relief-Comes-From-Unlikely-Places.htm">Hurricane Harvey Relief Comes From Unlikely Places</a></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td height="2"><img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/News/dotted_line.gif" width="171" height="1" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td valign="middle" class="black regular a_underline_off">
<img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" width="3" height="4" align="absmiddle" hspace="3" style="background: url(https://w2.chabad.org/images/News/black_bullet.gif) no-repeat center -4px; vertical-align: middle;"/> 
<a href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3937686/jewish/President-of-Guatemala-at-Chabad-Jewish-Latin-Center-Shabbat-Dinner.htm">President of Guatemala at Chabad Jewish Latin Center Shabbat Dinner</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td valign="middle" class="black regular a_underline_off">
<img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" width="3" height="4" align="absmiddle" hspace="3" style="background: url(https://w2.chabad.org/images/News/black_bullet.gif) no-repeat center -4px; vertical-align: middle;"/> 
<a href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3935737/jewish/Siberian-Wood-Synagogue-Built-by-Jewish-Child-Soldiers-Returned.htm">Siberian Wood Synagogue Built by Jewish Child Soldiers Returned</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td valign="middle" class="black regular a_underline_off">
<img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" width="3" height="4" align="absmiddle" hspace="3" style="background: url(https://w2.chabad.org/images/News/black_bullet.gif) no-repeat center -4px; vertical-align: middle;"/> 
<a href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3934557/jewish/With-Cape-Town-Facing-Drought-a-Time-for-Conservation-and-Prayer.htm">With Cape Town Facing Drought, a Time for Conservation and Prayer</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td valign="middle" class="black regular a_underline_off">
<img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" width="3" height="4" align="absmiddle" hspace="3" style="background: url(https://w2.chabad.org/images/News/black_bullet.gif) no-repeat center -4px; vertical-align: middle;"/> 
<a href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3934068/jewish/Terrorist-Murders-Israeli-Teacher-a-Father-of-Four-Near-Ariel.htm">Terrorist Murders Israeli Teacher, a Father of Four, Near Ariel</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td valign="middle" class="black regular a_underline_off">
<img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" width="3" height="4" align="absmiddle" hspace="3" style="background: url(https://w2.chabad.org/images/News/black_bullet.gif) no-repeat center -4px; vertical-align: middle;"/> 
<a href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3933011/jewish/3000-Leaders-Honor-Rebbetzins-Legacy-on-30th-Anniversary-of-Her-Passing.htm">3,000 Leaders Honor Rebbetzin’s Legacy on 30th Anniversary of Her Passing</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td valign="middle" class="black regular a_underline_off">
<img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" width="3" height="4" align="absmiddle" hspace="3" style="background: url(https://w2.chabad.org/images/News/black_bullet.gif) no-repeat center -4px; vertical-align: middle;"/> 
<a href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3929896/jewish/Elazar-Kalman-Tiefenbrun-88-Chassidic-Artist.htm">Elazar Kalman Tiefenbrun, 88, Chassidic Artist</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td valign="middle" class="black regular a_underline_off">
<img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" width="3" height="4" align="absmiddle" hspace="3" style="background: url(https://w2.chabad.org/images/News/black_bullet.gif) no-repeat center -4px; vertical-align: middle;"/> 
<a href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3929503/jewish/At-Super-Bowl-Tailgate-Kosher-Deli-With-a-Pickle-and-a-Prayer.htm">At Super Bowl Tailgate, Kosher Deli With a Pickle and a Prayer</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<br />
<div class="article_credits_wrapper vertical_margin">
<div class="">
<div class="small_header_alt uppercase">By Chabad.org Staff
</div>
<div>
<div>
<div class="black_11">
</div>
</div>
<div class="inlinecopyright vertical_margin">&copy; Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further, provided that you comply with Chabad.org's <a onclick="if (!this.dialog)this.dialog = Co.Dialog.OpenWindow('/global/popup.asp?aid=77062',{buttons:{Ok:true},Width:600,MaxHeight:400}); else this.dialog.Show();; return false;" href="javascript:void(0);">copyright policy</a>.</div>
<div class="break_floats"></div>
</div>
<div class="break_floats"></div>
</div>
<div class="break_floats"></div>
</div>
<div class="related-articles below-article hide_for_print " data-list-name="related articles">
<h2 class="below-article__title">You may also be interested in...</h2>
<div class="bs-container">
<div class="bs-row related-articles__row">
<div class="col-md-6 related-articles__item media-item">
<a class="media-item__icon image float_left" href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3766611/jewish/Texas-Jewish-Communities-Grapple-With-Catastrophic-Flooding.htm" data-comment-count="6" data-aid="3766611" >
<div class="overflow_hidden">
<img src="https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/1024/fYTb10241885.jpg" height="50" width="50" style="margin:0 0px;max-width:none;" />
</div>
</a>
<div class="media-item__body">
<div class="media-item__title">
<a href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3766611/jewish/Texas-Jewish-Communities-Grapple-With-Catastrophic-Flooding.htm" title="Texas Jewish Communities Grapple With Catastrophic Flooding" data-comment-count="6" data-aid="3766611">Texas Jewish Communities Grapple With...</a>
</div>
<div class="media-item__subtitle">At least five killed by Hurricane Harvey; houses and cars under water in Houston</div>
<div class="media-item__links small_header_light small_top_margin">
<a href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3766611/jewish/Texas-Jewish-Communities-Grapple-With-Catastrophic-Flooding.htm#comments" data-comment-count="6" data-aid="3766611">6 Comments</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6 related-articles__item media-item">
<a class="media-item__icon image float_left" href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3767662/jewish/Chabad-in-Houston-Takes-Action-as-Rain-and-Flooding-Continue.htm" data-comment-count="0" data-aid="3767662" >
<div class="overflow_hidden">
<img src="https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/1024/bKeQ10242685.jpg" height="50" width="50" style="margin:0 0px;max-width:none;" />
</div>
</a>
<div class="media-item__body">
<div class="media-item__title">
<a href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3767662/jewish/Chabad-in-Houston-Takes-Action-as-Rain-and-Flooding-Continue.htm" title="Chabad in Houston Takes Action as Rain and Flooding Continue" data-comment-count="0" data-aid="3767662">Chabad in Houston Takes Action as Rain and...</a>
</div>
<div class="media-item__subtitle">Helping in person and online, even as Chabad emissaries cope with their own flooding</div>
<div class="media-item__links small_header_light small_top_margin">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="bs-row related-articles__row">
<div class="col-md-6 related-articles__item media-item">
<a class="media-item__icon image float_left" href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3768231/jewish/With-Stores-Flooded-Kosher-Food-Has-Run-Out-in-Houston.htm" data-comment-count="6" data-aid="3768231" >
<div class="overflow_hidden">
<img src="https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/1024/RxLw10242936.jpg" height="50" width="50" style="margin:0 0px;max-width:none;" />
</div>
</a>
<div class="media-item__body">
<div class="media-item__title">
<a href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3768231/jewish/With-Stores-Flooded-Kosher-Food-Has-Run-Out-in-Houston.htm" title="With Stores Flooded, Kosher Food Has Run Out in Houston" data-comment-count="6" data-aid="3768231">With Stores Flooded, Kosher Food Has Run Out in...</a>
</div>
<div class="media-item__subtitle">Chabad of Houston is organizing truckfuls of supplies from Miami and New York</div>
<div class="media-item__links small_header_light small_top_margin">
<a href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3768231/jewish/With-Stores-Flooded-Kosher-Food-Has-Run-Out-in-Houston.htm#comments" data-comment-count="6" data-aid="3768231">6 Comments</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6 related-articles__item media-item">
<a class="media-item__icon image float_left" href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3768855/jewish/As-Houston-Flood-Waters-Rise-So-Does-the-Kindness-of-Strangers.htm" data-comment-count="1" data-aid="3768855" >
<div class="overflow_hidden">
<img src="https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/1024/vBhd10243315.jpg" height="50" width="50" style="margin:0 0px;max-width:none;" />
</div>
</a>
<div class="media-item__body">
<div class="media-item__title">
<a href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3768855/jewish/As-Houston-Flood-Waters-Rise-So-Does-the-Kindness-of-Strangers.htm" title="As Houston Flood Waters Rise, So Does the Kindness of Strangers" data-comment-count="1" data-aid="3768855">As Houston Flood Waters Rise, So Does the...</a>
</div>
<div class="media-item__subtitle">Selfless assistance from anyone who hears the call</div>
<div class="media-item__links small_header_light small_top_margin">
<a href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3768855/jewish/As-Houston-Flood-Waters-Rise-So-Does-the-Kindness-of-Strangers.htm#comments" data-comment-count="1" data-aid="3768855">1 Comment</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div></div></div>
<a name="comments" style="text-decoration:none;visibility:hidden;"> </a>
<div class="below-article reader_comments_container" id="reader_comments_container">
<h2 class="below-article__title">Join the Discussion</h2>
<div id="comment_sort_buttons_group">
<div class="co_toggle_buttons float_right"><div class="label">Sort By:</div><div class="wrapper clearfix"><label class="item first selected" for="readerCommentsToggle_desc">Newest<input id="readerCommentsToggle_desc" type="radio" name="readerCommentsToggle" istoggle="true" checked="checked" value="desc" onclick="CommentsLoader.UpdateSort(this.value);"></input></label><label class="item last" for="readerCommentsToggle_asc">Oldest<input id="readerCommentsToggle_asc" type="radio" name="readerCommentsToggle" istoggle="true" value="asc" onclick="CommentsLoader.UpdateSort(this.value);"></input></label></div></div>
<div id="comment_count">2 Comments</div>
<div class="break_floats"></div>
</div>
<div id="MainCommentFormWrapper">
<div id="mainform_avatar" class="float_left">
<img src="" width="50" class="reader-thumb" avatar="&#xf075;" />
</div>

<a name="comment" style="visibility:hidden;"> </a>


<div id="mainCommentForm_placeHolder"></div>

<form method="post" action="./A-Chabad-Rabbis-Hurricane-Harvey-Diary.htm" id="commentFormTemplate" novalidate="novalidate">
<div class="aspNetHidden">
<input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" id="__VIEWSTATE" value="" />
</div>

	<div class="comment_form_container">
		<div class="comment_input_wrapper">
			<textarea id="CommentInput" name="comment-body" max_length="1000" placeholder="Add a comment..." class="comment-body active" required="true" display_name="Comment"></textarea>				
		</div>
		<section class="comment-form-bottom">
			<div class="comment-form-block">
				<div class="clearfix">
					<span class="character-counter float_right">
						<span class="character-count">1000</span> characters remaining
					</span>
					<span class="toggle-subject">
						<input type="checkbox" name="chk-toggle-subject" value="1"/>
						<label for="chk-toggle-subject">Include Subject</label>
					</span>
				</div>
				<div class="comment-subject-line">
					<input id="" type="text" name="subject" class="co_form_input active"></input>
				</div>
			</div>
			<div class="comment-form-block">
				<div class="commenter-input-wrapper">
					<div class="commenter-name float_left">
						<label for="NameField" class="co_global_label">Name<span class='mark_of_need'> *</span></label><input id="NameField" type="text" name="name" class="co_form_input active" required="true" display_name="Name"></input>
					</div>
					<div class="commenter-location float_right small_left_padding">
						<label for="" class="co_global_label">Location</label><input id="" type="text" name="city2" class="co_form_input active" display_name="Location"></input>
					</div>
				</div>
					<div class="commenting-anonymously">
					<input type="checkbox" name="chk-anonymous" value="1"/>
					<label for="chk-anonymous">Post Anonymously</label>
				</div>
			</div>
			<div class="comment-form-block">
				<div class="commenter-email">
					<label for="CommenterEmail" class="co_global_label">Email<span class='mark_of_need'> *</span> <span class='email_anonymity_notice'>will not be published</span></label><input id="CommenterEmail" type="email" name="email" class="co_form_input active" required="true" data_type="email" display_name="Email"></input>
				</div>
			</div>
		<div id="ReaderCommentsMessageContainer" class="ReaderCommentsMessageContainer" style="display: none;" class="">
			<div id="ReaderCommentsMessageCell" class="co_error bold ReaderCommentsMessageCell"></div>
		</div>
		<div class="comment-form-block">
			<div class="">
				<input name="chk_subscribe"  value="1" type="checkbox" checked="checked"/>
				<label for="chk_subscribe">Email me when new comments are posted.</label>
				<div class="optin_message">
					

<div style="font-size:12px;">
	<div class="co_form">
		<div class="optin_checkbox">
			<input type="checkbox" value="true" name="OptIn" id="optin1" checked="checked" />
		</div>
		<div class="optin_message_text">
			<label for="optin1"><span class="optin_text">Please send me Chabad.org's weekly Magazine and periodic emails.</span>&nbsp; <span class="optin_message_info">We will not share your email address.</span>
			</label>
		</div>
	</div></div>
				</div>
				<div class="endbuttons-wrapper">
					<div class="guidelines">
						<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="if (!this.dialog) this.dialog = Co.Dialog.OpenWindow('/global/popup.aspx?aid=114560', { buttons: { Close: true }, Width: 700, MaxHeight: 500 }); else this.dialog.Show();">Posting Guidelines</a>
					</div>
					<div class="close-buttons-wrapper">
						<div id="CloseButton_wrapper" class="co_global_button white medium_right_margin"><button id="CloseButton" type="reset" class="button" value="Cancel"><span>Cancel</span></button></div>		
						<div id="Button2_wrapper" class="co_global_button"><button id="Button2" type="submit" class="button" value="Submit"><span>Submit</span></button></div>
					</div>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div>
		</section>
	</div>
</form>
</div>
<div id="inner_container" class="top_margin">
<section class="comment-thread">
<div class="reader-comment-wrapper " >
<div class="reader-thumb-container">
<img width="50" height="50" class="reader-thumb " avatar="I"/>
</div>
<div class="reader-comment">
<div class="comment-header-wrapper">
<div class="comment-header">
<span class="reader-name small_right_padding">Ima</span>
<span class="reader-location small_right_padding">atlanta</span>
<span class="reader-source small_right_padding">via chabadhouston.com</span>
<span class="comment-date" title="Wednesday, August 30, 2017 9:02:00 PM">August 30, 2017</span>
</div>
</div>
<p class="comment-body">
This video shows the heart of American civility. This is America, not what the media and certain groups would like everyone to believe! Thanks for showing this video of true Texans helping a Chabad Jewish family!
<a href="#" class="comment-reply-link" data-id ="3770566" data-author="Ima">Reply</a>
</p>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<section class="comment-thread">
<div class="reader-comment-wrapper " >
<div class="reader-thumb-container">
<img width="50" height="50" class="reader-thumb " avatar="C"/>
</div>
<div class="reader-comment">
<div class="comment-header-wrapper">
<div class="comment-header">
<span class="reader-name small_right_padding">Chaya</span>
<span class="reader-location small_right_padding">Montreal</span>
<span class="comment-date" title="Thursday, August 31, 2017 10:04:00 PM">August 31, 2017</span>
</div>
</div>
<p class="comment-body">
Thank you so much for sharing . So well written ...
<a href="#" class="comment-reply-link" data-id ="3772116" data-author="Chaya">Reply</a>
</p>
</div>
</div>
</section>
</div>
</div>
<div class="break_floats"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="break_floats"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="ads g260" id="co_ads_container">
<div class="container padding clearfix" id="LatestNews"><div class="small_header "><span>Latest News</span></div>
<ul class="small_links">
<li><a class="link_item" href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3937686/jewish/President-of-Guatemala-at-Chabad-Jewish-Latin-Center-Shabbat-Dinner.htm">President of Guatemala at Chabad Jewish Latin Center Shabbat Dinner</a></li>
<li><a class="link_item" href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3935737/jewish/Siberian-Wood-Synagogue-Built-by-Jewish-Child-Soldiers-Returned.htm">Siberian Wood Synagogue Built by Jewish Child Soldiers Returned</a></li>
<li><a class="link_item" href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3934557/jewish/With-Cape-Town-Facing-Drought-a-Time-for-Conservation-and-Prayer.htm">With Cape Town Facing Drought, a Time for Conservation and Prayer</a></li>
<li><a class="link_item" href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3934068/jewish/Terrorist-Murders-Israeli-Teacher-a-Father-of-Four-Near-Ariel.htm">Terrorist Murders Israeli Teacher, a Father of Four, Near Ariel</a></li>
<li><a class="link_item" href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3933011/jewish/3000-Leaders-Honor-Rebbetzins-Legacy-on-30th-Anniversary-of-Her-Passing.htm">3,000 Leaders Honor Rebbetzin’s Legacy on 30th Anniversary of Her Passing</a></li>
<li><a class="link_item" href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3929896/jewish/Elazar-Kalman-Tiefenbrun-88-Chassidic-Artist.htm">Elazar Kalman Tiefenbrun, 88, Chassidic Artist</a></li>
<li><a class="link_item" href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3929503/jewish/At-Super-Bowl-Tailgate-Kosher-Deli-With-a-Pickle-and-a-Prayer.htm">At Super Bowl Tailgate, Kosher Deli With a Pickle and a Prayer</a></li>
<li><a class="link_item" href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3927788/jewish/15-Shevat-Celebrated-With-Good-Deeds-and-Good-Food.htm">15 Shevat Celebrated With Good Deeds and Good Food</a></li>
<li><a class="link_item" href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3927412/jewish/Two-Holocaust-Miracles-in-Slovakia.htm">Two Holocaust Miracles in Slovakia</a></li>
<li><a class="link_item" href="/news/article_cdo/aid/3922869/jewish/Prayers-in-Hawaii-for-Safe-Return-of-Two-Stolen-Torah-Scrolls.htm">Prayers in Hawaii for Safe Return of Two Stolen Torah Scrolls</a></li>
<li class="more"><a href="/article.asp?aid=3745174&index=true">View All &raquo;</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="container vertical_padding" data-list-name="related topics"><div class="small_header horizontal_padding">Related Topics</div>
<div class="tabs_wrapper ">
<div class="tab_content" id="pages_TabContainer">
<div class="page en selected" tab="Topics" id="tabContentTopics" dir="ltr">
<div class="horizontal_padding">
<ul class="small_links">
<li>
<a class="relatedarticles" href="/search/keyword.htm/kid/22318">Hurricane Harvey (2017)</a> <span style="font-weight:normal;">(21)</span>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- BEGIN CACHE {By: "w11-nyc1", CreatedDate: "2/1/2018 2:28:52 PM", ExpireDate: "2/21/2018 11:59:52 PM"} -->
<form name="topSubscribe" class="subscribe_box" target="" action="" method="get" onsubmit="return submitHeaderSubscribe(this, document.getElementById('3d98512f2fFormContainer'), document.getElementById('3d98512f2fResponseContainer'));">
<div class="container vertical_padding horizontal_padding" id="3d98512f2fContainer"><div class="small_header">Subscribe</div>
<div style="margin:10px 0;">
<div class="co_form_container" id="3d98512f2fFormContainer">
<div class="form_group">
<div id="CoButton_wrapper" class="co_global_submit" style="width:auto"><button id="CoButton" type="submit" class="button" value="Subscribe"><span>Subscribe</span></button></div>
<div class="co_global_input_container">
<input type="text" class="co_global_input" value="" required="" display_name="Email" id="SubscribeEmail" name="email" placeholder="Email Address">
</div>
</div>
<div class="break_floats"></div>
<div class="light_grey_11" style="padding-top:3px;padding-left:3px;">
<input type="hidden" name="subscriptionid" value="14" />Subscribe to News
</div>
</div>
<div id="3d98512f2fResponseContainer"></div>
</div>
<div class="small_links top_margin">
<div class="more"><a href="/tools/subscribe/default.asp">More subscription options &raquo;</a></div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
<!-- END CACHE --><div class="container padding clearfix" id="FollowLinks"><div class="small_header "><span>Connect with us</span></div>
<div id="NewsFollowSidebar" class="clearfix top_padding">
<div id="facebookLikeContainer" class="tool_item">
<div class="rate_text">
<div id="facebook_like_global" style="max-height: 30px;"></div>
<script type="text/javascript"" async defer>
$j(function() {
var fBContainer = document.getElementById('facebook_like_global');
if( fBContainer )
{
facebookNeeded = true;
fBContainer.innerHTML = '<fb:like href="http://www.facebook.com/chabadlubavitchnews?sc=fb_share" send="false" layout="button_count" width="90" show_faces="false" font=""></fb:like>';
}
});
</script>
</div>
</div><div id="whatsappContainer" class="tool_item"></div><div id="twitterContainer" class="tool_item hide_for_mobile"> 
<a id="twitter_global" href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="">Tweet</a>
<script>
$j(function() {
document.getElementById("twitter_global").setAttribute("data-url", 'http://www.facebook.com/chabadlubavitchnews?sc=tw_share');
!function(d, s, id) {
var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], p = /^http:/.test(d.location) ? 'http' : 'https';
if (!d.getElementById(id)) {
js = d.createElement(s);
js.id = id;
js.src = p + '://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';
fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}
}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');
});
</script> 
</div>
<a class="twitter_follow_link" href="http://twitter.com/chabadorgnews" target="_blank">Follow</a>
<a class="rss_link" href="/tools/rss/news_rss.xml" target="_blank">RSS</a>
</div>
</div><div class="container padding clearfix" id="InTheMedia"><div class="small_header "><span>In the Media</span></div>
<ul class="small_links ">
<li>
<div class="byline normal" style="padding-top:0;">Tablet</div>
<a class="link_item" href="/article.asp?aid=3936130&n=1" target="_blank">Portrait of the Rebbetzin</a>
<div class="byline normal" style="padding-top:0;">Feb 7, 2018 12:00 AM</div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="byline normal" style="padding-top:0;">Jewish Voice - NY</div>
<a class="link_item" href="/article.asp?aid=3935889&n=1" target="_blank">Two Holocaust Miracles in Slovakia – Part 1</a>
<div class="byline normal" style="padding-top:0;">Feb 7, 2018 12:00 AM</div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="byline normal" style="padding-top:0;">Florida Times-Union</div>
<a class="link_item" href="/article.asp?aid=3935112&n=1" target="_blank">Anne Frank’s Stepsister Speaks Wednesday At UNF Of The Holocaust And A Childhood Friend Left Behind</a>
<div class="byline normal" style="padding-top:0;">Feb 6, 2018 12:00 AM</div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="byline normal" style="padding-top:0;">Gazette - Western University, ON, Canada</div>
<a class="link_item" href="/article.asp?aid=3935088&n=1" target="_blank">Swastika Drawn In Essex Elevator</a>
<div class="byline normal" style="padding-top:0;">Feb 5, 2018 12:00 AM</div>
</li>
<li class="more"><a href="/article.asp?aid=245716">More Media Stories &raquo;</a></li>
</ul>
</div><div class="container padding clearfix" id="CentersPromo"><div class="small_header "><span>Find A Chabad Center Near You</span></div>
<a href="/centers/default.asp"><img src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/news/world.gif" width="186" height="108" border="0" alt="Chabad-Lubavitch Directory" title="Chabad Lubavitch Directory" /></a>
<form style="margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;" action="/centers/default.asp" method="post" name="form1">
<div class="form_group">
<div id="CentersSearch_wrapper" class="co_global_submit" style="width:66px;"><button id="CentersSearch" type="submit" class="button" value="Search"><span>Search</span></button></div>
<div class="co_global_input_container"><input type="text" class="co_global_input" value="" required="" display_name="Location" id="qry" name="qry" placeholder="Enter City or Zip Code"></div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
	<div id="SitePromos" class="">
		<!-- BEGIN CACHE {By: "w11-nyc1", CreatedDate: "2/13/2018 9:49:41 PM", ExpireDate: "2/16/2018 9:49:41 PM"} -->
<script>
$j(function()
{
var SitePromos = new ImageRandomizer();
SitePromos.ItemsToShow = 5; 
SitePromos.Items.push(new SiteAdItem('https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/509/ZljJ5096008.jpg', '313386', 'The Jewish Woman', '245', '60'));
SitePromos.Items.push(new SiteAdItem('https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/509/mNsQ5096005.jpg', '334370', 'JewishKids.org', '245', '60'));
SitePromos.Items.push(new SiteAdItem('https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/654/AVyG6548809.jpg', '690759', 'Subscribe to The Scroll', '245', '60'));
SitePromos.Items.push(new SiteAdItem('https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/1041/gkoY10414034.png', '1771208', 'Learn to Read Torah and Haftarah With Trope (Audio)', '245', '60'));
SitePromos.Load(Co.Tools.getChildElementById("PromosContainerShortWide", document.getElementById("SitePromos")));
});
</script>
<div id="PromosContainerShortWide" class="banner_promos Vertical ShortWide"></div>
<!-- END CACHE -->
	</div>



</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- BEGIN CACHE {By: "w12-nyc1", CreatedDate: "2/9/2018 10:53:23 PM", ExpireDate: "2/12/2018 10:53:23 PM", RecacheDate: "2/14/2018 1:33:41 AM"} -->
<aside class="page-tools-sidebar js-page-tools-sidebar hide_for_print">
<div class="page-tools js-page-tools-menu">
<div class="page-tools__section page-tools__section--share">
<a class="page-tools__tool js-share-popup page-tools__tool--facebook" data-share-url="https://www.facebook.com/dialog/share?app_id=188669250943&amp;display=popup&amp;href=http%3a%2f%2fwww.chabad.org%2fnews%2farticle_cdo%2faid%2f3769850%2fjewish%2fA-Chabad-Rabbis-Hurricane-Harvey-Diary.htm%23utm_medium%3dpage_tools%26utm_content%3ddesktop%26utm_source%3dFB">
				<i class="fa fa-facebook"></i>
			</a>
<a class="page-tools__tool js-share-popup page-tools__tool--twitter" data-share-url="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=A+Chabad+Rabbi%e2%80%99s+Hurricane+Harvey+Diary+-+Chronicle+of+a+Houston-area+rabbi%e2%80%99s+thoughts%2c+feelings+and+actions+-+Chabad-Lubavitch+News&amp;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.chabad.org%2fnews%2farticle_cdo%2faid%2f3769850%2fjewish%2fA-Chabad-Rabbis-Hurricane-Harvey-Diary.htm%23utm_medium%3dpage_tools%26utm_content%3ddesktop%26utm_source%3dtwitter&amp;via=Chabad">
				<i class="fa fa-twitter"></i>
			</a>
<a class="page-tools__tool js-share-popup page-tools__tool--whatsapp d-lg-none" data-share-url="whatsapp://send?text=A+Chabad+Rabbi%e2%80%99s+Hurricane+Harvey+Diary+-+Chronicle+of+a+Houston-area+rabbi%e2%80%99s+thoughts%2c+feelings+and+actions+-+Chabad-Lubavitch+News http%3a%2f%2fwww.chabad.org%2fnews%2farticle_cdo%2faid%2f3769850%2fjewish%2fA-Chabad-Rabbis-Hurricane-Harvey-Diary.htm%23utm_medium%3dpage_tools%26utm_content%3ddesktop%26utm_source%3dwhatsapp">
				<i class="fa fa-whatsapp">
					<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 50 50" fill="#128c7e" width="1em" height="1em"><path d="M25 2C12.318 2 2 12.318 2 25c0 3.96 1.023 7.854 2.963 11.29L2.037 46.73c-.096.343-.003.711.245.966.191.197.451.304.718.304.08 0 .161-.01.24-.029l10.896-2.699C17.463 47.058 21.21 48 25 48c12.682 0 23-10.318 23-23S37.682 2 25 2zm11.57 31.116c-.492 1.362-2.852 2.605-3.986 2.772-1.018.149-2.306.213-3.72-.231-.857-.27-1.957-.628-3.366-1.229-5.923-2.526-9.791-8.415-10.087-8.804-.295-.389-2.411-3.161-2.411-6.03s1.525-4.28 2.067-4.864c.542-.584 1.181-.73 1.575-.73s.787.005 1.132.021c.363.018.85-.137 1.329 1.001.492 1.168 1.673 4.037 1.819 4.33.148.292.246.633.05 1.022s-.294.632-.59.973-.62.76-.886 1.022c-.296.291-.603.606-.259 1.19s1.529 2.493 3.285 4.039c2.255 1.986 4.158 2.602 4.748 2.894.59.292.935.243 1.279-.146.344-.39 1.476-1.703 1.869-2.286s.787-.487 1.329-.292c.542.194 3.445 1.604 4.035 1.896.59.292.984.438 1.132.681.148.242.148 1.41-.344 2.771z"/></svg>
				</i>
			</a>
<a class="page-tools__tool js-share-popup page-tools__tool--pinterest d-none d-lg-block" data-share-url="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.chabad.org%2fnews%2farticle_cdo%2faid%2f3769850%2fjewish%2fA-Chabad-Rabbis-Hurricane-Harvey-Diary.htm%23utm_medium%3dpage_tools%26utm_content%3ddesktop%26utm_source%3dpinterest&amp;description=A+Chabad+Rabbi%e2%80%99s+Hurricane+Harvey+Diary+-+Chronicle+of+a+Houston-area+rabbi%e2%80%99s+thoughts%2c+feelings+and+actions+-+Chabad-Lubavitch+News">
				<i class="fa fa-pinterest"></i>
			</a>
<a class="page-tools__tool" onclick="showEmailLayer(this);">
<i class="fa fa-envelope"></i>
</a>
</div>
<div class="page-tools__section page-tools__section--other">
<div class="page-tools__tool popover-parent d-none d-lg-block">
<div class="popover popover--right align_left nowrap">
<div class="popover__content">
<label class="bold bottom_margin block">
Print Options:
</label>
<form class="vcenter" name="print-form" onsubmit="coPrint(event);return false;">
<div>
<label><input type="checkbox" name="print-green"><span title="Save paper and ink">Print without images <i class="fa fa-leaf text-green"></i></span></label>
</div>
<br/>
<div class="center">
<button class="co-button page-tools__print-button">Print</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
<i class="fa fa-print"></i>
</div>
<a href="#comment" class="page-tools__tool">
<i class="fa fa-comments"></i>
<div class="semibold">2</div>
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="fab js-fab">
<i class="fab-icon"></i>
</div>
</aside>
<!-- END CACHE -->



</div>


<div class="break_floats"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="footer">
<!-- BEGIN CACHE {By: "w11-nyc1", CreatedDate: "2/14/2018 12:02:42 AM", ExpireDate: "2/15/2018 12:02:42 AM"} -->

<div class="break_floats"></div>
<div class="co_promo_scroller_container position_footer hide_for_print" id="bottom_features_scroller_container">
<div class="co_promo_scroller clearfix align_center relative">
<div id="BottomFeaturesLeftArrow_wrapper" class="co_global_button left no-float"><button id="BottomFeaturesLeftArrow" type="submit" class="button"><div class="co_global_arrow left fa"></div></button></div>
<div class="clearfix inline_block" style="vertical-align:middle;">
<div style="float:left;width:900px;margin-left:15px;text-align:Left;height:165px;overflow:hidden;padding-top:16px;position:relative;">
<div class="small_header">FEATURED CONTENT ON CHABAD.ORG</div>
<div style="position:absolute;" id="iconsWrapper" class="a_underline_off">
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="BottomFeaturesRightArrow_wrapper" class="co_global_button right no-float"><button id="BottomFeaturesRightArrow" type="submit" class="button"><div class="co_global_arrow right fa"></div></button></div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- END CACHE -->
<div class="wrapper body_container">
<div class="footer_container footer_text footer_family_text">
<div class="footer_inner_container">
<div class="footer_list">
<div class="header">Departments</div>
<a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/1675888/jewish/Jewish-Practice.htm">Jewish Practice</a>
<a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/1675887/jewish/Learning-Values.htm">Learning &amp; Values</a>
<a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/1675890/jewish/Inspiration-Entertainment.htm">Inspiration &amp;
Entertainment</a>
<a href="/society/default_cdo/aid/132514/jewish/Society-Living.htm">Community &amp; Family</a>
<a href="/magazine/default.htm">Weekly Magazine</a>
</div>
<div class="footer_list">
<div class="header">Specialty Sites</div>
<a href="/multimedia/default_cdo/aid/591213/jewish/Video.htm">Video - Jewish.tv</a>
<a href="/theJewishWoman/default_cdo/jewish/Women.htm">The Jewish Woman</a>
<a href="/news/default_cdo/jewish/News.htm">Jewish News</a>
<a href="/library/moshiach/default.htm">Moshiach 101</a>
<a href="/kids/default_cdo/jewish/Kids.htm">Jewish Kids Zone</a>
<a href="/kabbalah/default_cdo/jewish/Kabbalah-Online.htm">Kabbalah Online</a>
<a href="/special/israel/default_cdo/aid/588018/jewish/Israel.htm">Israel - The Holy Land</a>
<a href="/therebbe/default_cdo/jewish/The-Rebbe.htm">TheRebbe.org</a>
</div>
<div class="footer_list">
<div class="header">Tools &amp; Resources</div>
<a href="/asktherabbi/default_cdo/jewish/Ask-the-Rabbi.htm">Ask the Rabbi</a>
<a href="/calendar/default_cdo/jewish/Jewish-Calendar.htm">Jewish Calendar</a>
<a href="/dailystudy/default_cdo/jewish/Daily-Study.htm">Daily Torah Study</a>
<a href="/tools/subscribe/default_cdo/jewish/Subscribe.htm">Subscribe</a>
<a href="/search/default_cdo/aid/67250/jewish/Knowledge-Base.htm">Search</a>
<a href="/search/glossary.htm">Glossary</a>
<a href="/generic_cdo/aid/298447/jewish/RSS-and-Podcast-Directory.htm">RSS</a>
</div>
<div class="footer_list">
<div class="header">Quick Links</div>
<a href="/holidays/default_cdo/jewish/Holidays.htm">Jewish Holidays</a>
<a href="/generic_cdo/aid/448424/jewish/Marriage.htm">Jewish Wedding</a>
<a href="/generic_cdo/aid/253215/jewish/Shabbat.htm">Shabbat</a>
<a href="/generic_cdo/aid/113424/jewish/Kosher.htm">Kosher</a>
<a href="/parshah/default_cdo/jewish/Parshah.htm">Parshah</a>
<a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/862308/jewish/Jewish-Prayer.htm">Jewish Prayer</a>
<a href="/multimedia/default_cdo/aid/6230/jewish/Audio-Classes.htm">Jewish Audio</a>
</div>
<div class="footer_list">
<div class="header">Chabad Lubavitch</div>
<a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/36226/jewish/Overview.htm">About Chabad-Lubavitch</a>
<a href="/therebbe/default_cdo/jewish/The-Rebbe.htm">The Rebbe</a>
<a href="/315828">The Ohel</a>
<a href="/news/default_cdo/jewish/News.htm">Chabad-Lubavitch News</a>
<a href="/centers/default_cdo/jewish/Centers.htm">Chabad Locator</a>
</div>
<div class="break_floats"></div>
</div>
</div> 
<div class="subscribe hide_for_print">
<div class="footer_container">
<div class="heading">Subscribe to get our weekly magazine!</div>
<!-- BEGIN CACHE {By: "w11-nyc1", CreatedDate: "2/1/2018 2:28:52 PM", ExpireDate: "2/21/2018 11:59:52 PM"} -->
<form name="topSubscribe" class="subscribe_box" target="" action="" method="get" onsubmit="return submitHeaderSubscribe(this, document.getElementById('a1feb1ca8aFormContainer'), document.getElementById('a1feb1ca8aResponseContainer'));">
<div class="container" id="a1feb1ca8aContainer">
<div style="margin:10px 0;">
<div class="co_form_container" id="a1feb1ca8aFormContainer">
<div class="form_group">
<div id="CoButton_wrapper" class="co_global_submit" style="width:auto"><button id="CoButton" type="submit" class="button" value="Subscribe"><span>Subscribe</span></button></div>
<div class="co_global_input_container">
<input type="text" class="co_global_input" value="" required="" display_name="Email" id="SubscribeEmail" name="email" placeholder="Email Address">
</div>
</div>
<div class="break_floats"></div>
<div class="blue subscribe_options clearfix" style="padding-top:10px;">
<label for="subscribe1a1feb1ca8a" class="second_column"><input type="checkbox" id="subscribe1a1feb1ca8a" name="subscriptionid" value="1" checked="checked" /> Chabad.org Magazine</label>
<label for="subscribe14a1feb1ca8a" class="second_column"><input type="checkbox" id="subscribe14a1feb1ca8a" name="subscriptionid" value="14" checked="checked" /> News</label>
</div>
</div>
<div id="a1feb1ca8aResponseContainer"></div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
<!-- END CACHE -->
</div>
</div>
<div class="specialty_sites hide_for_print">
<div class="footer_container">
<a class="holidays" href="/article.asp?aid=6216&trk=ft" onmouseover="Co.Layer.ShowTooltip(this, '<b>Jewish Holidays</b> Comprehensive sites for each of the Jewish holidays', {});">Jewish Holidays</a>
<a class="therebbe" href="/article.asp?aid=60286&trk=ft" onmouseover="Co.Layer.ShowTooltip(this, '<b>TheRebbe.org</b> A site dedicated to the teachings and life of the Lubavitcher Rebbe', {});">TheRebbe.org</a>
<a class="video" href="/article.asp?aid=591213&trk=ft" onmouseover="Co.Layer.ShowTooltip(this, '<b>Jewish.tv</b> Over 15,000 videos in hundreds genres, topics and styles', {});">Jewish.tv</a>
<a class="audio" href="/article.asp?aid=6230&trk=ft" onmouseover="Co.Layer.ShowTooltip(this, '<b>Chabad.org Audio</b> Downloadable audio classes, music and more', {});">Audio Classes</a>
<a class="news" href="/article.asp?aid=6199&trk=ft" onmouseover="Co.Layer.ShowTooltip(this, '<b>Chabad.org News</b> News about Chabad-Lubavitch and the Jewish world', {});">News</a>
<a class="moshiach" href="/article.asp?aid=332562&trk=ft" onmouseover="Co.Layer.ShowTooltip(this, '<b>Moshiach 101</b> Learn about Moshiach and the Future Redemption', {});">News</a>
<a class="kabbalah" href="/article.asp?aid=378637&trk=ft" onmouseover="Co.Layer.ShowTooltip(this, '<b>Kabbalah Online</b> Explore the mystical and inner aspects of Torah', {});">Kabbalah Online</a>
<a class="women" href="/article.asp?aid=313386&trk=ft" onmouseover="Co.Layer.ShowTooltip(this, '<b>TheJewishWoman.org</b> The site for Jewish women', {});">The Jewish Woman</a>
<a class="kids" href="/article.asp?aid=334370&trk=ft" onmouseover="Co.Layer.ShowTooltip(this, '<b>JewishKids.org</b> A site for Jewish children', {});">Jewish Kids</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="footer_container footer_text copyright_text">
<div class="bottom_padding clear_float">
<img class="footer_hr" src="https://w2.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" vspace="12" width="100%" height="1" /><br />
<div class="footer_inner_container credits_and_tools clearfix">
<div class="social_tools float_right">
<div class="wrapper">
<a href="/article.asp?aid=982351" class="fa fa-facebook facebook_homepage" title="Facebook"></a>
<a href="/article.asp?aid=963008" class="fa fa-twitter twitter_homepage" title="Twitter"></a>
<a href="/article.asp?aid=2306421" class="fa fa-pinterest-p pinterest_homepage" title="Pinterest"></a>
<a href="https://instagram.com/chabadorg" class="fa fa-instagram instagram_homepage" title="Instagram"></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="site_credit">
<i class="co co-logo co-logo-en float_left right_margin"></i>
<div class="wrapper float_left">
Chabad.org is a division of the <a href="http://www.chabad.org">Chabad</a>-<a href="http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/36226/jewish/About-Chabad-Lubavitch.htm">Lubavitch</a> Media Center <strong>&middot;</strong>
<span class="hide_for_print">Under the auspices of the <a href="/article.asp?aid=101682" target="_new">Lubavitch World Headquarters</a></span>
<br />In everlasting memory of our founder, <a href="/article.asp?AID=782349">Rabbi Yosef Y. Kazen</a><span class="hide_for_print">, pioneer of <a href="http://www.chabad.org">Torah</a>, <a href="http://www.chabad.org">Judaism</a> and <a href="http://www.chabad.org">Jewish</a> information on the web</span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="footer_inner_container clearfix">
<div class="copyright">
&copy; 1993-2018 <a href="/article.asp?AID=36226">Chabad</a>-<a href="/article.asp?AID=36226">Lubavitch</a> Media Center
</div>
<div class="tools">
<a href="javascript:redirectMobileSite();" id="redirectToMobileSite">Mobile Site</a>
<a href="/tools/donate/donate.asp?AID=161548&amp;sc=ft3769850">Donate</a><a id="" href="/article.asp?aid=32812">About Us</a>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="window.open('/global/popup/default.asp?imagename=/Images/Global/small-top.gif&amp;aid=130435','schroeder98','width=500,height=500,resizable,status=no,scrollbars=yes');return false;">Privacy Policy</a>
<a href="javascript:BetaFeedback.Show();">Contact Us</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="https://w4.chabad.org/scripts/js/os/jquery-latest.min.js?v=20171023.1"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="https://w4.chabad.org/scripts/js/os/jquery/jquery-noconflict.js?v=20171023.1"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="https://w4.chabad.org/scripts/js/compiled/Co_Lib.js?v=20180213"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="https://w4.chabad.org/scripts/js/templates/chabadorg/chabadorg.js?v=20180201"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="https://w4.chabad.org/scripts/js/custom/primarynavigation.js?v=20171205"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/handlebars.js/4.0.5/handlebars.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="https://w4.chabad.org/scripts/js/custom/multimedia/promopaginator.js?v=20171023.1"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="https://w4.chabad.org/scripts/js/custom/ImageRandomizer.js?v=20171023.1"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="https://w4.chabad.org/scripts/js/custom/multimedia/liveeventsbar.js?v=20171023.1"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="https://w4.chabad.org/scripts/js/custom/ChabadLocator.js?v=20171023.1"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="https://w4.chabad.org/scripts/js/custom/commentsloader.js?v=20180201"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="https://w4.chabad.org/scripts/js/custom/scroller.js?v=20171023.1"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="https://w4.chabad.org/scripts/js/custom/BetaFeedback.js?v=20180201"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="https://w4.chabad.org/scripts/js/custom/subscribeprompt.js?v=20171023.1"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="https://w4.chabad.org/scripts/js/custom/deprecated.js?v=20180211"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="https://w4.chabad.org/scripts/js/OverrideJSDocumentWrite.js?v=20171023.1"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="/multimedia/mediaplayer/flash_media_player_content.xml.asp?what=json&amp;aid=3773127"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="https://w4.chabad.org/scripts/js/modules/pagetools.js?v=20180208"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="https://w4.chabad.org/scripts/js/custom/sitebanner.js?v=20171023.1"></script><script>$j = $j.fn ? $j : jQuery;$j(function(){$j.each(q, function(index, f){try{f.call(window);}catch(ex){console.error(ex);}});})</script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
Co.DomEvents.AddListener(window, "domload", function()
{
if( typeof(BottomFeatures) == 'undefined' )
BottomFeatures = [];
var obj = null;
var position = 'position_footer';
var objs = Co.Tools.GetElementsByClassName('co_promo_scroller_container');
for( var o = 0; o < objs.length; o++ )
{
if( objs[o].className.indexOf(position) > -1 )
obj = objs[o];
}
if( !obj )
return;
var wrapper = Co.Tools.getChildElementById("iconsWrapper", obj);
var imageRandomizer = new ImageRandomizer();
imageRandomizer.ItemsToShow = 0;
imageRandomizer.Load(wrapper, true);
var settings = { ObjectName:"BottomFeatures", Orientation : "horizontal", easing: Co.Tween.Easing.strongEaseInOut };
var buttons = Co.Tools.GetElementsByClassName('co_global_button', null, obj);
while( buttons.length )
{
var button = buttons.shift();
if( button.className.indexOf('right') > -1 )
settings.RightButton = button;
else if( button.className.indexOf('left') > -1 )
settings.LeftButton = button;
}
var featurePaginator = new PromoPaginator(wrapper, settings);
BottomFeatures.push(
{
obj: obj,
wrapper: wrapper,
position: position,
imageRandomizer: imageRandomizer,
featurePaginator: featurePaginator
});
});
</script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
Co.CommentCount = 2;
</script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
if (typeof(glossary_items) == 'undefined') glossary_items={};glossary_items['g_13409']={word: 'Chabad House', text: ['an outreach center established by a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary'], article_count: [13], kid: [10358]};glossary_items['g_16471']={word: 'Yitzchok', text: ['(a) (1713-1533 BCE) Second of the three <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=2174\">Patriarchs</a>, son of <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=220\">Abraham</a>\
\
and <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=221\">Sarah</a>, husband of <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=1476\">Rebecca</a>, father of <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=1477\">Jacob</a>\
\
and <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=1478\">Esau</a>. First to be circumcised when eight days old. Readily accompanied his father to be sacrificed at the “<a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=4555\">Binding of Isaac</a>.” Primarily occupied himself with <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=13361\">digging wells</a>. (b) A common Jewish name.'], article_count: [56], kid: [2202]};glossary_items['g_17235']={word: 'Shabbat', text: ['(lit. \"rest\", \"cessation [of work]\"); the Sabbath, the divinely-ordained day of rest on the seventh day of the week.'], article_count: [808], kid: [1204]};glossary_items['g_17919']={word: 'Gabbai', text: ['(Aramaic) (a) the person responsible for the proper functioning of a synagogue or communal body (b) an official of the Rebbe’s court, who admits people for yechidut, private meetings'], article_count: [0], kid: [10777]};glossary_items['g_18075']={word: 'Chabad', text: ['An acronym for Chochmoh, Binah, Da\'at (wisdom, understanding and knowledge); the name of a chassidic movement – predicated on the concept of studying and understanding G-d and His relationship with the world – founded by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi in White Russia in the latter part of the 18th century. This movement is also known as Lubavitch, or Chabad-Lubavitch.'], article_count: [255], kid: [10016]};
</script>
<script  language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> Co.Settings      = {MosadName:'Chabad.org'}; Co.ArticleId     = '3769850';Co.SectionId     = '533790';Co.PartnerSiteId = '6199';Co.SiteId        = '1';Co.IsMobilePage  =  false;Co.IsResponsive  =  false;Co.DbDomain      = 'chabad.org';Co.LanguageCode  = 'en-US';Co.LoginStatus   = 'None';</script><script>
	function showLangDialog()
	{
		Co.Dialog.Confirm('<div class="lang_dialog">Please select your language:</div>', {
			buttons: {},
			Title: "Language",
			func: function(ev, buttonClickValue)
			{
				var url = Co.Request.ScriptName();
				document.location.href = url + Co.Request.Append("lang", buttonClickValue);
			}
		});
	}

	Co.DomEvents.AddListener(window, 'domload', function() {
		var showLangLayer = document.getElementById('show_lang_layer');
		if (showLangLayer)
		{
			Co.DomEvents.AddListener(showLangLayer, 'click', function() {
				showLangDialog();				
			});
		}
	});
</script><script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
Co.DomEvents.AddListener(window, "domload", function()
			{
				if( typeof(BottomFeatures) == 'undefined' )
					BottomFeatures = [];
				var obj = null;
				var position = 'position_footer';
				var objs = Co.Tools.GetElementsByClassName('co_promo_scroller_container');
				for( var o = 0; o < objs.length; o++ )
				{
					if( objs[o].className.indexOf(position) > -1 )
						obj = objs[o];
				}
				if( !obj )
					return;
				var wrapper = Co.Tools.getChildElementById("iconsWrapper", obj);
				var imageRandomizer = new ImageRandomizer();
				imageRandomizer.ItemsToShow = 0;
				
				imageRandomizer.Load(wrapper, true);
				var settings = { ObjectName:"BottomFeatures", Orientation : "horizontal", easing: Co.Tween.Easing.strongEaseInOut };
				var buttons = Co.Tools.GetElementsByClassName('co_global_button', null, obj);
				while( buttons.length )
				{
					var button = buttons.shift();
					if( button.className.indexOf('right') > -1 )
						settings.RightButton = button;
					else if( button.className.indexOf('left') > -1 )
						settings.LeftButton = button;
				}
				var featurePaginator = new PromoPaginator(wrapper, settings);
				BottomFeatures.push(
				{
					obj: obj,
					wrapper: wrapper,
					position: position,
					imageRandomizer: imageRandomizer,
					featurePaginator: featurePaginator
				});
			});
</script><script>
			submittedFormResponse = '<br /><div class="comment_reply" style="font-size:11px;text-align:Left;"><b>' + '{0}' + '</b><br /><br />' +
					'Your comment has been received and will be reviewed by our editors.' + ' ' +
					 'If your comment conforms to our <a onclick=\"window.open(\'/global/popup/default.asp?aid=114560\',\'schroeder98\',\'width=500,height=500,resizable,status=no,scrollbars=yes\'); return false;\" href=\"#\";>posting guidelines</a>, it will appear online after our review' +
					 '.<br /><br />' +
					 'Thank you for joining the discussion.</div>';
		</script><script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
Co.DomEvents.AddListener(window, "domload", function()
{
if( typeof(BottomFeatures) == 'undefined' )
BottomFeatures = [];
var obj = null;
var position = 'position_footer';
var objs = Co.Tools.GetElementsByClassName('co_promo_scroller_container');
for( var o = 0; o < objs.length; o++ )
{
if( objs[o].className.indexOf(position) > -1 )
obj = objs[o];
}
if( !obj )
return;
var wrapper = Co.Tools.getChildElementById("iconsWrapper", obj);
var imageRandomizer = new ImageRandomizer();
imageRandomizer.ItemsToShow = 14;
imageRandomizer.Items.push(new SiteAdItem('https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/1043/CJdl10432986.jpg', '3937562', 'Are the Kabbalah Bracelets a Scam?', '165', '85', 'Kabbalah Red String Bracelets: A Sacred...', ''));
imageRandomizer.Items.push(new SiteAdItem('https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/1041/oJAL10418662.jpg', '3926513', 'What Does \"Meshuga\" Mean?', '165', '85', 'What Does \"Meshuga\" Mean?', ''));
imageRandomizer.Items.push(new SiteAdItem('https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/943/bLtN9430757.jpg', '113425', 'What Is Kosher?', '165', '85', 'What Is Kosher?', ''));
imageRandomizer.Items.push(new SiteAdItem('https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/948/sKha9488859.jpg', '113425', 'What Is Kosher?', '165', '85', 'What Is Kosher?', ''));
imageRandomizer.Items.push(new SiteAdItem('https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/943/xpTh9430752.jpg', '3930139', '5 Misconceptions About Keeping Kosher', '165', '85', '5 Misconceptions About Keeping Kosher', ''));
imageRandomizer.Items.push(new SiteAdItem('https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/875/NSrP8752788.jpg', '2863908', '9 Things Every Jew Should Know About the Month of Adar', '165', '85', '9 Things Every Jew Should Know About the...', ''));
imageRandomizer.Items.push(new SiteAdItem('https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/1009/VFiK10097345.jpg', '628848', 'Is G‑d Talking to Me?', '165', '85', 'Is G‑d Talking to Me?', ''));
imageRandomizer.Items.push(new SiteAdItem('https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/1043/cmED10432646.jpg', '3937398', 'What Making Lunches With My Wife Taught Me', '165', '85', 'What Making Lunches With My Wife Taught...', ''));
imageRandomizer.Items.push(new SiteAdItem('https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/962/gmQj9628428.jpg', '3832050', 'How to Access G-d', '165', '85', 'How to Access G-d', ''));
imageRandomizer.Items.push(new SiteAdItem('https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/1043/OKKY10435546.jpg', '3941646', 'Thousands to Give Unique Birthday Gift to Rabbi With ALS', '165', '85', 'Thousands to Give Unique Birthday Gift to...', ''));
imageRandomizer.Items.push(new SiteAdItem('https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/1043/BQSC10434218.jpg', '3935094', 'Reykjavik, Iceland: The Last European Capital Without a Rabbi Gets One', '165', '85', 'Reykjavik, Iceland: The Last European...', ''));
imageRandomizer.Items.push(new SiteAdItem('https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/1043/Yisx10434571.jpg', '3940282', 'New Milestones, Renewed Commitment at Women Emissaries’ Banquet', '165', '85', 'New Milestones, Renewed Commitment at Women...', ''));
imageRandomizer.Items.push(new SiteAdItem('https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/1043/WwSs10434165.jpg', '3707354', 'Lemon Poppy Seed Hamantaschen', '165', '85', 'Lemon Poppy Seed Hamantaschen', ''));
imageRandomizer.Items.push(new SiteAdItem('https://w3.chabad.org/media/images/1025/NyYD10258787.jpg', '3787018', 'Art: Magical Forest Inspired by Anne Frank', '165', '85', 'Art: Magical Forest Inspired by Anne...', ''));
imageRandomizer.Load(wrapper, true);
var settings = { ObjectName:"BottomFeatures", Orientation : "horizontal", easing: Co.Tween.Easing.strongEaseInOut };
var buttons = Co.Tools.GetElementsByClassName('co_global_button', null, obj);
while( buttons.length )
{
var button = buttons.shift();
if( button.className.indexOf('right') > -1 )
settings.RightButton = button;
else if( button.className.indexOf('left') > -1 )
settings.LeftButton = button;
}
var featurePaginator = new PromoPaginator(wrapper, settings);
BottomFeatures.push(
{
obj: obj,
wrapper: wrapper,
position: position,
imageRandomizer: imageRandomizer,
featurePaginator: featurePaginator
});
});
</script>

<script type="text/javascript"> 
var $buoop = {vs:{i:10,f:25,o:15,s:6,c:30},unsupported:false,mobile:false,api:4}; 
function $buo_f(){ 
var e = document.createElement("script"); 
e.src = "//browser-update.org/update.min.js"; 
document.body.appendChild(e);
};
try {document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", $buo_f,false)}
catch(e){window.attachEvent("onload", $buo_f)}
</script>
</body>
</html><!-- END CACHE --><!-- 2/14/2018 01:52:37 AM w11-nyc1 -->