Cote St Luc, QC, Canada — Two major construction projects that will be taking place in Côte St. Luc at about the same time this year are expected to increase the volume of traffic in their sector.
This weeks Living Torah video, an excerpt from volume 33 episode 131, is about how every Jew is connected to Judaism.
Kansas City, MO — Children dressed as princesses, aliens and lions danced around the room. They carried bags of goodies and nibbled on cookies and candy.
This was no Halloween party, however. It was a Purim celebration, a Jewish tradition that has been passed down for over 2,000 years. On Saturday, dozens of families gathered at the Chabad House Center of Kansas City, 6201 Indian Creek Drive, Overland Park, to celebrate Purim and fulfill their obligation of listening to the story of Esther.
“It’s about celebrating the miracle of triumphing over evil,” said Shoula Horing, an Overland Park resident. “It’s a fun day — fun and holy.”
Poway, CA — “It’s not just a bracelet,” 12-year-old Sophie announced with great ceremony to the dark-haired girl across the table. “It’s a magic bracelet.”
“Oh,” breathed 6-year-old Ava, “a magic bracelet.”
Perhaps it was magic. The shiny bit of pretend jewelry brought Ava, who is autistic, a friend to share a lazy Saturday afternoon in Rancho Peñasquitos – someone who would play endless rounds of the board game Pretty Pretty Princess.
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Matel bas Chana Fruma
Zhitomir, Ukraine — A restored Torah scroll gave the people of Zhitomir’s Jewish community, a reason to celebrate after Mark Anapolskiy, a descendant of well-known poet Hayyim Nahman Bialik, presented the Jewish community of his hometown with the restored Torah. The ceremony began in the historic home that a hundred years belonged to the influential poet.
Rabbi Moshe and Mrs. Yehudis Steiner have recently moved on Shlichus to Toronto, Onatrio to establish a new Chabad House in the Uptown area serving the Jews of Bathurst Manor.
The Steiners were appointed by were appointed by Ontario’s Head Shliach Rabbi Z. A. Grossbaum.
HATZLOCHA RABBA!
The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail at Rabbi@uptownchabad.com
In great Shock we inform you of the very tragic and untimely passing of R. Gedalya Yerachmiel Shaffer OBM of Crown Heights. His life was claimed in a tragic car crash in California, he was 61 years old.
He is survived by his wife Bronya, Children Liba Goldman (Teaneck, NJ), Nechama Dina Simon (Teaneck, NJ), Devorie Slutzkin (Zurich, Switzerland), Yosef Chaim (Crown Heights), Batyia (Crown Heights), Yehuda Leib (Crown Heights), Chana (Crown Heights), Shaina (Crown Heights), Yitzchok (Crown Heights), Michal (Crown Heights) and by a Brother in Boston and two sisters in Paris and Baltimore.
The Levaya will be Tomorrow, Thursday. It will be leaving at around 1:00pm from the Shomrei Hadaas Chapel and will be passing by 770 at around 2:00pm.
Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
Toronto, Canada — Rabbi Menachem Gansburg and his wife Chana have brought Chabad to a trendy section of Avenue Road north of Lawrence Avenue, causing some initially confused reactions from people who wonder why they’re not on nearby Bathurst Street, with its many Jewish shops and institutions.
Thirty years ago, large North American cities like Toronto typically had one Chabad institution. Today, “almost every zip code has representation,” said Rabbi Zalman Grossbaum, director of Chabad Lubavitch activities for Ontario.
“You have Chabad spilling into every community, every pocket where Jews are situated.”
In Toronto and the surrounding area, there are about 17 Chabad centres, including in Mississauga, Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
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