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Daily Archives: May 22, 2012


In a Psak Din issued by the Beis Din Ohel Chaim, the Dayanim ruled today against R. Yosef Braun for steadfastly refusing to appear and be judged by the Beis Din. The Dayanim wrote that “according to din we should be issuing a Ksav Siruv [against R. Braun], and anyone who wishes to ask Halacha questions by him should get permission from accepted rabbinic sources first.”

Psak Din Released: R. Braun “Should Be in Siruv”

In a Psak Din issued by the Beis Din Ohel Chaim, the Dayanim ruled today against R. Yosef Braun for steadfastly refusing to appear and be judged by the Beis Din. The Dayanim wrote that “according to din we should be issuing a Ksav Siruv [against R. Braun], and anyone who wishes to ask Halacha questions by him should get permission from accepted rabbinic sources first.”

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New Engagement!

Yisroel Cohen (Toronto, Canada) to Itty Meijers (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Enagement!

Shmuel Teller (Edgware UK) to Elisheva Pillemer (Manchester, UK)
New Engagement!

Mendel Korf (S. Petersburg, FL) to Mili Rosenbluh (Monsey, NY)
New Engagement!

Mendel Bouzna (Edgware, UK) to Ruti Fiaz (London, UK)
Baby Boy!

Meir and Dini (nee Marmulszteyn) Gewirtz from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Sholom Zachor: 1083 Lincoln Place (between Kingston Ave and Albany Ave)

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New Engagement!

Mendel Spivak (Pembroke Pines, FL) to Chaya Sarah Koniarski (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at The JCM
New Engagement!

Lazer Eichenblatt (Los Angeles, CA) to Batsheva Druin (North Miami Beach, FL) L’Chaim: Sunday, Feb. 2nd, 7:30pm at The Library Shul 1450 S. Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Baby Girl!

Shui and Sheva (nee Tennenhaus) Kastel from Hollywood, FL had a baby girl.
Baby Girl!

Tzvi and Mushki Birnhack from Southend, UK had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Chaim Yaacov Schmalberg (Crown Heights) to Chaya Mushka Greenshtat (S. Paulo, Brazil)
New Engagement!

Shmuly Springer (Crown Heights) to Meirah Rubins (Toronto, Canada)
New Engagement!

Shmuel Hecht (Coral Springs, FL) to Leba Vcherashansky (New York) L’Chaim: To ight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Huda Davis (Crown Heights) to Kraindy Edelkopf (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, Jan. 27th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Mayer Friedman (Crown Heights) to Naomi Deitsch (New Haven, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The Arches 1394 S. Johns Pl
New Engagement!

Zalmy Jaworowski (Chicago, IL) to Gitty Krinsky (Needham, MA)
New Engagement!

Ari Sherman (Crown Heights) to Esther Benayon (Panama City, Panama)
New Engagement!

Berel Shmotkin (Stamford, CT) to Devorah Leah Wilansky (Portland, ME) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at F.R.E.E.

Op-Ed: Growing Up Is Optional

by Anonymous

There is an old American saying: “Getting Old is Mandatory, Growing Up is Optional.” This morning I discovered that the option of growing up was not approved by the local Beis Din: as I walked past the Badatz offices, I saw what looked like a Meah Shearim wall after a torrential rain. But it wasn’t an act of G-d, it was an act of babies masquerading as Rabbis.

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Renewal Celebrates 150 Transplants

You usually don’t think of organ donation as something to celebrate. Don’t tell that to the people of Renewal. Last Thursday over 300 people got together for a lavish reception at the Renaissance Ballroom in Brooklyn to honor their kidney donors, an elite group of selfless individuals who have given the gift of life to others, often to complete strangers.

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Chernobyl remains a deserted 'ghost town.'

After the producers of a new movie dramatizing the 1986 Chernobyl disaster received criticism that they are exploiting the 400,000 victims of the nuclear meltdown, Chabad's Children of Chernobyl expressed support for the film, because it portrays the true extent of the disaster - something which the world has remained mostly ignorant of due to Soviet censorship.

Chabad Chernobyl Organization Backs Filmmakers

Chernobyl remains a deserted ‘ghost town.’

After the producers of a new movie dramatizing the 1986 Chernobyl disaster received criticism that they are exploiting the 400,000 victims of the nuclear meltdown, Chabad’s Children of Chernobyl expressed support for the film, because it portrays the true extent of the disaster – something which the world has remained mostly ignorant of due to Soviet censorship.

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My Teacher Who cared

by Dov Greenberg

In the Second Book of Samuel, after the deaths of Saul andJonathan, King David cries out, “They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions”—“מִנְּשָׁרִים קַלּוּ,מֵאֲרָיוֹת גָּבֵרוּ”. Rabbi Yeshaya Schtroks, beloved father, husband, community builder, remarkable teacher, was swift like the eagle, strong like the lion, and now he has passed away at the young age of 55.

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Rabbi Akiva Nussbaum picks out the winning ticket.

The lucky winner of the first weekly JEM Raffle is none other than Enrique Montes from Austin, Texas! Enrique has dedicated his donation in honor of his dear Chabad Shluchim, Rabbi and Rebbitzen Levertov. He will receive an exclusive, beautiful 32” framed picture of the Rebbe.

JEM Announces First Winner of Weekly Raffle

Rabbi Akiva Nussbaum picks out the winning ticket.

The lucky winner of the first weekly JEM Raffle is none other than Enrique Montes from Austin, Texas! Enrique has dedicated his donation in honor of his dear Chabad Shluchim, Rabbi and Rebbitzen Levertov. He will receive an exclusive, beautiful 32” framed picture of the Rebbe.

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Wolf & Lamb Comes to Brooklyn

NY Daily News

Wolf & Lamb Steakhouse at Coney Island Ave. and Ave. M in Brooklyn.

Housed in a dramatic stand-alone building on the corner of Coney Island Ave. and Ave. M, Wolf & Lamb is turning the Brooklyn neighborhood into a true dining destination. Part of the reason owner Zalman Wuensch, a Crown Heights resident, opened up in the area is its lack of great dinner spots.

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