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As part of a new initiative starting in several buildings in order to offer convenient learning locations to strengthen the Limmud Hatorah in crown heights, a new Shiur in Gemara Maseches Makos was started for the residents of 770 Empire Blvd.

This initiative is in memory of Menachem Mendel ben Yiblach"t R. Levi Yitzchok Sheyichye.

For more information on the Shiurim please call (347) 968-7583

New Initiative in Crown Heights, Shiurim!

As part of a new initiative starting in several buildings in order to offer convenient learning locations to strengthen the Limmud Hatorah in crown heights, a new Shiur in Gemara Maseches Makos was started for the residents of 770 Empire Blvd.

This initiative is in memory of Menachem Mendel ben Yiblach”t R. Levi Yitzchok Sheyichye.

For more information on the Shiurim please call (347) 968-7583

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New Engagement!

Yaakov Levy (Crown Heights) to Mimi Stern (Houston, TX)
New Engagement!

Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
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!
R. Yosef Y. Jacobson - Algemeiner
“I do not expect from you to refrain from sin because of a lack of interest in sin; I want you to abstain from sin because of a lack of time for it.”
-- Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kutzk, to his disciples.

“The world says, 'Time is money.' I say, 'Time if life.'”
-- Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, to my father, Gershon Jacobson in 1985.

Cheating on the Sabbath?

The marvelous invention of the Sabbath — a day in which we put our stressful lives on hold and dedicate every moment to our souls, our loved ones, and our spiritual growth — is introduced in this weeks portion, the opening section of the Bible.

“And G-d saw all that He had made , and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. Thus, the heaven and the earth were completed, and all their array. G-d completed, on the seventh day, His work, which He had done, and He abstained on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. G-d blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He ceased from all His work (1).”

Divine Time Management

R. Yosef Y. Jacobson – Algemeiner

“I do not expect from you to refrain from sin because of a lack of interest in sin; I want you to abstain from sin because of a lack of time for it.”
— Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kutzk, to his disciples.

“The world says, ‘Time is money.’ I say, ‘Time if life.’”
— Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, to my father, Gershon Jacobson in 1985.

Cheating on the Sabbath?

The marvelous invention of the Sabbath — a day in which we put our stressful lives on hold and dedicate every moment to our souls, our loved ones, and our spiritual growth — is introduced in this weeks portion, the opening section of the Bible.

“And G-d saw all that He had made , and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. Thus, the heaven and the earth were completed, and all their array. G-d completed, on the seventh day, His work, which He had done, and He abstained on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. G-d blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He ceased from all His work (1).”

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Cleveland Jewish News
Beachwood, OH — Workers this week were seeding a new front lawn and completing other necessary exterior tasks at the Waxman Chabad Center, which opened its doors last winter.

The Chabad Center on Green Road in Beachwood has been a work in progress since ground was broken over five years ago for the mikvah behind the main building. Since then, the city has received complaints about the construction project from Beachwood residents and non-residents, says Bill Griswold, acting Beachwood building commissioner.

A Chabad representative has assured him that a new contractor has been hired to redo the landscaping. “They suggest it will be completed by the end of the week,” Griswold says. “They are 99% complete.”

Chabad’s New Landscaping Marks End of Project

Cleveland Jewish News

Beachwood, OH — Workers this week were seeding a new front lawn and completing other necessary exterior tasks at the Waxman Chabad Center, which opened its doors last winter.

The Chabad Center on Green Road in Beachwood has been a work in progress since ground was broken over five years ago for the mikvah behind the main building. Since then, the city has received complaints about the construction project from Beachwood residents and non-residents, says Bill Griswold, acting Beachwood building commissioner.

A Chabad representative has assured him that a new contractor has been hired to redo the landscaping. “They suggest it will be completed by the end of the week,” Griswold says. “They are 99% complete.”

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This past Isru Chag Sukkos, the Talmidei HaShluchim of Oholei Torah gathered once more before they leave with their groups to 26 communities around the world.

Together with the entire Hanholas Hayeshiva, their parents, grandparents and friends the Talmidei HaShluchim were sent off with true royal treatment, befitting Shluchei HaMelech.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Beis Medrash Oholei Torah Sends Off 126 Talmidei Hashluchim

This past Isru Chag Sukkos, the Talmidei HaShluchim of Oholei Torah gathered once more before they leave with their groups to 26 communities around the world.

Together with the entire Hanholas Hayeshiva, their parents, grandparents and friends the Talmidei HaShluchim were sent off with true royal treatment, befitting Shluchei HaMelech.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Knox News
Hebrew teacher Rishi Wilhelm greets Havah Ruth Anovitz as she shows off leaves she brought for a class project, as fellow student Alex Abrams, left, arrives. The children attend the Stanford Eisenberg Knoxville Jewish Day School, a Montessori-style school with a religious twist.

Knoxville, TN - On a recent morning, Yakov Drumm quietly worked on a multiplication lesson as a classmate a few feet away pulled on her cheeks in an effort to correctly pronounce the Hebrew alphabet.

Learning their Alef, Bet, Gimels…

Knox News
Hebrew teacher Rishi Wilhelm greets Havah Ruth Anovitz as she shows off leaves she brought for a class project, as fellow student Alex Abrams, left, arrives. The children attend the Stanford Eisenberg Knoxville Jewish Day School, a Montessori-style school with a religious twist.

Knoxville, TN – On a recent morning, Yakov Drumm quietly worked on a multiplication lesson as a classmate a few feet away pulled on her cheeks in an effort to correctly pronounce the Hebrew alphabet.

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Most people, even Gentiles, are familiar with the opening sentence of the Torah: “IN THE BEGINNING G-D CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH”

But at first glance it has no practical importance.

What do we care how the world got created. or if it was created at all? In any case it happened thousands (maybe millions!) of years ago! Why can't the Torah just be like the other religions and say that G-d rewards and punishes whoever doesn't follow the rules? Who cares how the world got here?

But the teachings of Chassidut and Kabala reveal several vital messages here.

First of all, the Torah is telling us what the world is made of: that the basic element of creation is neither atoms nor quarks of energy or even spirit... all these are themselves creations.

The Weekly Sedra – Bereshis

Most people, even Gentiles, are familiar with the opening sentence of the Torah: “IN THE BEGINNING G-D CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH”

But at first glance it has no practical importance.

What do we care how the world got created. or if it was created at all? In any case it happened thousands (maybe millions!) of years ago! Why can’t the Torah just be like the other religions and say that G-d rewards and punishes whoever doesn’t follow the rules? Who cares how the world got here?

But the teachings of Chassidut and Kabala reveal several vital messages here.

First of all, the Torah is telling us what the world is made of: that the basic element of creation is neither atoms nor quarks of energy or even spirit… all these are themselves creations.

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Wanstead And Wood Ford Guardian
London, England - A Buckhurst Hill Rabbi has been touring the area in his Sukkah Mobile to bring home the message of a Jewish festival.

This week the Jewish community has been celebrating the festival of Tabernacles, which commemorates the Jewish Exodus from Egypt.

The exiled Jews built huts in the desert and Jewish people all over the world build their own replica huts to remember the occasion.

Because not all Jewish people are able to build their own huts Rabbi Odom Brandman, of the Chabad centre, Russell Road, has been touring schools and Jewish families in the area with his Sukkah Mobile - a hut on the back of a pick-up truck.

Giving Sukkah On Four Wheels

Wanstead And Wood Ford Guardian

London, England – A Buckhurst Hill Rabbi has been touring the area in his Sukkah Mobile to bring home the message of a Jewish festival.

This week the Jewish community has been celebrating the festival of Tabernacles, which commemorates the Jewish Exodus from Egypt.

The exiled Jews built huts in the desert and Jewish people all over the world build their own replica huts to remember the occasion.

Because not all Jewish people are able to build their own huts Rabbi Odom Brandman, of the Chabad centre, Russell Road, has been touring schools and Jewish families in the area with his Sukkah Mobile – a hut on the back of a pick-up truck.

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Jewish Silicon Valley

Matthew Miller, a self-described “white suburban teenager,” grew up in White Plains, New York, to Reconstructionist Jewish parents. He describes his teenage years as being filled with drugs and treif, (non-kosher food) and listening to hip-hop and reggae.

Today, Matthew Miller is Matisyahu Miller, an observant Chassidic Jew and top-selling artist on the Sony-BMG label. He performs across the country to Jews and non-Jews alike. His most popular song, “King Without a Crown,” made it to number seven in the Billboard charts.

From White Suburban Teenager to Chassidic Reggae Star

Jewish Silicon Valley

Matthew Miller, a self-described “white suburban teenager,” grew up in White Plains, New York, to Reconstructionist Jewish parents. He describes his teenage years as being filled with drugs and treif, (non-kosher food) and listening to hip-hop and reggae.

Today, Matthew Miller is Matisyahu Miller, an observant Chassidic Jew and top-selling artist on the Sony-BMG label. He performs across the country to Jews and non-Jews alike. His most popular song, “King Without a Crown,” made it to number seven in the Billboard charts.

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Hummer Parade! – Sukkah Hopping in Style!

Boca Raton, FL – Chol Hamoed Sukkos, four stretched hummers pulled out of the Chabad of Boca Raton’s parking lot with over 75 excited children ready to go sukkah hopping all over the town in style. A special sukkah scavenger hunt was arranged for the children by the youth director, Rabbi Shmuly Gutnick and Tami Cohen. The children followed the clues that lead them to many exciting activities.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Sukkah Street Fair

Boca Raton, FL – On Thursday Chol Hamoed Sukkos, Chabad of Boca Raton had a specatacular Street fair. A few hundred children and parents attended. They were met by bochurim (Yossi Denburg, Shimmy Korolitzky, Yisroel New, and Sholom Kotlarsky, who benched lulav and esrog with every single person.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Chabad Conquers Southwest Florida With Mitzvah Lulov and Etrog

Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida under the leadership of Rabbi Yitzchok and Nechamie Minkowicz hosted five Bochrim, Mendy Bronstein, Leibel Greenbaum, Dovid Rachmani, Dov Ber Lewis & Shmuly Karp for Sukkot. The five Bochrim went on Mitzvah Lulov everyday of Chol Hamoed to Offices and Homes. The people were very moved by the dedication, commitment and Joy that the Bochrim brought to them.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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The Australian
Melbourne, Australia — An Australian Rules football club has apologised for an alleged assault on a Jewish man by players who removed his traditional headwear then punched him.

Menachem Vorchheimer, 33, said he was walking with his young children in Melbourne on Saturday when men from the Ocean Grove Football Club who had been at the nearby Caulfield Guineas race meeting yelled taunts including “F... off Jews” and “Go the Nazis”.

Two of the players grabbed his hats before he was punched in the face.

Ocean Grove Football Club president Michael Vines said he did not know the circumstances of the attack but apologised and said the club took the allegations seriously.

Club Sorry for Attack on Jewish Man

The Australian

Melbourne, Australia — An Australian Rules football club has apologised for an alleged assault on a Jewish man by players who removed his traditional headwear then punched him.

Menachem Vorchheimer, 33, said he was walking with his young children in Melbourne on Saturday when men from the Ocean Grove Football Club who had been at the nearby Caulfield Guineas race meeting yelled taunts including “F… off Jews” and “Go the Nazis”.

Two of the players grabbed his hats before he was punched in the face.

Ocean Grove Football Club president Michael Vines said he did not know the circumstances of the attack but apologised and said the club took the allegations seriously.

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On the hompage of the Washington Posts website there is the following story!

Click here to veiw the photos!

Illustrating That Looks Aren't Everything

NEW YORK — Sometimes, all it takes to make good art is to point a finger — or a camera — at our world's most telling peculiarities. That, at least, is how many leading artists feel these days: They believe that content, presented as transparently as possible, is what ought to matter most; artsy form can only interfere. Photographers Andrea Robbins and Max Becher have made a career of such telling transparency. Their razor-sharp photographs seem like nothing more than windows open on the strangeness in the world. It's an effect that in itself demands an artful eye.

The Washington Post on 770’s Around the World

On the hompage of the Washington Posts website there is the following story!

Click here to veiw the photos!

Illustrating That Looks Aren’t Everything

NEW YORK — Sometimes, all it takes to make good art is to point a finger — or a camera — at our world’s most telling peculiarities. That, at least, is how many leading artists feel these days: They believe that content, presented as transparently as possible, is what ought to matter most; artsy form can only interfere. Photographers Andrea Robbins and Max Becher have made a career of such telling transparency. Their razor-sharp photographs seem like nothing more than windows open on the strangeness in the world. It’s an effect that in itself demands an artful eye.

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By Aliza Karp
The Arba Minim represent Jews with different characteristics all coming together. On Simchas Torah we put down the Arba Minim, signifying that our differences have now become nullified, and we dance together as one. But once inside 770, the people dancing together are people who are similar. How is the unity that transcends the Arba Minim applied to Jews who are not in 770?

TAHALUCHA! Tahalucha is Ahavas Yisroel. Tahalucha is Achdus. Tahalucha is Shlichus on Yom Tov. And most of the guys walking for hours hardly realize it. They go on Tahalucha because the Rebbe said to go. They make no Cheshboynos. And yet they are walking for hours to reach their destination, and then walking back. And they are doing it for Jews they have never met.

Simchas Torah Shlichus from Crown Heights

By Aliza Karp

The Arba Minim represent Jews with different characteristics all coming together. On Simchas Torah we put down the Arba Minim, signifying that our differences have now become nullified, and we dance together as one. But once inside 770, the people dancing together are people who are similar. How is the unity that transcends the Arba Minim applied to Jews who are not in 770?

TAHALUCHA! Tahalucha is Ahavas Yisroel. Tahalucha is Achdus. Tahalucha is Shlichus on Yom Tov. And most of the guys walking for hours hardly realize it. They go on Tahalucha because the Rebbe said to go. They make no Cheshboynos. And yet they are walking for hours to reach their destination, and then walking back. And they are doing it for Jews they have never met.

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With all the good news over Yom Tov we have been publishing many news items, due to this articles got moved over into the archives sooner then normal. We added a feature in which you no longer need to browse the archives, you just scroll to the bottom of the page and you can go back pages!



As you can also see we have added a few new ads in order to support the site, please support them by clicking their ads. If you are interested in advertising with us you can email sales@crownheights.info. To submit news items please email news@crownheights.info.

Check Out the Archives!

With all the good news over Yom Tov we have been publishing many news items, due to this articles got moved over into the archives sooner then normal. We added a feature in which you no longer need to browse the archives, you just scroll to the bottom of the page and you can go back pages!

As you can also see we have added a few new ads in order to support the site, please support them by clicking their ads. If you are interested in advertising with us you can email sales@crownheights.info. To submit news items please email news@crownheights.info.

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