Thousands Of Lubavitch Come To Town For Annual International Conference

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Thousands of members of Chabad Lubavitch visited the grave of Rabbi Manachem Schneerson in Queens Friday, who many of them believe is the Messiah.

They paid homage at the Old Montefiore Cemetery in Cambria Heights. About 3,000 Lubavitch representatives are in town for their annual international conference. The group usually gathers in Brooklyn, but this year there were so many representatives, they had to book the Garden State Exhibit Hall in New Jersey.

“We came to plan, to become inspired, to learn new methods, to hone our skills, and to become better rabbis, better community leaders, so that our communities that we go back to around the world will be able to benefit from our additional resources,” explained Rabbi Yosef Kantor.

Small plane makes emergency landing in Brooklyn

A pilot made an unexpected but relatively smooth landing on a muddy field near Coney Island Tuesday morning — then calmly summed up his aeronautical adventure as a “walk in the park.”

Paul Dudley, 51, was heading to New Jersey’s Linden Municipal Airport, which he manages, when he sensed a mechanical problem with his single-engine Cessna 172.

The Leveya of R. Tzvi Hersh Gansburg O”BM

At 1:30 a crowed gathered to escort R. Tzvi Hersh.

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Breakthrough in Publishing History-1200 Sichos in a single book!

“How did you fit such a big Likutei Sichos into such a small book?” That’s the question that springs to mind when feasting your eyes on the new, Single volume Chumash from Kol Menachem—due to be launched at the upcoming Kinus Hashluchim. The “Synagogue Edition” contains all the material from the five-volume Gutnick-Chumash set, and impressive new features too.

The commentaries are drawn from a staggering 1200 sichos and ma’amarim of the Rebbe, a totally unprecedented hafatzas hamayonos in one just book! The translation and commentaries are, by now, legendary, used by Shluchim worldwide as the first resource for the synagogue and the classroom. Now this classic will be available in one convenient volume, for less than half the price of a full set and volume discounts will be available.

Oholei Torah Mourns the Passing of Salomon

Students from the Head Start up trough the Elementary Division, Zal, and alumni gathered in front of 667 Eastern Parkway, to Melaveh Shloime Meshorer OB”M. he was buried in the Beth-David Cemetery in Elmont (Queens).

He leaves behind 3 sisters and 4 brothers.

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UMass Student Killed in Car Crash After Rescuing Driver

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.

Chabad and Jewish Chasidic Records for Sale on eBay!

33 RPM, What’s that? Well nowadays you would hear iPod, CD or even (gasp!) Tape! But once upon a time there was a turn table that spun at 33 RPM and played music in mono, this was also known as a record player. An eBay Seller recently listed a whole list of records for sale, some of the titles include Avraham Fried’s Goodbye Golus and Mordechai Ben David’s Hold On among many other titles, some of which are still in the original shrink wrapping!

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Vandalism at Jewish Cemetery in Vinnitsa Continues

Vinnitsa, Ukraine – When representatives of the Jewish Community in Western Ukraine arrived to conduct a burial ceremony for hundreds of limbs scattered in near a public grave in Vinnitsa, they were shocked and horrified to find the damaged cemetery that was looted a few weeks earlier, damaged again! The vandals resumed their treachery in robbing valuables found on remnants of corpses in additional pits they had dug.

The vandalized cemetery is located near the city of Rovno in Western Ukraine which serves as the grave of about 17,500 Jews who were murdered in 1941 and buried in a public grave called Sosoniki.

A Letter From A Parent

Dear residents of Crown Heights,

I am a parent of Ka“h a large family.

My children have and are attending regular Lubavitch schools in Crown Heights and B”H are doing well. My son however, was not doing well in school. He was unhappy and did not enjoy going to school.

He found it hard to stay focused in class and found himself getting easily distracted in a large classroom setting. As a result, he kept himself busy doing “other things”. He found himself strolling the hallways and getting detention often.

Continued in the Extended Article!

Bring in a Detective….

In this picture we see two unforgettable staff members of 770 who have both passed away: the mashgiach in Bes Midrash Rabbi Sholom Marozov and the mashgiach in the kitchen Rabbi Michoel Lipskar as they are discussing what to do with bochurim who break into the pantry to take food without permission.