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Daily Archives: September 17, 2007

N. Margolis - Lubavitch.com
At a pre-Rosh Hashana concert, Rabbi Schildkraut prepares his community to make the most of the Jewish New Year

S. PAULO, Brazil — Home of soccer and Carnival, religion does not usually take center stage in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

In Small Brazilian Neighborhood, One Thousand March With Chabad Rabbi To Tashlich

N. Margolis – Lubavitch.com
At a pre-Rosh Hashana concert, Rabbi Schildkraut prepares his community to make the most of the Jewish New Year

S. PAULO, Brazil — Home of soccer and Carnival, religion does not usually take center stage in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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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)
Jeff Brumley - The Times-Union
Chabad of Southside Rabbi Shmuli Novack (left) helps Rabbi Mendy Browd, associate rabbi of Chabad of Jacksonville, fill in some of the final Hebrew characters on Chabad of Southside's new Torah during a ceremony Sept. 2.
Photo - Dan Scanlan

JACKSONVILLE, FL — Twelve-year-old Zachary Silverstein of Jacksonville knows that on the day of his bar mitzvah in February, he will not only have to read from his synagogue's 800-year-old Torah scroll but carry it around the sanctuary as well.

Reflecting on the Torah

Jeff Brumley – The Times-Union
Chabad of Southside Rabbi Shmuli Novack (left) helps Rabbi Mendy Browd, associate rabbi of Chabad of Jacksonville, fill in some of the final Hebrew characters on Chabad of Southside’s new Torah during a ceremony Sept. 2.
Photo – Dan Scanlan

JACKSONVILLE, FL — Twelve-year-old Zachary Silverstein of Jacksonville knows that on the day of his bar mitzvah in February, he will not only have to read from his synagogue’s 800-year-old Torah scroll but carry it around the sanctuary as well.

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Joshua Runyan and Tamar Runyan - Chabad.org
Thai rescue workers at the scene of the plane crash in Phuket ,Thailand on Monday Sept 17. 2007. A plane carrying many foreign tourists to one of Thailand's most popular resort islands crashed while landing in torrential rains Sunday, killing at least 87 people and injuring 43, officials said. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

BANGKOK, Thailand — Several Israelis were found among the dead following the Sept. 16 crash of a Thai airliner on the country's island resort of Phuket, according to Rabbi Nehemia Wilhelm, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Thailand. Two others, Vladimir and Isabelle Frielichman, were located among the injured by Rabbi Aaron Solomon, who manages the Chabad House in Phuket.

Eight Israelis Still Missing After Thai Air Disaster, Bodies Waiting to be Identified

Joshua Runyan and Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org
Thai rescue workers at the scene of the plane crash in Phuket ,Thailand on Monday Sept 17. 2007. A plane carrying many foreign tourists to one of Thailand’s most popular resort islands crashed while landing in torrential rains Sunday, killing at least 87 people and injuring 43, officials said. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

BANGKOK, Thailand — Several Israelis were found among the dead following the Sept. 16 crash of a Thai airliner on the country’s island resort of Phuket, according to Rabbi Nehemia Wilhelm, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Thailand. Two others, Vladimir and Isabelle Frielichman, were located among the injured by Rabbi Aaron Solomon, who manages the Chabad House in Phuket.

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Children Fashion Shofars to Sound at End of Yom Kippur

I.M. Stackel – Naples Daily News

NAPLES, FL — Some 65 children turned out Sunday morning at Chabad Jewish Center of Naples and Marco Island to learn how to craft a shofar.

A musical instrument carved from a ram’s horn, the shofar is central to the observance of Rosh Hashana, the start of the Jewish New Year.

More pictures in the Extended Article! (By Greg Kahn – Daily News)

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