With great sadness we inform you of the passing of R’ Moshe Goodman of Melbourne, Australia, 63. He was born in Riga, Latvia during the times of communism, and together with his family lived as Lubavitcher Chassidim under the watchful eye of the KGB.
As hundreds of Israel supporters converged on Manchester’s “Big Tent for Israel,” Chabad was on hand to offer participants the opportunity to do a Mitzvah. The Chabad booth, manned by L’Chaim-Chabad Rabbis and volunteers, helped many put on Tefillin or do other Mitzvos to merit the land and people of Israel.
There are more synagogues in Jerusalem than Starbucks in Manhattan, still Tully Guralnek is celebrating the opening of Jerusalem’s new Chabad of Rechavia center.
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Rabbi Yitzchok Hecht, director of Chabad of Ulster County (Kingston, NY), attended the birthday celebration of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. While there, he met the governor’s father, former governor Mario Cuomo, and they discussed the special relationship between the elder Mr. Cuomo and the Shliach’s grandfather Rabbi J.J. Hecht OBM.
During the holiday season, we often read inspirational stories that raise our awareness of the plight of the needy and celebrate a spirit of helping the unfortunate who have suffered from hard luck, injury and hurt.
Hundreds of men, young and old, participated in a Chinese auction Motzei Shabbos to benefit the Oholei Torah educational institute. The evening was dedicated in memory of Reb Dovid Malka OBM, who kept the bochurim in Zal and Mesivta well fed throughout the years, and Reb Moshe Abelsky OBM, beloved bus driver for the elementary school over two decades.
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