On Motzei Shabbos, Parshat Chayei Sarah, nearly forty teenage girls huddled together at the popular Crown Heights spot – the Besht, for an inspirational, educational and music-filled night. The event was organized by Chaya Volkov and Breindy Gottlieb, leaders of the JNights teen Program.
Yosef Wolf (Tucson, AZ) and Rivka Lieber (Bronx, NY)
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a photo of the Rebbe greeting a child as he enters a gathering of Machane Israel Development Fund supporters.
This Shabbos at the Besht, three Shluchim will lead discussions on various topics: Rabbi Yehoshua B. Gordon of Tarzana, California will lecture Friday night, Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson of London, UK will lecture Shabbos morning, and Rabbi Raleigh Resnick of Pleasanton, California will lecture after Mincha.
The book of Bereishis is the book of the Patriarchs, yet, upon examination it is clear that not all the patriarchs are given equal press and exposure.
Yanky and Chanie Barber (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 540 Montgomery St. [between Brooklyn and New York Aves.]
After two successful years of being seasonal, The Chassidisher Derher will be going monthly! Beginning with the month of Kislev, the Derher magazine will be distributed monthly in Chabad Yeshivos and communities around the world.
Srulick and Zeldy (nee Volkov) Ybgi (Crown Heights)
Yehoshua Korenblit (Crown Heights) and Freidy Gurkow (Westford, MA)
L’Chaim Sunday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
While most American kids are busy going door to door collecting candy tonight, some kids in our neighborhood seem to think that Halloween eve is ‘attack-a-Jew night.’ They roam the streets in gangs looking for a Jewish victim to pelt with eggs and/or assault.
Mendy Mottal (Paris, France) and Chaya Lashker (Paris, France)
To some , Metzitza BePeh may seem distasteful. That plus heightened sensitivity to inappropriate touching of children, as well as recently proposed circumcision bans in Europe, make MBP perfect prey for unfounded fears. Science and religious practices, however, cannot be based on such.
At the evening general session in the Brooklyn Marriott, several Shluchim took to the podium to share their insights into the work of Shlichus.
Moishe and Mina Koncepolski (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 256 Kingston Ave. [between Lincoln and St. Johns Pl.]
Ezzy Rappaport (Toronto/Crown Heights) and Malka Medalie (South Africa/Florida)
L’chaim will be Sunday night at the Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Pkwy. [corner Kingston Ave.] at 8:00pm
Today in the afternoon, the Shluchim traveled to the Brooklyn Marriott Hotel, where they attended seminars, workshops and discussion groups to help with their day-to-day tasks and overcome challenges they may encounter in the course of their Shlichus.
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