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Davening in the Rebbes house. Archive photo: col.org.il

In honor of Yud Shvat the Rebbes house on President Street will be open only for Maariv tonight (Sunday) at 6:30pm. This was achieved thanks to R. Yehuda Krinsky and R. Yosef Boruch Freidman thanks to efforts by the ‘Vaad Hatmimim Haolami’.

The Rebbes House Will Be Open For Maariv

Davening in the Rebbes house. Archive photo: col.org.il

In honor of Yud Shvat the Rebbes house on President Street will be open only for Maariv tonight (Sunday) at 6:30pm. This was achieved thanks to R. Yehuda Krinsky and R. Yosef Boruch Freidman thanks to efforts by the ‘Vaad Hatmimim Haolami’.

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Baby Boy!

Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shalom Alon (Kfar Gidon, EY) to Bluma Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Jack Abramson (NW4, London, UK) to Shayna Ash (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Soro (nee Brennan) Manne from Penn Wynne, PA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Chein (Toulouse, France) to Chanale Greenberg (Shanghai, China) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at 695 East New York Ave
New Engagement!

Schneur Motchkin (Crown Heights) to Sarah Schmukler (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Shmayah Schechter (Miami Beach, FL) to Bella Kimball (West Hartford, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 7:30pm at Chabad of Greater Hartford 2352 Albany Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06117
Baby Girl!

Shneur and Sara (nee Heber) polter from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yonah Galili (Toronto, Canada) to Ora Zuckerman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, July 7th, 8:00pm at Bais Avraham Yitzchak 305 Remsen Ave
Baby Boy!

Dovid and Baila (nee Spielman) Vogel from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yechezkel Markovitch (Kiev, Ukraine) to Layah Carlbach (Montreal, Canada)
New Engagement!

Meir Manssouri (Los Angeles, CA) to Raizy Altschul (Chicago, IL)
New Engagement!

Ari Drizin (New Haven, CT) to Batsheva Lisbon (San Diego, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at The Arches 1394 S. Johns Pl
New Engagement!

Berel Laufer (Providence, RI) to Batya Deitsch (Columbus, OH) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Mendel Stolik (Lantana, FL) to Mussie Chanin (Har Shmuel, EY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Yossi Brownstein (Davis, CA) to Chayale Klasner (Toronto, Canada)
Shoshana Hoexter - Chabad.edu

Shortly after our wedding, my husband Shua and I set up an office area in our small newlywed apartment. Quickly surveying the programs on Shua's old computer from college, I came across an album of pictures, and one from four years earlier appeared on the screen. It was a picture of a large group of students at a Chabad on Campus National Student Shabbaton in New York, and despite the fact that I had yet to meet my future husband, I was in it.

MY STORY: Coming Home to Chabad House

Shoshana Hoexter – Chabad.edu

Shortly after our wedding, my husband Shua and I set up an office area in our small newlywed apartment. Quickly surveying the programs on Shua’s old computer from college, I came across an album of pictures, and one from four years earlier appeared on the screen. It was a picture of a large group of students at a Chabad on Campus National Student Shabbaton in New York, and despite the fact that I had yet to meet my future husband, I was in it.

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Introduction for the Tenth of Shvat

1. The Tenth of Shvat is the day that the Previous Rebbe (the 6th Chabad leader) passed away in the year 1950.

The Tenth of Shvat is also the day that our Rebbe officially accepted the seat of leadership one year later (1951).

2. Some information about the Previous Rebbe:

The Previous Rebbe was named (Rebbe) Yoseph Yitzchak Schneersohn and he was the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe. He was born in 1880 in Lubavitch, Belarus. At the age of fifteen he was appointed as the personal secretary of the 5th Lubavitcher Rebbe (his father Rebbe Sholom DovBer). At the age of seventeen he married a distant cousin (Nechama Dina Schneersohn). He was then appointed to be the first dean and head of the new network of Lubavitch Yeshivas (named Tomchei Tmimim) in the Russian empire.

Yud Shvat

Introduction for the Tenth of Shvat

1. The Tenth of Shvat is the day that the Previous Rebbe (the 6th Chabad leader) passed away in the year 1950.

The Tenth of Shvat is also the day that our Rebbe officially accepted the seat of leadership one year later (1951).

2. Some information about the Previous Rebbe:

The Previous Rebbe was named (Rebbe) Yoseph Yitzchak Schneersohn and he was the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe. He was born in 1880 in Lubavitch, Belarus. At the age of fifteen he was appointed as the personal secretary of the 5th Lubavitcher Rebbe (his father Rebbe Sholom DovBer). At the age of seventeen he married a distant cousin (Nechama Dina Schneersohn). He was then appointed to be the first dean and head of the new network of Lubavitch Yeshivas (named Tomchei Tmimim) in the Russian empire.

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Motzoai Shabbos – Ches Shvat:

* Camp Gan Yisroel, Parksville New York – Camp Reunion – Bais Rivkah Lefferts – 8:00pm to 10:30pm
* Empire Shtibel – Melava Malka in honor of Yud Shvat – 489 Empire Blvd. – 9:00pm

Sunday - Tes Shvat:

* Beis Shmuel Farbrengen - Chovevei Torah 885 Eastern Parkway Ground Floor
* Yeshivas Ohr Menachem of South Africa - awards dinner and Farbrengen - Beis Rivkah, Crown St. 8:15pm
* Beis Levi Yitzchak Farbrengen - 9:30pm - 556 Crown St. entrance from ramp on Albany Ave.
* Nshei Ubnos Chabad Yud Shvat Farbrengen - 8:30pm - Oholei Torah

Monday – Yud Shvat:

* International Convention and Farbrengen for Tmimim - Rosa Hall Campus Chomesh – 470 Lefferts Ave. - 7:00pm
* Farbrengen - Bais Menachem of North Miami Beach 1005 Northeast 172nd Terrace North Miami Beach, Florida - 8:00pm Men & Woman invited! - Full Meal will be served!
* Farbrengen in 770 - 9:30pm
* Frankel Shul Farbrengen - 1703 President Street between Utica and Rochester - After Maariv
* Kinus for all Bochurim in Mesivtas - Mesivta Oholei Torah 417 Troy Avenue. - 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

To add events to this list please email us at News@CrownHeights.info! Thank You!

Yud Shvat Events and Farbrengens!

Motzoai Shabbos – Ches Shvat:

* Camp Gan Yisroel, Parksville New York – Camp Reunion – Bais Rivkah Lefferts – 8:00pm to 10:30pm
* Empire Shtibel – Melava Malka in honor of Yud Shvat – 489 Empire Blvd. – 9:00pm

Sunday – Tes Shvat:

* Beis Shmuel Farbrengen – Chovevei Torah 885 Eastern Parkway Ground Floor
* Yeshivas Ohr Menachem of South Africa – awards dinner and Farbrengen – Beis Rivkah, Crown St. 8:15pm
* Beis Levi Yitzchak Farbrengen – 9:30pm – 556 Crown St. entrance from ramp on Albany Ave.
* Nshei Ubnos Chabad Yud Shvat Farbrengen – 8:30pm – Oholei Torah

Monday – Yud Shvat:

* International Convention and Farbrengen for Tmimim – Rosa Hall Campus Chomesh – 470 Lefferts Ave. – 7:00pm
* Farbrengen – Bais Menachem of North Miami Beach 1005 Northeast 172nd Terrace North Miami Beach, Florida – 8:00pm Men & Woman invited! – Full Meal will be served!
* Farbrengen in 770 – 9:30pm
* Frankel Shul Farbrengen – 1703 President Street between Utica and Rochester – After Maariv
* Kinus for all Bochurim in Mesivtas – Mesivta Oholei Torah 417 Troy Avenue. – 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

To add events to this list please email us at News@CrownHeights.info! Thank You!

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Around 40 minutes after Shabbos a member of Anash in his late 50’s was struck by a car reversing on Carroll St between Troy and Schenectady. The driver of the car, a male Black, got out of the car and immediately called 911, other residents who witnessed the accident called Hatzalah who responded right away and treated the man for injuries to his legs and head.

He was then transported to Kings County Hospital for checkups and observation.

This is the second such incident where pedestrians were struck by reversing vehicles, when crossing one must always check both ways, especially when crossing in the middle of a block and outside of a crosswalk. And drivers must be careful to always look over their shoulder rather then just rely on their rear view mirrors as there are big blind spots in the rear view of a car.

More in the Extended Article.

Member of Anash Struck by Reversing Car

Around 40 minutes after Shabbos a member of Anash in his late 50’s was struck by a car reversing on Carroll St between Troy and Schenectady. The driver of the car, a male Black, got out of the car and immediately called 911, other residents who witnessed the accident called Hatzalah who responded right away and treated the man for injuries to his legs and head.

He was then transported to Kings County Hospital for checkups and observation.

This is the second such incident where pedestrians were struck by reversing vehicles, when crossing one must always check both ways, especially when crossing in the middle of a block and outside of a crosswalk. And drivers must be careful to always look over their shoulder rather then just rely on their rear view mirrors as there are big blind spots in the rear view of a car.

More in the Extended Article.

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(a) Yud Shvat:

The tenth of Shvat is the day on which our saintly master and teacher - R. Yosef Yitzchak, the sixth of the Rebbeim of Chabad - departed this world. Born on Yud-Beis Tammuz 5640 (1880), the Rebbe Rayatz succeeded to the leadership in the year 5680 (1920) and passed away at 8.45 a.m. on Shabbos Parshas Bo, on the tenth day of the eleventh month, Shvat. His resting place is in New York.[670]

(b) Letter of the Rebbe Shlita regarding the Yahrzeit:

By the Grace of G-d
Rosh Chodesh Shvat, 5711
Brooklyn, N.Y.

To Anash, to the students of Tomchei Temimim, and to those who have a bond or a relationship with my revered father-in-law the saintly Rebbe, of blessed memory:

G-d bless you all.

Yud Shvat – Safer Haminhagim

(a) Yud Shvat:

The tenth of Shvat is the day on which our saintly master and teacher – R. Yosef Yitzchak, the sixth of the Rebbeim of Chabad – departed this world. Born on Yud-Beis Tammuz 5640 (1880), the Rebbe Rayatz succeeded to the leadership in the year 5680 (1920) and passed away at 8.45 a.m. on Shabbos Parshas Bo, on the tenth day of the eleventh month, Shvat. His resting place is in New York.[670]

(b) Letter of the Rebbe Shlita regarding the Yahrzeit:

By the Grace of G-d
Rosh Chodesh Shvat, 5711
Brooklyn, N.Y.

To Anash, to the students of Tomchei Temimim, and to those who have a bond or a relationship with my revered father-in-law the saintly Rebbe, of blessed memory:

G-d bless you all.

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Thursday night at around 10:30pm a Bochur was walking to a Farbrengen with a friend and was crossing Montgomery St between Kingston and Albany and was struck by a reversing car. The car was driven by member of Anash and he immediately stopped and got out to help while his friend called Hatzalah. A resident on the block invited Hatzalah with the patient into their home to avoid the below freezing weather outside.

The Bochur sustained and injury to his head from the fall and an injury to his knee and arm, he was taken to Kings County Hospital for a checkup. B”H none of the injuries were very serious.

Bochur Struck by Reversing Car

Thursday night at around 10:30pm a Bochur was walking to a Farbrengen with a friend and was crossing Montgomery St between Kingston and Albany and was struck by a reversing car. The car was driven by member of Anash and he immediately stopped and got out to help while his friend called Hatzalah. A resident on the block invited Hatzalah with the patient into their home to avoid the below freezing weather outside.

The Bochur sustained and injury to his head from the fall and an injury to his knee and arm, he was taken to Kings County Hospital for a checkup. B”H none of the injuries were very serious.

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NY1
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As police continue their investigation into the shooting outside a Brooklyn roller rink earlier this month, the facility's owner says he is being unfairly targeted as a source for problems. NY1’s Jeanine Ramirez filed the following report.

The Empire Roller Skating Center in Crown Heights, which has been around for 60 years, is the only full-time roller rink left in the city. But police say the rink has generated chronic complaints, the latest incident being a shooting outside after an adult skating session earlier this month.

Owner Of Brooklyn Roller Rink Fights To Keep His Facility Safe

NY1

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As police continue their investigation into the shooting outside a Brooklyn roller rink earlier this month, the facility’s owner says he is being unfairly targeted as a source for problems. NY1’s Jeanine Ramirez filed the following report.

The Empire Roller Skating Center in Crown Heights, which has been around for 60 years, is the only full-time roller rink left in the city. But police say the rink has generated chronic complaints, the latest incident being a shooting outside after an adult skating session earlier this month.

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When Jewish Children Go Off To College . . .

R.C. Berman – Lubavitch.com
Students at Brandeis at a Jewish interest class with Rabbi Peretz Chein

Tarzana, CA — Jewish parents sending their children off to college want them to get a good education. But they are also right to worry about how their children’s Jewish identity will survive four years in an environment often at odds with Jewish values. Chabad campus rabbis have some insight.

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Construction of a brand new Aron Kodesh was recently completed at the Yeshiva High School of the Twin Cities, MN. The Aron was graciously donated by Mr. & Mrs. Boris Tsvetovat & his family in memory of his parents.

To view the slideshow of the progress of the construction click the Extended Article!

Slideshow: New Aron Kodesh for Yeshiva High School of the Twin Cities, MN

Construction of a brand new Aron Kodesh was recently completed at the Yeshiva High School of the Twin Cities, MN. The Aron was graciously donated by Mr. & Mrs. Boris Tsvetovat & his family in memory of his parents.

To view the slideshow of the progress of the construction click the Extended Article!

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Tim Boxer - The Jewish Week
Judge Judy speaking at the dinner
...Judge Judy was one of the honorees at Chabad’s Children of Chernobyl gala recently at Chelsea Pier 60. Also honored were Elie Tahari; Amy Book, a kindergarten teacher for underprivileged children in Rockland County, and her husband Robert, a successful businessman.

Tahari came to the U.S. from Israel 30 years ago to make his mark as a major fashion designer for women’s clothes, and now also for men. He grew up in an orphanage in Kfar Chabad.

“Chabad save my life,” he said, “and I will do anything for them.”

“Judge Judy” honored by Chabad

Tim Boxer – The Jewish Week
Judge Judy speaking at the dinner

…Judge Judy was one of the honorees at Chabad’s Children of Chernobyl gala recently at Chelsea Pier 60. Also honored were Elie Tahari; Amy Book, a kindergarten teacher for underprivileged children in Rockland County, and her husband Robert, a successful businessman.

Tahari came to the U.S. from Israel 30 years ago to make his mark as a major fashion designer for women’s clothes, and now also for men. He grew up in an orphanage in Kfar Chabad.

“Chabad save my life,” he said, “and I will do anything for them.”

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The Darchai Menachem School which opened up a few years ago in Crown Heights quickly became famous for its high quality education with very specific and individual attention. Not for no reason is the school commonly referred to by residents as one of the best Moisdos in Crown Heights.

“One of the things that set Darchai Menachem apart from other schools is the small classes with 10 children, something that gives the teachers the possibility to give much more individual attention to each students need and creates a comfortable atmosphere in between students” said the principle R. Ayal Ben-Tzion

Darchai Menachem’s Chinese Auction!

The Darchai Menachem School which opened up a few years ago in Crown Heights quickly became famous for its high quality education with very specific and individual attention. Not for no reason is the school commonly referred to by residents as one of the best Moisdos in Crown Heights.

“One of the things that set Darchai Menachem apart from other schools is the small classes with 10 children, something that gives the teachers the possibility to give much more individual attention to each students need and creates a comfortable atmosphere in between students” said the principle R. Ayal Ben-Tzion

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Reb Yoel: There is only ONE Derech in Chabad

Translated by: Shutrem.net Photos by: Eli Kahan, COL.org.il

In an unprecedented scathing attack in this week’s issue of Kfar Chabad magazine against the “shita” (the line of reasoning) of writing on the Rebbe “Shlitah,” Rabbi Yoel Kahn, the Rebbe’s chozer, said that this is going against the Torah and defames the Rebbe’s name. Reb Yoel stresses that he is not dealing with the “people” that have created this “shitah” but is condemning the “shitah” itself.

Reb Yoel: “When the Rebbe assumed leadership Yud Shvat 1951,” he stated clearly that the task of our generation is to complete the process of drawing down the Shechina in this world. This is done, the Rebbe said, through the dissemination of Torah, especially “Pnimiyus Hatorah.”

“To us chassidim, the real dissemination of Pnimiyus Hatorah is as expounded by the Rabbeim. The Rebbe asks in one of his sichos why did G-d have to tell Abaraham that ”I will make your name great?” Abraham was known to have been imbued with the greatest degree of humility how can one even think that he desired greatness?

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By Jeremy Last - EJP
>The London Central Mosque, in
Regents Park.
...“Rabbi Aryeh Sufrin from Chabad Lubavitch Centre, Eastern Avenue, Gants Hill, told the Ilford Recorder: ”I’m quite horrified that this language is still being used“...

London (EJP) — Both Jewish and Muslim leaders have called for police to launch an official investigation into the Islamic extremism uncovered in the UK TV documentary “Undercover Mosque”, which revealed that anti-Semitic DVDs were on sale at London’s Central Mosque in Regents Park.

The films, contained the speeches by two radical preachers, Sheikh Feiz and Sheikh Khalid Yasin, which predict the mass-extermination of the Jews on a ”day of judgment,“ dismiss equal rights for women as ”foolishness," and accuse the Christian faith of deliberately spreading the AIDS virus around Africa.

Calls for police investigation into Muslim extremism

By Jeremy Last – EJP
>The London Central Mosque, in
Regents Park.

…“Rabbi Aryeh Sufrin from Chabad Lubavitch Centre, Eastern Avenue, Gants Hill, told the Ilford Recorder: ”I’m quite horrified that this language is still being used“…

London (EJP) — Both Jewish and Muslim leaders have called for police to launch an official investigation into the Islamic extremism uncovered in the UK TV documentary “Undercover Mosque”, which revealed that anti-Semitic DVDs were on sale at London’s Central Mosque in Regents Park.

The films, contained the speeches by two radical preachers, Sheikh Feiz and Sheikh Khalid Yasin, which predict the mass-extermination of the Jews on a ”day of judgment,“ dismiss equal rights for women as ”foolishness,” and accuse the Christian faith of deliberately spreading the AIDS virus around Africa.

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Mequon, WI — The thundering applause that filled the hall as Chazzan Yehoshua Samuels finished his powerful and moving presentation of “My Yiddishe Mamme” said it all.

This past Shabbos Congregation Agudas Achim Chabad held an extraordinary weekend retreat; it was the 11th annual winter Shabbaton at the Osthoff Resort on Elkhart Lake. With a record attendance of 185 guests, an exceptional guest speaker and guest Chazzan, this was a weekend to remember.

More in the Extended Article!

Chabad Arranges Enjoyable Shabbaton in Wisconsin

Mequon, WI — The thundering applause that filled the hall as Chazzan Yehoshua Samuels finished his powerful and moving presentation of “My Yiddishe Mamme” said it all.

This past Shabbos Congregation Agudas Achim Chabad held an extraordinary weekend retreat; it was the 11th annual winter Shabbaton at the Osthoff Resort on Elkhart Lake. With a record attendance of 185 guests, an exceptional guest speaker and guest Chazzan, this was a weekend to remember.

More in the Extended Article!

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Shturem.net

Rabbi Binyamin Jacobs Head Shliach to the Netherlands and the director of Lubavitch of the Netherlands speaking with Beatrix van Oranje The queen of the Netherland at a ceremony for 25 years of leadership of the queen last Wednesday.

Shluchim meet the Queen of the Netherlands

Shturem.net

Rabbi Binyamin Jacobs Head Shliach to the Netherlands and the director of Lubavitch of the Netherlands speaking with Beatrix van Oranje The queen of the Netherland at a ceremony for 25 years of leadership of the queen last Wednesday.

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