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More Time Given to Find another Candidate for Rov

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Whoever thought that the elections for a new Rov in our community would go easy would be wrong. The Beis Din just granted another few days to find a candidate to replace Rabbi Mangel, who will not be running in the upcoming elections.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Aryeh (Jay) Levin, 28, OBM

With great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the tragic and extremely untimely passing of Aryeh (Jay) Levin, at the young age of 28.

Aryeh passed away tragically after drowning in White Lake, where he was swimming. Rescue personal searched for him for over 3 hours, until divers located him. Chesed Shel Emes was on the scene and made sure proper Kavod HaMes was given.

Weekly Picture of the Rebbe

CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a newly released photo of the Rebbe distributing Lekach (honey cake) during the month of Tishrei 5736/1975. With special thanks to Rabbi Leibel Roetter of Oak Park, Michigan. and Rabbi Lipa Brennan.

Rabbi’s Beard Doesn’t Make Cut

The Wall Street Journal

The Army declined to give Rabbi Menachem Stern a waiver for a beard.

Rabbi Menachem Stern’s stringy brown beard is hardly an unusual sight in his Brooklyn neighborhood. But in trying to become a chaplain in the U.S. Army, Mr. Stern has gotten tangled in a military bureaucracy that has made exceptions for other beards, but not his.

“Carbon Footprint:” Fact or Fiction? – Accepting Personal Responsibility

by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov, Jax, Florida

A man was once accused of a serious crime. The evidence was so incriminating that a guilty verdict was all but inevitable. “Your only hope,” advised his lawyer “is to enter a plea of insanity; but you must remember to act crazy in court.”

The man followed his lawyer’s counsel and put on a great act. He made the strangest sounds as he twitched his head and thrashed his hands. So well had he performed, that the case was soon dismissed.

To his utter dismay, when the lawyer came to collect his fee, the man resumed his ridiculous gig; strange motions and all. He soon realized that he had become the butt of his own ploy – his expert advice had come back to bite him.

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“Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices” (Alfred A. Montapert).

It’s choice–not chance–that determines your destiny.” (Jean Nidetch)

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