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Daily Archives: October 6, 2011

Sun-Sentinel

Rabbi Mordechai Andrusier of Chabad of Pembroke Pines leads the celebration for the synagogue’s first owned Torah. Photo: Eric Bojanowski

Approximately 100 congregants marched the streets by singing, dancing and celebrating Chabad of Pembroke Pines' first owned Torah.

Florida Chabad House Grows with a Torah

Sun-Sentinel

Rabbi Mordechai Andrusier of Chabad of Pembroke Pines leads the celebration for the synagogue’s first owned Torah. Photo: Eric Bojanowski

Approximately 100 congregants marched the streets by singing, dancing and celebrating Chabad of Pembroke Pines’ first owned Torah.

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Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Esther (nee Tabari) Hyams from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Shmuly and Chaya (nee Lewin) Stone from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yossi Krinsky (Vilnius, Lithuania) to Rochele Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Baby Boy!

Yossef and Naomi (nee Malinas) Haddad from Milan, Italy had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, at 1349 President Street
New Engagement!

Ariel Poliszuk (Toronto, Canada) to Devorah Leah Weingrow (Chicago, IL)
Baby Girl!

Yisroel and Chana Esther (nee Feldman) Kaczala from Brazil had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yosef Yitzchok Marcucci (Chicago, IL) to Devorah Leah Munis (Eretz Yisroel)
New Engagement!

Shmuly Golomb (Crown Heights) to Mushky Steinmetz (Briarwood, NY)

 
New Engagement!

Moshe Gordon (Crown Heights) to Chaya’le Movsikov (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The Simcha Hall 571 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Mendel Gopin (Miami, FL) to Rochie Gourarie (Toms River, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, the 5th of Nissan, 8:30pm at the JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Meir Itzinger (Londres, Angleterre) to Pechi Gorodetsky (Paris, France) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s

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New Engagement!

Shmuli Lesches (Brooklyn, NY) to Chaya Mushka Hodakov (Coral Springs, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at F.R.E.E.
Baby Boy!

Elchanan and Shterny (nee Dubov) Lerrer from Lod, Israel had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Chazan (Manchester, UK) to Chana Junik (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Perl (nee Faygen) Groner from East Flatbush, Brooklyn had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Reuven and Nechama (nee Trappler) Giter from Lauderhill, Florida, had a baby girl!
by Shalom Wolff

When I was flipping through the table of contents of the most recent issue of the Zman Magazine, it brought me great pleasure (albeit prematurely) to see that they had a feature story on ‘heroic [Russian] Jews who led a spiritual revolt [in the USSR]’. It didn’t take long until I realized that the magazine’s motive wasn't to convey a portion of history as it had taken place, rather to [re]write history. In this article consisting of a couple of hundred sentences, merely two of them mentioned Chabad (to be quite honest, I wasn’t holding my breath).

Op-Ed: Zman Magazine Rewriting History

by Shalom Wolff

When I was flipping through the table of contents of the most recent issue of the Zman Magazine, it brought me great pleasure (albeit prematurely) to see that they had a feature story on ‘heroic [Russian] Jews who led a spiritual revolt [in the USSR]’. It didn’t take long until I realized that the magazine’s motive wasn’t to convey a portion of history as it had taken place, rather to [re]write history. In this article consisting of a couple of hundred sentences, merely two of them mentioned Chabad (to be quite honest, I wasn’t holding my breath).

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It is well known the importance of saying Tehillim in during every free moment over Rosh Hashona. As has been done in previous years the boys in Lubavitch Boys School London had a massive Chayos in saying Tehillim.

Boys Yeshiva Clocks Over 6000 Minutes of Tehilim

It is well known the importance of saying Tehillim in during every free moment over Rosh Hashona. As has been done in previous years the boys in Lubavitch Boys School London had a massive Chayos in saying Tehillim.

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by Mordechai Lightstone - Lubavitch.com

Thousands of protesters continued to flood the streets of Manhattan's Financial District in what has become the 20th day - which reached the largest numbers to date — of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Wall Street Protesters Pause to Pray, Hear Shofar

by Mordechai Lightstone – Lubavitch.com

Thousands of protesters continued to flood the streets of Manhattan’s Financial District in what has become the 20th day – which reached the largest numbers to date — of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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Ever wanted to be part of the frenzy and frolic of simchas beis hashoeva, but could barely drag your feet off the yom tov table long enough to put the kugel away? Well here’s your chance to relax and, at the same time know you’re fueling the very force that makes simchas beis hashoeva the off-the-ground experience it is today.

Once Again, Kol Dichfin Helps Tishrei Guests

Ever wanted to be part of the frenzy and frolic of simchas beis hashoeva, but could barely drag your feet off the yom tov table long enough to put the kugel away? Well here’s your chance to relax and, at the same time know you’re fueling the very force that makes simchas beis hashoeva the off-the-ground experience it is today.

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With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Sima Lokshin OBM a longtime resident in Crown Heights.

She is survived by her husband R. Zalman Lokshin, and her children Shaina Lipsker (Crown Heights), Modche (Crown Heights), Rivky Markowitz (Crown Heights), Mireleh Fischer (Crown Heights), Dovid, Peretz, Yonatan, Shmulik, and Menachem as well as her brothers and sisters.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Mrs. Sima Lokshin OBM

With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Sima Lokshin OBM a longtime resident in Crown Heights.

She is survived by her husband R. Zalman Lokshin, and her children Shaina Lipsker (Crown Heights), Modche (Crown Heights), Rivky Markowitz (Crown Heights), Mireleh Fischer (Crown Heights), Dovid, Peretz, Yonatan, Shmulik, and Menachem as well as her brothers and sisters.

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Asian Jewish Life

Left: Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Right: Rabbi Bentzion Butman and family.

Phnom Penh is a small town, especially when you are an expat. It's common to run into people you know at the coffee shop, the grocery store, the local pub… it seems once you are around long enough, you get to know most of the people worth knowing, despite the transient nature of the population. This is even truer of the Jewish community in Cambodia; it's like an easy game of Jewish Geography. “Oh, do you know Sol who works at Save the Children?” “Yes, of course I know Sol, his children go to preschool with mine.” The game is almost impossible to lose. It's fast paced and only concludes when everyone in the community is named.

Playing Jewish Geography in Phnom Penh

Asian Jewish Life

Left: Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Right: Rabbi Bentzion Butman and family.

Phnom Penh is a small town, especially when you are an expat. It’s common to run into people you know at the coffee shop, the grocery store, the local pub… it seems once you are around long enough, you get to know most of the people worth knowing, despite the transient nature of the population. This is even truer of the Jewish community in Cambodia; it’s like an easy game of Jewish Geography. “Oh, do you know Sol who works at Save the Children?” “Yes, of course I know Sol, his children go to preschool with mine.” The game is almost impossible to lose. It’s fast paced and only concludes when everyone in the community is named.

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by Joshua Runyan - Chabad.org

Russian President Dimitry Medvedev with Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar.

Continuing a tradition going back several years, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dispatched an official letter to the office of Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar to wish his country’s Jewish community blessings on occasion of Rosh Hashanah.

Russian President Extends High Holiday Greetings

by Joshua Runyan – Chabad.org

Russian President Dimitry Medvedev with Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar.

Continuing a tradition going back several years, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dispatched an official letter to the office of Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar to wish his country’s Jewish community blessings on occasion of Rosh Hashanah.

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Businessmen and landlords pitched in to help alleviate some of the burden of the cost of Kapores, allowing NCFJE to offer chickens at $4 a pop instead of the normal $10, but Mendy Hendel had a different idea – reaching out to Shea Hecht and suggesting that together they raise the prices and make more money!

Hendel’s Kapores Price Gouging Idea Vs. Hecht’s $4 Chickens

Businessmen and landlords pitched in to help alleviate some of the burden of the cost of Kapores, allowing NCFJE to offer chickens at $4 a pop instead of the normal $10, but Mendy Hendel had a different idea – reaching out to Shea Hecht and suggesting that together they raise the prices and make more money!

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