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Daily Archives: February 15, 2007

Rabbi Yossi Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL
The highlight of last week's Torah portion was the Ten Commandments. Our portion – Mishpatim – opens with the statement: And these are the ordinances."

Rashi comments that the juxtaposition of this portion- which deals primarily with civil and tort law – and the Ten Commandments discussed last week, teaches us that just as the holy Ten Commandments originated at Sinai and are thus imbued with G-dly meaning, so too the seemingly mundane civil laws discussed in this week's portion are from Sinai and possess the same spiritual and G-dly eminence.

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Mishpatim – Church and State

Rabbi Yossi Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL

The highlight of last week’s Torah portion was the Ten Commandments. Our portion – Mishpatim – opens with the statement: And these are the ordinances.”

Rashi comments that the juxtaposition of this portion- which deals primarily with civil and tort law – and the Ten Commandments discussed last week, teaches us that just as the holy Ten Commandments originated at Sinai and are thus imbued with G-dly meaning, so too the seemingly mundane civil laws discussed in this week’s portion are from Sinai and possess the same spiritual and G-dly eminence.

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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)

 

While Everyone is Preparing for Purim Merkos Prepares for Pesach

Yesterday interviews began for potential Merkos Shluchim to Russia for Pesach. Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, Vice Chairman of Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch, who oversees this project, conducted the interviews. He took a personal interest in each group and sat for some time interviewing them.

Last year hundreds of Bochurim traveled around the world from Bulgaria to Bloivia and from Africa to Nepal in order to conduct Sedorim and spread the message of Pesach. The Bochurim are sent to small towns and villages where there is no Shliach or Rabbi and the only exposure they get to Yiddishkeit is these visits.

More in the Extended Article!

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Introducing Tzivos Hashem Kids: Pesach – the next best thing since sliced bread… make that Matzah!

Beautifully designed with YOUR community in mind, the Pesach magazine is guaranteed to enthrall your kids and teach them about the Yom Tov in a fun, exciting way.

Last Call for Ordering the Tzivos Hashem Kids Magazine

Introducing Tzivos Hashem Kids: Pesach – the next best thing since sliced bread… make that Matzah!

Beautifully designed with YOUR community in mind, the Pesach magazine is guaranteed to enthrall your kids and teach them about the Yom Tov in a fun, exciting way.

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The Rebbe says:

1. A big part of this week’s Torah portion discusses judgments/laws that Hashem laid down for us. One of the laws is about lending a poor person interest-free money:

The Torah says “Eem Kesef Talveh Es Ami, Es Heh’ani Ee’mach, Lo See’he’yey loy K’no’sheh, Lo S’see’moon Alav Neshech – If you will lend money to My people, to the poor person who is with you, do not act towards him as a creditor, do not place interest upon him” (Chapter 22, Verse 24).

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Mishpatim

The Rebbe says:

1. A big part of this week’s Torah portion discusses judgments/laws that Hashem laid down for us. One of the laws is about lending a poor person interest-free money:

The Torah says “Eem Kesef Talveh Es Ami, Es Heh’ani Ee’mach, Lo See’he’yey loy K’no’sheh, Lo S’see’moon Alav Neshech – If you will lend money to My people, to the poor person who is with you, do not act towards him as a creditor, do not place interest upon him” (Chapter 22, Verse 24).

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The Jewish Ledger
Rabbi Sholomo Yaffe
West Hartford, CT — Jennifer Hartwell never felt the emotional connection to Judaism that so many of her Jewish friends experienced. Raised in a Reform Jewish family in which the attachment to Jewish life was more cultural than religious, she was, in her words, a “reluctant Jew.”

“I was skeptical of organized religion. I didn’t buy the endless number of “shoulds” - you should marry a Jew…you should feel something special for Israel — without meaningful explanations as to why,” says Hartwell, who moved to West Hartford from Boston three years ago with her husband and two young children.

Rabbi Gains National Reputation as Lecturer

The Jewish Ledger
Rabbi Sholomo Yaffe

West Hartford, CT — Jennifer Hartwell never felt the emotional connection to Judaism that so many of her Jewish friends experienced. Raised in a Reform Jewish family in which the attachment to Jewish life was more cultural than religious, she was, in her words, a “reluctant Jew.”

“I was skeptical of organized religion. I didn’t buy the endless number of “shoulds” – you should marry a Jew…you should feel something special for Israel — without meaningful explanations as to why,” says Hartwell, who moved to West Hartford from Boston three years ago with her husband and two young children.

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The last 24 hours the snow came in drifts covering Crown Heights with a white layer of fluff, store workers and home owners were seen clearing the sidewalks. In the picture R. Arik Raskin of Raskin Fruits is clearing the sidewalk surrounding his store.

Picture of the Day! Shoveling!

The last 24 hours the snow came in drifts covering Crown Heights with a white layer of fluff, store workers and home owners were seen clearing the sidewalks. In the picture R. Arik Raskin of Raskin Fruits is clearing the sidewalk surrounding his store.

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They will be sitting Shiva at 362 Crown St [between Brooklyn and New York Aves].

Shacharis at 8:00 AM, Mincha at 5:15 PM and Maariv at its time.

Phone: 718-493-7861

Email: Skoblofamily@gmail.com

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Info to be Menachem Avel The Skoblo Family

They will be sitting Shiva at 362 Crown St [between Brooklyn and New York Aves].

Shacharis at 8:00 AM, Mincha at 5:15 PM and Maariv at its time.

Phone: 718-493-7861

Email: Skoblofamily@gmail.com

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

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Mrs. Danièle Gorlin Lassner recalls a 1987 visit with Rebbitzen Chaya Mushka Schneerson ob”m, wife of the Lubavitcher Rebbe - Rabbi Menachem M Schneerson of righteous memory. In their meeting, a glimpse of life as a Rebbetzin is revealed.

Video of the Day – Weekly Living Torah Video Clip

Mrs. Danièle Gorlin Lassner recalls a 1987 visit with Rebbitzen Chaya Mushka Schneerson ob”m, wife of the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Rabbi Menachem M Schneerson of righteous memory. In their meeting, a glimpse of life as a Rebbetzin is revealed.

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Chof Beis Shvat In Manchester England

On Sunday night over 90 ladies gathered in Beis Menachem to commemorate the 19th yahrzeit of Rebbetzen Chaya Mushka, organised by N’shei Chabad.

On entering, we were greeted with a beautifully laid out hall in black and burgundy. Once we were all seated , the evening began with a welcome by Mrs Susan Jaffe, followed by the first ever performance by the Nshei Chabad ladies choir. Their rendition of chassidshe nigunim was so good they had to do an encore at the end of the evening.

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Australian Jewish News
Melbourne, Australia — Prominent Chabad identity Rabbi Joseph Gutnick has been named for the second time as the target of a terrorist assassination plot.

A French court last week heard that Rabbi Gutnick’s name was listed in a notebook filled with coded messages belonging to terror suspect Willie Brigitte.

The court heard that the notebook, found in Brigitte’s home in the Sydney suburb of Lakemba, also contained the names of Jemaah Islamiah spiritual leader Abu Bakar Bashir and Jack Roche, who is serving a nine-year jail sentence for conspiring to blow up the Israeli embassy in Canberra.

Gutnick Targeted in Second Terror Plot

Australian Jewish News

Melbourne, Australia — Prominent Chabad identity Rabbi Joseph Gutnick has been named for the second time as the target of a terrorist assassination plot.

A French court last week heard that Rabbi Gutnick’s name was listed in a notebook filled with coded messages belonging to terror suspect Willie Brigitte.

The court heard that the notebook, found in Brigitte’s home in the Sydney suburb of Lakemba, also contained the names of Jemaah Islamiah spiritual leader Abu Bakar Bashir and Jack Roche, who is serving a nine-year jail sentence for conspiring to blow up the Israeli embassy in Canberra.

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