Hilchos Beis Habchira at the Shomrim Shiur

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — During the three weeks the Rebbe urged everyone to increase in Tzedakah and Torah study, specifically the laws and deeper significance of the Beis Hamikdash, which was the topic of this week’s Shomrim Shiur.

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Construction of Montana’s first Mikvah is underway!

BOZEMAN, MT [CHI] — On Wednesday, Chof Zayin Tammuz, Rabbi Gershon Grossbaum joined the construction team of Langlas and Associates in Bozeman, as they poured the concrete for Montana’s first Mikvah. This Mikvah will be serving Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, North and South Dakota, and Saskatchewan in Canada. It will also serve the countless Jewish tourists visiting the Big Sky Ski Resort, Yellowstone National Park, and Glacier National Park.

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(Courtesy of Sam Bergman, Langlas and Associates.)

Amid Beijing’s Boom, a Jewish Community Blooms

Dan Levin – Forward

BEIJING, China — The Chabad House here sits at the end of a quiet street in an upscale gated community just inside this city’s Fourth Ring road and down the block from the Israeli Embassy. A caged duck and a stroller guard the entrance, as does a small army of young Chinese men who patrol the neighborhood of gaudy McMansions.

Itche Kadoozy Show Launches the Parsha Challenge


BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — What can a disgruntled seventh grade teacher learn from Moses? What do stickers have to do with the Israelites? How do you get a puppet to draw pictures? Ever asked these questions? You will after you play the Parshah Challenge. So put on your thinking-kippa and get your finger on the buzzer for the Ultimate game of Jewish Knowledge/Puppet antics.

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Masei

The Rebbe says:

1. This week’s Torah portion discusses how the Land of Israel should be divided up between all the Twelve Tribes,.

2. The Rebbe now asks the first of two questions regarding this:

We find two contradictory instructions regarding the division of the Land of Israel. On one hand the Torah tells us that the land shall be split up logically, as the verse states, “To the many you shall increase its inheritance and to the few shall you decrease its inheritance”. However on the other hand we find that the Torah tells us to split the land according to a lottery which is above logic and reason, as the verse states, “This is the land which you shall divide by inheritance as a lottery”.

3-D Virtual tour of the Beis Hamikdash is Back!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — For the second year in a row, Anash.com has obtained an agreement to present the animated virtual 3-D journey depicting the glory and splendor of the Bais Hamikdosh until Tisha B’av. Over 10,000 people took this amazing tour last year, and the demand has been overwhelming for a return engagement.

See the Bayis Sheini as it has not been seen in nearly two thousand years.

Photo Gallery: Gan Menachem’s Bake Off!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Wednesday morning campers of day camp Gan Menachem participated in a special activity in the Oholei Menachem Lunchroom. The campers brought cakes that they baked at home to be judged by other campers. After the activity the cakes were then donated to the Shalom Center.

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Chabad at the Shore Gets Itself a New Home

The new site of Chabad at the Shore in Ventnor, NJ, with Rabbi Rapoport inset.

VENTOR CITY, NJ — Just two years after Chabad Lubavitch of Atlantic County opened a synagogue in the heart of Ventnor City’s business district — in a small storefront above an ice-cream shop — the shul known as Chabad at the Shore has moved to a larger location, one that its rabbi hopes will serve as a permanent home.

Merkos Shlichus in Riverside

RIVERSIDE, CA [CHI] — Going door to door can get old fast. A list of Riverside residents with Jewish sounding names is probably not the most ideal way to find a Jew in need. It does work though. After putting a route together on the computer we went to visit the Bergs, Khans, Steins and the likes hoping to find someone Jewish and at home. Our knocking paid off this afternoon. We came to a house and knocked on the door. This is where the pitch is. “Hi, my name is…… and we are….. and …… would you like to do a Mitzvah?!!” Hesitantly Mr. Loeb opens the door and asks “what kind of Mitzvah can I do?” “Well, Tefillin is a great choice, it’s quick, easy, and I can guide you through it.” “Tefillin, wow I haven’t seen those since I was Bar-Mitzvahed 45 years ago in Anaheim.” So we helped him with the Tefillin and Brochos, but the Shema was a breeze as he remembered his father saying it, it brought tears to his eyes. “I’ll never forget these words as long as I live,” he said.

Video of the Day – United, We Stand

This weeks Living Torah, titled “United, We Stand” (Volume 51, Episode 203)

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

Sanitation Writes Fewer Litter Tickets; City’s Getting Cleaner

Adam Lisberg – NY Daily News

NEW YORK, NY — Fewer New Yorkers are getting slapped with $100 tickets for dirty sidewalks and gutters – yet the city’s streets keep getting cleaner.

The Sanitation Department wrote 43% fewer tickets for litter on residential sidewalks in the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year.

Far From Sderot, Just Kids Again

For more than 100 youngsters, a summer camp idyll with bug juice instead of bombs.

MANALAPAN, NJ — An act as simple as riding a bicycle barefoot around a covered pavilion, the sun beating down on the grassy fields surrounding her, is something Lior Azaran could not have dreamed of doing this summer back home in Sderot.