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SPOTLIGHT
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habaD of Greater
Downtown Detroit’s
upcoming Sukkot event
and its new, separate initiative
are tied together by the ultimate
game of strategy: chess.
For Sukkot this year, ChabaD is
holding a Black & White Sukkah
Party, which will feature a chess
theme.
“We’ve had many friends and
supporters who are into chess,
”
said executive director Rabbi
Yisrael Pinson. “We didn’t want
to do it “too-chessy” because we
wouldn’t want people who aren’t
into chess to feel it’s not for them.
We did an event about five years
ago called Black & White Shabbat
and figured we’ll do that again.
”
At the event will be caricature
artists and black and white food
and desserts, with a chess tourna-
ment going on at the same time.
ChabaD’s “world-famous” ship-
ping container sukkah is going
to be around while also having a
second black-and-white sukkah
to fit the theme.
The Black & White Sukkah
Party takes place Sunday, Oct.
16, at noon at the ChabaD build-
ing (278 Mack Ave. in Detroit).
RX Specialties is sponsoring the
event.
The party ties into a new ini-
tiative being launched by Pinson
and Yuliy Osipov — Chess for
Charity, a way to raise money for
the charity of one’s choice by play-
ing chess.
Two people are paired up and
each picks a charity. The individ-
uals decide on a wager. Whoever
wins, that person’s charity receives
a certain amount of money from
the other player.
“Let’s say we bet $36. My char-
ity is ChabaD, your charity is Yad
Ezra, we play together. I win, you
give $36 to Chabad. If you win, I
have to give $36 to Yad Ezra. It’s a
friendly wager,
” Pinson said.
Participants can decide to give
money to both chosen charities,
but more to one charity versus the
other depending on the match
outcome.
The idea for Chess for Charity
is to eventually work with an
online chess platform and bring
onboard any charities that want to
participate. Those plans are still in
their early stages.
Pinson notes there’s a big inter-
est in chess right now — between
the Netflix hit The Queen’s Gambit
and the current scandal unfold-
ing in the chess world where
world champion Magnus Carlsen
explicitly accused fellow grand-
master and rival Hans Niemann
of cheating.
“There’s a lot happening in the
chess world,
” Pinson said. “We
think it’s a good thing to bring a
human angle to it by bringing it
to the sukkah event but also to
create an opportunity for people
to raise money for their favorite
charities and do something good
for the world.
”
If you play chess and want to be part of
a select group that will pilot the Chess
for Charity project, reach out to yisrael@
chabadinthed.org. To sign up for the Black
and White Sukkah Party, visit https://jlive.
app/events/2941.
ChabaD of Greater Downtown Detroit Takes to Chess
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