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Unique Photos & Invitation To a Farbrengen 1948

Yud-Tes (19) Kislev, marking the release of the first Chabad Rebbe, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, from prison over two centuries ago, is the high point of the Chassidic calendar, eventually becoming known as the “Rosh Hashana of Chassidism.” Every year, followers would make special gatherings in celebration and spiritual reflection; in time Jews of other sects began to honor this special day as well.

6 Sholom Zochors This Week!

Boruch and Chevy (nee Flint) Lazar
1603 Carroll St [between Schenectady and Utica Ave]

Yanky and Melisa Laine
The Shul, 483 Albany Ave [between Empire Blvd and Lefferts Ave]

Mendy and Sossie (nee Scheinfeld) Lazarus
Bais Menachem Nochum, 440 Crown St [Kingston and Brooklyn]

Zalmen and Dishy (nee Blachman) Zarchi
446 Crown St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]

Yossi and Fraidy (nee Kleinman) Wolosow
1577 Union St [between Albany and Troy Ave]

Sroli and Aliza (nee Hecht) Creeger
662 Eastern Pkwy [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]

Advocate for Soviet Jewry Passes Away at 80

by Mordechai Lightstone – Lubavitch.com

Rabbi and Mrs. Silbertstein at the wedding of their daughter Masha, today a Chabad Emissary to Rochester, NY. (Photos courtesy of Chabad of Downtown LA)

Rebbetzin Batsheva Silberstein, a pioneering member of the Chabad-Lubavitch community in Antwerp, Belgium, who fought on behalf of Soviet Jewry for many years, passed away Saturday, November 6 after a lengthy illness. She was 80.