When Sophie Rosen celebrated her bat mitzva this past August, she made history.
The 12-year-old American expatriate, dressed in a traditional Chinese qipao, stepped to the front of the Ohel Moshe Synagogue in Shanghai, and became the first girl ever to mark her bat mitzva there.
MONSEY — The children of Cheder Chabad Boys were greeted today with a special farbrengen in honor of Yud Tes Kislev.
Yud Tes Kislev came alive for the young students in Beis Rivkas Headstart and Early Headstart! The teachers together with students reenacted the story of arrest and release of the Alter Rebbe by making props, dressing up, and acting.
As kids, there was an elderly man who liked to tease my friends and I: “So you belong to Chabad,” he would affably rib, “All right, then you have Chachma, Bina and Daas. But what about “Seichel?” trust me, it couldn’t hurt to add a touch of Seichel into the mix.”
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.
Sholom Kass (Toronto) and Mushky Klein (Monsey)
Darchai Menachem held a student auction yesterday. The auction which is held 3 times a year gives the chance for kids to cash in on earned points for a prize.
After almost a year of planning and development by Chabad.org’s content, programming and design teams, Chabad.org is very pleased to announce the debut of a new Tanya site on Chabad.org.
Rabbi Yosef Heller, Rosh of the Crown Heights Kollel, leads a Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen with yungeleit Thursday evening.
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]
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A woman had her cell phone robbed this evening. The incident took place on Lefferts and New York Avenue, and a witness called Shomrim.
NEW YORK [CHI] — Close to 800 people, friends, supporters, admirers, well-wishers joined the National Committee for Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE) 70th Awards Dinner at the elegant ballroom of Pier 60, in Chelsea Piers in Manhattan.
21 Crown Heights Shuls will be joining a Friday night Community Farbrengen at Oholei Torah dedicated to the Shluchim who passed away, and many Farbrengens will be held throughout Crown Heights on Shabbos in honor of 19 Kislev.
Henoch Junik (Crown Heights) and Chayaleh Goldstein (Madrid, Spain)
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A ten year old Jewish boy was beaten and mugged this afternoon while on his way home from school.
In this weeks Parasha – Vayeishev we discuss the relationship of inlaws.
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