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Daily Archives: November 20, 2007

Thanksgiving Dinner Panic? Chabad Women Cook for 300 Every Week

Rebecca Rosenthal – Lubavitch.com

BINGHAMTON, NY — This week, Nechamie Silberberg, Chabad-Lubavitch representative at the University of Western Ontario will be serving somewhere between 175 to 250 ravenous college students. Down south at Emory University, Miriam Lipskier is prepping Shabbat dinner for the usual 130 guests. Rivkah Slonim of SUNY Binghamton’s will set Shabbat tables for hundreds, too. Chana Sara Danow at Leeds University in England just started; her “small crowd” is 37 guests this Friday night.

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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)
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!

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — With over 10,000 men and women across the globe partaking in JLI’s current course on Israel, titled The Land & The Spirit, JLI Central produces each week a brief, striking flash presentation depicting each “city of the week” being explored during the semester.

Land and the Spirit – JLI Video Visits Be’er Shevah

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — With over 10,000 men and women across the globe partaking in JLI’s current course on Israel, titled The Land & The Spirit, JLI Central produces each week a brief, striking flash presentation depicting each “city of the week” being explored during the semester.

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BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — The Chinuch Yaldei Hashluchim Hebrew Division website, operated by The Shluchim Office and geared towards the Hebrew-speaking children of Shluchim around the world, has embarked upon a preparation campaign for the Chag HaGeula on the 19th of Kislev.

Yaldei Hashluchim Learning Chitas Online in Preparation for Chag HaGeula

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — The Chinuch Yaldei Hashluchim Hebrew Division website, operated by The Shluchim Office and geared towards the Hebrew-speaking children of Shluchim around the world, has embarked upon a preparation campaign for the Chag HaGeula on the 19th of Kislev.

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Rabbi Mendy Bukiet, in the library of his Lakewood Ranch home. Bukiet is Rabbi of Chabab of Bradenton Ranch. Photo by Grant Jefferies.

BRADENTON, FL — Rabbi Mendy Bukiet has spent all of his 30 years helping Jews. That's what his father and grandfather, who were also rabbis, taught him.

Whether that entails going to their hospital bedsides or providing food to the needy or strengthening their spirits through the religion, that has been Mendy's mission.

Ranch’s Rabbi Bukiet Lends a Hand to Others

Bradenton Herald

Rabbi Mendy Bukiet, in the library of his Lakewood Ranch home. Bukiet is Rabbi of Chabab of Bradenton Ranch. Photo by Grant Jefferies.

BRADENTON, FL — Rabbi Mendy Bukiet has spent all of his 30 years helping Jews. That’s what his father and grandfather, who were also rabbis, taught him.

Whether that entails going to their hospital bedsides or providing food to the needy or strengthening their spirits through the religion, that has been Mendy’s mission.

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The Rebbe is coming out from the back of his house to go to the car. In the later years, the Rebbe's secretaries who would drive the Rebbe, would drive the car into the driveway till the back of the house and the Rebbe would come out from the back of the house and get into the car.

Special Thanks Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum. Click here to see previous weeks pictures.

Picture of the Day! The Rebbe!

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The Rebbe is coming out from the back of his house to go to the car. In the later years, the Rebbe’s secretaries who would drive the Rebbe, would drive the car into the driveway till the back of the house and the Rebbe would come out from the back of the house and get into the car.

Special Thanks Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum. Click here to see previous weeks pictures.

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A Joyous Simcha in the Neighborhood

Reb Mendel holding his son at the Bris this morning.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Hundereds of people took part this Tuesday morning in a very special Bris Milah ceremony, that of the son of Reb Menachem Mendel and his wife Genia Morozow. The couple wed on the 10th of Adar 5744 (1983), and were not blessed with a child until 8 days ago, as we reported.

More pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos by: Eli Kahan)

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Avraham Fried performing at the Soul II Soul concert two years ago.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The annual Soul II Soul Concert, by now a greatly anticipated local tradition, will feature Avraham Fried accompanied by the Neshoma Orchestra under the musical direction of Simcha (Steve) Bill and featuring Yaron Gershovsky. This year as in past years, the show promises to have many magical moments and uplifting heart-warming features that are sure to keep the audience entertained and inspired.

The concert will be held on Motzoei Shabbos Gimmel Adar I 5768 / February 9th, 2008 at the Brooklyn School of Music in Crown Heights. Tickets will be going on sale on Chof Daled Teves/January 2.

More in the Extended Article.

Soul II Soul 5768 to star Avraham Fried!

Avraham Fried performing at the Soul II Soul concert two years ago.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The annual Soul II Soul Concert, by now a greatly anticipated local tradition, will feature Avraham Fried accompanied by the Neshoma Orchestra under the musical direction of Simcha (Steve) Bill and featuring Yaron Gershovsky. This year as in past years, the show promises to have many magical moments and uplifting heart-warming features that are sure to keep the audience entertained and inspired.

The concert will be held on Motzoei Shabbos Gimmel Adar I 5768 / February 9th, 2008 at the Brooklyn School of Music in Crown Heights. Tickets will be going on sale on Chof Daled Teves/January 2.

More in the Extended Article.

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