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The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Vayishlach

The Rebbe says:

1. In this week’s Torah portion Hashem (G-d) tells Yakov Avinu (Jacob our Forefather) that his name would no longer be called “Yakov” (Jacob), it would now be called “Yisroel” (Israel) .

2. As the preface to a question, the Rebbe now quotes the Talmud which discusses this verse:

The Talmud tells us that whoever calls our Forefather Avraham “Avram” (which was his original name), transgresses the verse, “And your name shall no longer be called ‘Avram’; it shall henceforth be called ‘Avraham’”.

What are you doing for your Chanukah program this year??

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Here comes another hit from the International Moshiach Campaign! ‘The Great Chanukah Challenge’ is a beautiful live action game where your community can feel like they are super stars right at your Chanukah event!

Video of the Day – the Weekly Living Torah Clip

This weeks Living Torah, titled “Wedding” (Volume 42, Episode 167).

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Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.

Rabbi: Holiday Policy Good Start; Tweaks Still Needed

The Coloradoan

Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik

FT COLLINS, CO — When Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik first asked the city to include a menorah in its Old Town holiday display two years ago, he never imagined it would become such a to-do.

Gorelik’s request sparked a debate in Fort Collins over appropriate holiday displays on and inside city buildings – a discussion that gained national attention in recent weeks and which the City Council voted on Tuesday night.

World Changes, but Women’s Mission Stays Same

Deborah Moon – Chabad.org

Sima Mishulovin gives a lecture in Portland, Ore.

PORTLAND, OR — The recent death of Leah Raichik of Los Angeles has prompted two Portland, Ore., women, the rebbetzin’s daughter and granddaughter, to reflect on the commonalities and differences three generations of women have experienced as Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in a rapidly changing world.

Crown Heights gets its own Weekly Newspaper

A part of the front cover of this weeks paper.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Crown Heights Community Newspaper, Vaad HaKohol’s new publication highlighting local organizations and events, is coming out this week with its third publication after being well-received in the last two weeks. Printed in 2,800 copies, the paper has been carrying articles about community mosdos and outstanding Chassidim and individuals.

“Our mission is to bring out the beauty of the Rebbe’s neighborhood and the people that live here,” said Moshe Rubashkin, Chairman of Vaad HaKohol and the paper’s publisher. “By being Mosif Ohr, the darkness will automatically fall away. We will focus on Achdus and respecting our Rabonim and elders.”

Click Here to read the newspaper in PDF format!

More in the Extended Article.

Chabad’s Litchfield Plan Proceeds

by Emily M. Olson – Litchfield County Times

The proposed Synagogue level of the building.

LITCHFIELD, CT — There’s a long tradition in town of development plans being subjected to scrutiny from all sides and, in the process, engendering great debate. It happened when the first chain store, a Talbots, arrived on West Street, when it was time to renovate the Marcel Breuer-designed high school, when the town’s first car wash was proposed and in countless other instances.

But after an initial burst of remarks about Chabad Lubavitch of Litchfield County’s plans to renovate the old Wilderness Shop building on West Street (Route 202), a structure in the heart of the historic district, there has been more silence than commentary.

S. Petersburg Synagogue Promotes Tolerance amongst Students

FJC.ru

S. PETERSBURG, Russia -– This week in Russia’s northern capital, hundreds of teenage students marked the International Day of Tolerance by visiting the Great Choral Synagogue. There, they had the opportunity to enjoy a tour, a lecture on Jewish culture and tradition, and a performance by a Cantor during which their jolly voices fell clearly silent.

To the visitors’ surprise, not only were they given a warm welcome by the Jewish community of S. Petersburg – a member of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia – and its leadership, but so too did they have the opportunity to meet many of its members and speak to them face-to-face. Their visit also inspired tens of questions, to which they received answers and guidance by their hosts.

Partnering for Jewish Continuity: The UJC and Chabad-Lubavitch

Dora Chernock – Lubavitch.com

Chabad delegations and the senior staff at the UJC

NASHVILLE, TN — That two of the largest Jewish organizations in the world overlapped their annual conferences earlier this month was not by design. But increasingly, and to the benefit of Jewish communities wherever the two cooperate, United Jewish Communities (Federations of North America) and Chabad-Lubavitch are crossing paths and discovering the strength that comes in working together.