Sperlin and Poltorack Challenged on Grounds of Messira

Once the list of candidates was finalized, residents of the community were given the opportunity to challenge any of the candidates based on a set of criteria’s. Among them, a candidate must be religious and keep torah and mitzvos.

Two challenges were posed against candidates Chanina Sperlin and Eli Poltorak, on the Halachic grounds. Which more specifically cite that they both participated and perpetrated a Messira on Jews which directly resulted in their arrest and prosecution.

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Ten Minute Parshah Class! – Parshas Korach

Torah in Ten: CrownHeights.info and Kol Menachem are pleased to present our second online class in the “Torah in Ten” series, presented by our editor-in-chief, Rabbi Chaim Miller. To get this class weekly to your Inbox visit: www.torahinten.com

Helen of Oy, Reuters, and the Deceitful Press

by Getzy Markowitz

There was a time that I figured everyone to be mortal except for Helen Thomas. However, the 89 year old “Queen of the Press,” has proven her mortality through a royal indiscretion that will discredit her legacy.

Millions have now seen the footage of Thomas suggesting that Jews, “Get the hell out of Palestine,” and “Go back to Germany and Poland.” What’s more, Thomas’ awful remarks were made at a White House reception celebrating American-Jewish heritage.

Jewish Press’s Amazing Tribute to the Rebbe

This week’s readers of the Jewish Press will be treated to a pleasant surprise. In honor of Gimmel Tamuz a 42 page booklet entitled “The Rebbe, An Appreciation” along with an amazing introduction by the Jewish Press and its staff.

Info to be Menachem Avel the Junik Family

Chaya Tzirel Druk, Berel Junik, Shmuel Junik and Aaron Junik are sitting Shiva for their mother, Mrs. Sara Junik.

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Shachris 7:00am and 9:00am
Mincha and Maarive B’zman

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Former Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu Passes Away at 81

by By Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org

Former Israeli Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu addresses a 2007 mass Bar and Bat Mitzvah celebration for Israeli orphans sponsored by Colel Chabad.

Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, who at the age of 28, became the youngest member ever to serve as a judge in the Israeli rabbinical courts, and later served for a decade as Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi, succumbed Monday afternoon to a prolonged illness. He was 81.

Born in 1929 in Jerusalem’s Old City, Eliyahu was orphaned from his father at the age of 11. He spent his childhood in poverty, and devoted his energies to studying Jewish texts night and day under the tutelage of the city’s leading scholars and Kabbalists. He became proficient in rabbinic law under legal authority and future Israeli Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Nissam.

Fast Facts from the My Encounter with the Rebbe Project

The campaign to save 1,000 interviews for the My Encounter with the Rebbe oral history project is in full swing, with people around the world donating and promoting the project.

To date, 366 people of diverse backgrounds have been interviewed about their encounters with the Rebbe. But there’s still so much more to learn!

Foreman wants Cotto Rematch After Knee Surgery

NY Post

Yuri Foreman suffered a torn meniscus and stretched a ligament in his right knee when he fell awkwardly in the seventh round of his championship fight with Miguel Cotto Saturday night at Yankee Stadium. He will have surgery soon to repair the injuries, but once he’s healed he’d like a rematch.

Wounded Soldiers Arrive in NYC

This past Tuesday night, four hundred members of Chabad Israel Center of the Upper East Side’s community, joined ten IDF soldiers on a grand two hour cruise along the Hudson river. The cruise was an opportunity for the community to meet and thank ten hero’s of Am Yisrael in a fun, relaxing and enjoyable setting while enjoying music, great food, open bar, and a variety of entertainment booths.