Rebbetzin Chana’s Memoirs: Efforts to Limit Influence
In this 32nd installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes how opponents of her husband Reb Levik unsuccessfully tried to diminish his position as Rov of Yekatrinoslav.
The Popack family is sitting Shiva after the passing of Reb Shmuel Isaac OBM, at 1280 President St. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]
Shachris: 8:00 AM
Mincha: 8:00 PM
Maariv: 9:00 PM
Women's hours: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM, 4:00 PM - 10:00 PM. Please use back entrance.
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She'ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
Shachris: 8:00 AM
Mincha: 8:00 PM
Maariv: 9:00 PM
Women's hours: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM, 4:00 PM - 10:00 PM. Please use back entrance.
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She'ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
Info to Be Menachem Avel the Popack Family
The Popack family is sitting Shiva after the passing of Reb Shmuel Isaac OBM, at 1280 President St. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]
Shachris: 8:00 AM
Mincha: 8:00 PM
Maariv: 9:00 PM
Women’s hours: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM. Please use back entrance.
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
School Dedicated to Girl Who Died in Climbing Accident
Jewish community members in Tenafly, N.J., attend the groundbreaking of Lubavitch on the Palisades’ new educational wing, which is being named after 22-year-old Stephanie Prezant.
Hundreds of people banded together to pay tribute to a local Jewish girl who perished in a rock-climbing accident by dedicating a new wing at the preschool she served for several years in her memory.
Gathering in Remembrance of R’ Yitzchok Zirkind, OBM
Photo: Mushka Lightstone.
The Zirkind family invites the entire community to an evening of inspiration and awareness, in memory of Rabbi Yitzchok Zirkind, OBM. The event will take place today, Wednesday at Beis Rivkah, 310 Crown St. at 8:00 PM. The event will be broadcast live via Torah Café.
New Engagement!
Chaim Shimon Dubov (Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel) and Mussie Rothschild (Monsey, NY)
Children Hospitalized for Ingesting Detergent Packets
Huffington Post
Miniature laundry detergent packets arrived on store shelves in recent months as an alternative to bulky bottles and messy spills. But doctors across the country say children are confusing the tiny, brightly colored packets with candy and swallowing them.
Baby Boy!
Menachem and Faigy (nee Schapiro) Schechter (Chicago, IL)
City Goes After Poor People “Stealing” Garbage
City officials are very concerned these days about sky rocketing crime; no, not the crimes that plague our neighborhood like shootings, muggings and break-ins – the city is busy with more important things: going after the poor chaps who scavenger recyclable garbage from the curbside. This epidemic of thievery has the city up in a tizzy because they make millions from the sale of our recyclable garbage, so they have taken to cracking down on these brazen criminals, and the New York Post is cheering them on.
The PTA of Lubavitcher Yeshiva arranged a fun afternoon show with the Twins from France for children in honor of Isru Chag.
Photos: Kids Enjoy Twins Show at ULY
The PTA of Lubavitcher Yeshiva arranged a fun afternoon show with the Twins from France for children in honor of Isru Chag.
by Rabbi Michoel Seligson
Left: Reb Michoel Dworkin. Right: town of Lubavitch in early 1900s.
Reb Michoel Dworkin was born shortly before the Tzemach Tzedek's passing in 1866, in a small town in white Russia * Originally followers of the Mahari"l of Kopust and his son, the Dworkin family returned to Lubavitch and became followers of the Rebbe Rashab in 1900 * Reb Michoel was a successful businessman before the advent of communism, and was a 'Ben Bayis' of the Rebbe Rashab and the Previous Rebbe * He passed away on Erev Shavuos, 1949 in New York.
Our Heroes: Reb Michoel Dworkin
by Rabbi Michoel Seligson
Left: Reb Michoel Dworkin. Right: town of Lubavitch in early 1900s.
Reb Michoel Dworkin was born shortly before the Tzemach Tzedek’s passing in 1866, in a small town in white Russia * Originally followers of the Mahari”l of Kopust and his son, the Dworkin family returned to Lubavitch and became followers of the Rebbe Rashab in 1900 * Reb Michoel was a successful businessman before the advent of communism, and was a ‘Ben Bayis’ of the Rebbe Rashab and the Previous Rebbe * He passed away on Erev Shavuos, 1949 in New York.
Chabad Builds First Shul in Tacoma Since 1968
News Tribune
The new Chabad House in Tacoma, Washington.
After a two-year legal battle and nearly a year of construction, an Orthodox Jewish group is about to open its $2.4 million synagogue and education building between two houses on Tacoma’s West End.
Yeshiva Gedolah of Melbourne Hosts Kinus Torah
The Rabbinical College of Australia & New Zealand (YG) hosted a communal Kinus Torah on Tuesday, the eighth of Sivan (May 29, 2012). The Kinus was convened in conjunction with Shavuos, as per the Rebbe’s directive that a Kinus be held on, or immediately after, each Yom Tov.
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Boruch Dayan Ha’emes: R’ Shmuel Isaac Popack, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of devout chossid and generous Ba’al Tzedaka Rabbi Shmuel Isaac Popack, OBM, this past Friday night at the age of 93.
New Engagement!
Michi Hayman (Sydney, Australia) and Chaya Lederman (Sydney, Australia)
Baby Girl!
Yisroel and Mushkie Silverstein (Monsey, NY)
Massive Fire Disrupts Yom Tov, Forces Building Evac
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A massive fire broke out in a second floor of an apartment building on Carroll Street, just as families were sitting down for their Yom Tov meals. It took firefighters nearly a half hour to douse the intense blaze.
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