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Daily Archives: July 24, 2007


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After Maariv, scores of men exited 770 with their Sidurim in order to bless the new moon as is custom after the fast of Tishaa B’Av.

Picture of the Night – Kidush Levana Outside 770

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After Maariv, scores of men exited 770 with their Sidurim in order to bless the new moon as is custom after the fast of Tishaa B’Av.

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New Engagement!

Chaim Uziel Starik (Vienna, Austria) to Batsheva Spivak (Pembroke Pines, FL)
New Engagement!

Zalman Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Lea Dukes (Santiago, Chile) L’Chaim: Monday, May 5th, 7:00pm at 9400 NW 4th Street, Coral Springs, FL
New Engagement!

Yossi Gutnick (Sydney, Australia) to Chaya Eisnebach (Northwest, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, at the Garden House 1386 S. John’s Pl
Baby Boy!

Yaakov and Shevi (nee Katzman) Behrman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Moishe and Frayda (nee Aber) Scheinfeld from Brooklyn, NY had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yermi and Daniella Liam (nee Pohlman) Kurkus from Lake Lure, NC had a baby boy!
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)

Tisha b’Av, Population Patterns

B. Olidort – Lubavitch.com
At the Western Wall, Tisha b’Av eve. Photo: I. Bardugo

It wasn’t until my first Tisha b’Av in Jerusalem two years ago, that this day of fasting and mourning morphed from a 24 hour endurance test sans food or drink, to a day of compelling personal relevance. To someone who has been observing Tisha b’Av all her life, this came as a surprising discovery.

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Accident Knocks Back off Pickup Truck on Lefferts

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — Two car collided in a violent impact, the force of which knocked the back off a commercial pickup truck. The incident took place at around 8:30 PM at the intersection of Lefferts Ave and Schenectady Ave where one of the vehicles took a red light.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Rabbi Eli and his wife Rochel (nee Bryski) Laber of Crown Heights will IYH be moving on Shlichus to Agoura Hills, CA where they will serve as the Directors of Chabad of the Conejo's Friendship Circle and Teen Programming.

The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Moshe Bryski director of Chabad of the Conejo.

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

CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

New Shluchim to Agoura Hills, California!

Rabbi Eli and his wife Rochel (nee Bryski) Laber of Crown Heights will IYH be moving on Shlichus to Agoura Hills, CA where they will serve as the Directors of Chabad of the Conejo’s Friendship Circle and Teen Programming.

The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Moshe Bryski director of Chabad of the Conejo.

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

CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

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A Bar Mitzvah in Brooklyn

Lubavitch.com
Alex reads from the Torah as family members and rabbis look on.

Brooklyn, NY — A bris, a death, a bar mitzvah. Here’s a story about a Russian Jewish family, and an organization that holds their hands, walking them them through life cycle events, the Jewish way.

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NY Daily News
Rabbi Druk
Cancun, Mexico — From the day they arrived in Cancun three weeks ago, Lubavitcher Rabbi Mendel Druk and his wife, Rachel, have stood out from the crowd.

Bearded men wearing wide-brimmed hats, white shirts and black suits are a rare sight in the noted Mexican resort.

“A lot of people stop us and ask where we're from. We say, 'New York.' They say, 'Oh, very nice,'” Druk said.

With their 8-month-old daughter Mushka in tow, the Druks left Crown Heights to open the Chabad Lubavitch Jewish Center of Cancun.

The transition has had its challenges, Rabbi Druk said in a telephone interview.

Despite hitches, Rabbi finds his place in Cancun

NY Daily News
Rabbi Druk

Cancun, Mexico — From the day they arrived in Cancun three weeks ago, Lubavitcher Rabbi Mendel Druk and his wife, Rachel, have stood out from the crowd.

Bearded men wearing wide-brimmed hats, white shirts and black suits are a rare sight in the noted Mexican resort.

“A lot of people stop us and ask where we’re from. We say, ‘New York.’ They say, ‘Oh, very nice,’” Druk said.

With their 8-month-old daughter Mushka in tow, the Druks left Crown Heights to open the Chabad Lubavitch Jewish Center of Cancun.

The transition has had its challenges, Rabbi Druk said in a telephone interview.

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R.C. Berman - Lubavitch.com
The walls of the Old City. Photo: I. Bardugo

Bangkok, Bangkok — Cut off shorts, t-shirts, flip-flops: Israeli backpackers in Thailand don’t shed their travel uniforms when they join Chabad for the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, and that suits Rabbi Yosef Kantor just fine.

Tisha b’Av: Making It A Meaningful Fast Day

R.C. Berman – Lubavitch.com
The walls of the Old City. Photo: I. Bardugo

Bangkok, Bangkok — Cut off shorts, t-shirts, flip-flops: Israeli backpackers in Thailand don’t shed their travel uniforms when they join Chabad for the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, and that suits Rabbi Yosef Kantor just fine.

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Rabbi Yossi and his wife Rochie (nee Leider) Tiefenbrun of Crown Heights will IYH be moving on Shlichus to Pacific Beach, California where they will establish a new Chabad House serving the needs of the local Jewish residents.

The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Yonah Fradkin director of Chabad of S. Diego.

The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail at chabad.pb@gmail.com or (646) 402-4498.

CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

New Shluchim to Pacific Beach, California!

Rabbi Yossi and his wife Rochie (nee Leider) Tiefenbrun of Crown Heights will IYH be moving on Shlichus to Pacific Beach, California where they will establish a new Chabad House serving the needs of the local Jewish residents.

The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Yonah Fradkin director of Chabad of S. Diego.

The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail at chabad.pb@gmail.com or (646) 402-4498.

CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

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Sefer Torah For Rabbinical College In Melbourne Australia

Joe Slater completes the last letters as (l-r) Rabbi Eli Gutnick (sofer), Batia Slater and children, Rabbi Sholom Mendel Kluwgant and Dr Frank Slater look on.

Melbourne, Australia — Over five hundred community members recently celebrated the completion of a new Sefer Torah donated to the Rabbinical College of Australia & New Zealand (Yeshivah Gedolah) in memory of the late Mr John Slater by his wife, Mrs Elizabeth Slater, together with their son and daughter-in-law, Joe and Batia Slater.

More pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos by Roei Chemny)

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