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Daily Archives: August 3, 2007

Rick Hellman - Kansas City Jewish Chronicle
Rabbis Moshe Raksin (left) and Shneur Pruss stopped off in Kansas this week on a cross-country trek to visit jewish prisoners.

Leavenworth, KS — Unfortunately, the largest group of Jewish prisoners two young Lubavitch rabbis will have seen on their summer swing through the Midwest was expected Tuesday at the Lansing Correctional Facility in Kansas.

Chabad rabbis hit the road to visit Jewish prisoners in Midwest

Rick Hellman – Kansas City Jewish Chronicle
Rabbis Moshe Raksin (left) and Shneur Pruss stopped off in Kansas this week on a cross-country trek to visit jewish prisoners.

Leavenworth, KS — Unfortunately, the largest group of Jewish prisoners two young Lubavitch rabbis will have seen on their summer swing through the Midwest was expected Tuesday at the Lansing Correctional Facility in Kansas.

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Baby Girl!

Avremi and Avigayil Wolosh from New York had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Avraham Gorman (Toronto, Canada) to Hindy Schargorodsky (Oak Park, MI)
New Engagement!

Dayan Haï Uzan (Joinville-le-Pont, France) to Haya Mouchka Berreby (Paris, France)
New Engagement!

Menachem Shwartz (Montreal, Canada) to Esti Smith (North Miami Beach, FL)
New Engagement!

Dovid Brod (Montreal, Quebec) to Chaya Rubinfeld (S. Paul, MN)
New Engagement!

Mendy Oirechman (Vancouver, Canada) to Kayza Denberg (Coral Springs, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Mendy Zerbib (Yerres, France) to Ora Fleischer (Yerres, France)
New Engagement!

Tuvya Gewirtz (Crown Heights) to Shaina Goldstein (Crown Heights) L’chaim: Sunday, March 9th, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Shmulik Sofer to Aidy Neymark L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 7:30pm at 1217 President Street
New Engagement!

Kehos Weiss (Charlotte, NC) to Cirel Goldberg (Morristown, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:30pm at The JCM Lower Level
Baby Boy!

Zalman and Chanie Denberg from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Ari Fink (Crown Heights) to Shanah Drizin (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at The JCM
Baby Boy!

Yisroel and Leah Golowinsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Aharon and Chaya (nee Simon) Mishulovin from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Fellig (Crown Heights) to Feigy Fischer (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana
New Engagement!

Mendy Goldberg (Melbourne, Australia) to Batya Lieberman (Edgeware, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana
New Engagement!

Levi Moscowitz (Northbrook, IL) to Chaya Unsdorfer (Lauderhill, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street

Retreat Gets Underway With Over 300 Attending From 21 States

(Photos by: Menachem Sarraf)

Colorado Springs, CO — The National Jewish Retreat is presently underway at the magnificent Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs with a sold-out crowd of 300 participants from 21 states and 5 countries enjoying a series of 80 sessions, workshops, lectures and discussion groups.

A beautiful gallery of pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos by: Menachem Sarraf)

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Con Edison is urging all customers in Crown Heights, Flatbush, East Flatbush and Ocean Hill-Brownsville in Brooklyn to discontinue their use of nonessential electrical appliances and devices until problems on electrical equipment can be resolved.

The utility is experiencing difficulties in this area and customer cooperation will help ensure uninterrupted electric service, officials say.

Con Ed Urges Brooklyn Residents to Curb Power Usage

Con Edison is urging all customers in Crown Heights, Flatbush, East Flatbush and Ocean Hill-Brownsville in Brooklyn to discontinue their use of nonessential electrical appliances and devices until problems on electrical equipment can be resolved.

The utility is experiencing difficulties in this area and customer cooperation will help ensure uninterrupted electric service, officials say.

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by Rabbi Yossi Gordon
Sholom Aleichem. Serving a master is a part of life. For some the master is the pursuit of wealth while for others it could be intellectual satisfaction. Ideally, one recognizes the Master of the World and serves only Him. Serve this or serve that, but serve one must.

Being a servant has various formats. One can be a simple servant who performs his/her duties out of absolute obedience or one can be a devoted servant who serves happily due to the realization of the great lofty status of the master. In Chassidic philosophy this matter is discussed at great length. By understanding the master/servant relationship we will be able to utilize that understanding in our serving the Master of the World.

the Weekly Sedra – Eikev – All for the Boss

by Rabbi Yossi Gordon

Sholom Aleichem. Serving a master is a part of life. For some the master is the pursuit of wealth while for others it could be intellectual satisfaction. Ideally, one recognizes the Master of the World and serves only Him. Serve this or serve that, but serve one must.

Being a servant has various formats. One can be a simple servant who performs his/her duties out of absolute obedience or one can be a devoted servant who serves happily due to the realization of the great lofty status of the master. In Chassidic philosophy this matter is discussed at great length. By understanding the master/servant relationship we will be able to utilize that understanding in our serving the Master of the World.

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Bradford Wiss - Chabad.com
Larry King
Hollywood, CA — With production now in full swing, Chabad today announced that noted journalist and broadcaster Larry King is joining the list of in-studio guests for the 2007 Chabad “To Life” Telethon. Chabad’s annual fundraising event airs live from Hollywood on Sunday, September 9, from 4:00 to 10:00 pm, PDT.

“I’m looking forward to dancing with Rabbi Cunin and Jon Voight,” quipped King about his upcoming appearance on the broadcast.

Video in the Extended Article!

Larry King to Appear on Chabad Telethon

Bradford Wiss – Chabad.com
Larry King

Hollywood, CA — With production now in full swing, Chabad today announced that noted journalist and broadcaster Larry King is joining the list of in-studio guests for the 2007 Chabad “To Life” Telethon. Chabad’s annual fundraising event airs live from Hollywood on Sunday, September 9, from 4:00 to 10:00 pm, PDT.

“I’m looking forward to dancing with Rabbi Cunin and Jon Voight,” quipped King about his upcoming appearance on the broadcast.

Video in the Extended Article!

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The scene of the fatal accident this morning.

PLEASE SAY TEHILLIM FOR Meital Marcel bas Bellah

A car with three Lubavitcher girls was involved in a terrible accident in South Carolina on the U.S. 501 in Horry County early this morning. The Sun News reported that Toby Eagle, 20, of Baltimore, MD was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident and that another of the passengers Meital Marcel Chabusha, of Brooklyn, NY was ejected from the vehicle and is listed in critical condition, a third passenger was not injured.

CrownHeights.info will continue to follow this tragic story and post more information as it becomes available.

Lubavitcher Girl Killed in Car Crash, Another Critically Injured

The scene of the fatal accident this morning.

PLEASE SAY TEHILLIM FOR Meital Marcel bas Bellah

A car with three Lubavitcher girls was involved in a terrible accident in South Carolina on the U.S. 501 in Horry County early this morning. The Sun News reported that Toby Eagle, 20, of Baltimore, MD was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident and that another of the passengers Meital Marcel Chabusha, of Brooklyn, NY was ejected from the vehicle and is listed in critical condition, a third passenger was not injured.

CrownHeights.info will continue to follow this tragic story and post more information as it becomes available.

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“I Feel Bad I Never Met Him”

By: Dr. Jacob Weitzer Editor and Chief dos Yiddishe vort Warsaw,

Professor Bronisław Germek, former member of the polish Parliament and a respected member of the European parliament, visited the Chabad Center in Warsaw. Professor Germek met with Menachem Kirschenbaum, a student from New York who has been traveling in Poland for the last weeks, meeting with different Jews and teaching in different cities.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Deb Silverthorn - Texas Jewish Post
Rabbi Zvi Drizin, of Chabad of Dallas,
helps Darren Fishman put on tefillin.
Rabbi Drizin makes his way through the
Metroplex each Friday.
It’s an outstretched arm — actually dozens of them that greet Chabad of Dallas’ Rabbi Zvi Drizin each Friday as he makes his way through the city, helping men complete the mitzvah of putting on tefillin. “Just before the Six-Day War, the Lubavitcher Rebbe began a campaign for Lubavitchers to help soldiers in Israel by having soldiers put on tefillin,” he said. “Since that time, yeshiva students and other Lubavitchers have made it their mission to reach those who might not otherwise have the mitzvah. Tefillin are associated with Jewish pride and strength.”

Tefillin and YouTube – Rabbi Shares Mitzvah Across Town and ‘Net

Deb Silverthorn – Texas Jewish Post
Rabbi Zvi Drizin, of Chabad of Dallas,
helps Darren Fishman put on tefillin.
Rabbi Drizin makes his way through the
Metroplex each Friday.

It’s an outstretched arm — actually dozens of them that greet Chabad of Dallas’ Rabbi Zvi Drizin each Friday as he makes his way through the city, helping men complete the mitzvah of putting on tefillin. “Just before the Six-Day War, the Lubavitcher Rebbe began a campaign for Lubavitchers to help soldiers in Israel by having soldiers put on tefillin,” he said. “Since that time, yeshiva students and other Lubavitchers have made it their mission to reach those who might not otherwise have the mitzvah. Tefillin are associated with Jewish pride and strength.”

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The Acorn
Rabbi Eli Laber, the newly appointed director
of the Friendship Circle, and his wife, Rochel
will run the program that pairs special needs
children in the area with volunteer teens.
Conejo, CA — The Friendship Circle of the Conejo Valley has announced the appointment of Rabbi Eli Laber of Chicago, Ill., as its new fulltime director. Laber's wife, Rochel (nee Bryski), will assist in program development for the children and teenage volunteers.

Laber and his wife have served as teachers and directors of major school and summer programs in California, Texas and New York. The couple is expected to move to the area in mid-August.

Friendship Circle Welcomes New Director

The Acorn
Rabbi Eli Laber, the newly appointed director
of the Friendship Circle, and his wife, Rochel
will run the program that pairs special needs
children in the area with volunteer teens.

Conejo, CA — The Friendship Circle of the Conejo Valley has announced the appointment of Rabbi Eli Laber of Chicago, Ill., as its new fulltime director. Laber’s wife, Rochel (nee Bryski), will assist in program development for the children and teenage volunteers.

Laber and his wife have served as teachers and directors of major school and summer programs in California, Texas and New York. The couple is expected to move to the area in mid-August.

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The Rebbe says:

1. The Haftarah (a short selection from the Prophets, read every week after the regular Torah portion) of this week’s Torah portion is part of a series of “seven Haftaros of comfort” which we read between the Ninth of Av1 and Rosh Hashanah (the New Year).

The “seven Haftaros of comfort” are called thus because they speak about our final redemption and this gives us comfort and strength to overcome this dark exile.

2. The Rebbe now explains that the Torah portion after which the “Haftarah of comfort” is read must also be a Torah portion of comfort:

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Eikev

The Rebbe says:

1. The Haftarah (a short selection from the Prophets, read every week after the regular Torah portion) of this week’s Torah portion is part of a series of “seven Haftaros of comfort” which we read between the Ninth of Av1 and Rosh Hashanah (the New Year).

The “seven Haftaros of comfort” are called thus because they speak about our final redemption and this gives us comfort and strength to overcome this dark exile.

2. The Rebbe now explains that the Torah portion after which the “Haftarah of comfort” is read must also be a Torah portion of comfort:

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Ita Yankovich - The Jewish Press

Question: Six years after 9/11, do you still fear another catastrophic attack here?

I see the same signs that this might happen again, though they won’t try the same methods. I would hope we’ve learned from 9/11 and that we’re better trained and prepared to spot the warning signs of another possible terrorist attack.

— Sara Diament, shlichus

More in the Extended Article

the Inquiring Photographer visits Crown Heights

Ita Yankovich – The Jewish Press

Question: Six years after 9/11, do you still fear another catastrophic attack here?

I see the same signs that this might happen again, though they won’t try the same methods. I would hope we’ve learned from 9/11 and that we’re better trained and prepared to spot the warning signs of another possible terrorist attack.

— Sara Diament, shlichus

More in the Extended Article

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joe eskenazi - jewishsf
S Francisco, CA — When little Gary Langer tagged along with his father to Oakland Oaks games, the thought certainly passed through his mind: What if that were me up there, with everyone cheering?

Half a century later, it happened. By now he was Rabbi Yosef Langer, and when the San Francisco Giants desperately needed a hit they called on him — to blow his shofar.

Unfortunately on that evening in August of last year, Langer’s shofar blast did not spur the team to victory. But when the stadium’s scoreboard operators coined the term “Rally Rabbi,” 40,000 fans roared in approval.

Pray ball!

joe eskenazi – jewishsf

S Francisco, CA — When little Gary Langer tagged along with his father to Oakland Oaks games, the thought certainly passed through his mind: What if that were me up there, with everyone cheering?

Half a century later, it happened. By now he was Rabbi Yosef Langer, and when the San Francisco Giants desperately needed a hit they called on him — to blow his shofar.

Unfortunately on that evening in August of last year, Langer’s shofar blast did not spur the team to victory. But when the stadium’s scoreboard operators coined the term “Rally Rabbi,” 40,000 fans roared in approval.

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