BDE: Chaya Aida Leah (Adie) Kazarnovsky, 86, OBM
With great sadness we inform you about the passing of Chaya Aida Leah (Adie) Kazarnovsky OBM. She passed away Friday morning the 29th of Adar II. She was 86 years old.
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Eber’s Tishrei Liquor and Wine Sale
Paul Williamson, left, who runs the Flinders Island Distillery, with Rabbi Yochanan Gordon
Tiny Flinders Island, Tasmania, Hosts a Rabbi for the First Time
Located between mainland Australia and Tasmania, Flinders Island has a population of 700 (down to 300 in the winter), and less than a handful—four to be exact—are Jews. This week, they received the first rabbinic visit in the island’s history, from Rabbi Yochanan Gordon, who co-directs Chabad of Tasmania with his wife, Rochel.
Unity Torah for Hawaii Nears Completion
A unity Sefer Torah is having its last letters completed in Hawaii this coming Sunday, as it traveled around the islands with expert Sofer Harav Moishe Klein. The Torah was sponsored in honor of the two Sifrei Torah that were stolen last year from Chabad of Hawaii.
Two New Centers Open in Japan in Time for Passover
Two new Chabad centers opened in Japan, just in time for Passover this year, bringing the total in the country up to four. Rabbi Shalom Duber and Rachel Vaisfiche moved to Takayama from Israel, and Rabbi Dovid and Chaya Mushka Posner with their toddler, Mendel, moved to Kyoto from the U.S. Both centers, like many others in Asia, will be dedicated to serving Japan’s Jewish travelers, mostly young Israeli backpackers.
BDE: Tzivia Libba Borenstein, 95, OBM
With great sadness we inform you about the passing of Mrs. Tzivia Libba Borenstein OBM of Montreal Quebec. She passed on the 29th of Adar II 5779. She was 95 years old.
BDE: Toby (Shemtov) HaLevi Levy, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of our dear brother and uncle Toby (Shemtov) HaLevi Levy OB”M. He passed away on Thursday the 28th of Adar II, 5779.
New Engagement!
Devorah Goldberg (Crown Heights) and Effie Kupferstein (Lawrence, NY)
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe giving a young boy Tzedakah as the Rebbe enters the shul to listen to Krias HaTorah.
Shabbos at the Besht: Manufacturing Passover Products
This Shabbos at the Besht: Rabbi Yitzchak Hanoka is the Tri-State Rabbinic Coordinator at OK Kosher Certification. Prior to his current position, Rabbi Hanoka worked as a mashgiach for various manufacturing facilities certified by the OK. He will be giving a lecture on the topic of Manufacturing Passover products, An insight into making products kosher for Pesach and what are the standards.
Weekly Letter: Our Customs for a Birthday
With the Rebbetzen’ s and the Rebbe’s birthdays being celebrated during these couple of weeks – we share a letter where the Rebbe explains our customs for a birthday. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
Accountant Fired After Attacking an Orthodox Jew with MAGA Hat
A California woman verbally abused an Orthodox Jew wearing a Make America Great Again hat in a Palo Alto Starbucks, later posting his picture and abrasive comments about him on social media. Her posts and the political furor which ensued went viral. Mansey lost her job as an accountant as a result and reportedly received death threats, according to the Palo Alto Weekly.
Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal.the Skulener Rebbe.
Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, 95, and The Rebbe
As the last Chassidic Rebbe born in pre-war Europe, the passing of the Skulener Rebbe at the age of 95 on Monday afternoon draws ever closer the conclusion of a torturous era in the narrative of Jewish history—the dispersion of Chassidic courts from the Eastern European villages, towns and cities where they had shaped Jewish life for centuries. Known for his kindheartedness and prolific composition of Chassidic melodies, Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, of blessed memory, was a beloved fixture of Brooklyn’s Boro Park neighborhood.
Here’s My Story: Discuss it with Your Ancestors
Mr. Kasriel Oliver has served as the chief chemist for Kosher Australia for over thirty-six years. He was interviewed in Melbourne in July of 2016.
Massive Fire in Brooklyn Guts Floor of Building
A massive five alarm blaze tore through a building in Sunset Park Wednesday, leaving its’ upper floor gutted. The fire, which spanned the entire buildings upper floor, goes down in Brooklyn’s history as one of largest fires in years.
Video of the Day
Watch from the control room as Beresheet broadcasts its successful ‘Lunar Capture’ maneuver. The lander will touchdown on April 11th, if all goes according to plan.
The Ash family waited for eight years to be allowed out of the Soviet Union.
Rabbi Dani Ash, A Profile
Dani Ash was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) in 1982, three years into his parents’ eight-year “career” as refuseniks—Jews forced into an underground life of fear, privation and incarceration after their application to leave for Israel was denied by Soviet authorities, and they were deemed a threat to the state. Today, Rabbi Dani and Rivka Ash co-direct a bustling Chabad center in the same city he left as a child, never dreaming that he would one day return.
Baby Boy!
Meir and Sarah Simon (Longtree, Colorado)
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