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Daily Archives: December 20, 2007

Answer of the Rebbe: “Why do Bad things Happen to Good people?”

Special Thanks to Menachem Kirchenbaum for submitting this piece.
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In regards to the terrible tragedy that accrued today to the parents of my sister in law Pessa Kirschenbaum, Reb Zev and his wife Rochel Simons two very Special Neshamas that were taken from this world in a Terrible car accident, I would like to present an answer the Rebbe gave to parents of a young girl Miriam, who at six years old was killed in a car accident in Berkley, California (Erev Pesach 1989). Following the death, the parents wrote a long letter to the Rebbe with many different questions regarding the nature of these types of tragedies. The Rebbe’s response did more than comfort – it provided a new focus to the mourning family. Also included is interesting picture of the Rebbe. The Rebbe attending a funeral in the winter of 1991. to see more on the subject Click Here

1. A person cannot say with certainty that he clearly knows Hashem’s intentions, (except for a prophet who was instructed by Hashem to reveal it).

The answer continued in the Extended Article.

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New Engagement!

Tzviki Rimler (Crown Heights) to Shayna Popack (Five Towns, NY)
Baby Boy!

Elazar and Shaina (nee Blau) Glick from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shmuli Dukes (Chicago, IL) to Sheina Simonowitz (Brazil/Chicago, IL)
New Engagement!

Zalmy Glassner (Melbourne, Australia) to Rivki Krinsky (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Monday, Dec. 30th, 9:00pm at 2/ 303 Glen Eira Rd, Elsternwick 3161
New Engagement!

Menny Farkash ( Crown Heights) to Sara Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Yaacov Djian (Paris 15e, France) to Nechama Dinah Sultan (Brunoy, France)
New Engagement!

Tzvi Spielman (Crown Heights) to Zoey Frank (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Main Floor
Baby Boy!

Yisrael and Ruthy Kugal from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zochor: 680 Eastern Parkway
New Engagement!

Mendel Greenberg (Vancouver, Washington) to Sarah Tovah Nelson (Tzfas, EY)
New Engagement!

Zelig Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY) to Batsheva Smoller (S. Diego, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:30pm at The JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Yoni Teitelbaum (Florida) to Nechama Cole (Las Vegas, NV)
Baby Boy!

Shaya and Fruma Gansburg from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 7:30pm at 775 Maple Street
New Engagement!

Yosef Bergstein (Oak Park, IL), to Chani Super (Melbourne, Australia)
Baby Boy!

Shmuel Dovid and Chaya (nee Mitz) Sandhaus from Philadelphia, PA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Chalom Benmoussa (Paris, France) to Moussy Hadjajd (S. Diego, CA)
Baby Boy!

Shmaya and Nechama (nee Brashevitzky) Krinsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Sholom Zochor: 510 Crown Street Apt #1A (between Kingston Ave & Albany Ave)
New Engagement!

Sholom Lebovics (Lauderhill, FL) to Raizel Wilhelm (Portland, OR) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Tamar Runyan - Chabad.org

A woman buys food at the Chabad-Lubavitch run kosher store in Moscow. In many cases, such as in Pervomaisk, Ukraine, Chabad-run kosher food stores are the only source of kosher food in the city.

PERVOMAISK, Ukraine — A rabbi and his wife in the southern Ukraine city of Pervomaisk will be opening the area's only kosher store next month.

Southern Ukraine City to Get a New Kosher Food Outlet

Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org

A woman buys food at the Chabad-Lubavitch run kosher store in Moscow. In many cases, such as in Pervomaisk, Ukraine, Chabad-run kosher food stores are the only source of kosher food in the city.

PERVOMAISK, Ukraine — A rabbi and his wife in the southern Ukraine city of Pervomaisk will be opening the area’s only kosher store next month.

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Soot cakes the walls of North Miami Beachís Skylake Synagogue after a fire last week torched its kitchen.

North Miami Beach, Fla.'s, Skylake Synagogue sustained heavy fire and smoke damage last week when its kitchen went up in flames. Children were learning upstairs in the Hebrew School at the time, but according to synagogue Rabbi Rafi Rosenberg, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Skylake, everyone made it out of the building in time.

Florida Synagogue Vows to Rebuild Following Devastating Fire

Soot cakes the walls of North Miami Beachís Skylake Synagogue after a fire last week torched its kitchen.

North Miami Beach, Fla.’s, Skylake Synagogue sustained heavy fire and smoke damage last week when its kitchen went up in flames. Children were learning upstairs in the Hebrew School at the time, but according to synagogue Rabbi Rafi Rosenberg, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Skylake, everyone made it out of the building in time.

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This weeks Living Torah, titled “The Melting Pot” (Volume 43, Episode 171).

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Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.

Video of the Day – the Weekly Living Torah Clip


This weeks Living Torah, titled “The Melting Pot” (Volume 43, Episode 171).

Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org

Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.

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Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL
A seasoned businessman, who for many years earned his living in the lumber industry, was getting on in age. He decided to turn his business over to his sons, who were more than happy to step in.

Having little experience in this field, the novices were careful to consult their elderly father before every major decision. The father was eager to share his lifelong knowledge and expertise in this profession.

An opportunity had one day arisen for the brothers to procure 1,000 trees in a forest, at what seemed like a very fair price. As usual, they sought the skilled guidance of their retired father. After listening to the proposal, the father inquired about three aspects before offering his advice:

The Weekly Sedra – Vayechi – Is Perception Truly Everything?

Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL

A seasoned businessman, who for many years earned his living in the lumber industry, was getting on in age. He decided to turn his business over to his sons, who were more than happy to step in.

Having little experience in this field, the novices were careful to consult their elderly father before every major decision. The father was eager to share his lifelong knowledge and expertise in this profession.

An opportunity had one day arisen for the brothers to procure 1,000 trees in a forest, at what seemed like a very fair price. As usual, they sought the skilled guidance of their retired father. After listening to the proposal, the father inquired about three aspects before offering his advice:

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Getting through a rough time is not always as simple as ‘cheering up’, or ‘It’ll be alright’. For this reason Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch recently launched a new referral service for chabad anash struggling with issues ranging from depression, work problems, and Shalom Bayis difficulties, to problems dealing with children doing poorly in school, or being involved with the wrong crowd.

More info in the Extended Article

Having Trouble Getting Through to Your Child?

Getting through a rough time is not always as simple as ‘cheering up’, or ‘It’ll be alright’. For this reason Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch recently launched a new referral service for chabad anash struggling with issues ranging from depression, work problems, and Shalom Bayis difficulties, to problems dealing with children doing poorly in school, or being involved with the wrong crowd.

More info in the Extended Article

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FJC.ru
MOSCOW, Russia — The vehicle, a large trailer home adorned with Jewish symbols, has been driving the streets of the Russian capital since the beginning of Chanukah. Its mission is to expose people, especially secular Jews, to Jewish traditions and customs.

Rabbis, distributing Shabbat candles to women and teaching men to don tefillin, ride along on the missions.

Chabad launched its first Mitzvah Mobile in Moscow

FJC.ru

MOSCOW, Russia — The vehicle, a large trailer home adorned with Jewish symbols, has been driving the streets of the Russian capital since the beginning of Chanukah. Its mission is to expose people, especially secular Jews, to Jewish traditions and customs.

Rabbis, distributing Shabbat candles to women and teaching men to don tefillin, ride along on the missions.

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Mimi Notik - Chabad.org

Rabbi Shaya Gansbourg chats with a Jewish student on the campus of the City College of New York in Harlem.

NEW YORK, NY — Rabbi Shaya Gansbourg never meant to find himself in Harlem. Two years ago, buoyed by decades of news reports on inner-city violence, his impressions of the northern Manhattan neighborhood as downtrodden and crime-ridden didn't solicit his visit. But when a bus back from the airport landed him at 125th Street, he took a walk that not only changed his mind, but would soon trail blaze the revival of Harlem's Jewish community.

Centered Around a College, Family Guides Harlem’s Jewish Renaissance

Mimi Notik – Chabad.org

Rabbi Shaya Gansbourg chats with a Jewish student on the campus of the City College of New York in Harlem.

NEW YORK, NY — Rabbi Shaya Gansbourg never meant to find himself in Harlem. Two years ago, buoyed by decades of news reports on inner-city violence, his impressions of the northern Manhattan neighborhood as downtrodden and crime-ridden didn’t solicit his visit. But when a bus back from the airport landed him at 125th Street, he took a walk that not only changed his mind, but would soon trail blaze the revival of Harlem’s Jewish community.

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The cabin of the semi-trailer. (Picture: Marc Bongers)

R. Zev and his wife Rochel Simons OBM were killed this morning in a horrific crash in Australia. This news leaves the community in Sydney in shock and great pain. The crash took place on the Hume Highway which travels from Sydney to Melbourne, at 11:45am.

The couple, in their late 40s and early 50s, where both killed when their car was involved in a head on collision with a semi-trailer, carrying 43,000 liters of gas in cylinders. The driver of the truck was also killed. Two other cars were involved in the collision but the vehicles occupants escaped with minor injuries.

News Video and more in the Extended Article.

Tragedy in Australia: Lubavitcher Couple Killed in a Terrible Accident

The cabin of the semi-trailer. (Picture: Marc Bongers)

R. Zev and his wife Rochel Simons OBM were killed this morning in a horrific crash in Australia. This news leaves the community in Sydney in shock and great pain. The crash took place on the Hume Highway which travels from Sydney to Melbourne, at 11:45am.

The couple, in their late 40s and early 50s, where both killed when their car was involved in a head on collision with a semi-trailer, carrying 43,000 liters of gas in cylinders. The driver of the truck was also killed. Two other cars were involved in the collision but the vehicles occupants escaped with minor injuries.

News Video and more in the Extended Article.

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Over 1500 Attend the Annual Colel Chabad Dinner

NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — The International Awards Dinner of Colel Chabad was a highly-charged and powerful event held in the New York Hilton on Wednesday, December 19th, the 10th Tevet. The event benefits the oldest Lubavitch institution in the world, founded by the Baal HaTanya, the Alter Rebbe. Colel Chabad has been headed by each Chabad Rebbe since.

A large gallery of beautiful pictures in the Extended Article!

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Courant

LITCHFIELD, CT — When Rabbi Joseph Eisenbach stood to address the Litchfield Historic District Commission this week at the final public hearing on his congregation's plans to put a synagogue near the town green, a woman in the audience turned to the person sitting next to her.

“Watch,” she whispered, “he'll talk about the Holocaust.”

A Tangle Of Tensions

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LITCHFIELD, CT — When Rabbi Joseph Eisenbach stood to address the Litchfield Historic District Commission this week at the final public hearing on his congregation’s plans to put a synagogue near the town green, a woman in the audience turned to the person sitting next to her.

“Watch,” she whispered, “he’ll talk about the Holocaust.”

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Two Days, Two Accidents with same Truck

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – Two accidents in two days, both involving the same truck and both in the same place, earlier this week. The incidents happened in front of the Family Dollar store on Lefferts Avenue and Kingston Avenue.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Camp Gan Israel Tzeirei Hashluchim in Oracle, Arizona is in full session

ORACLE, AZ [CHI] — Camp Tzeirei Hashluchim in Oracle, Arizona is already eight days in progress. The children arrived from around the world to Phoenix Airport. As the many on-line school children were introduced to one another in the terminal, they were able to meet the friends they already new so well by name but never met them face to face. As one camper excitedly shouted after he heard the name of a child arriving “You must be my Chavrusa!” Most of the Shluchim in the camp learn in the Shluchim Office on-line school and don’t have the opportunity to spend time Davening, learning, talking and playing with other Chassidishe children.

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