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Hand-Crafted Candelabrum Welcomes Detroit-Area Worshippers

by Ronelle Grier – Chabad.org

Engineer, inventor and entrepreneur Martin Abel presents the plans of his 16-foot candelabrum that he had built for The Shul in West Bloomfield, Mich., in honor of his 65th wedding anniversary.

Once lit, a single candle can be used ignite other lights in an endless number of places. But without that initial spark, that same candle cannot light even the smallest space.

New Documents Expose Attempt to Extort R. Osdoba

In recent months the drama over the election of Rabbi Yosef Braun along with the deceptions therein has been little discussed in the public. Despite the silence, however, the matter is far from resolved. In a collection of fiery letters obtained by CrownHeights.info between the parties involved, serious disrespect and contention highlight a division more serious then ever before.

Two Minors Apprehended by Shomrim for Shoplifting

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Two young teenagers walked into Sterling Electronics this afternoon with the intention of ripping them off, only the sharp eyed store workers spotted them stuffing their pockets with electronics and called Shomrim.

Roving Rabbis Knit Far-Flung People Together

Bismark Tribune

Yisroel Glick, left and Ephraim Carlebach visited Bismarck on Tuesday. Glick is originally from Australia and Carlebach is from Brooklyn, N.Y.

After four summers traveling the Midwest, the pair of Roving Rabbis have become accustomed to being mistaken for Amish, or Mennonites, or in the Dakotas, Hutterites.

Interfaith Burial an Issue in Winnipeg – Shliach Challenges

(L-R) Rabbi Alan Green, Senior Rabbi at Shaarey Zedek and Rabbi Avrohom Altein, local Chabad Shliach.

A conservative synagogue and its senior rabbi touched off a heated discussion after Rabbi Alan Green and Shaarey Zedek introduced a proposal to bring interfaith burials into its cemetery. Local Shliach Rabbi Avrohom Altein along with several other community members with family buried at the cemetery took issue with this proposal, and Rabbi Greens contention that the “time has come to “embrace” intermarriage”.

Lipa Schmeltzer – Leiby Forever.

NY Daily News

Hasidic singer Lipa Schmeltzer, also known as the ‘Jewish Elvis,’ is honoring Leiby Kletzky (below) with a seven-minute song called ‘Leiby Forever.’

A Hasidic singer will release Wednesday a tribute song and music video featuring home movies of a slain 8-year-old Brooklyn boy.

Head Shliach of Texas meets with Bike 4 Friendship

HOUSTON, TX [CHI] — In Houston for Shabbos, the Bike 4 Friendship cyclists met with Head Shliach to the state of Texas, Rabbi Shimon Lazaroff at an event Sunday Morning. A city proclamation from Mayor Annise Parker, acknowledging the bike team and their educational efforts, was read to the crowd.