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6 Sholom Zochors This Week!

Yossi and Gita Zaklikowski
525 Lefferts Ave #3B [Between Lamont Court and Kingston Avenue]

Tzali and Chanie (nee Raskin) Vishedsky
801 Montgomery St. [between Albany and Troy Avenues]

Naftoli and Dalya (nee Marciano Michalowski
691 Crown Street [between Troy and Schenectady Avenues]

Nuchie and Chavie (nee Rosenthal) Schapiro (Los Angeles, CA)

Yisroel and Gittele (nee Rabiski) Fridman (Toronto)

Yossi and Rivki (nee Bukiet) Sandhaus (Toronto)

Down But Not Out – the Light that Stems from the Dark

By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, Fl

“It’s the depths that make the heights. It’s the roots that make the branches. It’s the night that creates the dawn. It’s the darkness that gives birth to Light.”

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We all have our share of dirty laundry. No one in the world is born great. Everyone has skeletons in their closets. Do we shove it all under the bed, or do we deal with it, become amazing people, and move on? People who do the former are forgotten. Those who do the latter serve as an example for all us for all time.

Mendy Deren’s Shloshim – The Greeks vs. the Chassidim

Photos by: Chabad.org/Levi Stein

In sharing his fond memories of his good friend Mendy Deren, Senator Joe Lieberman connected the event marking Mendy’s Shloshim to Chanukah with the observation that “the story of Chanukah was essentially a war of the Greeks vs.the Chassidim.” The Greeks felt that we had to assimilate into the foreign culture and Chassidim like Mendy showed us how we can engage the world while remaining pure and faithful to the values of Torah.

100’s Participate in the Largest Menorah Lighting in NJ

MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ [CHI] — Hundreds of local residents participated, despite frigid weather, in the lighting of NJ’s largest Menorah, first replica of the “National Menorah” in Washington, DC, this past Sunday, 5th night of the holiday. Participants included: Monroe Township Mayor Richard Pucci, Senator-elect Linda Greenstein, members of town council, Monroe High School marching band, Cantor Mordechai Schwartz, and the Budapest Jugglers. Hot latkes, doughnuts and sizzling drinks were served following the ceremony.