The annual Israeli Independence Day festival took place Sunday in Los Angeles, with thousands of Israelis participating. LA’s Valley Shluchim Rabbi Yossi Malka and Rabbi Yochanaon Baitelman run a booth every year offering to put Tefillin on participants.
JERUSALEM, Israel [AP] — The Israeli government has effectively frozen new Jewish construction in Jerusalem’s disputed eastern sector, municipal officials said Monday. The decision was made despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s public insistence that building would not be stopped in the face of U.S. pressure.
11 Nissan, 5745 · April 2, 1985
Maimonides concludes his code of Jewish law, the Mishneh Torah:
“In the Era of Moshiach… there will be no occupation in the whole world except to know G-d alone. Therefore, the Jews will be great sages, knowing the hidden matters and grasping their Creator to the full extent possible for man – as it is written, ‘For the knowledge of G-d will fill the earth as water covers the sea.’”
Recently our 7 year old daughter, Tova, was very ill with a life threatening disease. It came suddenly on a Shabbos afternoon. It was very serious and very scary. B’H now she is doing much better and the worst is Please G-d behind us. The reason for this letter is To show our thanks to you, our community our family and our friends whom we are indebted too. Without everyone’s prayers thoughts and help we could not have pulled through this hard time.
The response to our daughters illness was overwhelming. The amount of Tehillim being said by people who had never even met her or us was amazing. The number of schools in different states and countries thinking of her even those with no association with her, was touching. We are sure that because of that Tehillim her disease turned out to be less devastating then the Doctors originally thought.
Even now there are still meals coming for us daily from friends and friends of friends. People who just heard that a child was in pain and wanted to help in some way. It helped us and her to know how many people were thinking and caring about her. We cannot express how much gratitude we feel towards everyone who helped out.
More specifically we would like to thank a few more people. Our Doctor, Dr. Teitelbaum, is wonderful. Not only did he tell us the right Doctors and hospitals to go too, but he made himself available to us every second of the day, which was really amazing. He even made time to come visit her in the hospital. We also know that his entire staff were available for us if we needed anything. At one point during her illness we needed information from her chart at 9PM that was very important to what treatment she could get, and his secretary, Malky Tennenbaum, went into the office to get it for us. We really feel so lucky to be taken care of by such amazing people.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Hundreds of Bochurim and Anash attended the 28th annual Siyum HaRambam HaOlami in the Oholei Torah Ballroom in Crown Heights last night.
A group of more than 30 Beis Menachem of Monsey yungerleit took to the Atlantic Ocean and enjoyed a day of fishing and farbrenging. A delicious fresh dinner of Striped Bass was had by all.
Motti Torenheim (Crown Heights) and Rivkah Kulik (Sydney, Australia)
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Yankel Wilansky (Portland, ME) and Mushky Grossbaum (S. Paul, MN)
Chovevei Torah, 885 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Ave]
On Monday, 12 Iyar, a grand Siyum Harambam celebration will Iy”h take place at the Berger Auditorium in Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim Morristown, NJ, with the participation of the faculty of the Yeshivos Tomchei Temimim and Tiferes Bachurim, as well as Shluchim from around the state. A very special Farbrengen will be held afterwards, with Rabbi Berel Shemtov, head Shliach of Michigan.
Yankel Wilansky (Portland, ME) TO Mushky (bas R. Gershon) Grossbaum (S. Paul, MN)
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Just as rain began coming down again this evening, a 13-year-old Bochur, who was crossing at the intersection of Kingston and Empire at around 9:00pm, was struck and lightly hurt by an SUV who tore through a red light, struck the crossing pedestrian, and fled the scene without stopping for even a moment.
Braving a steady and cold downpour, the Heifers and the Mulles took to Lefferts Park this morning at 9:00am. Regardless of the inclement weather the Mulles’ losing streak was extended from 4 to 5, in three short innings.
Available for 5th and 6th grades for the upcoming school year 5771, Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, in partnership with Tzivos Hashem, has produced an unprecedented curriculum.
LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ — On Thursday, April 22nd the Rider Hillel teamed up with Chabad of Lawrenceville for their annual Challah Baking Event. There was a presentation by Rabbi Goldenberg on the subject of the Jewish Challah and its relationship to Shabbos. Dina Goldenberg shared her culinary talents and taught how to form three and four braided Challah.
MANCHESTER — Due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland, many Bochurim are stranded in locations throughout the world. However, Yeshivas Lubavitch Manchester have continued their daily Shiurim over the internet. Over the past few days Shiurim in Nigleh by Rabbi Moshe Wolberg and Chassidus by Reb Berel Korf, were given via Skype and OOVOO.
Mendel and Chanie (nee Rubashkin) Sputz (Crown Heights)
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