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Daily Archives: May 25, 2007


This weeks living Torah video is titled 'How to choose a Mentor' (Volume 36, Episode 142).

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Also available with Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.

Video of the Day – Weekly Living Torah Clip

This weeks living Torah video is titled ‘How to choose a Mentor’ (Volume 36, Episode 142).

Living Torah is a member supported project, become a member today LivingTorah.org

Also available with Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.

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New Engagement!

Peretz Yishai Benhiyoun (Crown Heights) to Devorah Lea Banon (Montreal, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at The Arches 1394 S. Johns Pl
New Engagement!

Mendel Goldman (Philadelphia, PA) to Chayale Tennenhaus (Hollywood, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at the JCM Upper Level
Baby Boy!

Shneur and Mushkie Hecht from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Heller (London, UK) to Mussie Levertov (bas Reb Mendy) (Phoenix, AZ)
Baby Boy!

Shlomy and Batya (nee Lew) Ceitlin from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Hananya Cassuto (Paris, France) to Levana Ammar (Netanya, Israel)
Baby Girl!

Mendel and Miri (nee Donin) Brafman from Crown Heights, had a baby girl!

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Baby Boy!

Dovid and Chaya Mushka Oster from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yankel Berkowitz (ben R’ Shaya) (Los Angeles, CA) to Leah Werner (bas R’ Shimmy) (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Jewish Children’s Museum Upstairs
New Engagement!

Shaul Rabin (Edgeware, England) to Etty Halprin (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Garden Paradise Simcha Hall Shoppers Haven Mall – Upstairs, 27 Orchard Street, Monsey, NY
New Engagement!

Tzemach Cohen (London, UK) to Mushka Novack (S. Louis, MO) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at The JCM
New Engagement!

Mendel Weinbaum (Brooklyn, NY) to Menucha Dubov (Wimbledon, England) L’Chaim: Monday, May 6th, 8:30pm at the JCM Upstairs
New Engagement!

Mendel Ohayon (Paris, France) to Malka Meyer (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at 585 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Mendel Zarchi (Crown Heights) to Sara Gurkov (Oceanside, NY) L’Chaim: Tuesday, May 7th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Shmuel Leib and Chaya (nee Levy) Polter from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Mushky Ashkenazi from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 541 Montgomery Street
New Engagement!

Mendel Feldman (Odesa, Ukraine) to Ruth Feldeshrov (Moscow, Russia)
Cleveland Jewish News
While in Cordoba, Argentina,
Oberlin student Robyn Weiss
tutored and cared for the children
of the local Chabad rabbi.
Cordoba, Argentina — You may not think you’re lucky to be able to buy pretzels in the market. But, after spending the entire month of January as a volunteer in the Beit Chabad of Cordoba, Argentina, I learned the value of a simple kosher pretzel.

The city of Cordoba is not like Buenos Aires. The latter is the third-largest Jewish community in the world. The former can barely find a minyan. Buenos Aires is home to many Jewish stores, restaurants, markets and shuls. Cordoba has but one kosher mini-mart.

Challenges of living a Jewish life in Argentina

Cleveland Jewish News
While in Cordoba, Argentina,
Oberlin student Robyn Weiss
tutored and cared for the children
of the local Chabad rabbi.

Cordoba, Argentina — You may not think you’re lucky to be able to buy pretzels in the market. But, after spending the entire month of January as a volunteer in the Beit Chabad of Cordoba, Argentina, I learned the value of a simple kosher pretzel.

The city of Cordoba is not like Buenos Aires. The latter is the third-largest Jewish community in the world. The former can barely find a minyan. Buenos Aires is home to many Jewish stores, restaurants, markets and shuls. Cordoba has but one kosher mini-mart.

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By Amanda Fung - Crains New York
Verizon Communications Inc. said Tuesday that it has won a $195 million contract from the city to build a new 911 emergency network system for the police and fire departments.

“The contract is one of the largest contracts we've been awarded,” said Alex Coleman, group president for the government and education unit of Verizon Business, the division of the telecommunications giant that won the contract. “It demonstrates that we are providers of advanced technology specifically around emergency and recovery services.”

Verizon Wins $195 Million 911 Contract

By Amanda Fung – Crains New York

Verizon Communications Inc. said Tuesday that it has won a $195 million contract from the city to build a new 911 emergency network system for the police and fire departments.

“The contract is one of the largest contracts we’ve been awarded,” said Alex Coleman, group president for the government and education unit of Verizon Business, the division of the telecommunications giant that won the contract. “It demonstrates that we are providers of advanced technology specifically around emergency and recovery services.”

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By Elizabeth Wright - The Banner

Bonita Springs, FL — Their new home is tucked away at the rear of a Bonita Springs strip mall, in a hall of a room containing only a table, an unhung portrait and a few stacks of folding chairs. Construction noise next door echoed through the mostly empty office suite from time to time, and outside the suite, there was no sign to indicate who rented this space or why.

Chabad Finds New Home in Bonita

By Elizabeth Wright – The Banner

Bonita Springs, FL — Their new home is tucked away at the rear of a Bonita Springs strip mall, in a hall of a room containing only a table, an unhung portrait and a few stacks of folding chairs. Construction noise next door echoed through the mostly empty office suite from time to time, and outside the suite, there was no sign to indicate who rented this space or why.

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The Rebbe says:

1. In this week’s Torah portion the idea of Sotah is discussed (Chapter 5, Verses 11 through 31). A Sotah is a woman who was hidden together with another man other then her husband after her husband zealously warned her saying “do not be alone with so-and-so”. The Sotah is brought to the Kohen in the Beis Hamikdash (the Holy Temple) and there is a whole procedure (the Kohen offers her the option of confessing to having relations with another man, if she still denies the claim the Kohen prepares a drink with the name of Hashem in it and gives it to her to drink If she was guilty she would die and if she was innocent she would gain great blessings). This is the case even if the woman did not actually sin with the other man, as long as she was hidden with another man she is brought to the Beis Hamikdash.

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Nasso

The Rebbe says:

1. In this week’s Torah portion the idea of Sotah is discussed (Chapter 5, Verses 11 through 31). A Sotah is a woman who was hidden together with another man other then her husband after her husband zealously warned her saying “do not be alone with so-and-so”. The Sotah is brought to the Kohen in the Beis Hamikdash (the Holy Temple) and there is a whole procedure (the Kohen offers her the option of confessing to having relations with another man, if she still denies the claim the Kohen prepares a drink with the name of Hashem in it and gives it to her to drink If she was guilty she would die and if she was innocent she would gain great blessings). This is the case even if the woman did not actually sin with the other man, as long as she was hidden with another man she is brought to the Beis Hamikdash.

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By Stacey Dresner - The Jewish Ledger
Glastonbury, CT — Six years ago, Rabbi Yosef Wolvovsky and his wife Yehudis ran the fledgling Chabad: East of the River from their small two bedroom apartment in Glastonbury. As demand for their programs grew, Chabad events were held in rented spaces at local schools or banquet halls.

Now the Wolvovskys are set to formally open and dedicate Chabad’s new home east of the river n The Benet Rothstein Chabad Jewish Center in Glastonbury, a 5,000-square-foot community center that will house all of Chabad’s programming- from services and holiday observances, to adult education classes, to social events, like bar mitzvahs, engagement parties, etc.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

A New Home for Chabad: East of the River

By Stacey Dresner – The Jewish Ledger

Glastonbury, CT — Six years ago, Rabbi Yosef Wolvovsky and his wife Yehudis ran the fledgling Chabad: East of the River from their small two bedroom apartment in Glastonbury. As demand for their programs grew, Chabad events were held in rented spaces at local schools or banquet halls.

Now the Wolvovskys are set to formally open and dedicate Chabad’s new home east of the river n The Benet Rothstein Chabad Jewish Center in Glastonbury, a 5,000-square-foot community center that will house all of Chabad’s programming- from services and holiday observances, to adult education classes, to social events, like bar mitzvahs, engagement parties, etc.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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By Nora FitzGerald - The Washington Post
Religious Leaders Struggle to Discourage Jews From Cremating Their Loved Ones
Berel Lazar, Russia's chief rabbi, left, and Rabbi Avraham Berkowitz work to teach Jews the religious observances that were lost during communist rule. Photo Credit: By Anna Masterova — The Washington Post

Moscow, Russia — When Rabbi Shmuel Kuperman knocks on the door, some people don't answer. Kuperman has the tough job of dealing with bereaved families. He tries to persuade them to provide a proper Jewish burial for their loved ones — and not cremate, the more popular option in Russia.

Rabbis in Russia Face a Battle Over Burial

By Nora FitzGerald – The Washington Post

Religious Leaders Struggle to Discourage Jews From Cremating Their Loved Ones

Berel Lazar, Russia’s chief rabbi, left, and Rabbi Avraham Berkowitz work to teach Jews the religious observances that were lost during communist rule. Photo Credit: By Anna Masterova — The Washington Post

Moscow, Russia — When Rabbi Shmuel Kuperman knocks on the door, some people don’t answer. Kuperman has the tough job of dealing with bereaved families. He tries to persuade them to provide a proper Jewish burial for their loved ones — and not cremate, the more popular option in Russia.

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