Ever try seating 4000 people in a room? Well Hurricane Sandy wrecked months of planning for the grand banquet of the Kinus Hashluchim, now with the event just days away organizers are trying to get ready. Take a peek into the busiest planning room in Brooklyn.
Yosef Yitzchok Sufrin (London/Detroit) and Henna Shaw (Detroit, MI)
This years Kinus Hashluchim coincides with the 200th Yohrtzeit of the Alter Rebbe – the author of the holy Tanya. Marking this milestone a new special edition of the Tanya was printed for the Shluchim and was distributed on Thursday.
Moshe and Devorah Leah (nee Carlebach) Avtzon (Crown Heights)
What is a Kinus Hashluchim without programming for the Shluchims children? The Shluchim Online School hosted a Day of Celebration for 65 of their students who traveled to New York with their fathers. The students spent part of the day in regular Oholei Torah classrooms, had a reunion brunch and went bowling!
Chaim Dovber (ben Menachem) Lerman (Crown Heights) and Shaina (bas Chaim) Klein (Johannesburg)
New York City and Long Island will begin rationing gas to relieve frustration and long lines at the pump as the region continues to recover from damage to fuel distribution caused by Sandy last week.
Mendy Lein (Crown Heights) and Mirele Wolf (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be tonight, Thursday, at Campus Chomesh
470 Lefferts Ave. [corner Brooklyn Ave.]
The new Jewish Museum inaugurated today in Moscow, was honored by the presence of the President of Israel Mr. Shimon Peres and additional dignitaries. Millions of dollars have been invested in the museum, promising to be the first of its kind.
Zalman and Liba (nee Kessler) Tevel (Crown Heights)
Chabad on Campus held its acclaimed International Shabbaton and Conference for students this past Shabbos. Despite Hurricane Sandy and all of the related travel and administrative complications, the Shabbaton was experienced without a hitch and attracted a crowd of 650 participants from across North America and Europe including many who experienced a travel ordeal to get there.
New York state residents have the highest state and local taxes as a percentage of income in the United States, while Alaskans have the lowest tax burden, according to a report on Tuesday by the Tax Foundation.
The University of Illinois’ Zeta Beta Tau fraternity partnered with Illini Chabad and The Friendship Circle on Sunday to host the sixth annual Alley Oop for Autism fundraiser for children with special needs.
They have arrived; from Singapore and Beer Sheva, California and Odessa, South Korea and North Cyprus, Bulgaria and the peaks of the Himilaya. They are all gathered in Crown Heights, in 770 and at the Ohel for the annual spiritual recharge. This afternoon the registration officially began, headed by Rabbi Schneur Najar and his staff, who welcomed Shluchim with warm greetings.
A farbrengen was held at Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Sao Paulo, Brazil, celebrating the Rebbe Rashab’s birthday and welcoming the four Talmidei HaShluchim who arrived to spend the year studying and assisting the junior students.
