At 3:01am a call came through to the FDNY where a tenant at 1325 Union Street thought he smelt gas, and by 3:07am there were 7 fire trucks on the scene tehy went in to check everything out and it turned out it was nothing, at 3:14am the fire trucks left the scene and PD remained to speak to the tenant and arrested him at 3:18am.
The highlight of the Sefer Hamitsvos Contest weekend of Tsivos Hashem was the competition’s grand finale on Sunday. The awesome event was hosted by the Lubavitch Educational Center at the Deauville Beach Resort . In front of a crowd of more than 1,000, the boys competed in a fast-paced “game-show style” quiz — a full-scale multimedia production, complete with computer-generated question boards, flashing lights, buzzers, sound effects and music. “The children’s grasp of the material was simply astounding,” says Rabbi Sholom Ber Baumgarten, Tzivos Hashem Director. “Within seconds, the children answered questions from memory that many scholars and even rabbis couldn’t answer without consulting a source.” In between the two rounds of the game show and after the second round, the audience was treated to live concert by chassidic super star Avrohom Fried. It was not your regular concert! The dancing and enthusiasm in the room was palpable.
Rabbi Yerachmiel Benjaminson, executive director of Tzivos Hashem said it was a most worthwhile investment for what these boys have accomplished is priceless. However, these children are really representing the more than 4,000 students from across the world who took part in the program, which was initiated as a means of fulfilling the Rebbe’s wish that every man, woman, and child learn the Rambam’s magnum opus Mishneh Torah or the more abbreviated Sefer HaMitzvos, which explain all of the 613 mitzvahs.
SNS has learned that Rabbi & Mrs. Schneur Zalman Cadaner of Crown Heights will IYH be moving on Shlichus to the Quad Cities where they will establish a new Chabad House. The Quad Cities consists of Rock Island and Moline in Illinois and Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa.
The Cadaners were appointed by Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz of Illinois & Rabbi Yossi Jacobson of Iowa.
HATZLOCHA RABBA!
The Cadaners can be reached via e-mail @ chabadquadcities@gmail.com.
A group of Anash in Crown Heights who meet each Monday and Wednesday evening to learn Gemara with Horav Zalmam Labkowsky, Rosh Yeshiivah of 770, have just made a Siyum on Mesechtas Brochos.
The Siyum was held last Wednesday night @ the Aguda Shul on Crown St.
A festive Seuda followed the Siyum, during which Rabbi Labkowsky announced that the group will start learning Mesechtas Sukkah on when they next meet, on Monday night Ohr Le’Gimmel Nissan.
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