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Mendy and Sheiny (nee Springer) Rivkin (Towson, MD)
Weekly Letter: The Deeper Meaning of Sukkos
This Week, we present an excerpt from the writings of the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel explaining the deeper significance of the holiday of Sukkos.
‘Electric-Car Capital’ Gets First Synagogue
Founded in 1851 with a population of barely 300 people, the city of Vacaville, Calif., was once a stopping point of the Pony Express. A century-and-a-half later, the northern California city, which today has grown to a population of roughly 95,000, earns the distinction of having the highest number of electric cars per capita in the world.
Survivor Celebrates Bar Mitzvah at 88
Born into a Jewish family, Lazar Abramovitch was supposed to have his bar mitzvah when he turned 13. Except he turned 13 in 1941, in the Soviet Union, a communist country where religions of all kinds were frowned upon, and a country that happened in that year to be newly involved in World War II, fighting Nazi Germany.
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Rafa and Chaya Mushka (nee Sufrin) Harkham (Melbourne, Australia)
Laws and Customs: Sukkos
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Sukkos (up to – but not including – Hoshanah Rabbah), including the laws of building a Sukkah and selecting the Daled Minim, for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
900 Attend Jewish Law Symposium in N.J.
Chabad of Southeast Morris County, NJ, drew some 900 attorneys and judges to its 10th annual Jewish Law Symposium, held at the Birchwood Manor in the Whippany section of Hanover Township.
UNESCO: Temple Mount Has No Connection to Jews
In a 26-6 vote, UNESCO on Thursday gave its preliminary approval to a preliminary approval to a resolution that ignores Jewish ties to its most holy religious sites: the Temple Mount and the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Judge Lifts Ban on Kaporos Minutes Before Yom Kippur
With just minutes remaining before the beginning of the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur at sunset, a federal judge in California lifted a temporary restraining order that had banned the slaughter of chickens as part of an ancient atonement rite but allowed the lawsuit that triggered the order to go forward.
Here’s My Story: Case Dissmissed
Rabbi Pinchus Feldman has served as the Chabad emissary of New South Wales, Australia since 1968. In 2002, he received the Medal of the Order of Australia for his service to the Jewish community. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in March of 2015.
Three New Shuls Open in Moscow Neighborhoods
Yiddishkeit in Moscow continues to grow with three new Shuls opening just in time for the High Holy Days. Three beautiful and Mehudar Sifrei Torahs were dedicated in these Shuls as well.
Eastern Parkway Rental Building Sells for $52m
A 63-unit rental building on Eastern Parkway has been sold for $52 million, after being purchased as a vacant lot in 2012 for $8.3 million.
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Chesky and Chani (nee Lisbon) Tenenbaum (Baltimore, MD)
Suspected Car Burglar Found in Possession of Loaded Handgun
A man who is likely behind a string of car burglaries in Crown Heights was arrested early Tuesday morning after police found him sleeping inside a vehicle.
Chabad Couple Aids Matthew Victims in Jamaica
Hurricane Matthew hit some parts of the Caribbean hard, and Jewish efforts have launched to help alleviate the situation in ways big and small. While Jamaica was spared the brunt of the storm, the timing coincided with other basic general needs of the local population.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Chaya Javitz, 50, OBM
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Chaya Javitz, OBM, wife of R’ Chaim Javitz Y”bdl, and mother of five young children. She was 50 years old. The Levaya will take place today at 1:45pm.
Photos: Pre-Kapporos Farbrengen in 770
On the eve of Erev Yom Kippur, prior to the performance of Kapporos at midnight, the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim Ha’olami organized a Farbrengen in 770 for the Tishrei guests.
