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Learn what the great Sage Elisha ben Abuya, the quintessential heretic in the Talmud, and the pork eating professor in modern day Jerusalem have in common…. Yes, man is filled with contradictions; sometimes our Jewish identity goes through a crisis. That is the story of life in a difficult world. But we most never identify the wrong we have done with our essence – the unsinkable soul.

Tonight at the Besht – Rebel with a Holy Heart

Learn what the great Sage Elisha ben Abuya, the quintessential heretic in the Talmud, and the pork eating professor in modern day Jerusalem have in common…. Yes, man is filled with contradictions; sometimes our Jewish identity goes through a crisis. That is the story of life in a difficult world. But we most never identify the wrong we have done with our essence – the unsinkable soul.

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Boruch and Adeli Zimmerman from Oro Valley, AZ had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Dovi Vogel (Wilmington, DE) to Chanie Rapoport (Atlantic City, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yitzy Bernstein (Freehold, NJ) to Brocha Gleyzer (Monsey, NY)
Baby Boy!

Mendy and Sarah (nee Glick) Korf from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Labor (Chicago, IL) to Etti Krinsky (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Moti Kulski (Paris, France) to Sharona Kuperman (Moscow, Russia)
New Engagement!

Yaakov Hirsch (Coral Springs, FL) to Chani Sulami (Beverly Hills, CA)

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New Engagement!

Mendy Holtzberg (Monterey, CA) to Leah Schmerling (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 14th, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Lippy and Mushky Kosofsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yisroel and Nechama Dina Silberstrom from Remsen Village, Brooklyn had a baby boy.
Baby Boy!

Zalmy and Shevy Tauby from Toronto, Canada had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Kovi and Rivky (nee Danzinger) Raksin from Hollywood Florida had a baby girl!
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!

This Weeks Sholom Zochors!

6 Sholom Zochors This Week

Zalman and Shani (nee Ehrentreu) Schapiro
1365 Carroll St, Apt 3C [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]

Avremy and Rivky (nee Schapiro) Bergstein
1365 Carroll St, Apt 3C [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]

Yitzchok and Pnina Hanoka
511 Crown St [between Kingston and Albany Ave]

Shmuli and Shaindy Reinetz
706 Montgomery St [between Kingston and Albany Ave]

Zalman and Chani Greenbaum
575 East New York Ave, Apt 1B [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]

Yakov and Esther Sall
1443 President St [between Kingston and Albany Ave]

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By Chanie Kaminker for Chabad.org

Dutch archivist Raymund Schutz examines a Holocaust-era telegram sent by way of a Schevenigen Jew named Moshe Stiel to Chaim Meir Bukiet, a Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva student who escaped the horrors of Europe for Shanghai.

What’s the value of 25 words? For many fleeing the onslaught of Nazi forces during World War II, and their families throughout Europe and beyond, a simple telegram was the only way to stay in touch with loved ones. They transmitted a priceless message, that for that moment in time at least, the sender was safe.

Long, Lost Telegram Brings Descendants of Holocaust Victims Together

By Chanie Kaminker for Chabad.org
Dutch archivist Raymund Schutz examines a Holocaust-era telegram sent by way of a Schevenigen Jew named Moshe Stiel to Chaim Meir Bukiet, a Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva student who escaped the horrors of Europe for Shanghai.

What’s the value of 25 words? For many fleeing the onslaught of Nazi forces during World War II, and their families throughout Europe and beyond, a simple telegram was the only way to stay in touch with loved ones. They transmitted a priceless message, that for that moment in time at least, the sender was safe.

Jewish News

The public voted for the top 14 finalists who will partake in a 3 step final challenge.

The first challenge, titled “Educate & Inspire”, requires each contestant to take a themed original photo that can be seen in the Extended Article.

Compliment your favorite photo below and tell the judges why they should rate that photo the highest.

Photo Competition: Final Challenge – Part 1

The public voted for the top 14 finalists who will partake in a 3 step final challenge.

The first challenge, titled “Educate & Inspire”, requires each contestant to take a themed original photo that can be seen in the Extended Article.

Compliment your favorite photo below and tell the judges why they should rate that photo the highest.

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The Rebbe says:

1. This week’s Torah portion tells us of the passing of Aharon HaKohen (Aaron the High Priest) and Miriam the Prophetess.

2. Our Sages tell us that the three sustaining elements of the Jewish people while they were in the desert were in the merit of their three leading characters- Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher), Aharon HaKohen, and Miriam. The Manna was in the merit of Moshe Rabbeinu, the Clouds of Glory were in the merit of Aharon Hakohen, and the Well of Water was in the merit of Miriam.

Our Sages continue on and say that when Miriam died the Well dried up and when Aharon died the Clouds of Glory disappeared. However they both returned solely in the merit of Moshe Rabbeinu.

Sicha of the Rebbe – Parshas Chukas

The Rebbe says:

1. This week’s Torah portion tells us of the passing of Aharon HaKohen (Aaron the High Priest) and Miriam the Prophetess.

2. Our Sages tell us that the three sustaining elements of the Jewish people while they were in the desert were in the merit of their three leading characters- Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher), Aharon HaKohen, and Miriam. The Manna was in the merit of Moshe Rabbeinu, the Clouds of Glory were in the merit of Aharon Hakohen, and the Well of Water was in the merit of Miriam.

Our Sages continue on and say that when Miriam died the Well dried up and when Aharon died the Clouds of Glory disappeared. However they both returned solely in the merit of Moshe Rabbeinu.

Something Jewish

In a letter dated today, 5th of Tamuz, Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba writes to the newly elected Gaboim reminding them that the reason the community came out with such to vote was under the promise of the end of secular court actions and infighting, and in his letter he urges them to postpone the actions and ultimately withdraw them entirely.

Osdoba to Gaboim: “You Were Elected Under the Campaign of No More Court”

In a letter dated today, 5th of Tamuz, Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba writes to the newly elected Gaboim reminding them that the reason the community came out with such to vote was under the promise of the end of secular court actions and infighting, and in his letter he urges them to postpone the actions and ultimately withdraw them entirely.

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New Engagement!

New Engagement!

Shmuel Pinson (Brunoy, France) and Shterna Cohen (Montreal, Canada)

L’Chaim tonight, Thursday at Empire Shteibel
489 Empire Blvd [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]

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By Debbie Maimon - Published in the Yated Ne'eman

Former Agriprocessors executive Sholom Rubashkin, right, hugs defense attorney Mark Weinhardt after being acquitted of all 67 counts of child labor violations at the Postville slaughterhouse at the Black Hawk County Courthouse Monday, June 7, 2010, in Waterloo, Iowa.

The dramatic vindication of Sholom Rubashkin in the state child-labor trial last week has wreaked havoc with the public's view of him. Given his media-battered reputation, no one expected him to be acquitted of the state charges. Bias against him, especially in Iowa, was rampant. Many described their shocked reaction to the verdict.

The government had promised they had a solid case and there was no reason to doubt it.

The public had long been convinced that Sholom Mordechai presided over a crime-ridden plant where, in addition to minors being forced to work with dangerous chemicals and machinery, workers were subjected to forced labor and other outrages.

Rubashkin Aquittal: Behind The Smoke And Mirrors

By Debbie Maimon – Published in the Yated Ne’eman

Former Agriprocessors executive Sholom Rubashkin, right, hugs defense attorney Mark Weinhardt after being acquitted of all 67 counts of child labor violations at the Postville slaughterhouse at the Black Hawk County Courthouse Monday, June 7, 2010, in Waterloo, Iowa.

The dramatic vindication of Sholom Rubashkin in the state child-labor trial last week has wreaked havoc with the public’s view of him. Given his media-battered reputation, no one expected him to be acquitted of the state charges. Bias against him, especially in Iowa, was rampant. Many described their shocked reaction to the verdict.

The government had promised they had a solid case and there was no reason to doubt it.

The public had long been convinced that Sholom Mordechai presided over a crime-ridden plant where, in addition to minors being forced to work with dangerous chemicals and machinery, workers were subjected to forced labor and other outrages.

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Tanya Printed in Tysons Corner, VA

This Monday Night Chabad Tysons Jewish Center celebrated Gimmel Tammuz with a first time printing of the Tanya in Tysons corner VA. Rabbi Levi Deitsch addressed the crowd explaining the meaning of the Tanya and the significance and importance of its being printed in Tysons Corner for the first time.

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