Baby Girl!
Schneur and Chaya (nee Ceitlin) Yecheilov (Crown Heights)
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In honor of Yud Daled Kislev, the Shluchim Online School celebrated the Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s wedding together, from countries around the world. The students focused on the special bond created by the Rebbe and his Chassidim on this special day.
Celebrating Together from Miles Apart
In honor of Yud Daled Kislev, the Shluchim Online School celebrated the Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s wedding together, from countries around the world. The students focused on the special bond created by the Rebbe and his Chassidim on this special day.
The Rebellious Man of Faith
The patriarch Jacob, my namesake (Jacob Shmuel) of whom we have read the past few weeks in the Bible, is the most maligned of all the patriarchs. He is the one whom non-Jews can do without. The Christians claim to have been grafted onto the seed of Abraham and the Muslims make equal claim to the father of Monotheism as the Jews. But Jacob, with his seeming deception of his blind father to gain the firstborn blessing from Esau and his commercial manipulations of his father-in-law Laban, most of whose flock he eventually owned, is treated by anti-Semites as the prototype of the wily, cunning, dishonest Jew who will do anything to profit.
PSA: Ahavas Chesed’s Chanukah Toy Drive
For children whose parents are struggling financially they may not be getting any Chanukah gifts or gelt. Once Ahavas Chesed has launched their annual Chanukah Toy Drive to help mitigate this uncertainty and with your help no child will have a sad Chanukah.
D.A. Investigation Leads to 85 Child Abuse Arrests
Earlier this summer, the Hasidic community in Borough Park was ripped asunder by one of the most gruesome murders imaginable — a young Jewish boy smothered and disemboweled. The murderer may have been a troubled outcast, but he was still one of their own — a chilling reality check. Now, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office has revealed the results of a three-year investigation into child abuse in the borough’s Orthodox Jewish community that is downright seismic: 85 predators arrested and 117 victims identified, according to the Post.
Shmuli Brown Explains Shlichus Work on BBC
Rabbi Shmuli Brown was initially reticent when he was contacted by the BBC to make a programme about his work as chaplain for Chabad of Liverpool Universities.
Shachris: 7:30
Mincha: 4:20
Maariv: Bizmanah
Please send memories and condolences to: tzvib@verizon.net
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She'ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
Info to Be Menachem Avel the Barnett Family
Rabbi Tzvi Barnett is sitting Shiva after the passing of his mother Chanah Leah, of Blessed Memory, at 327 Crown St. [between New York and Nostrand Ave.]
Shachris: 7:30
Mincha: 4:20
Maariv: Bizmanah
Please send memories and condolences to: tzvib@verizon.net
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
Oholei Torah Chinese Auction Winners Announced
Oholei Torah PTA has released the names of all the lucky winners in its Chinese auction this past Motzei Shabbos and Sunday. The prizes range from $10,000 cash to a pair of ‘Crocs.’ The biggest winners, of course, are the students of Oholei Torah, who will benefit greatly physically and spiritually from the proceeds of this event. Is your name on the list?
New Shluchim to Tasmania!
Rabbi Yochanan and Rochel Gordon of Crown Heights, together with their infant son Sholom, will IYH soon be moving on Shlichus to the island of Tasmania, off the coast of Australia.
Boruch Dayan Ha’emes: Reb Moshe Goodman, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of R’ Moshe Goodman of Melbourne, Australia, 63. He was born in Riga, Latvia during the times of communism, and together with his family lived as Lubavitcher Chassidim under the watchful eye of the KGB.
Chabad Welcomes Delegates at Big Tent for Israel
As hundreds of Israel supporters converged on Manchester’s “Big Tent for Israel,” Chabad was on hand to offer participants the opportunity to do a Mitzvah. The Chabad booth, manned by L’Chaim-Chabad Rabbis and volunteers, helped many put on Tefillin or do other Mitzvos to merit the land and people of Israel.
New Engagement!
Yaakov (ben Dovid) Astulin (Crown Heights) to Shifra (bas Binyomin Boruch) Gajer (Crown Heights)
New Center Brings Chabad House Warmth to Jerusalem
There are more synagogues in Jerusalem than Starbucks in Manhattan, still Tully Guralnek is celebrating the opening of Jerusalem’s new Chabad of Rechavia center.
