New Haven Celebrates Siyum Sefer Torah
Members of the New Haven Lubavitch community celebrated a grand Siyum Sefer Torah this past Sunday, in the last week of Shnas Hakhel.
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High School Girls Volunteer to Help Busy Moms
Chessed work in Jewish communities is hardly a new phenomenon. Free loan gemachs, meals on wheels and old-age-home visits are staples in Jewish communities worldwide, a testament to the innate Jewish qualities of charity and kindness. What is unique about the Melbourne Jewish community, however, is the scope and coordination of their volunteer programs.
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Dear Patients,
Good News!
We wish to advise our patients that for your convenience the Pediatric Office on Eastern Parkway will be open on the first and second day of Rosh Hashana (Monday October 3rd and Tuesday October 4th), 12:00pm to 5:00pm.
This is for pediatric patients under the age of 21, ONLY.
NO APPOINTMENTS NECESSARY
Wishing you and your family a Shana Tova!
Dr. E Rosen, Dr. A. Gottesman & Associates!
Hundreds Attend Shiur with Reb Yoel
Seizing the opportunity, hundreds of Tishrei guests packed into the learning hall of the Kolel to hear a Shiur from Reb Yoel Kahan, the Rebbes chozer on the topic of Rosh Hashana.
Train from Monsey Crashes; 1 Dead, 100+ Injured
One person was killed and more than 100 people were injured, some of them critically, when a New Jersey Transit train derailed and crashed through the station in Hoboken, New Jersey, during the morning rush hour on Thursday. The train originated in Spring Valley, NY.
Tishrei Photo Book Gifted to Hundreds of Teachers
As “a token of gratitude to their children’s teachers,” a number of parents have gifted Tishrei in Lubavitch, the photo book portraying the Yomim Tovim with the Rebbe, to hundreds of teachers in Lubavitch educational institutions.
Photos: Shechiyanu Fruits for the New Year
With Rosh Hashana falling out very late in the calendar year many of the usual ‘Shehecheyanu Fruit’ are either out of season, or net yet in season. Catering to their customers Mr. Greens went and imported many varieties from places as far as Australia and South America.
Here’s My Story: Faith and Reason
Rabbi Moshe Tendler is a Professor of Jewish Medical Ethics and a Professor of biology as well as a Rosh Yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in Brooklyn in May of 2010.
Video: Meet the ‘Shabbulb’
Rabbi Yechiel Steinmetz, Dayan of Skver, analyzing the 'Shabbulb' with inventor Morty Kohn. Photo: VIN News.
It’s Friday night. Want to read? Go right ahead. Want to sleep? Go right ahead. Meet the Shabbulb, a lightbulb that can be turned on and off on Shabbos, the brainchild of inventor Morty Kohn.
New Torah to Honor Slain Dallas Police Officers
A Torah is on its way for use in Austin, Texas, dedicated to five police officers who were killed in the line of duty this summer. Here, representatives of the New York City Police Department participate in a ceremony in memory of the fallen officers.
When Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on Sunday, Oct. 2, members of Chabad of South Austin/Young Jewish Professionals will hold their first minyan since last Yom Kippur. Together, they will celebrate not only the start of the Jewish New Year, but the welcoming of a new Sefer Torah.
Picture of the Day: Lining Up for a Swab
A large group of people line up on Kingston Ave. to have their cheek swabbed to see if they are a match for a bone marrow transplant for Adam Krief, a young Jewish father of 3 who was recently diagnosed with blood cancer and is in desperate need for a matching donor.
Video: Young Shliach Performs ‘Rostover Niggun’
Chaim Chitrik, a young Shliach living in Istanbul, Turkey, performs the stirring Niggun Rostov of the Rebbe Rashab on violin. One of the more serious of the Chabad melodies, Niggun Rostov is characterized by its deep feeling and soul searching expression.
New Engagement!
Heshy Ceitlin (Tzfas, Israel) and Chaya Kalmenson (Crown Heights)
Photos: First Farbrengen of Tishrei
Yesterday, Tuesday, after the registrations were processed for the first group of guests who arrived for Tishrei, a Farbrengen was held with the Mashpia Rabbi Michoel Seligson of Oholei Torah, hosted by the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim Ha’olami.
Baby Girl!
Berel and Dayana (nee Habib) Rapoport (Philadelphia, PA)
Esrogino, Not Just Another Esrog Center (ad)
Leizer Rodal and family harvest esrogim in southern Italy.
Building on a longtime family tradition, one esrog vendor shares the history that brings him back to Calabria, Italy, year after year in order to provide great-quality Esrogim at unbeatable prices.
Peres on the Rebbe’s Legacy
“Shimon Peres‘ long relationship with the Lubavitcher Rebbe and the Chabad movement weathered various differences,” said Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Chairman of the Chabad-Lubavitch Educational and Social Services divisions. “But he remained a devoted friend and encouraged the work of the Rebbe’s shluchim throughout his life.”
On Shloshim, Campaign to Help Bereaved Family
Avremi Groner, a devoted husband and beloved father of five young children, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer earlier this year. After several months battling the illness, he sadly passed away. Today is his Shloshim, marking a month since his passing and the family has launched a campaign to raise much needed funds.
Need a Shidduch? Devorah Benjamin Will Daven at the Ohel
Elul is the Chodesh Harachamim, the month of mercy, a time when ‘the King is in the field’ and hears our Tefillos with a broad smile. It is also the month of Ani L’dodi V’dodi Li. All of us know someone who needs a Shidduch, and a special time, place and Zechus together can bring that Brocho.
New Engagement!
Eliyahu Tzvi Einbinder (Tarzana, CA) and Rochel Ehrentreu (Toronto, Canada)
Baby Boy!
Yossi and Blumie (nee Raskin) Okunov (Crown Heights)
Photos: First wave of Tishrei Guests Welcomed
Hundreds of Yeshiva Bochurim have begun arriving in Crown Heights for the month of Tishrei, and they are being welcomed in style and dignity by a staff of hard-working volunteers at Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim.
Shimon Peres Passes Away at 93
Photo by Nader Daoud
Shimon Peres, a longtime politician and dubbed one of the State of Israel’s founding fathers, has passed away Tuesday evening while surrounded by family at the age of 93.
