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Young Girl Hit by a Car

At around 5:00pm a young girl crossing Albany Ave at the intersection of Montgomery St was struck by an SUV that was making a right turn from Montgomery. Hatzalah responded to the incident and treated the girl for an injury to her leg and transported her to Kings County Hospital for further treatment and observation.

This incident brings the total number of pedestrians struck in the last 17 days to 4, a very disturbing number, one that is 4 to many. The first incident was on Friday the 20th of October when a student at the Darchei Menachem Yeshiva was crossing the service lane on Eastern Parkway at the Kingston Ave intersection where the Bochur was struck by a car, B”H his injuries were not severe.

More in the Extended Article.

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Baby Girl!

Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
New Engagement!

Avremel Rapoport(Clarks Summit, PA) to Faigy Liberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Menny Leitner (Monsey, NY) to Bracha Goldberg (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, July 20th, 7:30pm at Bais Yosef Meir Simcha Hall 19 Olympia Ln, Monsey
New Engagement!

Mendy Sulami (Los Angeles, CA) to Aidel Spielman (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Tsvi Feygin  (Teaneck, NJ) to Faigy Kahn (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Shmuel Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Esther Leeba Eidelman (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Downstairs
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

Motzoai Shabbos Father and Sons Learning Together

In a special worldwide program Fathers and their Sons got together in Shul’s around the neighborhood in order to sit down for an hour and study together. Quite the number participated.

The program is backed by major sponsors and supporters such as Kedem and is made possible by the collaboration of various schools combining efforts to make this possible.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Salomon on the job. Photo: Mendy Cohen
Tragedy struck today in Oholei Torah with news on the untimely and tragic passing of Shloime (Salomon) Meshoyrer at the age of 52, he leaves behind family.

Salomon devotedly served as Cook to the Talmidim in Oholei Torah for the past 20 years and was well known by all for his devotion. He passed away on the job this afternoon when he suffered a massive heart attack which ultimately led to his passing.

The Levaya will be leaving Shomrie Hachomos at 12:30 today [Monday] and will be passing by Oholei Torah at around 1:30pm.

Baruch Dayan Haemes

Tragedy in Oholei Torah – Salomon Passes Away

Salomon on the job. Photo: Mendy Cohen

Tragedy struck today in Oholei Torah with news on the untimely and tragic passing of Shloime (Salomon) Meshoyrer at the age of 52, he leaves behind family.

Salomon devotedly served as Cook to the Talmidim in Oholei Torah for the past 20 years and was well known by all for his devotion. He passed away on the job this afternoon when he suffered a massive heart attack which ultimately led to his passing.

The Levaya will be leaving Shomrie Hachomos at 12:30 today [Monday] and will be passing by Oholei Torah at around 1:30pm.

Baruch Dayan Haemes

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Rebecca Rosenthal - Lubavitch.com
New Chabad reps to Bahia, Brazil, Rabbi Yisroel and Rivky Bukiet, with their children in the old city of Salvador

Salvador, (Bahia) Brazil — Seeking sun, sand and samba lessons, 20,000 Israeli backpackers a year wind their way through the ancient ruins and beachside paradises of South America. For IDF soldiers, it’s a much needed relief from the stress of army service and the intensity of life on Israel’s borders.

Backpackers Get Closer to Jewish Roots

Rebecca Rosenthal – Lubavitch.com
New Chabad reps to Bahia, Brazil, Rabbi Yisroel and Rivky Bukiet, with their children in the old city of Salvador

Salvador, (Bahia) Brazil — Seeking sun, sand and samba lessons, 20,000 Israeli backpackers a year wind their way through the ancient ruins and beachside paradises of South America. For IDF soldiers, it’s a much needed relief from the stress of army service and the intensity of life on Israel’s borders.

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Rally at the Ohel

This Monday, Tes vov Chesven, November 6th there will be a rally at the Ohel for children ages 5 to 12.

Busses leave 770 at 5:00 and return at 7:45, ($2 for bus).

Free umbrella for all attendees!!

For more information call (718) 773 1688.

Click on Extended Article for full flyer!

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NJ Jewish News
Monroe, NJ — The Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe has opened a religious school for elementary-age pupils, only the second in Monroe Township.

“We are calling it a pilot program,” said Chanie Zaklikovsky, the school’s director and wife of the Chabad rabbi, Eliezer Zaklikovsky. “We have eight children enrolled, ages eight to 11,” for the Sunday morning classes. “If we get more children or younger children, we will open the school to them as well.”

Despite the area’s reputation as a haven for retirees, the Zaklikovskys predict there is a need to be filled among Jewish families who have moved into the housing developments that have blossomed in Monroe Township in the past few years.

Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe Opens its Own School

NJ Jewish News

Monroe, NJ — The Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe has opened a religious school for elementary-age pupils, only the second in Monroe Township.

“We are calling it a pilot program,” said Chanie Zaklikovsky, the school’s director and wife of the Chabad rabbi, Eliezer Zaklikovsky. “We have eight children enrolled, ages eight to 11,” for the Sunday morning classes. “If we get more children or younger children, we will open the school to them as well.”

Despite the area’s reputation as a haven for retirees, the Zaklikovskys predict there is a need to be filled among Jewish families who have moved into the housing developments that have blossomed in Monroe Township in the past few years.

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Citizen Times
Rabbi Shayah Susskind and his wife, Chana, moved to Asheville from Brooklyn, NY to do outreach and teach about the Jewish faith. They run the WNC Chabad Lubivitch Center for Jewish Life.

Asheville, NC — “I go to the grocery store, and I know people are curious,” says Susskind, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and head of The Western North Carolina Chabad Lubavitch Center for Jewish Life, referring to the beard and traditional Orthodox Jewish clothing he wears.

Susskind and his wife, Chana, were raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. They came to Asheville earlier this year to reach out to Jews and non-Jews alike, to teach them about Judaism.

Rabbi Brings Awareness of Orthodox Judaism

Citizen Times
Rabbi Shayah Susskind and his wife, Chana, moved to Asheville from Brooklyn, NY to do outreach and teach about the Jewish faith. They run the WNC Chabad Lubivitch Center for Jewish Life.

Asheville, NC — “I go to the grocery store, and I know people are curious,” says Susskind, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and head of The Western North Carolina Chabad Lubavitch Center for Jewish Life, referring to the beard and traditional Orthodox Jewish clothing he wears.

Susskind and his wife, Chana, were raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. They came to Asheville earlier this year to reach out to Jews and non-Jews alike, to teach them about Judaism.

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Yosef Y. Jacobson - Algemeiner
Chapter 13 of Genesis, this week’s portion, describes Abraham's disengagement from his nephew Lot. The background to this development is clear. Both Abraham and Lot have become quite wealthy, their flocks have become numerous; the grazing lands are no longer large enough to meet their needs. Disputes brake out between the shepherds of Abraham and Lot.

So Abraham tells Lot (1): "Let there be no arguments between the two of us or between our shepherds, because, after all, we are brothers.” Abraham suggests that they part ways. “If you go left then I will go right, and if you go right then I will go left.” Immediately agreeing to Abraham's proposal, Lot chooses the Jordan plain and Abraham settles in the Land of Canaan. They separate.

The story seems straightforward. Yet sensitive, as always, to subtle nuances in the biblical narrative, our sages exposed another dimension to the story.

Start With Your Own Brother – Live and Let Live

Yosef Y. Jacobson – Algemeiner

Chapter 13 of Genesis, this week’s portion, describes Abraham’s disengagement from his nephew Lot. The background to this development is clear. Both Abraham and Lot have become quite wealthy, their flocks have become numerous; the grazing lands are no longer large enough to meet their needs. Disputes brake out between the shepherds of Abraham and Lot.

So Abraham tells Lot (1): “Let there be no arguments between the two of us or between our shepherds, because, after all, we are brothers.” Abraham suggests that they part ways. “If you go left then I will go right, and if you go right then I will go left.” Immediately agreeing to Abraham’s proposal, Lot chooses the Jordan plain and Abraham settles in the Land of Canaan. They separate.

The story seems straightforward. Yet sensitive, as always, to subtle nuances in the biblical narrative, our sages exposed another dimension to the story.

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On March 1, 1994, A terrorist gunman in a car opened fire on a van carrying more than a dozen Lubavitcher Bochurim as it began to cross the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan... Get the whole story at AriHalberstam.com

Video – Faith to Faith – Ari Halberstam and Terrorism

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On March 1, 1994, A terrorist gunman in a car opened fire on a van carrying more than a dozen Lubavitcher Bochurim as it began to cross the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan… Get the whole story at AriHalberstam.com

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Rabbi Yossi Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL
G-d said to Abraham “Go for yourself, away from your land, from your birthplace, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you.”
– Genesis 12:1

“Go for yourself” For your own benefit and for your own good.
– Rashi Genesis 12:1

During his monthly visits to the market in Krakow, a wealthy merchant took note of an extremely pious woman.

The woman; a widow, would huddle near her basket of bread reciting Psalms. She would only lift her eyes from her worn prayer book to sell a roll. After each sale, she would immediately return to the frayed pages that were moistened with teardrops, but not before thanking her customers and showering them with blessings.

The Weekly Sedra – Lech Lecha

Rabbi Yossi Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL

G-d said to Abraham “Go for yourself, away from your land, from your birthplace, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you.”
– Genesis 12:1

“Go for yourself” For your own benefit and for your own good.
– Rashi Genesis 12:1


During his monthly visits to the market in Krakow, a wealthy merchant took note of an extremely pious woman.

The woman; a widow, would huddle near her basket of bread reciting Psalms. She would only lift her eyes from her worn prayer book to sell a roll. After each sale, she would immediately return to the frayed pages that were moistened with teardrops, but not before thanking her customers and showering them with blessings.

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Eight new Talmidim Hashluchim Arrive to Sydney

The Chabad Yeshiva of Sydney, Australia, has just celebrated the arrival of eight additional Talmidim Hashluchim. The Bochurim, who were forced to spend Shabbos in San Francisco due to a problem with one of the planes fuel tanks, were hosted by the Shliach Rabbi Gedaliah Potash, who himself is a former Shliach to the Sydney yeshiva, Farbrengen with the stranded Bochurim.

When the Bochurim arrived at Sydney, they were greeted at the airport by the Rosh Yeshiva and Rabbi of the Lubavitcher community in the city, Rabbi Pinchas HaCohen Feldman, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Feldman director of the yeshiva and head of the Semicha Institute of Sydney, Rabbi Dovid Slavin, executive director of the yeshiva and Rabbi Sholom Feldman a member of the yeshiva’s administration.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Please Say Tehillim for…

Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.

Shaina Bracha bas Chana Chaya

She is fifteen-month-old baby, who will be undergoing surgery on Monday. We are praying that this surgery will help her hear and have a healthier life.

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Jewish Congregation Celebrates New Meeting House

KSL News Radio

Click HERE to watch a video clip of this event

Members of the Jewish faith are celebrating the dedication of their new house of worship today. Members of the group Chabad Lubavitch of Utah simply outgrew their meeting house, but their Rabbi has had his eye on this building for many years.

The long-anticipated dedication day for one Jewish congregation has arrived. Rabbi Benny Zippel shows us the sanctuary.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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The Jewish Advocate
Bradley Skikne, right, with
his brother Shane at a bar mitzvah
Amherst, MA — Bradley N. Skikne, a 22-year-old student at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an emergency medical technician, lost his life Sunday after rescuing another just a half hour before, police said.

“His desire and pleasure was to help people,” said Bradley’s parents, Michael, 52, and Michele, 49, in a statement to the Advocate. “He touched and enriched our lives beyond comprehension.”

Bradley, a Middleton native, lost control of his 2004 Toyota Matrix on Amherst Road in Pelham when his car careened into an embankment and then flipped over, according to Pelham Police Department Chief Edward Fleury. Skikne, who was not wearing a seatbelt, died instantly, Fleury said. Police are still investigating whether speed was a factor.

UMass Student Killed in Car Crash After Rescuing Driver

The Jewish Advocate
Bradley Skikne, right, with
his brother Shane at a bar mitzvah

Amherst, MA — Bradley N. Skikne, a 22-year-old student at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an emergency medical technician, lost his life Sunday after rescuing another just a half hour before, police said.

“His desire and pleasure was to help people,” said Bradley’s parents, Michael, 52, and Michele, 49, in a statement to the Advocate. “He touched and enriched our lives beyond comprehension.”

Bradley, a Middleton native, lost control of his 2004 Toyota Matrix on Amherst Road in Pelham when his car careened into an embankment and then flipped over, according to Pelham Police Department Chief Edward Fleury. Skikne, who was not wearing a seatbelt, died instantly, Fleury said. Police are still investigating whether speed was a factor.

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At around 7:15pm a minivan rear ended a SUV on Carroll St between Troy and Schenectady. The incident took place as a Jewish woman was double parked waiting for someone when all of a sudden she was rear ended by the minivan, both drivers got out and the driver of the minivan was being incoherent and had slurred speech. Police were called and did a field sobriety test which he failed and was arrested for DUI [Driving Under the Influence].

B”H There was no reported injuries.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Drunk Driver Rear Ends Parked Car

At around 7:15pm a minivan rear ended a SUV on Carroll St between Troy and Schenectady. The incident took place as a Jewish woman was double parked waiting for someone when all of a sudden she was rear ended by the minivan, both drivers got out and the driver of the minivan was being incoherent and had slurred speech. Police were called and did a field sobriety test which he failed and was arrested for DUI [Driving Under the Influence].

B”H There was no reported injuries.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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New Program for Children of ‘Mekurovim’

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Napierville, Canada — A unique program for children of Chabad associates was just launched in the Or Menachem Yeshiva.

This new successful program was carried out by a devoted and the professional staff that arranged a curriculum designed to the individual level of every student and includes weekly trips. The learning sessions are held in a beautiful and large building, with comfortable bedrooms and basketball court, etc.

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A Letter From R. Yisroel Shemtov:

Dear Friends:

How wonderful it was this year to celebrate Simchas Beis Hashoeva once more as a united community – thanks to the blessed initiative of the Vaad Hakahal of Crown Heights!

Every evening, thousands of Crown Heights residents and guests who were here for Tishre came to rejoice in unity with true Ahavas Yisroel. On Chol Hamoed, many thousands of Jews came from other neighborhoods to participate in and enjoy the Simchas Yom Tov, which has become renowned throughout the greater New York area, making it a great Kiddush Hashem.

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