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Daily Archives: March 25, 2011

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz claims Bklyn got shortchanged.

Don’t count out Brooklyn! Borough leaders were slamming the US Census Bureau on Thursday after the agency claimed that Brooklyn grew by only 40,000 people over the past decade.

Markowitz: CH and Willyburg Increased by 40,000 Alone

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz claims Bklyn got shortchanged.

Don’t count out Brooklyn! Borough leaders were slamming the US Census Bureau on Thursday after the agency claimed that Brooklyn grew by only 40,000 people over the past decade.

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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!
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

In yet another twist, a third Beis Din just weighed in on the Rabbanite dispute in Crown Heights at the request of the Vaad Hakohol chairman Zaki Tamir, and his ruling states that a second Beis Din has no right to mix in. This ruling would seemingly clear the way for Rabbi Yosef Braun to take up his position on the Crown Heights Beis Din.

Third Beis Din Rules, You Don’t Need To Listen to Second Beis Din

In yet another twist, a third Beis Din just weighed in on the Rabbanite dispute in Crown Heights at the request of the Vaad Hakohol chairman Zaki Tamir, and his ruling states that a second Beis Din has no right to mix in. This ruling would seemingly clear the way for Rabbi Yosef Braun to take up his position on the Crown Heights Beis Din.

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The Elusive Pursuit of Spirituality – the “I” Un-capitalized

by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax. Fl.

Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, a student of the great Maggid of Mezritch, once knocked on the Maggid’s door to ask a Talmudic question that perplexed him.

“Who is it?” Asked the Maggid.

“It is I,” Reb Shneur Zalman responded.

“Come in, Zalmanu,” the Maggid said, recognizing the voice. After satisfactorily resolving R’ Shneur Zalman’s question, the Maggid unexpectedly said, “Good-bye, Zalmanu. Have a good journey.”

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