Fourteen years ago, Chanukah fell out on x-mas. That prompted Rabbi Dov Greenberg, currently Shliach of Chabad at Stamford, to relate a true story of inspiration on the subject. He told the story at High Holiday services at Chabad of the Conejo, where he was then employed.
Yehuda (Jason) Cohen (Flatbush) and Basya Subar (Monsey, NY)
Rabbi Rafi and Chaya Andrusier of Crown Heights will IYH soon be moving on Shlichus to East S. Diego County, CA where they will establish Chabad of East County, serving the spiritual needs of the Jewish communities of El Cajon, La Mesa and surrounding areas.
The ancient Israelite nation was founded and built by many great men of impeccable character, whose devotion to God and righteousness were imbued in every fiber of their being. There was Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, and Aaron, to name but a few. However, only Jacob was given a second name by God himself, which was the name “Israel.” And the question arises, what was Jacob’s uniqueness among our forefathers that earned him this name? And what was it about his life and deeds that merited him to have this new name become the future appellation of the entire Israelite people?
Yanky and Sarah (nee Jeda) Kopfstein (North Miami Beach, FL)
Chabad of North Orlando, led by Rabbi Yanky and Chanshy Majesky, is currently holding a mezuzah campaign to help local families display their Jewish heritage with pride. Fifty Jewish households in Lake Mary, Longwood and Sanford can have a mezuzah installed on their home for free. The mezuzahs will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. The current campaign is being sponsored by Chaim and Lauren Thomas of Longwood.
Inside the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna, diplomats from around the world tried to formulate a resolution to repudiate Iran for its suspicious nuclear intentions. Sitting around a long conference table in a spacious room were the leading diplomats of the west, including the US, Britain, France, Germany, and the diplomats of Russia and China.
The Kinus has always been the highlight of a Shliach’s year. It’s a time when we can connect, meet old chaveirim, and draw chayus for our shlichus. Even more than what we gain at the kinus, is the experience our children, the Yaldie Hashluchim, have.
Eli (Ben R’ Boruch) Raksin (Parkland, FL/Crown Heights) and Chani (Bas R’ Yudke) Edelkopf (Kiryat Malachi, Israel)
L’Chaim tonight, Monday at the Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Parkway [corner Kingston Ave.]
A passing Crownheights.info reader caught a photo of some repair work being done on a Crown Heights home. Can you identify whose home it is?
Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center, which will be celebrating 110 years since it opened its doors, has announced a major gala concert to mark that occasion.
Yossi and Doba (nee Greene) Schlass (Miami Beach, FL)
Dovid Rahmani was a beloved shliach in Yeshivah College of Melbourne until a few months ago, now he’s engaged to Mushka Glick. This sign appeared on the Yeshivah billboard this past Shabbos, congratulating the Young couple on the wonderful news.
Shmuly Wolf (Crown Heights) and Musy Matusof (Madison, WI)
L’Chaim tonight, Sunday at Bais Rivkah
470 Lefferts Ave. [corner Brooklyn Ave.]
Nissim and Chaya (nee Steinmetz) Forma (Crown Heights)
When Darren [name changed] first met Rabbi Dovid Weinbaum, it was at the CTeen Shabbaton last January. As the only representative from his Chabad Center in Hillsborough, NJ, Rabbi Shmaya Krinsky arranged for Darren to join Rabbi Dovid’s group from Montreal.
Kovi and Rivky (nee Danzinger) Raksin (Crown Heights)
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