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Daily Archives: July 31, 2008


CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — During the three weeks the Rebbe urged everyone to increase in Tzedakah and Torah study, specifically the laws and deeper significance of the Beis Hamikdash, which was the topic of this week’s Shomrim Shiur.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Hilchos Beis Habchira at the Shomrim Shiur

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — During the three weeks the Rebbe urged everyone to increase in Tzedakah and Torah study, specifically the laws and deeper significance of the Beis Hamikdash, which was the topic of this week’s Shomrim Shiur.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Baby Boy!

Shmuel Leib and Chaya (nee Levy) Polter from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Mushky Ashkenazi from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 541 Montgomery Street
New Engagement!

Mendel Feldman (Odesa, Ukraine) to Ruth Feldeshrov (Moscow, Russia)
Baby Boy!

Shmuel Leib and Chaya Polter from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 628 Empire Blvd 10:00pm Upstairs
New Engagement!

Laizer Rosenberg (Monsey, NY) to Shaindel Gotlieb (Lomita, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Rubashkin’s 1349 President Street
Baby Boy!

Nachi and Chana (nee Seper) Gershovitz from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Moshe and Mimi Kulek from Chicago, IL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Ari Raskin (Melbourne, Australia) to Aliza Kravitz (Hollywood, FL)
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!

Construction of Montana’s first Mikvah is underway!

BOZEMAN, MT [CHI] — On Wednesday, Chof Zayin Tammuz, Rabbi Gershon Grossbaum joined the construction team of Langlas and Associates in Bozeman, as they poured the concrete for Montana’s first Mikvah. This Mikvah will be serving Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, North and South Dakota, and Saskatchewan in Canada. It will also serve the countless Jewish tourists visiting the Big Sky Ski Resort, Yellowstone National Park, and Glacier National Park.

More pictures in the Extended Article!
(Courtesy of Sam Bergman, Langlas and Associates.)

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Amid Beijing’s Boom, a Jewish Community Blooms

Dan Levin – Forward

BEIJING, China — The Chabad House here sits at the end of a quiet street in an upscale gated community just inside this city’s Fourth Ring road and down the block from the Israeli Embassy. A caged duck and a stroller guard the entrance, as does a small army of young Chinese men who patrol the neighborhood of gaudy McMansions.

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BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — What can a disgruntled seventh grade teacher learn from Moses? What do stickers have to do with the Israelites? How do you get a puppet to draw pictures? Ever asked these questions? You will after you play the Parshah Challenge. So put on your thinking-kippa and get your finger on the buzzer for the Ultimate game of Jewish Knowledge/Puppet antics.

Itche Kadoozy Show Launches the Parsha Challenge


BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — What can a disgruntled seventh grade teacher learn from Moses? What do stickers have to do with the Israelites? How do you get a puppet to draw pictures? Ever asked these questions? You will after you play the Parshah Challenge. So put on your thinking-kippa and get your finger on the buzzer for the Ultimate game of Jewish Knowledge/Puppet antics.

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The Rebbe says:

1. This week’s Torah portion discusses how the Land of Israel should be divided up between all the Twelve Tribes,.

2. The Rebbe now asks the first of two questions regarding this:

We find two contradictory instructions regarding the division of the Land of Israel. On one hand the Torah tells us that the land shall be split up logically, as the verse states, “To the many you shall increase its inheritance and to the few shall you decrease its inheritance”. However on the other hand we find that the Torah tells us to split the land according to a lottery which is above logic and reason, as the verse states, “This is the land which you shall divide by inheritance as a lottery”.

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Masei

The Rebbe says:

1. This week’s Torah portion discusses how the Land of Israel should be divided up between all the Twelve Tribes,.

2. The Rebbe now asks the first of two questions regarding this:

We find two contradictory instructions regarding the division of the Land of Israel. On one hand the Torah tells us that the land shall be split up logically, as the verse states, “To the many you shall increase its inheritance and to the few shall you decrease its inheritance”. However on the other hand we find that the Torah tells us to split the land according to a lottery which is above logic and reason, as the verse states, “This is the land which you shall divide by inheritance as a lottery”.

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — For the second year in a row, Anash.com has obtained an agreement to present the animated virtual 3-D journey depicting the glory and splendor of the Bais Hamikdosh until Tisha B'av. Over 10,000 people took this amazing tour last year, and the demand has been overwhelming for a return engagement.

See the Bayis Sheini as it has not been seen in nearly two thousand years.

3-D Virtual tour of the Beis Hamikdash is Back!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — For the second year in a row, Anash.com has obtained an agreement to present the animated virtual 3-D journey depicting the glory and splendor of the Bais Hamikdosh until Tisha B’av. Over 10,000 people took this amazing tour last year, and the demand has been overwhelming for a return engagement.

See the Bayis Sheini as it has not been seen in nearly two thousand years.

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Photo Gallery: Gan Menachem’s Bake Off!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Wednesday morning campers of day camp Gan Menachem participated in a special activity in the Oholei Menachem Lunchroom. The campers brought cakes that they baked at home to be judged by other campers. After the activity the cakes were then donated to the Shalom Center.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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The new site of Chabad at the Shore in Ventnor, NJ, with Rabbi Rapoport inset.

VENTOR CITY, NJ — Just two years after Chabad Lubavitch of Atlantic County opened a synagogue in the heart of Ventnor City's business district — in a small storefront above an ice-cream shop — the shul known as Chabad at the Shore has moved to a larger location, one that its rabbi hopes will serve as a permanent home.

Chabad at the Shore Gets Itself a New Home

The new site of Chabad at the Shore in Ventnor, NJ, with Rabbi Rapoport inset.

VENTOR CITY, NJ — Just two years after Chabad Lubavitch of Atlantic County opened a synagogue in the heart of Ventnor City’s business district — in a small storefront above an ice-cream shop — the shul known as Chabad at the Shore has moved to a larger location, one that its rabbi hopes will serve as a permanent home.

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RIVERSIDE, CA [CHI] — Going door to door can get old fast. A list of Riverside residents with Jewish sounding names is probably not the most ideal way to find a Jew in need. It does work though. After putting a route together on the computer we went to visit the Bergs, Khans, Steins and the likes hoping to find someone Jewish and at home. Our knocking paid off this afternoon. We came to a house and knocked on the door. This is where the pitch is. “Hi, my name is...... and we are..... and ...... would you like to do a Mitzvah?!!” Hesitantly Mr. Loeb opens the door and asks “what kind of Mitzvah can I do?” “Well, Tefillin is a great choice, it's quick, easy, and I can guide you through it.” “Tefillin, wow I haven't seen those since I was Bar-Mitzvahed 45 years ago in Anaheim.” So we helped him with the Tefillin and Brochos, but the Shema was a breeze as he remembered his father saying it, it brought tears to his eyes. “I'll never forget these words as long as I live,” he said.

Merkos Shlichus in Riverside

RIVERSIDE, CA [CHI] — Going door to door can get old fast. A list of Riverside residents with Jewish sounding names is probably not the most ideal way to find a Jew in need. It does work though. After putting a route together on the computer we went to visit the Bergs, Khans, Steins and the likes hoping to find someone Jewish and at home. Our knocking paid off this afternoon. We came to a house and knocked on the door. This is where the pitch is. “Hi, my name is…… and we are….. and …… would you like to do a Mitzvah?!!” Hesitantly Mr. Loeb opens the door and asks “what kind of Mitzvah can I do?” “Well, Tefillin is a great choice, it’s quick, easy, and I can guide you through it.” “Tefillin, wow I haven’t seen those since I was Bar-Mitzvahed 45 years ago in Anaheim.” So we helped him with the Tefillin and Brochos, but the Shema was a breeze as he remembered his father saying it, it brought tears to his eyes. “I’ll never forget these words as long as I live,” he said.

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This weeks Living Torah, titled “United, We Stand” (Volume 51, Episode 203)

Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org

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

Video of the Day – United, We Stand

This weeks Living Torah, titled “United, We Stand” (Volume 51, Episode 203)

Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org

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

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Adam Lisberg - NY Daily News

NEW YORK, NY — Fewer New Yorkers are getting slapped with $100 tickets for dirty sidewalks and gutters - yet the city’s streets keep getting cleaner.

The Sanitation Department wrote 43% fewer tickets for litter on residential sidewalks in the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year.

Sanitation Writes Fewer Litter Tickets; City’s Getting Cleaner

Adam Lisberg – NY Daily News

NEW YORK, NY — Fewer New Yorkers are getting slapped with $100 tickets for dirty sidewalks and gutters – yet the city’s streets keep getting cleaner.

The Sanitation Department wrote 43% fewer tickets for litter on residential sidewalks in the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year.

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For more than 100 youngsters, a summer camp idyll with bug juice instead of bombs.

MANALAPAN, NJ — An act as simple as riding a bicycle barefoot around a covered pavilion, the sun beating down on the grassy fields surrounding her, is something Lior Azaran could not have dreamed of doing this summer back home in Sderot.

Far From Sderot, Just Kids Again

For more than 100 youngsters, a summer camp idyll with bug juice instead of bombs.

MANALAPAN, NJ — An act as simple as riding a bicycle barefoot around a covered pavilion, the sun beating down on the grassy fields surrounding her, is something Lior Azaran could not have dreamed of doing this summer back home in Sderot.

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