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Rav Dovid Schochet, President of the Toronto Rabbinical Council and a member of Va'ad Rabbonei Lubavitch, flew into New York this past week to test talmidim of “Online Smicha” in a variety of topics including Pas Akum, Bishul, Akum, Chalav Akum, and Chasamos.

Students of Online Smicha Program Show Fluency

Rav Dovid Schochet, President of the Toronto Rabbinical Council and a member of Va’ad Rabbonei Lubavitch, flew into New York this past week to test talmidim of “Online Smicha” in a variety of topics including Pas Akum, Bishul, Akum, Chalav Akum, and Chasamos.

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New Engagement!

Yaakov Levy (Crown Heights) to Mimi Stern (Houston, TX)
New Engagement!

Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
New Engagement!

Avremel Rapoport(Clarks Summit, PA) to Faigy Liberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Menny Leitner (Monsey, NY) to Bracha Goldberg (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, July 20th, 7:30pm at Bais Yosef Meir Simcha Hall 19 Olympia Ln, Monsey
New Engagement!

Mendy Sulami (Los Angeles, CA) to Aidel Spielman (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Tsvi Feygin  (Teaneck, NJ) to Faigy Kahn (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Shmuel Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Esther Leeba Eidelman (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Downstairs
Baby Boy!

Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shalom Alon (Kfar Gidon, EY) to Bluma Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Jack Abramson (NW4, London, UK) to Shayna Ash (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Soro (nee Brennan) Manne from Penn Wynne, PA had a baby boy!

From the Safer Haminhagim: [Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, usually after Shacharis,] one reads the passage [from Bamidbar 7-8:4] that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. [In common parlance, each day's passage itself is often referred to as “the Nasi.”] This daily reading is followed by the prayer which opens with the words yehi ratzon (and which appears in Siddur Torah Or [as well as in Siddur Tehillat HaShem, p. 371]). This prayer is recited even by a Kohen or a Levi [despite its seeming relevance only to tribes other than the Tribe of Levi]. [284]

Did you say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Yom Gimmel)

From the Safer Haminhagim: [Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, usually after Shacharis,] one reads the passage [from Bamidbar 7-8:4] that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. [In common parlance, each day’s passage itself is often referred to as “the Nasi.”] This daily reading is followed by the prayer which opens with the words yehi ratzon (and which appears in Siddur Torah Or [as well as in Siddur Tehillat HaShem, p. 371]). This prayer is recited even by a Kohen or a Levi [despite its seeming relevance only to tribes other than the Tribe of Levi]. [284]

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by Leah Schwed

As a young woman who decided in her early 20s to become Orthodox, my life has been anything but boring. I grew up with a tight knit family, went to a reform synagogue, attended inner city schools and learned how to interact with all walks of life at a young age. Those friendships I still hold onto dearly. After my high school graduation I was accepted to a college in NYC and soon enough I was living in the city that never sleeps. I found a cute apartment in Spanish Harlem where many people are too afraid to walk even in broad daylight.

Blog: From Harlem to Jerusalem

by Leah Schwed

As a young woman who decided in her early 20s to become Orthodox, my life has been anything but boring. I grew up with a tight knit family, went to a reform synagogue, attended inner city schools and learned how to interact with all walks of life at a young age. Those friendships I still hold onto dearly. After my high school graduation I was accepted to a college in NYC and soon enough I was living in the city that never sleeps. I found a cute apartment in Spanish Harlem where many people are too afraid to walk even in broad daylight.

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Shluchim Pause to Pray at Grave of Kedoshim

Whilst on the recent JLI Land and Spirit Mission to Israel, over a minyan of shluchim joined together early one morning to visit the kever of fellow shluchim Hakdoshim Rabbi Gavriel Noach and Rebbetzin Rivka Holtzberg HY”D on Har Hazeisim, as they felt that being in Eretz Yisroel shluchim should make a point to visit the kvorim.

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Chabad UF Expands to Accommodate Growing ‘Family’

Gainesville Sun

Rabbi Berl Goldman and his wife Chanie thank all those in attendance during the Groundbreaking Celebration for the Tabacinic Lubavitch-Chabad Center for Jewish Life and Learning, in Gainesville on Sunday.

Hundreds of members of the local Jewish community gathered on a dirt lot Sunday where soon a 23,000-square-foot Jewish student center will stand.

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In the month of Nissan, when one sees a tree blossom for the first time s/he recites a special blessing. Today, the 2nd day of Nissan, the cherry tree in front of 770 blossomed with beautiful flowers; you can now say the special blessing upon sight of it.

Picture of the Day: A Tree Blossoms in Brooklyn

In the month of Nissan, when one sees a tree blossom for the first time s/he recites a special blessing. Today, the 2nd day of Nissan, the cherry tree in front of 770 blossomed with beautiful flowers; you can now say the special blessing upon sight of it.

Picture of the Day
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New Photo Series: From Days Gone By

Lubavitch Archives

Crownheights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a new bi-weekly photo series called From Days Gone By. Selected from more than 800,000 images, the largest Chabad-Lubavitch digital image archive, the new series is sure to be a thriller for Lubavitchers across the globe. Try to figure out who is in the picture and other details of what is happening, and share your knowledge in the comments section.

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