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Daily Archives: February 13, 2007

Jewish Herald-Voice
Houston, TX — Mendy Donin, 9, and Nicole Harari, 6½, were among the cast of several hundred at the Feb. 4 groundbreaking for the Chabad Lubavitch Center’s expansive building renovation project. Master of ceremonies Stuart Nelkin, president of Chabad Lubavitch Center, provided the diverse audience with the history of Chabad’s 30-year presence in Houston.

Speakers included Rabbi Shimon Lazaroff, who read a coveted letter from Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, of blessed memory; Mayor Bill White; Consul General of Israel to the Southwest Asher Yarden; Houston City Council member Anne Clutterbuck; and Alan Gover. Rabbi Sholom Ber Lipskar of The Shul of Bal Harbour, Fla., delivered an impassioned keynote address, which emphasized the importance of Jewish values of goodness, mitzvot, holiness and Torah. Following the ceremonial groundbreaking by rabbis and dignitaries, guests of all ages were invited to take a shovel and turn some soil.

Chabad Center Breaks Ground for Expansion

Jewish Herald-Voice

Houston, TX — Mendy Donin, 9, and Nicole Harari, 6½, were among the cast of several hundred at the Feb. 4 groundbreaking for the Chabad Lubavitch Center’s expansive building renovation project. Master of ceremonies Stuart Nelkin, president of Chabad Lubavitch Center, provided the diverse audience with the history of Chabad’s 30-year presence in Houston.

Speakers included Rabbi Shimon Lazaroff, who read a coveted letter from Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, of blessed memory; Mayor Bill White; Consul General of Israel to the Southwest Asher Yarden; Houston City Council member Anne Clutterbuck; and Alan Gover. Rabbi Sholom Ber Lipskar of The Shul of Bal Harbour, Fla., delivered an impassioned keynote address, which emphasized the importance of Jewish values of goodness, mitzvot, holiness and Torah. Following the ceremonial groundbreaking by rabbis and dignitaries, guests of all ages were invited to take a shovel and turn some soil.

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Baby Boy!

Dov and Chani Misholovin from Miami, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yossi and Leah Moscowitz from Wimbeldon, England had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Yaffe (Longmeadow, MA) to Devorah Gindi (Brooklyn, NY)
Baby Boy!

Chezki and Ahuva Coates from Chicago, IL had a baby boy!

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New Engagement!

Yaakov David Gordon (Melbourne, Australia) to Rivka Pink (Solihull, England)
New Engagement!

Mendel New (Crown Heights) to Sara Silverman (Marietta, GA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Sholom Ber Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Mussie Baumgarten (Rockaway, NJ) L’Chaim: Tuesday, May 7th, 8:00pm at the JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Binyomin Wilhelm (Zhitomir, Ukraine) to Chaya Sosonkin (Brooklyn, NY)
Twins!

Two girls were born to Zalman and Chaya (nee Slonim) Phillips from East Flatbush!
New Engagement!

Levi Deitsch (Perm, Russia) to Tehilah Holtzberg (Pomona, NY)
New Engagement!

Menachem Mendel Amer (Moshave Mivtachim, EY) to Feiga Leah Norton (Los Angeles, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at The Shull 481 Albany Ave
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chana Genya Goodman had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Moshe Cunin (Reno, NV) to Doba Brikman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: L’Chaim: Sunday, April 14th, 8:00pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Bezalel and Devory Broh from Remsen Village had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 63 E. 91st Street between E. New York Ave and Rutland Road
New Engagement!

Reuben Greenberg (Crown Heights) to Sara Brown (Liverpool, UK) L’Chaim: Sunday, April 14th, 8:00pm at the JCM Downstairs
New Engagement!

Daniel Namdar (Crown Heights) to Sossie Shain (Tenefly, NJ)
New Engagement!

Ari Levitin (Los Angeles, CA) to Frayda Flint (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:0pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ — The Chabad Jewish Student Center at Arizona State University, with Chabad of Arizona, is in the midst of negotiations to purchase two properties near ASU's Tempe campus.

Chabad will receive a $350,000 grant from the Rohr Family Foundation to assist with the purchase, according to Rabbi Shmuel Tiechtel, director of Chabad at ASU. The name of the new center will be the Rohr Chabad House-Jewish Student Center.

The properties, located at 969 and 971 S. Ash Ave., house Praxis Church and are a few blocks away from Chabad's current home on Mill Avenue.

New home for Chabad at ASU

Jewish News of Greater Phoenix

Phoenix, AZ — The Chabad Jewish Student Center at Arizona State University, with Chabad of Arizona, is in the midst of negotiations to purchase two properties near ASU’s Tempe campus.

Chabad will receive a $350,000 grant from the Rohr Family Foundation to assist with the purchase, according to Rabbi Shmuel Tiechtel, director of Chabad at ASU. The name of the new center will be the Rohr Chabad House-Jewish Student Center.

The properties, located at 969 and 971 S. Ash Ave., house Praxis Church and are a few blocks away from Chabad’s current home on Mill Avenue.

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Bnos Menachem Presents! – Forever Ours!

Sunday, the 7th of Adar 5767, February 25th 2007 At 5:00 PM.

At the Wingate Public High School, 600 Kingston Ave.

The Bnos Menachem School Presents:

Forever Ours! The heartwrenching story of Gush Katif – A musical drama of song and dance portraying the Rebbe’s nevuah regarding Eretz Yisroel.

More info in the Extended Article.

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“My husband said it is real mesiros nefesh for him when I leave him with the children in order for me to attend the Kinus Ha Shluchos. But for this farbrengen alone, it was worth it”, expressed one shlucha from Colorado.

Hundred of Shluchos from around the globe filled the 4 floors of The Shluchim Office to overflowing. Farbrengens in English and in Hebrew kept the Shluchos enjoying the inspiration, the animated conversation, the delectable delights- from delightful pastries and luscious chocolates to gorgeous fruit displays, fabulous ice cream bars and an array of assorted hot crepes.

More in the Extended Article!

Grand Farbrengen hosts 500 Shluchos at The Shluchim Office

“My husband said it is real mesiros nefesh for him when I leave him with the children in order for me to attend the Kinus Ha Shluchos. But for this farbrengen alone, it was worth it”, expressed one shlucha from Colorado.

Hundred of Shluchos from around the globe filled the 4 floors of The Shluchim Office to overflowing. Farbrengens in English and in Hebrew kept the Shluchos enjoying the inspiration, the animated conversation, the delectable delights- from delightful pastries and luscious chocolates to gorgeous fruit displays, fabulous ice cream bars and an array of assorted hot crepes.

More in the Extended Article!

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Luxury and Hiddur Combine in New Kingston Avenue Mikveh

By Yitzchok Wagshul – The Crown Heights Chronicle

Nobody frequenting Kingston Avenue can have failed to notice the gorgeous new building just completed between Crown and Montgomery Streets, just to the left of Auction Ware. Many know that it houses a brand new men’s mikveh, and quite a few of those have already tried it out. Yet there’s more to this story than meets the eye.

Conceived some 7–8 years ago by Rabbi Don Yoel Levy of the OK Labs, the project soon evolved into a joint undertaking of the Levy and Rabkin families, according to Rabbi Chaim Fogelman, an official of the OK and chief overseer of the project. The mikveh, which officially opened Yud Shvat, is on the basement level of the three-level structure and has been built and maintained by the Rabkin family in memory of their father, Reb Meir Rabkin, a”h. It is to be called “Mei Meir,” or “Waters of Meir.” The second floor of the building houses a magnificent and truly inspiring (it has 15-foot ceilings with a dome!) shul built by the Levy family in memory of Rabbi Levy’s brother, Reb Eliezer Yitzchok Levy. It is scheduled to open in time for Pesach, and will IY”H be known as “Beis Eliezer Yitzchok.”

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One of the workers at Chabad of Caracas Venezuela was influenced by the Chassidishe Farbrengens that take place there...

Have you seen a Video Clip you enjoyed on Google Video or YouTube? Email us a link to that video at News@CrownHeights.info!

Video of the Day – A Chassidishe Niggun

One of the workers at Chabad of Caracas Venezuela was influenced by the Chassidishe Farbrengens that take place there…

Have you seen a Video Clip you enjoyed on Google Video or YouTube? Email us a link to that video at News@CrownHeights.info!

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With Great sadness and regret we inform you of the passing of Rivka Neuman. She is survived by her children Mrs. Mousia Volinsky (Queens, NY), Mrs. Arina Armon (Jerusalem, Israel), Mrs. Ella Skoblo (Crown Heights) and Mr. Boruch Rosenstein (Dix Hills, NY).

The Levaya will be leaving Shomerei Haddas at 1:30 PM and passing 770 Aprox. 2:00 PM

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Info to be Menachem Avel in the Extended Article.

Baruch Dayan Ha’Emes – Rivka Neuman OB”M

With Great sadness and regret we inform you of the passing of Rivka Neuman. She is survived by her children Mrs. Mousia Volinsky (Queens, NY), Mrs. Arina Armon (Jerusalem, Israel), Mrs. Ella Skoblo (Crown Heights) and Mr. Boruch Rosenstein (Dix Hills, NY).

The Levaya will be leaving Shomerei Haddas at 1:30 PM and passing 770 Aprox. 2:00 PM

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Info to be Menachem Avel in the Extended Article.

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2,000 Women meet in NY for Emissary Conference

Haaretz

Brooklyn, NY — Some 2,000 women married to Chabad emissaries to 72 countries arrived in Brooklyn on Thursday to take part in a conference on their role in their husbands’ outreach activities.

The Chabad movement, one of the largest branches of Hasidic Judaism, sends hundreds of its followers abroad on “shlichus,” or missions reaching out to local Jewry, taking their often large families with them.

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North County Times
San Diego, CA — Nearly a year after tragically losing his wife of 47 years, Dan Ashel has found a unique way to honor the woman whom he told he loved “20 times a day.”

Ashel dedicated a specially designed holy ark and a miniature Torah on Sunday at the Chabad Hebrew Academy in Scripps Ranch. He said the Torah was written by a scribe from Israel in honor of his wife, Sophia. Ý

“After she died, I thought I need to do something gorgeous for the gorgeous person she was,” he said.

The couple were on vacation in Cancun, Mexico, last year when Ashel's life changed forever. The couple and friends were in a van that skidded out of control after being hit from behind by a large truck. Ashel was the only member of the group who survived.

Hebrew Academy Honors Lost Friend, Companion

North County Times

San Diego, CA — Nearly a year after tragically losing his wife of 47 years, Dan Ashel has found a unique way to honor the woman whom he told he loved “20 times a day.”

Ashel dedicated a specially designed holy ark and a miniature Torah on Sunday at the Chabad Hebrew Academy in Scripps Ranch. He said the Torah was written by a scribe from Israel in honor of his wife, Sophia. Ý

“After she died, I thought I need to do something gorgeous for the gorgeous person she was,” he said.

The couple were on vacation in Cancun, Mexico, last year when Ashel’s life changed forever. The couple and friends were in a van that skidded out of control after being hit from behind by a large truck. Ashel was the only member of the group who survived.

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