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Wineries in Judea and Samaria shone at the annual Eshkol Hazahav wine competition this year, taking a total of seven awards. A total of 251 wines were submitted to the competition, and were judged by dozens of experts in a blind taste test.

Samaria Wines Win Big; Victor Credits Shemittah Year

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Wineries in Judea and Samaria shone at the annual Eshkol Hazahav wine competition this year, taking a total of seven awards. A total of 251 wines were submitted to the competition, and were judged by dozens of experts in a blind taste test.

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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!
Baby Boy!

Yermi and Daniella Liam (nee Pohlman) Kurkus from Lake Lure, NC had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, IA) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, WI) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Shlomo Werde (Crown Heights) to Gila Bensusan (London, UK)
Baby Boy!

Chezki and Mushkie Golowinski from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 539 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Avi Baitelman (Los Angeles, CA) to Mindy Neubort (Fair Lawn, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitch Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Baby Boy!

Chaim and Bracha (nee Morozow) Rendler from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Esther (nee Tabari) Hyams from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Shmuly and Chaya (nee Lewin) Stone from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yossi Krinsky (Vilnius, Lithuania) to Rochele Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden)
By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, FL
Scapegoat

Pronunciation: ˈskāp-ˌgōt

Function: noun

Etymology: scape; intended as translation of Hebrew ʽazāzēl, as if ʽēz 'ōzēl goat that departs—Lev 16:8(Authorized Version)

Date: 1530

1: a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur

2 a: one that bears the blame for others b: one that is the object of irrational hostility – Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

For G-d or for Azazel – G-dliness Is A Mutually Exclusive Endeavor

By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, FL

Scapegoat

Pronunciation: ˈskāp-ˌgōt

Function: noun

Etymology: scape; intended as translation of Hebrew ʽazāzēl, as if ʽēz ‘ōzēl goat that departs—Lev 16:8(Authorized Version)

Date: 1530

1: a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur

2 a: one that bears the blame for others b: one that is the object of irrational hostility – Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

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This Weeks Sholom Zochors!

This Weeks Sholom Zochors!

Berel and Sarah (nee Cohen) Nagel
1368 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]

Schneur and Yehudis Hickson
282 Troy Ave #1 [between Eastern Parkway and Lincoln Pl]

Isaac and Rozy Lefkowitz
2 Cedar Ln, Monsey, NY 10952

Levi Yitzchok and Sima Bitton
Sephardic Jewish Center, 17100 NE 6th Ave, N Miami Beach, FL

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In honor of Yud Alef Nissan, the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim and JEM released this new video of a Farbrengen with the Rebbe. The video contains Sichos and niggunim from the Farbrengen of 11 Nissan 5732 marking the Rebbe’s 70th birthday.

Video – Yud Alef Nissan 5732 Farbrengen – NOW ONLINE

In honor of Yud Alef Nissan, the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim and JEM released this new video of a Farbrengen with the Rebbe. The video contains Sichos and niggunim from the Farbrengen of 11 Nissan 5732 marking the Rebbe’s 70th birthday.

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Illustration Photo.

All Anash are critically needed to call into an emergency conference call, Thursday April 21, at 9:00 EST, with Rabbi YY Jacobson. “United we stand, divided we fall”. We must unite in achdus to support Sholom Mordechai, and iy"H prevent the pending sentence of life imprisonment.

Rabbi YY Jacobson will Head a Call to Anash

Illustration Photo.

All Anash are critically needed to call into an emergency conference call, Thursday April 21, at 9:00 EST, with Rabbi YY Jacobson. “United we stand, divided we fall”. We must unite in achdus to support Sholom Mordechai, and iy”H prevent the pending sentence of life imprisonment.

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by Yosef Katzman
We are all tired from all the wars. We are disenchanted by the strife. The animosity has taken the better of us. To paraphrase a Yungerman: “my house is in Crown Heights, my shul is in Crown heights, but I am not part of Crown Heights.”

Many of us have made themselves comfortable, we work hard to make a decent living, we opened our own Shul, we established our own Mosdos of Chesed, and we steer clear from any politics and Machlokes.

Sounds great? Perhaps. If you lived on your own island with your own Yeshiva and day school for your children, and you had pure role models for your children to look up to, and to aspire to follow their example.

Op-Ed: Yungelait: Don’t be Intimidated. It’s your Calling!

by Yosef Katzman

We are all tired from all the wars. We are disenchanted by the strife. The animosity has taken the better of us. To paraphrase a Yungerman: “my house is in Crown Heights, my shul is in Crown heights, but I am not part of Crown Heights.”

Many of us have made themselves comfortable, we work hard to make a decent living, we opened our own Shul, we established our own Mosdos of Chesed, and we steer clear from any politics and Machlokes.

Sounds great? Perhaps. If you lived on your own island with your own Yeshiva and day school for your children, and you had pure role models for your children to look up to, and to aspire to follow their example.

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Two airbags stolen. Illustration Photo.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Over 3 cars were broken into Tuesday night and had their windows broken and airbags stolen. The types of cars targeted in this wave were primarily late model Toyota Camerys.

New Wave of Airbag Thefts, Police Commissioner Unhappy

Two airbags stolen. Illustration Photo.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Over 3 cars were broken into Tuesday night and had their windows broken and airbags stolen. The types of cars targeted in this wave were primarily late model Toyota Camerys.

Crime
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Matti Friedman for the Press

JERUSALEM — Experts at Israel's national museum have completed the restoration of a 15th-century Hebrew manuscript with exquisite illustrations made by master Italian artisans, officials said Thursday.

Israeli Museum Unveils Rare Manuscript of the Mishneh

Matti Friedman for the Press

JERUSALEM — Experts at Israel’s national museum have completed the restoration of a 15th-century Hebrew manuscript with exquisite illustrations made by master Italian artisans, officials said Thursday.

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CBS2HD

The hunt is on right now for the hit-and-run driver who slammed into a senior citizen and never slowed as the 81-year-old victim — using a cane — crossed her quiet residential street. CBS 2 HD spoke with her grieving daughter on Tuesday.

Gruesome Roslyn Hit And Run Galvanizes Community

CBS2HD

The hunt is on right now for the hit-and-run driver who slammed into a senior citizen and never slowed as the 81-year-old victim — using a cane — crossed her quiet residential street. CBS 2 HD spoke with her grieving daughter on Tuesday.

Crime
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As the sentencing date for Sholom M. Rubashkin draws closer the following two letters were sent to judge Linda R. Reade, who presided over the case, and is up to her discretion whether to impose the life sentence that the prosecution recommended. Both letters highlight the disproportion of the requested sentence in comparison to the crime Sholom M. was convicted of.

Simon Wiesenthal Center, Alan Dershowitz – in Support of SMR

As the sentencing date for Sholom M. Rubashkin draws closer the following two letters were sent to judge Linda R. Reade, who presided over the case, and is up to her discretion whether to impose the life sentence that the prosecution recommended. Both letters highlight the disproportion of the requested sentence in comparison to the crime Sholom M. was convicted of.

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By Yaacov Behrman for Lubavitch.com

Lagos day camp

NIGERIA — This year, school break in Nigeria coincided with Passover. For Chabad emissary to Central Africa, Rabbi Shlomo Bentolila, it provided an opportunity too obvious to ignore, and for the first time in Central African history, a Jewish camp—with two branch locations—was established, drawing a total of 70 Jewish children.

Chabad of Central Africa Opens First Day Camp

By Yaacov Behrman for Lubavitch.com
Lagos day camp

NIGERIA — This year, school break in Nigeria coincided with Passover. For Chabad emissary to Central Africa, Rabbi Shlomo Bentolila, it provided an opportunity too obvious to ignore, and for the first time in Central African history, a Jewish camp—with two branch locations—was established, drawing a total of 70 Jewish children.

Shlichus
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NASA

NASA's recently launched Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is returning early images that confirm an unprecedented new capability for scientists to better understand our sun’s dynamic processes. These solar activities affect everything on Earth.

NASA’s New Eye on the Sun Delivers Stunning First Images

NASA

NASA’s recently launched Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is returning early images that confirm an unprecedented new capability for scientists to better understand our sun’s dynamic processes. These solar activities affect everything on Earth.

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