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by Yosef Katzman

Last week at a Chof Cheshvan Lchaim-Farbrengen, I had the privilege of sitting with Rabbi Ephraim Piekarski, a well known Chosid and Tamid Chochom here in Crown Heights. We had a very nice pleasant warm Chasidisher Farbrengen, Baalei-Batim style.

After a few Lchaim’s Rabbi Piekarski announced that he’s on a high, he is very inspired by what he witnessed in the last few hours.

Op-Ed: Inspirational moment in Crown Heights

by Yosef Katzman

Last week at a Chof Cheshvan Lchaim-Farbrengen, I had the privilege of sitting with Rabbi Ephraim Piekarski, a well known Chosid and Tamid Chochom here in Crown Heights. We had a very nice pleasant warm Chasidisher Farbrengen, Baalei-Batim style.

After a few Lchaim’s Rabbi Piekarski announced that he’s on a high, he is very inspired by what he witnessed in the last few hours.

Op-Ed
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New Engagement!

Yaakov Levy (Crown Heights) to Mimi Stern (Houston, TX)
New Engagement!

Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
New Engagement!

Avremel Rapoport(Clarks Summit, PA) to Faigy Liberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Menny Leitner (Monsey, NY) to Bracha Goldberg (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, July 20th, 7:30pm at Bais Yosef Meir Simcha Hall 19 Olympia Ln, Monsey
New Engagement!

Mendy Sulami (Los Angeles, CA) to Aidel Spielman (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Tsvi Feygin  (Teaneck, NJ) to Faigy Kahn (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Shmuel Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Esther Leeba Eidelman (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Downstairs
Baby Boy!

Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shalom Alon (Kfar Gidon, EY) to Bluma Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Jack Abramson (NW4, London, UK) to Shayna Ash (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Soro (nee Brennan) Manne from Penn Wynne, PA had a baby boy!

90 Chefs, 340 Waiters and a Sea of Rabbis

NY Times Blog

David Scharf is planning a sit-down dinner for 4,500 Hasidic rabbis.

David Scharf is planning a little get-together on Sunday in Brooklyn: dinner for 4,500 Hasidic rabbis.

“It’s the largest sit-down dinner in New York,” Mr. Scharf, 58, said Thusday as he surveyed his blank canvas, a cavernous warehouse in Red Hook.

Kinus Hashluchim
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Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Rabbi Mendy Deren OBM

Mendy Deren at his Bar Mitzvah Aliyah with the Rebbe. Photo Credit: The Living Archive.

With great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the extremely untimely passing of Shliach Rabbi Mendy Deren OBM.

Mendy is survived by his parents, Yisrael and Vivi Deren, and his wife Sarah, as well as brothers and sisters.

Updated: The Levaya will take place today, Friday, and will be leaving from the Shomrei Hadaas Chaples at 11:15am and will be passing by 770 at around 12:00pm.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

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by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, FL
The late Bobover Rebbe is said to have been sitting on an airplane in the late 1950s, next to the famous playwright Arthur Miller.

Upon observing the care and reverence with which the Bobover Rebbe was escorted through the airport and settled into his seat by his young protégés – how they kept checking on his well-being and doting over him – Miller turned to the Rebbe and asked: “Rabbi, how come when I, a pillar of secular knowledge, lecture at a university I am treated casually, and even with disrespect by the students, while you, a teacher of an archaic tradition, are treated with utmost reverence, almost as a beloved surrogate parent, by your followers?”

The Rebbe, purportedly, smiled and replied: “It is very simple, you, a secular scholar, teach your students that they are descendants of monkeys, so when they look at you, they see someone who is one generation closer to their primitive ape past, no wonder why they treat you that way.

I, on the other hand, teach my students that they are descendants of the awesome generation who stood at Sinai and witnessed the greatest Divine revelation in history, so they consider me one generation closer to that transformational face to face encounter with the Divine, is it a wonder that they respect me?”

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To Lead is to Follow – The New Within The Old

by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, FL

The late Bobover Rebbe is said to have been sitting on an airplane in the late 1950s, next to the famous playwright Arthur Miller.

Upon observing the care and reverence with which the Bobover Rebbe was escorted through the airport and settled into his seat by his young protégés – how they kept checking on his well-being and doting over him – Miller turned to the Rebbe and asked: “Rabbi, how come when I, a pillar of secular knowledge, lecture at a university I am treated casually, and even with disrespect by the students, while you, a teacher of an archaic tradition, are treated with utmost reverence, almost as a beloved surrogate parent, by your followers?”

The Rebbe, purportedly, smiled and replied: “It is very simple, you, a secular scholar, teach your students that they are descendants of monkeys, so when they look at you, they see someone who is one generation closer to their primitive ape past, no wonder why they treat you that way.

I, on the other hand, teach my students that they are descendants of the awesome generation who stood at Sinai and witnessed the greatest Divine revelation in history, so they consider me one generation closer to that transformational face to face encounter with the Divine, is it a wonder that they respect me?”

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Something Jewish
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Photos of the The Rebbe and the Shluchim

In honor of the Kinus Hashluchim CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present two unique photos from the Machne Israel development fund 1989. This was an opportunity for the lay leaders of Chabad institutions around the world to meet with the Rebbe. At the conclusion of these meetings the Rebbe would deliver a special talk to the Shluchim and would bless for continued success in their Shlichus.

Picture of the Day

8 Sholom Zochors This Week!

Nosson and Rivky (nee Moss) Lang
Oihel Nosson, 580 Crown St [between Troy and Albany Ave]

Levi and Mira Martinez
Aliya, 525 E New York Ave [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]

Avremi and Bracha Mann
629 Montgomery St [between Brooklyn and Kingston Ave]

Mendy and Shaina Matusof
1505 President St [between Troy and Albany Ave]

Chanoch and Shainy Peysin
1548 President St Apt P [between Troy and Albany Ave]

Chaim and Esther Leah Vogel
825 Eastern Parkway [between Albany and Kingston Ave]

Shmuel and Chanie Pevzner
1359 Union St [between New York and Brooklyn Ave]

Shmuly and Elana (nee Dauer) Kornfeld (Burbank, CA)

Mazel Tov's
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by Eva Itscovitch

With great excitement and much anticipation, community members of S. Agathe and many Montrealers gathered together on Friday evening, October 22nd to welcome the Seminary BMC girls to a new year of learning in our beautiful Laurentian mountains.

Welcome Shabbat Dinner for BMC Seminary Girls

by Eva Itscovitch

With great excitement and much anticipation, community members of S. Agathe and many Montrealers gathered together on Friday evening, October 22nd to welcome the Seminary BMC girls to a new year of learning in our beautiful Laurentian mountains.

General
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On the chilly Friday afternoon of October 24th, 1945, nine Lubavitch students arrived in Montreal, Canada, from Shanghai, China. The young men had moved to town in order to strengthen the Jewish community under the direction of the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yossef Y. Schneerson.

Video: First Smicha Ceremony in Canadian History!

On the chilly Friday afternoon of October 24th, 1945, nine Lubavitch students arrived in Montreal, Canada, from Shanghai, China. The young men had moved to town in order to strengthen the Jewish community under the direction of the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yossef Y. Schneerson.

Chabad News
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