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Moty and Rivkah (nee Kulik) Torenheim (Crown Heights)
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Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R’ Moshe Shubov, 83, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Moshe Shubov OBM, who was moiser nefesh to raise a Frum family in communist Russia. He was 83 years old.
Young Artists with Special Needs Showcase Talent
Their space may be limited for now, but their creativity knows no bounds. While construction is underway for the 18,000-square-foot Farber Soul Center, a group of talented artists with special needs are using a nearby temporary space to showcase their skills in a preview of what’s to come.
Picture of the Day: CGI-Kfar Chabad Group Portrait
The 250 campers and several dozen staff-members of the older division of Camp Gan Yisroel in Kfar Chabad, Israel, posed for a group portrait near the village’s main Shul. The sign above them reads: “Camp is an anvil upon which Chassidim are formed.”
Sweden: Fake IED Placed Near Chabad House
This morning, a suspicious object resembling an IED (a remotely-detonated improvised explosive device) was placed in the pathway leading up to the Chabad House in Gothenburg, Sweden, which is directed by Rabbi Alexander Namdar.
Esquire Feature on Men’s Fashion Includes Shliach
Rabbi Chaim Shaul Bruk, Chabad emissary in Bozeman, Montana, was featured in the latest issue of Esquire Magazine, where he gave his own personal take on men’s fashion.
CGI-West Makes the Most of New Campgrounds
The boys’ division of Camp Gan Yisroel-West is in full swing in northern California. With campers having flown in from across the country, the camp is utilizing every bit of its beautiful new grounds.
Victoria Supreme Court Judge Lectures at Chabad
According to Halacha, all disputes between two Jews which cannot be settled amicably without adjudication from an outside party must be decided by a Beth Din and not by a court of law, unless leave is given to go to court by a Beth Din. For an Orthodox Jew, therefore, the choice between going to court and going to a Beit Din would be moot.
TRAGEDY: Crash Claims Lives of 2 Boro Park Women
A terrible crash in Arizona has claimed the lives of two young women from Boro Park; two other passengers were critically injured.
Former Church Dedicated as New Outreach Center
This past Sunday Chabad at the Shore held a dedication ceremony for their newly acquired facility, The Chai Center. Over 250 community members attended the ceremony in which the former church was dedicated as a new synagogue and outreach center.
Kehot and SIE Release Revamped Shulchan Aruch in English
Sichos in English has announced the release of a new Sefer – a state-of-the-art Shluchan Aruch of the Alter Rebbe with side-by-side English translation.
Shluchim Surprised to Learn Cabbie’s Roots
Following a meeting with an alumnus, Rabbi Peretz and Chanie Chein – Shluchim to Brandeis University – got into a taxi cab and were surprised to learn of their driver’s roots.
Picture of the Day: Rabbonim Visit Kfar Chabad Esrogim Orchard
A delegation of prominent Rabbonim from the Jerusalem-based Eida Charedis visited Kfar Chabad today to inspect its renowned esrogim orchard, which bears their kosher certification. This year, the orchard was declared ‘Hefker’ (ownerless) in accordance with the laws of Shmittah.
Shliach Discovers His Tefillin Straps Are Plastic
Rabbi Avrohom Yitzchok Prudenshedsky, a Chabad Shliach in the Israeli Moshav of Ganei Yochanan, could not believe his eyes: after mistakenly leaving his Tefillin in the sunlight for two hours, he discovered that the straps were not made of leather – as required by Halachah – but of cheap plastic.
Rabbinical Students Take to the Steamy Banks of the Peruvian Amazon
Iquitos in Peru is known as the most isolated city in South America. Surrounded by thick jungle, it sits on the banks of the mighty Amazon River. For the first time in decades,it was recently visited by a group of rabbinical students, who were there as part of the Merkos Shlichus Chabad “Roving Rabbis” program.
Photos: Neighborhood Camps Enjoy Water Ride Fair
Campers in the Crown Heights days camps enjoyed a fun day at a water ride fair on Crown Street. Massive water slides, sprinklers and a huge suds baths had children screaming with delight.
Chief Rabbi: “It Is Time” for Netherlands to Apologize
The chief rabbi and Chabad emissary of the Netherlands, Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs, says “it is time,” and is calling on Netherland’s Prime Minister to follow the lead of his neighbors and offer an official apology on behalf of his nation for collaborating with the Nazis in the killing of Jews during the Holocaust.
