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by Frank Bruni - New York Times Magazine

Clara Santos Perez, left, the manager of Basil Pizza & Wine Bar, tries to balance inclusion with strict religious customs that are not her own.

“IS HE COMING BACK?” Clara Santos Perez was peering out the windows and across the street, where an imposing man in black stood, his face turned in her direction.

Was he watching? Waiting? Planning to confront her anew? Perez wondered aloud about all of this, wrung her hands and paced. In her agitation and dread she more closely resembled a criminal on the lam than what she really was: a restaurant manager rattled by an unusually troubling customer complaint.

Keeping It Kosher

by Frank Bruni – New York Times Magazine

Clara Santos Perez, left, the manager of Basil Pizza & Wine Bar, tries to balance inclusion with strict religious customs that are not her own.

“IS HE COMING BACK?” Clara Santos Perez was peering out the windows and across the street, where an imposing man in black stood, his face turned in her direction.

Was he watching? Waiting? Planning to confront her anew? Perez wondered aloud about all of this, wrung her hands and paced. In her agitation and dread she more closely resembled a criminal on the lam than what she really was: a restaurant manager rattled by an unusually troubling customer complaint.

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New Engagement!

Chaim Uziel Starik (Vienna, Austria) to Batsheva Spivak (Pembroke Pines, FL)
New Engagement!

Zalman Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Lea Dukes (Santiago, Chile) L’Chaim: Monday, May 5th, 7:00pm at 9400 NW 4th Street, Coral Springs, FL
New Engagement!

Yossi Gutnick (Sydney, Australia) to Chaya Eisnebach (Northwest, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, at the Garden House 1386 S. John’s Pl
Baby Boy!

Yaakov and Shevi (nee Katzman) Behrman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Moishe and Frayda (nee Aber) Scheinfeld from Brooklyn, NY had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yermi and Daniella Liam (nee Pohlman) Kurkus from Lake Lure, NC had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, IA) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, WI) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Shlomo Werde (Crown Heights) to Gila Bensusan (London, UK)
Baby Boy!

Chezki and Mushkie Golowinski from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 539 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Avi Baitelman (Los Angeles, CA) to Mindy Neubort (Fair Lawn, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitch Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Baby Boy!

Chaim and Bracha (nee Morozow) Rendler from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Esther (nee Tabari) Hyams from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Shmuly and Chaya (nee Lewin) Stone from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yossi Krinsky (Vilnius, Lithuania) to Rochele Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden)

Just before the summer, Beis HaMedrash Oholei Torah celebrated a Gala Tzeischem L’Sholom of the most elite Tmimim in Lubavitch today, who will be going, iy”h to communities around the world spreading Torah and Yiddishkeit.

Oholei Torah’s Tzeischem L’Sholom

Just before the summer, Beis HaMedrash Oholei Torah celebrated a Gala Tzeischem L’Sholom of the most elite Tmimim in Lubavitch today, who will be going, iy”h to communities around the world spreading Torah and Yiddishkeit.

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CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a photo of the Rebbe seeing off the Hundreds of guests who came to spend the month of Tishrei with him of 1961.

Weekly Photo of the Rebbe!

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CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a photo of the Rebbe seeing off the Hundreds of guests who came to spend the month of Tishrei with him of 1961.

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Sukka at Fire Station

Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum with one of the Firefighters, in front of the Sukka at Fire Station.

On Chol Hamoed Sukkot Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum, who is a Chaplain at the Rockville Fire Dept. arranged for a Sukka to be put up at the local Fire Station.

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By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, Fl.
Destroy man's desire to sin, our sages tell us, and you would destroy the world.
Not that anyone needs to sin. But one who lacks the desire to sin is not a citizen of this world. And without citizens, who will effect lasting change? (Tzvi Freeman)

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Like it or not, we are each engaged in a battle against our own set of mean genes. They are wily opponents too. Masters of the visceral, they control through satisfaction, pain, and pleasure. (Dr.'s Terry Burnham and Jay Phelan, Mean Genes)

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Rabbi Aryeh Leib of Shpola would plaint to the Almighty in the following manner: “Master of the universe, what do you want from your children? You have, after all, placed them in a benighted world. A world where Satan himself prances amongst them, fanning their evil inclination; where all the things that provoke fleshly desires are ranged before their very eyes, while the warnings of retribution lie hidden between the covers of some moralistic tome. You can be certain that if you had arranged things the other way around – with the place of retribution right in front of their eyes, and all the fleshly desires hidden away in some learned old book, not a single person would ever do anything wrong!”

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A Peak into the Human Psyche – The Story of Man’s Dual Inclinations

By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, Fl.

Destroy man’s desire to sin, our sages tell us, and you would destroy the world.
Not that anyone needs to sin. But one who lacks the desire to sin is not a citizen of this world. And without citizens, who will effect lasting change? (Tzvi Freeman)

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Like it or not, we are each engaged in a battle against our own set of mean genes. They are wily opponents too. Masters of the visceral, they control through satisfaction, pain, and pleasure. (Dr.’s Terry Burnham and Jay Phelan, Mean Genes)

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Rabbi Aryeh Leib of Shpola would plaint to the Almighty in the following manner: “Master of the universe, what do you want from your children? You have, after all, placed them in a benighted world. A world where Satan himself prances amongst them, fanning their evil inclination; where all the things that provoke fleshly desires are ranged before their very eyes, while the warnings of retribution lie hidden between the covers of some moralistic tome. You can be certain that if you had arranged things the other way around – with the place of retribution right in front of their eyes, and all the fleshly desires hidden away in some learned old book, not a single person would ever do anything wrong!”

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9 Sholom Zochors This Week!

Zunnie and Naomi (nee Medalie) Greenbaum
440 Crown St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]

Meyer and Chaya (nee Engelberg) Soussan
556 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave]

Dovid and Henya Friedman
724 Eastern Pkwy [between Brooklyn and Kingston Ave]

Levi and Avigail Hershkowitz
1568 Carroll St [between Troy and Schenectady Ave]

Choni and Bassie Goldman
658 Crown St [between Troy and Schenectady Ave]

Shmuel N. and Devorie (nee Holtzberg) Spielman
1276 President St [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]

Mendy and Sara (nee Weiser) Alevsky
1375 Union St [between New York and Brooklyn Ave]

Dovid and Miri Birk
1486 Carroll St [between Albany and Troy Ave]

Moty and Mashie Donat
3620 Ave. L Brooklyn, NY 11234

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Unity for Justice has united 30 Jewish musicians in a single musical production to promote universal unity amongst Jewish and secular communities, in the hope and belief that unity and togetherness will raise public awareness for Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin’s case, and increase donations to help fund his legal team.

Video: Official Music Video – Unity

Unity for Justice has united 30 Jewish musicians in a single musical production to promote universal unity amongst Jewish and secular communities, in the hope and belief that unity and togetherness will raise public awareness for Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin’s case, and increase donations to help fund his legal team.

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