New Engagement!
Aaron Daniel Knight (Bal Harbour, FL) and Tali Aburos (Sunny Isles, FL)
For Jewish Addicts ‘Dry’ Seders are a Life-Saver
It’s rare that an Orthodox rabbi chooses to omit an important Jewish ritual in his holiday celebrations. But in the spring of 2000, Rabbi Yosef Lipsker cleared his living room of furniture, set up three large dining tables and invited dozens of people to a special seder that included all the standard Passover observances — except for one.
Video: Judaism on Christianity
In this week’s Torah Café weekly Video: Rabbi Efrem Goldberg, shares his knowledge of the origins of Christianity and its relationship to the Jews.
Florida Fathers and Sons Gather for ‘Epic’ Farbrengen
The continuous growth of the Lubavitch Educational Center in Miami, Fl was on full display as the need to host its grand events have now been outsourced to even larger ballrooms. Over 350 people packed the social hall of the Shul of Bal Harbor, as they graciously hosted the Lubavtich Education Center students and fathers.
Video: A [Slightly Eccentric] Weekly Torah Thought
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this weeks Parasha, Vayikra, titled ‘What’s on your grill?’.
Baby Boy!
Moshe and Devora Leah (nee Banon) Holtzberg (Crown Heights)
Did you say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Gimmel Nissan)
From the Safer Haminhagim: Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, one reads the passage that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. Yehi Ratzon in the Extended Article.
Photos: Shliach on a Tour of Lakewood Matzah Bakery
A Lakewood, New Jersey photographer from a local Jewish newspaper was pleasantly surprised to find Monroe, NJ Shliach Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky with a group of his Balei Batim visiting a local Kosher restaurant, where a Shiur was being given, and then a tour of the Shmurah Matza bakery.
New Engagement!
Avi Gudelsky (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Nechi Levitan (New Haven, CT)
New Engagement!
Peretz (ben Eliezer) Laine (Crown Heights) and Chani (bas YY) Chitrik (Tzfas, Israel) .
New Engagement!
Their Work? To ‘Spark the Spark’ of Jewish Pride on the Upper East Side
Rubi came across the YouTube videos unintentionally. They wereTanya lessons — from the central text written by the founder of Chabad-Lubavitch, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi — given by Rabbi Ben Tzion Krasnianski, co-director of Chabad of the Upper East Side. And they helped start her on the road to recovery from addiction.
Semicha Bochurim Run Shoprite Passover Info Booth
Bochurim who are studying in the Malapan Semicha program got to exercise the knowledge they aquired at a Passover information booth at Shoprite.
Did you say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Beis Nissan)
From the Safer Haminhagim: Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, one reads the passage that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. Yehi Ratzon in the Extended Article.
SHOCKING: Judge’s DWI Ruling Kept Hit-n-Run Driver Behind the Wheel
When Julio Acevedo was arraigned last month on a drunken driving bust, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Michael Gary refused to set bail and declined to suspend the ex-con’s license, even though he told it was mandatory. ‘I don’t believe that I must do it,’ he said, saying a judge presiding Accevedo’s next court date on April 10 could ‘correct’ him if he was wrong. He should have never been behind the wheel.
Baby Girl!
Shlomo and Nechama (nee Welton) Rothstein (Nashville, TN)
