Eight months after the Russian Federation was ordered to turn over tens of thousands of pages of texts seized from Jewish religious leaders during the early 20th century, the books, manuscripts and other sacred documents are nowhere to be found.
Yossi Teleshevsky (Melbourne, Australia) and Chaya Dina Aron (Melbourne, Australia)
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]
A new Sefer Torah was dedicated to the Chabad House of Caulfield “770” this past Sunday in memory of Mrs. Tova Herszberg OBM. The Torah was donated by her son and daughter-in law, Dovid and Devorah Rochel Herszberg and family of Melbourne, Australia.
A Brooklyn City Councilman is going after the hated neon shame stickers slapped on cars parked on the wrong side of the street.
Gedaliah Levin (Melbourne, Australia) and Esti Adelist (Melbourne, Australia)
A group of principals, NCFJE and Tzivos Hashem meet with planning team to discuss details of this year’s Lag Baomer Parade.
Mikvah Yisroel, which had been closed for several months by order of the city of New York, is now open to the public once again. After many months of hard work, B”H we have managed to obtain all the necessary permits, including a certificate of occupancy, to reopen Mikvah Yisroel to the public.
Levi and Sara’le (nee Chazan) Rabiski (Toronto, Ontario)
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — As we enter the 2nd quarter of this year a plethora of article touting dramatic drops in shooting and homicides in New York City have been release, but a closer examination shows that the 71st Precinct scored major increases in all major crime categories, with some scoring between a 22% and 31% spike.
The Bochurim of London Yeshiva packed and delivered over 2000 Matzos to the local residents of North West London. The Bochurim where driven around by the Baalei Baatim of Beis Hamidrash Kingsley Way.
Pictures from the wedding of Yosef Seigel (Crown Heights) and Sarah Abrahamson (Omaha, NE) took place in the Oholei Torah Ballroom in Crown Heights.
Zalman and Nechama (nee Treitel) Bendet (Crown Heights)
Mendy and Hadassa (nee Katz) Dalfin (Crown Heights)
Aliya, which has been reaching into Crown Heights youth for almost 9 years now, has over 50 alumni in the IDF. Every draft for the Israeli Army attracts more members than the previous one. It was time to pay them a visit.
After the success of the Purim Farbrengen of 1973, which had over 100,000 viewers, a young Lubavitcher businessman was disturbed to learn that the Farbrengen release project, scheduled to last one year, was only several months away from ending.
The Rebbe draws water from a well outside 770, to be used for baking the Passover Matzos. From this weeks Living Torah.
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