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Daily Archives: May 8, 2008

By Tamar Runyan

The Dominican Republic became the newest country to boast a Chabad-Lubavitch center with the arrival of Rabbi Shimon and Michal Pelman. (Photo: Thomas Schmidt)

With the arrival of Rabbi Shimon and Michal Pelman, the Dominican Republic became the newest country to host Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries.

Chasidic Family Heads Up Jewish Outreach in Dominican Republic

By Tamar Runyan

The Dominican Republic became the newest country to boast a Chabad-Lubavitch center with the arrival of Rabbi Shimon and Michal Pelman. (Photo: Thomas Schmidt)

With the arrival of Rabbi Shimon and Michal Pelman, the Dominican Republic became the newest country to host Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries.

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New Engagement!

Yisroel Matusof (Crown Heights) to Mushka Pinson (Canmore, Alberta)
Baby Girl!

Shalom and Estee (nee Greenbaum) Rudolph from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yosef Silverman (Dobbs Ferry, NY) to Miri Futerfas (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Girl!

Srully and Sara (nee Laber) Myhill from Inverrary, FL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Chaim Pinson (Crown Heights) to Cheli Peles (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 7:00pm at 1398 Carroll Street
Baby Boy!

Nasoniel and Nechama Nerenberg from Remsen Village had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yisroel and Rishi Cohen from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 456 Montgomery St #3
Baby Boy!

Shlomo and Bracha (nee Cohen) Torenheim from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Menachem Forster (Kingston, PA) to Leah Myers (Bratislava, Slovakia) L’Chaim: Sunday, Nov. 24th, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana
Baby Girl!

Levi and Dassy (nee Light) Tennenhaus from Hollywood Lakes, FL had a baby girl.
New Engagement!

Avromi Rendler (Crown Heights) to Sara Levy (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Shmuel Moscovici (Montreal, Canada) to Malka Towers (Leeds, UK)
New Engagement!

Yaacov Brooks (Edgware, London, UK) to Rosie Rimler (Pomona, NY)
Baby Boy!

Zevi and Cheved (nee Lew) Greenwald from Pittsburgh, PA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Azimov (South Brunswick, NJ) to Liba Wilowik (Baltimore, MD) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Baby Girl!

Shmueli and Toby (nee Carciente) Lisbon from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Shmuli and Chana (nee Saacks) Adelman from Kingston, PA had a baby boy!
Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL
The story is told of an elderly woman – an expert embroiderer – who approached a Rabbi, with a magnificent mantel that she hand crafted for the Synagogue's new Torah Scroll. Enamored by the lush fabric and colorful embroidery, the Rabbi immediately rushed to the ark, removed the Torah and placed the mantel over it.

As they shared a moment of delight adoring the lovely new cover, the Rabbi noted, to everyone's disappointment, that the new cover was several inches shorter than the scroll.

Thanking the woman for her sincere thoughtfulness and effort, the Rabbi gently explained that while it was a true masterpiece it would not work, since it was too short.

The Weekly Sedra – Emor, Rationalization, It’s Not All That Rational

Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL

The story is told of an elderly woman – an expert embroiderer – who approached a Rabbi, with a magnificent mantel that she hand crafted for the Synagogue’s new Torah Scroll. Enamored by the lush fabric and colorful embroidery, the Rabbi immediately rushed to the ark, removed the Torah and placed the mantel over it.

As they shared a moment of delight adoring the lovely new cover, the Rabbi noted, to everyone’s disappointment, that the new cover was several inches shorter than the scroll.

Thanking the woman for her sincere thoughtfulness and effort, the Rabbi gently explained that while it was a true masterpiece it would not work, since it was too short.

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Pesach Merkos Shlichus around the World

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — This year Pesach Merkos Shlichus was taken to a whole new level with tremendous success BH. Merkos sent an unprecedented 500 Bochurim to remote and distant locations in Africa, China, Turkey, Russia, Thailand, India, Mexico, Colombia, Europe and more, making it possible for thousands more Jews to partake in the Pesach experience.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Huge Success for Chabad at Chicago’s Walk with Israel

CHICAGO, IL [CHI] — This past Sunday, Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois had an incredibly successful day at the Chicago Jewish Federation’s annual Walk with Israel program. Over 12,000 people throughout Chicago joined the program that culminated with an indoor fair that featured FIVE Chabad booths.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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The Rebbe says:

1. In this week’s Torah portion Hashem (G-d) commands the Jewish people to count the forty nine days beginning from the second day of Passover until the giving of the Torah (Shavuot),. This is called “Sefiras Ha’Omer (the counting of the Omer)”.

2. The Rebbe now begins discussing Sefiras Ha’Omer:

One of the verses commanding the Jewish people to count the Omer says, “You shall count for yourselves - from the morrow of the rest day (Mi’ma’cha’ras HaShabbos), from the day when you bring the Omer of the waving - seven weeks, they shall be complete”.

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Emor

The Rebbe says:

1. In this week’s Torah portion Hashem (G-d) commands the Jewish people to count the forty nine days beginning from the second day of Passover until the giving of the Torah (Shavuot),. This is called “Sefiras Ha’Omer (the counting of the Omer)”.

2. The Rebbe now begins discussing Sefiras Ha’Omer:

One of the verses commanding the Jewish people to count the Omer says, “You shall count for yourselves – from the morrow of the rest day (Mi’ma’cha’ras HaShabbos), from the day when you bring the Omer of the waving – seven weeks, they shall be complete”.

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Rabbi Zalman and Raizy Mendelsohn arrived in the mountainous state of Wyoming on Thursday. (Photo: Steven Ritts)

JACKSON, WY — Rabbi Zalman and Raizy Mendelsohn arrived in Wyoming Thursday to open the first Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish center in the state.

Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries Are Wyoming’s Only Full-Time Jewish Spiritual Leaders

Rabbi Zalman and Raizy Mendelsohn arrived in the mountainous state of Wyoming on Thursday. (Photo: Steven Ritts)

JACKSON, WY — Rabbi Zalman and Raizy Mendelsohn arrived in Wyoming Thursday to open the first Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish center in the state.

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by Rabbi Michoel Seligson - (Adapted from the Kfar Chabad and Chabad.org)

Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Eizik Hodakov (1902 - 1993), Chief of the Rebbe’s secretariat for more than 40 years, was born in the Russian town of Beshenkowitz in 1902 on the 4th of Shevat to Horav Hagaon Reb Sholom Yisroel, a descendent of Chabad Chassidim and to Chaya Treina Hodakov. Two years after his birth, the family moved to Riga, Latvia, where he was brought up under the auspices of the famous Gaon and Tzadik Reb Yoel Barantzik. As a young man, he began spreading Torah and Yiddishkeit, and the famous Chabad chossid, Reb Mordechai Dubin, the leader of Agudas Yisroel in Latvia and a minister in the government, directed him to utilize his shining talents in chinuch.

More in the Extended Article.

3 Iyar: Yohrtzeit of Rabbi Hodakov OBM

by Rabbi Michoel Seligson – (Adapted from the Kfar Chabad and Chabad.org)

Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Eizik Hodakov (1902 – 1993), Chief of the Rebbe’s secretariat for more than 40 years, was born in the Russian town of Beshenkowitz in 1902 on the 4th of Shevat to Horav Hagaon Reb Sholom Yisroel, a descendent of Chabad Chassidim and to Chaya Treina Hodakov. Two years after his birth, the family moved to Riga, Latvia, where he was brought up under the auspices of the famous Gaon and Tzadik Reb Yoel Barantzik. As a young man, he began spreading Torah and Yiddishkeit, and the famous Chabad chossid, Reb Mordechai Dubin, the leader of Agudas Yisroel in Latvia and a minister in the government, directed him to utilize his shining talents in chinuch.

More in the Extended Article.

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NY Daily News
The Brooklyn district attorney's office refused to accept the surrender of two Jewish men accused of beating an unarmed black man in Crown Heights in exchange for more lenient charges, sources told the Daily News.

A lawyer with more than 30 years' experience dealing with the Hasidic community tried to broker the deal, sources said Wednesday.

Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes turned the lawyer away, electing to have a grand jury continue to probe the April 14 attack on Andrew Charles, a 20-year-old college student.

DA: No deal for Jews accused in attack on black man in Crown Heights

NY Daily News

The Brooklyn district attorney’s office refused to accept the surrender of two Jewish men accused of beating an unarmed black man in Crown Heights in exchange for more lenient charges, sources told the Daily News.

A lawyer with more than 30 years’ experience dealing with the Hasidic community tried to broker the deal, sources said Wednesday.

Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes turned the lawyer away, electing to have a grand jury continue to probe the April 14 attack on Andrew Charles, a 20-year-old college student.

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