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Daily Archives: June 20, 2006

Hertzberg Family Gifts Judaic Collection To Lubavitch

Baila Olidort – Lubavitch.com
Rabbi Shiya Hertzberg speaks with Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky and Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky

Family and close friends of the late Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg convened for a private reception at Lubavitch Headquarters this past Sunday.

The event celebrated the gift of a Judaic collection by Arthur Hertzberg and his siblings to the Central Chabad-Lubavitch Library of Agudas Chsidei Chabad. Speaking at the reception, Rabbi Shiya Hertzberg—brother of Arthur—thanked the Lubavitch library—one of the most prestigious private Judaica collections in the world, for receiving the Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech and Nechama Shifra Hertzberg Judaic Collection. “Our aim was that the library should be housed in tact,” he said about the family’s wishes for his father’s library. He spoke of the passion his father had for Jewish education, and the love of Torah scholarship that he cultivated in his children.

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New Engagement!

Levi Yaffe (Longmeadow, MA) to Devorah Gindi (Brooklyn, NY)
Baby Boy!

Chezki and Ahuva Coates from Chicago, IL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yaakov David Gordon (Melbourne, Australia) to Rivka Pink (Solihull, England)
New Engagement!

Mendel New (Crown Heights) to Sara Silverman (Marietta, GA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Sholom Ber Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Mussie Baumgarten (Rockaway, NJ) L’Chaim: Tuesday, May 7th, 8:00pm at the JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Binyomin Wilhelm (Zhitomir, Ukraine) to Chaya Sosonkin (Brooklyn, NY)
Twins!

Two girls were born to Zalman and Chaya (nee Slonim) Phillips from East Flatbush!
New Engagement!

Levi Deitsch (Perm, Russia) to Tehilah Holtzberg (Pomona, NY)
New Engagement!

Menachem Mendel Amer (Moshave Mivtachim, EY) to Feiga Leah Norton (Los Angeles, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at The Shull 481 Albany Ave
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chana Genya Goodman had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Moshe Cunin (Reno, NV) to Doba Brikman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: L’Chaim: Sunday, April 14th, 8:00pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Bezalel and Devory Broh from Remsen Village had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 63 E. 91st Street between E. New York Ave and Rutland Road
New Engagement!

Reuben Greenberg (Crown Heights) to Sara Brown (Liverpool, UK) L’Chaim: Sunday, April 14th, 8:00pm at the JCM Downstairs
New Engagement!

Daniel Namdar (Crown Heights) to Sossie Shain (Tenefly, NJ)
New Engagement!

Ari Levitin (Los Angeles, CA) to Frayda Flint (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:0pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Avremy Wolosh (Morristown) to Avigial Sacks (Chicago, IL)

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New Engagement!

Aryeh Wells (New York, NY) to Chana Laber (Rensselaer, NY) L’Chaim: Tuesday, April 9th, 7:30pm at Ulam Chana
RIAN Novosti
Alexander Koptsev
Moscow, Russia - Russia's Supreme Court Tuesday overturned a 13-year sentence against a man convicted of attempted murder in a knife attack on a Moscow synagogue.

On March 27, Moscow City Court found Alexander Koptsev, who was 20 at the time of the attack, guilty of the ethnically and religiously motivated attempted murder of nine people at a synagogue in central Moscow on January 11, but cleared him of instigating racial hatred.

“The sentence of the Moscow City Court is quashed, and the criminal case of Koptsev will be sent for retrial at the same court but with a different composition,” the court ruling said.

Russian Supreme Court overturns sentence of synagogue attacker

RIAN Novosti
Alexander Koptsev

Moscow, Russia – Russia’s Supreme Court Tuesday overturned a 13-year sentence against a man convicted of attempted murder in a knife attack on a Moscow synagogue.

On March 27, Moscow City Court found Alexander Koptsev, who was 20 at the time of the attack, guilty of the ethnically and religiously motivated attempted murder of nine people at a synagogue in central Moscow on January 11, but cleared him of instigating racial hatred.

“The sentence of the Moscow City Court is quashed, and the criminal case of Koptsev will be sent for retrial at the same court but with a different composition,” the court ruling said.

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A Torah, a Key and the Rabbis

There was not a dry eye in the room when Yitzchak Rapp, made his way to the podium to a standing ovation in order to receive his rabbinic ordination. Yitzchak from Melbourne, Australia is now ready to become the Rabbi he always hoped to be. Words cannot describe the glow on his mother’s face. “It was worth coming all the way from Melbourne for this” said Mrs. Rapp.

This was only one of the many moving moments a crowd of over 250 people were witness to and joyful participants of at the 2nd annual dinner of the Jewish Educational Leadership Institute also known as the Miami Semicha Program. We were hoping to have 150 people come. We are truly overwhelmed by this outpour of support. So many chosuve rabbonim and shluchim were in attendance it was a truly memorable event.

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Shmais.com
In connection with the passing of Rebbetzin Etel Tzerna Hodakov, SHMAIS.com is publishing an interesting Ksav Yad of the Rebbe - Pirsum Rishon.

The Rebbe's Ksav Yad response was to a request for a Brocha for good health that was “written in” by the husband of the Nifteres, the Rebbe's Chief Mazkir, Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Isaac Hodakov OBM.

Pirsum Rishon: Ksav Yad From The Rebbe

Shmais.com

In connection with the passing of Rebbetzin Etel Tzerna Hodakov, SHMAIS.com is publishing an interesting Ksav Yad of the Rebbe – Pirsum Rishon.

The Rebbe’s Ksav Yad response was to a request for a Brocha for good health that was “written in” by the husband of the Nifteres, the Rebbe’s Chief Mazkir, Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Isaac Hodakov OBM.

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Photos by Chaim Hershkop

At around 10:50 this morning an 86 year old man was struck by a 15 passenger van at the intersection of Empire Blvd and Kingston Ave. Apparently the elderly man began crossing the street when the pedestrian signal was red and the large van could not stop. The force of the impact took the man across the entire intersection.

Hatzalah was called but a FDNY EMS ambulance that was passing had seen the incident take place stopped to provide medical assistance.

The man, 86 year old Aron Feldman, was taken to Kings County Hospital where he was listed in critical condition. CrownHeights.info has been contacted by R. Avrohom Leider director of “Ahavas Chesed” in request to help find a family member. The man speaks English, Yiddish and Russian. Anyone with information is requested to call R. Leider at (917) 852-5555

86 Year Old Man Struck On Empire Blvd

Photos by Chaim Hershkop

At around 10:50 this morning an 86 year old man was struck by a 15 passenger van at the intersection of Empire Blvd and Kingston Ave. Apparently the elderly man began crossing the street when the pedestrian signal was red and the large van could not stop. The force of the impact took the man across the entire intersection.

Hatzalah was called but a FDNY EMS ambulance that was passing had seen the incident take place stopped to provide medical assistance.

The man, 86 year old Aron Feldman, was taken to Kings County Hospital where he was listed in critical condition. CrownHeights.info has been contacted by R. Avrohom Leider director of “Ahavas Chesed” in request to help find a family member. The man speaks English, Yiddish and Russian. Anyone with information is requested to call R. Leider at (917) 852-5555

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Lipa Schmeltzer, Chaim Fogelman and Agent Emes

What do they have in common? All three are part of Bais Rivkah’s amazing benefit raffle!

You can have the most amazing, memorable, exciting wedding with Lipa Schmeltzer to entertain your guests! Or, your kids can win a Dream Birthday Party with an appearance by the hilarious children’s favorite Chaim Fogelman or the wildly popular Agent Emes! Your kids will be forever grateful for the most exciting party ever!!!!

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Photo Gallery: Bais Rivka High School Graduation

On Sunday at 9:00am the graduation ceremony of the 12th grade took place in the Rosa Hall in Bais Rivka Campus Chomesh. The Rebbes letter to the graduates was read and R. Avrohom Shemtov spoke about the graduation ceremony and about the Moisad.

A gallery of pictures in the Extended Article!

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New Initiative Advances Adult Jewish Education

Rivka Chaya Berman – Lubavitch.com
Senior Chabad Rabbis meet to develop program

In a statement to Lubavitch.com early this morning, Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, Vice Chairman of the Lubavitch educational arm, confirmed that 33 communities around the world have been selected for inclusion in a groundbreaking adult Jewish education initiative.

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Spirituality Health
Kabbalah is about wrestling with the complex and paradoxical nature of life, which is why this Jewish mystical tradition, with its thousands of sacred texts, leaves most people confused. But in its essence, Kabbalah is really about making the mundane holy.

Rabbi DovBer Pinson grew up in the tightly knit Chassidic community of Crown Heights in Brooklyn, New York, speaking Yiddish as his first language. Although he often skipped school when he was a kid, it soon became clear that he would follow in the footsteps of his grandfather and great-grandfather, both highly respected spiritual teachers and scholars in Russia. He was self-taught and ordained as a rabbi in Israel at 18 and spent the next few years locked up in his room, meditating and studying a wide range of spiritual traditions, contemplating the possibility of life as a monk (until the day he came out and met the woman he married). At 34, he is a world-renowned Jewish scholar, lecturer, and spiritual teacher, with seven books on Kabbalah under his belt.

Into the Heart of Kabbalah: My Year with the Rabbi

Spirituality Health

Kabbalah is about wrestling with the complex and paradoxical nature of life, which is why this Jewish mystical tradition, with its thousands of sacred texts, leaves most people confused. But in its essence, Kabbalah is really about making the mundane holy.

Rabbi DovBer Pinson grew up in the tightly knit Chassidic community of Crown Heights in Brooklyn, New York, speaking Yiddish as his first language. Although he often skipped school when he was a kid, it soon became clear that he would follow in the footsteps of his grandfather and great-grandfather, both highly respected spiritual teachers and scholars in Russia. He was self-taught and ordained as a rabbi in Israel at 18 and spent the next few years locked up in his room, meditating and studying a wide range of spiritual traditions, contemplating the possibility of life as a monk (until the day he came out and met the woman he married). At 34, he is a world-renowned Jewish scholar, lecturer, and spiritual teacher, with seven books on Kabbalah under his belt.

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