9 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Shlomie and Devorah Leah (nee Fischer) Katz
Congregation Anash, 770 Montgomery St. [between Albany and Troy Ave]
Meir and Orit Duannee
701 Empire Blvd. Apt #4k Code is 4321 [between Albany and Troy Ave]
Yechiel and Lea (nee twersky) Weiser
Bais M”M, 770 Lefferts Ave. [between Troy and Schenetady Ave]
Shimon and Tova (nee Morrison) Wilmovsky (Crown Heights)
836 Montgomery St. Apt b8 [between Albany and Troy Ave]
Mordechai and Devorah Leah (nee Lazaroff) Lokshin
Oihel Nosson, 580 Crown St. [between Albany and Troy Ave]
Nochum and Shaina (nee Capland) Greenwald
32 N. Roosevelt Ave. Columbus, OH
Mendy and Grunie (nee Lipskar) Uminer (Chestnut Hill, MA)
Elie and Chaya Rochel (nee Karp) Estrin (Seattle, WA)
Levi and Miriam Goldstein (Des Moines, IA)
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Shaina Rochel Charitonow OBM
With sadness and pain we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Shaina Rochel Charitonow, a longtime Shlucha in Buffalo, NY who passed away at the age of 55. The Levaya will take place today, Friday.
Shabbos at the Besht: Tu B’Shvat
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Seligson will lead a discussion on the topic of Tu B’shvat.
Kabbalah and Neuroscientific Discovery
The soul is ruled by the mind, the heart and the liver. The liver? Rabbi Asher Crispe, in his humorous, scholarly style explains how the new world of neuroscience and the old world of Torah and Kabbalah are joined.
Weekly Unique Picture of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and the Lubavitch Archives presents a photo of the Rebbe, surrounded by children, during a Tu-Beshvat Farbrengen, 1982.
Who Is Your Moshe? The Fallacy Of Chulent-Style Judaism
Beshalach: Is Judaism a static religion? Or is it a living; “Breathing,” religion? To explain the question: Has G-d communicated all the knowledge and guidance He ever wished to share, albeit with eternal relevance, in a prior era and limited form, or does He, according to Jewish faith, continue to communicate and guide his people in “Real time?” The answer is yes and no. How is that for rabbinical verdict?
Security Meeting: Merkos and Police Prepare for Kinus
This coming Wednesday will mark the opening of the international conference of Shluchos in Crown Heights, an event which will bring thousands of emissaries from around the world. One of the chief concerns is safety, and addressing that were representatives form the police department and Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch who met earlier this week.
Cultured Cow Creamery Producing Kosher Cheese
Rabbi Sholom Estrin starts work at the Cultured Cow Creamery in Durham at 4:30 a.m., and he works until mid-afternoon four days each week to make cheddar cheese according to Jewish dietary laws.
Photos: “Didan Notzach” Celebrated in 770
Tuesday night Bochurim and Anash aligned with the Gabboim and Tzfati factions whipped up some frenzied celebrations in reaction to a courts ruling that neither side had won. Copious amounts of alcohol was consumed along with singing and dancing to the song of Didan Notzach.
Queens Community and Shluchim Farbreng
In what has become a yearly tradition, the Shluchim of Queens united in celebrating Yud Shvat. This year, the celebration was hosted by Rabbi Eli Blokh, director of the Chabad of Rego Park/Jewish Russian Community Center of Queens.
Man Who Aided Mumbai Massacre to Avoid Life Sentence
The American-Pakistani accused of aiding terrorists responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which included the murder of six people at the Nariman Chabad House, is set to be sentenced by a U.S. court Thursday.
71st Precinct Bids Farewell to Detective Peter Margath
After 26 years on the force Detective Peter Margrath, who spent the majority of his career as a detective in the 71st Precinct, took his retirement with many his colleagues attending his ‘last walkout’.
New Fund Established In Shluchas Memory
With the London Jewish Community still reeling from the tragic and untimely passing of Rebbitzen Sara Leah Overlander A”H, co-director of Chabad of Hendon who passed away after a long fight with Y”M at the age of just fifty-three years old. A new fund to assist her family was established.
Today: the Yohrtzeit of Rebbetzin Shterna Sara
Today, the 13th of Shvat, is the Yahrtzeit of Rebbetzen Shterna Sara Schneersohn, the wife of the fifth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Shalom Dovber and the mother of the sixth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak.
Baby Girl!
Mendy and Rikkel (nee Lobenstein) Gopin (Crown Heights)
Video: A [Slightly Eccentric] Weekly Torah Thought
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this weeks Parasha, Beshalach, titled ‘Problems Shmoblems’. Update: Video embed fixed!
Tiferes Bachurim Marks Yohrtzeit of Beloved Teacher
Yesterday, Yud Alef Shvat, marked the 18th Yartzeit of a beloved teacher at Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Lipskier OBM.
