Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Yochnon ben Chavah he is undergoing surgery today for ‘yana machla’ in Vancouver Canada.
Shalom HaCohen ben Perel Gittle
Mical bas Rivkah
Yacov HaCohen ben Chana
Yocheved Beila Golda bas Raizel
Rephoel Levi Ben Chaya Toba
Dov Ber Sholom ben Sara Rochel
The Rebbe says:
1. In this week’s Parshah Hashem tells Moshe Rabbeinu (our teacher):
“The Jews should take a lamb on the tenth day of Nissan and slaughter it on the fourteenth day of the month of Nissan (Chapter 12, Verses 3 and 6). After the Jews slaughter the lamb they shall take some of the lamb’s blood and smear it on their doorposts (Chapter 12, Verse 7). The blood on their doorposts will serve as a sign (that the house is Jewish) and I will pass over their houses and you will be saved from the plague of the firstborn (Chapter 12, Verse 13)”.
2. The Rebbe now asks a question on this:
Why did Hashem tell the Jews to hold the lamb for four days? If they were supposed to slaughter the lamb on the Fourteenth of Nissan, why were they commanded to take the lamb on the Tenth of Nissan?
A Sefer Torah, initiated by the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe to “greet Moshiach”, is completed by the Rebbe in this historic Living Torah video.
But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and I will increase My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt. – Exodus 7:3
Come to Pharaoh (and warn him) for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, in order that I may put my miracles in his midst. – Exodus 10:1
The Mishna states, “If a person says, 'I will sin, and then I will do Teshuvah (repent),' then he is not granted the opportunity to do Teshuvah” (Yoma 85a). This appears, at first glance, to suggest that the person is denied the free choice of a later Teshuvah.
However, the Alter Rebbe writes in Tanya (Igeres Hateshuvah ch. 11) that it is still possible for this person to do Teshuvah if, “he pushes himself hard and overcomes his evil inclination,” and then, “his Teshuvah is accepted”.
The same could be argued for Pharaoh, G-d did not take away his free choice; rather, through the evil acts of persecuting the Jewish people he numbed his soul, making it more difficult for him to do Teshuvah. – The Rebbe
But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and I will increase My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt. – Exodus 7:3
Come to Pharaoh (and warn him) for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, in order that I may put my miracles in his midst. – Exodus 10:1
The Mishna states, “If a person says, ‘I will sin, and then I will do Teshuvah (repent),’ then he is not granted the opportunity to do Teshuvah” (Yoma 85a). This appears, at first glance, to suggest that the person is denied the free choice of a later Teshuvah.
However, the Alter Rebbe writes in Tanya (Igeres Hateshuvah ch. 11) that it is still possible for this person to do Teshuvah if, “he pushes himself hard and overcomes his evil inclination,” and then, “his Teshuvah is accepted”.
The same could be argued for Pharaoh, G-d did not take away his free choice; rather, through the evil acts of persecuting the Jewish people he numbed his soul, making it more difficult for him to do Teshuvah. – The Rebbe
At around 5:10pm on Wednesday 3 cars rear ended each other injuring one. The incident took place on Eastern Pkwy between Troy and Schenectady where three cars each rear ended each other. There were no Yidden involved in this incident.
FDNY and FDNY EMS responded and took one patient to a local hospital, the NYPD cleared the parkway quickly due to the traffic quickly backing up well passed New York Ave.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
This past Shabbos Bochurim from Shiur Gimmel of Yeshivas Bais Dovid Shlomo in New Haven, Connecticut spent Shabbos in Chabad of Northern Virginia directed by Shliach R. Sholom Deitsch.
Over Shabbos the Bochurim Farbrenged with the local Shluchim R. Deitsch and R. Fajnland and learned in Chavrusas with local Ba’ali Batim. On Motzoei Shabbos the Bochurim headed to the Yeshivah Gedolah of Baltimore for a Melave Malka & Farbrengen.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Tuesday afternoon at around 2:00pm a Shomrim member spotted two Mexican men dumping garbage on Clove Rd. between Montgomery and Empire from the back of their station wagon. More Shomrim members arrived on scene in order to stop them and police were called. In the meantime the two men pleaded with Shomrim members not to call police and immediately began cleaning up the garbage they dumped and put it back into their car.
Dumping in NYC is a serious crime and is a violation of the Administrative Code of the City of New York with fines ranging from $1,500 to $40,000 and the vehicles used in such a crime is subject to impoundment.
More in the Extended Article.
Dr. Tzvi Lang, Vice Chairman of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council meets with Congressman Charles Rangel of New York. Congressman Rangel is the Chair of the most powerful committee in the US Congress, the Ways and Means Committee. This committee controls all federal tax powers and oversees hundreds of federal programs. Congressman Rangel is also the Dean of the New York State Congressional Delegation.
Dr. Lang represented the Crown Heights community at a Jewish leadership breakfast honoring Mr. Rangel.
The weekly pamphlet for Mivtzoim, printed by Jabad of Argentina, headed by Rabbi Tzvi Grunblatt, and edited by Sofer Moshe Dahan, and Mrs. Miriam Kapaluschnik, is now available here in New York, to be distributed to the people on your Mivtzoim route.
No need to explain the importance of such a paper, or go into how much people enjoy reading something in their native language, even if they can also read English or Hebrew. So therefore, after much effort, and working together with Jabad of Argentina, they are being printed in New York, with the local Candle Lighting Times, and are available in the “Mivtzoim Resource Center”/“Mivtzoim Sale”.
Bel Air, CA — How many lost Jews are there? No one knows, but speculation is that the numbers are huge. A new organization is going to help people uncover lost Jewish roots.
Scammers targeting the neighborhood going door-to-door.
An alert resident informed us that he was targeted by these scammers and did some research and found out what it was all about, as you will see in the article below. We hope this will help others from not being conned
The scam works as follows: The bell rings. A guy is by the door, claiming to be from Con Edison. He claims he was in the neighborhood and wanted to check on customers who might be eligible for a discount on their bill. He shows the unsuspecting resident a Con Ed bill that shows that the person can save money…
Rabbi Shalom Hammer, world-renowned teacher and author of The Family Parsha Book, took time out of his lecture tour throughout the Twin Cities and stopped into the Yeshiva High School of the Twin Cities.
Rabbi Hammer spoke to the bochurim about Jewish leadership, what it means to be born a leader, and how we see leadership qualities in Moshe Rabbeinu from the first time he is mentioned in the Torah.
More pictures and a video clip in the Extended Article!
ALBANY, N.Y. — Agriprocessors, Inc., issued a voluntary Class I recall on about 2,700 pounds of frankfurters – the highest classification given to consumer recalls, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Tuesday.
The company is recalling two-pound vacuum-packed packages labeled ‘Supreme Kosher Family Pack Classic Frankfurters made with Beef & Chicken,’ and one-pound packages of ‘Supreme Kosher, Classic Frankfurters made with Beef & Chicken.
The products were recalled after an Agriprocessors employee discovered possible underprocessing.
Riverdale, NY — Over 300 friends and supporters gathered this past, Saturday evening January 20 th, for a gala evening of dinner, entertainment, and tribute, celebrating the 15 th anniversary of Chabad-Lubavitch of Riverdale. The evening’s theme, planting a tree and yielding fruit, was carried through in the appropriate ambience of the New York Botanical Garden. The guests of honor were Dr. Daniel & Tova Kaplan, Avi & Julie Feinberg, and Mr. Sam Harbanoff.
Daniel and Tova Kaplan, the Guests of Honor, were honored for their support and commitment to Chabad, and their selfless commitment to the welfare of the greater Jewish community.
More in the Extended Article!
“Why did you kill your grandmother?” That’s what Professor Ruth Wisse said to an Arab student at Stanford who asked her, “Why is Israel an apartheid state?” The student was flummoxed and tried again, “Why is Israel an apartheid state?” Wisse again responded, “Come on now, tell us why you killed your grandmother.” A few more rounds of this and the student relented.
According to the Chabad Rabbi who invited Harvard’s Wisse to speak, Wisse then explained how some questions are not questions at all, but weapons: If she would have answered his anti-Israel accusation, she would have been trapped, and done damage to her cause.
A select group of students from the University of Pennsylvania accompanied by their Shliach Rabbi Levi Haskelevich visited the White House’s west wing with one of the Penn alumni David Copley (staff member of the Office of Management and Budget at the White House).
The students dined at Eli’s Restaurant for lunch and then headed off to the Chabad House of American Friends of Lubavitch in DC headed by Rabbi Levi Shemtov. At the Chabad House, Rabbi Bentzi Sudak welcomed them and explained the function American Friends of Lubavitch serve. Rabbi Menachem Schmidt, Shliach to Philadelphia and senior shliach at U of P, introduced another Penn Alumnus, Mr. Ron Dermer. Ron is the current Israeli Minister for Economic Affairs in Washington and co-authored, the best-selling book, “The Case For Democracy” with Natan Sharansky.
More in the Extended Article!
