This weeks excerpt from Living Torah is of Volume 34 Episode 133, about Education Day in USA, America’s birthday gift.
Also available with French, Hebrew and Russian subtitles, in the Extended Article.
Rabbi Levi and Mrs Devorah Raskin have recently moved on Shlichus to Rancho S. Fe, California where they have established a new Chabad House serving the needs of the local Jewish population.
The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Yonah Fradkin, regional director of Chabad in S. Diego County
HATZLOCHA RABBA!
The Raskins can be reached via e-mail chabadrsf@gmail.com
Ulyanovsk, Russia — Ignorance is usually the context for the myths and misconceptions that foster a climate of suspicion and hatred. Nothing new here, particularly as concerns anti-semitism. But somehow, in the age of information, there seems to be no excuse for ignorance.
Hartford, CT — On any given weekday, Rabbi Yosef B. Kulek, director of Chabad Chevra at the University of Hartford, can be seen promoting trips to Israel, handing out Israeli chocolates and chatting with students as they pass through the Gengras Student Union on their way to class. It would be an understatement to say that Chabad Chevra is quite a presence on Hartford’s campus; its members are committed to its cause of religious study in a social atmosphere, and has proven to be both a social and spiritual organization.
From the Safer Haminhagim: [Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, usually after Shacharis,] one reads the passage [from Bamidbar 7-8:4] that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. [In common parlance, each day’s passage itself is often referred to as “the Nasi.”] This daily reading is followed by the prayer which opens with the words yehi ratzon (and which appears in Siddur Torah Or [as well as in Siddur Tehillat HaShem, p. 371]). This prayer is recited even by a Kohen or a Levi [despite its seeming relevance only to tribes other than the Tribe of Levi]. [284]
To see the text of the Nasi in full size click the Extended Article!
With recent Jewish Federation studies indicating a void in Jewish community services for children with special needs and programming for teens, there’s never been a better time to bring the Friendship Circle to your community. After all, the Friendship Circle effectively fills both gaps.
Armed with this important development, Friendship Circle International is proud to invite current and potential Friendship Circle directors to its third Annual Conference, to be held Wednesday and Thursday, June 20-21, 2007 (4th-5th of Tammuz, 5767). To be held in Newark NJ.
Yesterday, girls from the Pre-1A class at Bais Rivka were treated in honor of the upcoming Pesach to a tour of the Crown Heights Matzah bakery. The kids watched the whole process while guided by their teachers who explained each step of the process, from mixing the water and flour to the steaming hot Matzah coming out of the oven.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Brooklyn, NY — Just a few days after we reported the assault and mugging on Lincoln Pl. between Kingston and Albany another attempt took place this past evening. A resident who lives on the block was on his way home at around 9:40pm on Tuesday night when all of a sudden he was approached by two black youths from behind who pulled his scarf off, and upon seeing the face of their would be victim the two fled.
The man immediately called 911 and Shomrim both of which responded right away, police officers from the 77th precinct took a report while numerous Shomrim members patrolled the area. According to the would be victim, he said that he thought that these perpetrators live in the building on the block or somewhere in the vicinity because he though that they had recognized him and therefore left him alone.
More in the Extended Article.
Alternate side parking regulations will be suspended on Wednesday, March 21 to facilitate snow removal. Parking meters and other parking regulations remain in effect.
Click here for the 2007 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar.
A few months ago I was walking in Times Square in New York City and there were two Chabadniks handing out literature proclaiming that the Rebbe, Menachem Schneerson, was the Messiah (Moshiach). They were in competition with a guy up the street with a sign proclaiming the end of the world and that Jesus will save us if we believe in him.
Being a curious person, or maybe just a contentious one, I approached the Chabad-Lubavitchers and asked how the Rebbe could be the Messiah since he died in 1994 and was buried in Queens? They responded that he really wasn’t dead and that the person buried in the grave in Queens was his father-in-law. I walked away amused and a little irritated that these jokers were there in the name of Judaism. Last month my wife, Lynne, and I were in the subterranean 42nd Street subway station and another Chabad Chasid was distributing literature. Not to offend him, heaven forbid, I took what he was offering. It is this handout that I want to discuss. Hold on to your seats, because this stuff is amazing (that’s a polite adjective for ludicrous).
Gainesville, FL — The roar of plane engines rose and fell outside the airplane hangar, sometimes drowning out the tearful words of one of the many family members or friends who approached the podium to speak about Eilon Krugman-Kadi.
Yet, the chorus of engine noise seemed an appropriate backdrop for the memorial service for the Gainesville attorney and pilot who died Friday in a tragic plane crash at a Titusville air show.
From the Safer Haminhagim: [Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, usually after Shacharis,] one reads the passage [from Bamidbar 7-8:4] that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. [In common parlance, each day’s passage itself is often referred to as “the Nasi.”] This daily reading is followed by the prayer which opens with the words yehi ratzon (and which appears in Siddur Torah Or [as well as in Siddur Tehillat HaShem, p. 371]). This prayer is recited even by a Kohen or a Levi [despite its seeming relevance only to tribes other than the Tribe of Levi]. [284]
To see the text of the Nasi in full size click the Extended Article!
With spirit and Joy the Bochurim of Yeshivas Kayitz South Africa sing the Niggun [chassidic melody] of Hupp Kossak. But it doesn’t stop there, they were entertained by the professional ‘Engen’ [a popular gas station chain in South Africa] dancers.
Binghamton, NY — Shabbat dinner for 1,000 students? That’s so last year.
At Binghamton University, at least, the idea is even 12 years old. And for the 13th anniversary of Shabbat 1000 on the very campus that gave the program its birth, organizers are aiming for 50 percent more.
Rabbi Boruch Sholom his wife Chanie and their child Menachem Mendel Kantor will IY”H be moving on Shlichus to the Temple University in Philadelphia, PA where they will be serving as Shluchim on campus under the Shliach Rabbi Menachem Schmidt.
This family is joining the force of Shluchim on campus and is being started with the initial help of the Rohr family grant, they are the 120th family to go serve as Shluchim on campus!
CrownHeights.info would like to wish the Kantors Hatzlacha Rabba in their Shlichus!
Community leaders, including FIU President Modesto Maidique and Chief Rabbi of Israel Yona Metzger, joined in the dedication ceremony of a new Jewish student center March 11.
Generations of families joined in the small living room of the Tabacinic Chabad House on March 11, watching as community leaders stood by scribe Rabbi Moshe Klein while he finished the year-long process of writing the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew bible, by hand.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Washington, DC — Beginning in May, U.S. consumers will be able to buy a “forever” stamp for 41 cents that remains valid regardless of a future increase, and the price of a first-class stamp will rise to 41 cents from 39 cents, the board of the U.S. Postal Service decided on Monday.
The “forever” stamp is designed as a convenience for consumers, said Board of Governors Chairman James Miller, because they will not have to buy additional stamps on the next price increase.
The changes take effect on May 14 [2007].
