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Daily Archives: December 4, 2006


From tonight on in ‘Shmoneh Esreh’ we begin saying ‘Veten Tal Umatar Livracha’ in the Brocho of ‘Boreich Alienu’.

R. Yosef Simcha Ginzburg, Rav of Omer says that we do not stop during Davening to announce this change, we only knock on the Bimah as a reminder. If one forgot and remembers at the next Tefillah he is to say the Amidah twice, one for the Tefillah at hand and the second for the one before.

Tonight: Veten Tal Umatar

From tonight on in ‘Shmoneh Esreh’ we begin saying ‘Veten Tal Umatar Livracha’ in the Brocho of ‘Boreich Alienu’.

R. Yosef Simcha Ginzburg, Rav of Omer says that we do not stop during Davening to announce this change, we only knock on the Bimah as a reminder. If one forgot and remembers at the next Tefillah he is to say the Amidah twice, one for the Tefillah at hand and the second for the one before.

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New Engagement!

Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, IA) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, WI) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Shlomo Werde (Crown Heights) to Gila Bensusan (London, UK)
Baby Boy!

Chezki and Mushkie Golowinski from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 539 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Avi Baitelman (Los Angeles, CA) to Mindy Neubort (Fair Lawn, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitch Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Baby Boy!

Chaim and Bracha (nee Morozow) Rendler from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Esther (nee Tabari) Hyams from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Shmuly and Chaya (nee Lewin) Stone from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yossi Krinsky (Vilnius, Lithuania) to Rochele Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Baby Boy!

Yossef and Naomi (nee Malinas) Haddad from Milan, Italy had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, at 1349 President Street
New Engagement!

Ariel Poliszuk (Toronto, Canada) to Devorah Leah Weingrow (Chicago, IL)
Baby Girl!

Yisroel and Chana Esther (nee Feldman) Kaczala from Brazil had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yosef Yitzchok Marcucci (Chicago, IL) to Devorah Leah Munis (Eretz Yisroel)
New Engagement!

Shmuly Golomb (Crown Heights) to Mushky Steinmetz (Briarwood, NY)

 
Associated Press
Washington, DC — Members of a Hasidic Jewish movement may sue the Russian government in an effort to recover 18th century religious writings and prayers seized by the Nazi and Soviet armies, a U.S. judge said Monday.

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said the case involves violations of international law that can be argued in a Washington courtroom. He dismissed a part of the lawsuit, however, involving a dispute over a library of religious books abandoned when the group's leader fled Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution.

The plaintiffs are members of Chabad-Lubavitch, a Hasidic Jewish movement that follows the teachings of generations of Eastern European rabbis and emphasizes the study of the Torah. The group is suing Russia to recover thousands of manuscripts, prayers, lectures and philosophical discourses by leading rabbis.

Jewish Group May Sue for Seized Writings

Associated Press

Washington, DC — Members of a Hasidic Jewish movement may sue the Russian government in an effort to recover 18th century religious writings and prayers seized by the Nazi and Soviet armies, a U.S. judge said Monday.

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said the case involves violations of international law that can be argued in a Washington courtroom. He dismissed a part of the lawsuit, however, involving a dispute over a library of religious books abandoned when the group’s leader fled Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution.

The plaintiffs are members of Chabad-Lubavitch, a Hasidic Jewish movement that follows the teachings of generations of Eastern European rabbis and emphasizes the study of the Torah. The group is suing Russia to recover thousands of manuscripts, prayers, lectures and philosophical discourses by leading rabbis.

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At around 12:30 this afternoon the “Pace” hardware store was held up at gunpoint. The incident took place while one of the two store workers was tending to customers in the front of the store when a single Black male pulled a gun from under his coat and pointed it at the man behind the counter and simply told him “open register”.

He described the perp as around 5”10 who was wearing a red and white bandana over his face and a hood over his head and his eyes seemed glazed over. Upon seeing the gun he did not hesitate and opened the cash drawer, after which the perp began poking him with the gun. At this point he simply slammed the drawer shut and pushed the perp, and made a beeline for the door.

Attempted Robbery – At Gunpoint

At around 12:30 this afternoon the “Pace” hardware store was held up at gunpoint. The incident took place while one of the two store workers was tending to customers in the front of the store when a single Black male pulled a gun from under his coat and pointed it at the man behind the counter and simply told him “open register”.

He described the perp as around 5”10 who was wearing a red and white bandana over his face and a hood over his head and his eyes seemed glazed over. Upon seeing the gun he did not hesitate and opened the cash drawer, after which the perp began poking him with the gun. At this point he simply slammed the drawer shut and pushed the perp, and made a beeline for the door.

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Last year R. Michoel Seligson Farbrenged at Chabad of the Mainline in Merion Station, Pennsylvania under the Shluchim R. Shraga Sherman and R. Moishe Brennan in honor of Yud Tes Kislev.

In honor of the upcoming Yud Tes Kislev CrownHeights.info is pleased to publish an audio recording of the Farbrengen which covered an overview of Yud Tes Kislev, the lessons we learn from it and some stories.

Click Here to listen! (WMA, 2:16:48, 59.1MB, STREAM/DOWNLOAD)

Audio: A Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen with R. Seligson

Last year R. Michoel Seligson Farbrenged at Chabad of the Mainline in Merion Station, Pennsylvania under the Shluchim R. Shraga Sherman and R. Moishe Brennan in honor of Yud Tes Kislev.

In honor of the upcoming Yud Tes Kislev CrownHeights.info is pleased to publish an audio recording of the Farbrengen which covered an overview of Yud Tes Kislev, the lessons we learn from it and some stories.

Click Here to listen! (WMA, 2:16:48, 59.1MB, STREAM/DOWNLOAD)

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Rocky Mountain News
Rabbi Yisroel Engel, left, watches as honored guest Jack Grynberg, center, fills in the first letter of a new Torah, with the help of certified scribe Rabbi Moshe Liberow, Sunday morning at Chabad Lubavitch of Colorado. The new Torah will be paid for with 6 million pennies collected in remembrance of the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust.

Denver, CO — “Here, look at this.”

The rabbi dived into a corner of his office Sunday and, with effort, hoisted up a shoebox that felt as if it held 100 cannonballs.

Inside was a grimy, coppery sea of pennies, about 10,000 of them. Under the guise of a kid's hobby are the kernels of Rabbi Yisroel Engel's Six Million Penny Project.

Six Million Reasons to Raid that Old Penny Collection

Rocky Mountain News
Rabbi Yisroel Engel, left, watches as honored guest Jack Grynberg, center, fills in the first letter of a new Torah, with the help of certified scribe Rabbi Moshe Liberow, Sunday morning at Chabad Lubavitch of Colorado. The new Torah will be paid for with 6 million pennies collected in remembrance of the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust.

Denver, CO — “Here, look at this.”

The rabbi dived into a corner of his office Sunday and, with effort, hoisted up a shoebox that felt as if it held 100 cannonballs.

Inside was a grimy, coppery sea of pennies, about 10,000 of them. Under the guise of a kid’s hobby are the kernels of Rabbi Yisroel Engel’s Six Million Penny Project.

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Jewish News of Greater Phoenix

Phoenix, AZ — Lighting Shabbat candles can lead to inner peace - and perhaps even global peace.

That's the idea behind Chabad Lubavitch's new project, FridayLight, a Shabbat candle-lighting campaign.

Light of Peace

Jewish News of Greater Phoenix

Phoenix, AZ — Lighting Shabbat candles can lead to inner peace – and perhaps even global peace.

That’s the idea behind Chabad Lubavitch’s new project, FridayLight, a Shabbat candle-lighting campaign.

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New Mikvah in Florida To Be Wheelchair Accessible

Rivka Chaya Berman – Lubavitch.com

South Broward, FL — For the 900,000 American women who use wheelchairs, there are barely more than ten accessible mikvehs that allow them to immerse in the Jewish ritual bath with a measure of independence. By this time next year, the new mikveh at Chabad of South Broward, FL, will be completed with a modern hydraulic lift system to help physically challenged women overcome obstacles to fulfilling this central tenet of Jewish family life.

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Stephanie Bertholdo - The Acorn

Conejo, CA — Chabad of the Conejo received approval from the Agoura Hills planning commission to remodel its center and add a new two-story office building on Canwood Street.

Rabbi Moshe Bryski, executive director of Chabad of the Conejo in Agoura Hills, said the Jewish community had outgrown the space. He requested approval to remodel the existing assembly hall with ancillary classes into a 3,320square-foot sanctuary.

Chabad of the Conejo to expand

Stephanie Bertholdo – The Acorn

Conejo, CA — Chabad of the Conejo received approval from the Agoura Hills planning commission to remodel its center and add a new two-story office building on Canwood Street.

Rabbi Moshe Bryski, executive director of Chabad of the Conejo in Agoura Hills, said the Jewish community had outgrown the space. He requested approval to remodel the existing assembly hall with ancillary classes into a 3,320square-foot sanctuary.

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shmais.com
Rabbi & Mrs. Shloime Wolvovsky of Crown Heights will IYH be moving on Shlichus to Toronto, Canada where they will head the Adult education activities for Chabad of Midtown.

The Wolvovskys were appointed by Rabbi Nechemia Deitsch of Chabad of Midtown, and are from the first group of Shluchim to have been approved for the recently launched Shluchei Torah Grant from the Rohr Family Foundation.

HATZLOCHA RABBA!

The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail at shlaimeh@gmail.com

New Shluchim To Canada

shmais.com

Rabbi & Mrs. Shloime Wolvovsky of Crown Heights will IYH be moving on Shlichus to Toronto, Canada where they will head the Adult education activities for Chabad of Midtown.

The Wolvovskys were appointed by Rabbi Nechemia Deitsch of Chabad of Midtown, and are from the first group of Shluchim to have been approved for the recently launched Shluchei Torah Grant from the Rohr Family Foundation.

HATZLOCHA RABBA!

The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail at shlaimeh@gmail.com

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A Shabbos Achdus Made By G-D

On Shabbos Parshas Vayetzie the Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Baltimore hosted approximately 35 bochurim from the Lubavither Mesivta of Chicago.

The Mesivta Bochurim who participated in a special Mivtza arranged by their Hanhalah which included coming to seder on time, learning extra and participating in a seder sichos were awarded with a trip to NY to spend a Shabbos with the Rebbe at the Ohel.

More in the Extended Article!

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Rabbi Anchelle Perl, who heads the National Council for the Furtherance of Jewish Education on Long Island and Chabad of Mineola, will star as the first ultra-orthodox stunt man in his annual Chanukah telethon, to air live on Sunday, December 10, 7 PM - 11 PM, on WLNY-TV.

Chabad Rabbi Turns Stunt Man To Raise Money For Chanukah Telethon

Rabbi Anchelle Perl, who heads the National Council for the Furtherance of Jewish Education on Long Island and Chabad of Mineola, will star as the first ultra-orthodox stunt man in his annual Chanukah telethon, to air live on Sunday, December 10, 7 PM – 11 PM, on WLNY-TV.

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