This Weeks Shalom Zochor List
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Shabbos Parshas Metzorah:
Op-Ed: “Measles is Just a Rash, They said”
A Physician Assistant in Williamsburg, which was hard hit with the Measles outbreak, penned an Op-Ed on the vaccination that can protect against the measles. This Op Ed was written for the educated, uneducated, and supposedly educated parents of the Crown Heights Jewish community.
Weekly Story: I Had Mesiras Nefesh For You And ….
Rabbi Avtzon is a veteran mechanech and the author of numerous books on the Rebbeim and their chassidim. He is available to farbreng or give a talk in your community and can be contacted at avtzonbooks@gmail.com
Picture of the Day
Rabbi Yirmi Cohen visited Member of Paliament of the Government of Canada, Mr. Michael Levitt, of Toronto, and gave him Hand Baked Matza for the Passover Seders. He also sold his chametz (unleavened bread) and put on Tfillin. He is one of the few Jewish M.P’s in the Canadian Government.
Video of the Day
Following the spread of measles to the Detroit Jewish community, a massive push was made to stem the tide of the virus, this time successfully. Listen as one of the people infected tells you about experience, and sheds light on why it is imperative to get vaccinated.
JEM: Three Pioneers
When members and supporters of the JEM Foundation from around the world gathered in New York City for the Foundation’s International Gala, they were treated to a number of special presentations. This one, “three Pioneers,” speaks on the start of the Farbrengen Broadcast.
$1 Million ‘Moonshot’ Prize Awarded to SpaceIL for Moon Landing Attempt
Despite not landing properly on the moon, Beresheets’ successful lunar orbit and attempted landing on the moon still made history as the first privately funded spacecraft to achieve those milestones. XPRIZE is recognizing those historical achievements by granting a $1 million Moonshot Award to SpaceIL, the nonprofit organization behind Beresheet.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe as he listens to the announcement being made at the end of a children rally, circa 5731.
JEM: The Name is the Parents’ Decision
The “V’eleh Shemos – Menachem Mendel” initiative is a worldwide project currently aiming to collect all those named Menachem Mendel after the Rebbe, and feature them in a special album. In conjunction, JEMCentral presents a first hand story regarding naming a child after the Rebbe.
JLI: Don’t Resist Resistance
JLI has released another educational video in the Chassidic Gems Series. In it, Rabbi Yossi Jacobson discussed the concept of How a person knows what his unique mission is, and the answer can be found in these two words.
New Engagement!
Dov Yehuda Steinmetz (Detroit, MI) to Mushka Silberberg (Chicago, IL) L’chaim: Tonight, Thursday, at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Weekly Letter: Loshoh Hora, a Negative Experience
In connection with the topic of tzora’as in this week’s parsha, one of the causes of which Chazal attribute to the speaking of loshon hora/slander, we present a letter of the Rebbe where he refers to loshoh hora in the context of a negative experience the correspondent refers to in his letter to the Rebbe.
The last image Beresheet sent before crashing
Beresheet Fails to Land on the Moon
The Beresheet spacecraft failed to land on the moon Thursday evening after its main engine failed. The landing process started at 10:05 PM Israeli time. The craft was supposed to touch down on the lunar surface approximately 20 minutes later, but appears to have crashed.
LIVE at 2:45pm: Beresheet, Israels Moon Lander Touching Down on the Moon
Watch live at 2:45pm as Beresheet, Israels moon lander, makes its touchdown on the moon. The 1,290-pound (585-kilogram), dishwasher-sized lander was built by Israeli nonprofit space venture SpaceIL and state-owned defense contractor Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) with $100 million furnished almost entirely by private donors.
Picture of the Day
As the Beresheet – Israels moon lander – nears the landing phase of its journey to the moon, it took its place on the list of arriving flights throughout the world.
Baby Boy!
Yoni and Rivky (nee Friedman) Katz (Crown Heights)
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar Says 9/11 was done by “Some People,” who “Did Something”
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has again put herself into some political hot water after giving a speech at a Muslim Rights Group event. In the speech she said about 9/11 that “Some People Did Something,” refusing to name them terrorists.
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