Kate Middleton Intrigued by Concept of Shlichus

Rabbi Yossi Jacobs, Chabad Shliach in Birmingham, UK and Chief Minister of Birmingham Hebrew Congregation, along with his wife Rachel, were among the eight thousand guests invited to Her Majesty the Queen’s Garden Party at Buckingham Palace today.

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Digging for Diamonds Based on Rebbe’s Prophecy

Reuters

Avi Taub, Chief Executive of Shefa Yamim diamond exploration company, gestures during an interview with Reuters as an excavator works at a site near the northern city of Haifa May 21, 2012.

Somewhere in the Carmel hills of northern Israel, diamond exploration company Shefa Yamim hopes to uncover the exact spot where faith meets science.

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

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.

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.