PARIS, France [CHI] — Family and students of Rabbi Nisson Pinson OBM completed and dedicated a new Sefer Torah which was written in his memory. The event took place in Beis Chaya Mushka in Paris.
There is a young boy in Sydney, Australia, named Asher Tzvi Shalom. Like many boys at the tender age of three, Asher refused to wear his tzizis. One day he came home and told his parents that he had changed his mind. Why? He answered, “Because of my teacher, Morah Rochel. Today I wore tzizis and Morah Rochel was so proud of me. It makes her really happy and I will do it every day from now on.”
TZFAT, Israel [CHI] — Over the past 6 weeks the girls of Seminary Chaya Mushka of Tzfat have participated in an intense Hachana for Yud Tes Kislev and Chaf Daled Teves. The Hachana – designed to strengthen Hiskashrus to the Rebbe and amass more knowledge of Chassidus – succeeded beyond expectations.
Chanukah has come and gone. For some of us, the days flew by in a whirlwind of celebration and activity. But not for everyone. For Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, waiting patiently in an Iowa jail while a court of appeals weighs a judge’s decision not to grant him bail, time seemed to be crawling.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The Police Department has been under scrutiny over the past couple years, after being accused of ‘losing’ reports. Interested in keeping the crime statistics down officers were pressured by their superiors to ‘lose’ the reports.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Eli Simon (Manchester, UK) and Mushka Samuels (Milwaukee, WI) on their engagement.
Their L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Monday at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Mendy Hecht (Park Slope) and Chaya Mushka Moscowitz (Northbrook, IL) on their engagement.
Their L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Monday at Cong. Bnai Jacob, 401 9th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Levi and Layla (nee Shpigelman) Zirkind (Los Angeles CA) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Shmuli and Dina (nee Bryski) Goldberg (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
With sadness we report the untimely passing of Mrs. Chedva Fraida Teichman OBM, of Tveria, after a devastating illness.
Mrs. Teichman is survived by her husband Rabbi Berel, children R. Yosef Yitzchok, R. Yisroel and R. Shmuel of Crown Heights, R. Mendel (Uzhgorod, Ukraine), R. Schneur (Tzfas) Mrs. Chani Klein (Kiryat Gat), Mrs. Tova Jacobowitz (Boro Park), Mrs. Rochel Niselevitz and Mrs. Devorah Laya Lipsker (Nachlas Har Chabad), Mrs. Miri Lider (NY) and siblings.
The levaya will leave from the Rambam’s kever in Tveria at 1:00 p.m., continuing to the Chabad chelka in Tzfas. Shiva will be observed at the Teichman home, 9 Alchadif Street, Tveria.
Telephone for overseas nichum aveilim: 011-972-4-6791435
Boruch Dayan Hoemes
The metal signs are impossible to miss. They are oversize, in a bold blue usually found on signs directing drivers to the nearest hospital. And there are lots of them — 13 in all, according to the city’s count — along a quarter-mile stretch of roadway and its approaches.
Media buzz about the writing of a new Torah scroll in the ancient synagogue atop the Judean Desert fortress of Masada brought a bevy of new visitors, including a squadron of Israeli Air Force pilots, to see the work in progress.
The Rapid Fall From Grace
His tragic saga was all too familiar; His mesmerizing talent rapidly captured the world’s attention. His impeccable image of integrity gained him the respect and affection of multitudes. His solid control of the media and other intruding forces was deeply remarkable. His balanced composure along with his unequivocal success became the silent envy of his countless admirers.
Settlements shot up to a near-record this year.
The city shelled out a near-record $563 million in 2009 to settle thousands of lawsuits ranging from car crashes to employee discrimination — and even made a six-figure payout to a criminal who sued the cops.
Alleged Queens drug dealer Roger Bissoon pocketed $150,000, the result of a nine-year-old police-brutality case in which he claimed cops broke his jaw while he was handcuffed.
Avraham Fried Singing At the Annual Melave Malka Shabaton of the amazing Organization “Bein Ish Ubein Achiv” Dec 26 in Parsippany, New Jersey 2009
On the 10th of Tevet of the year 3336 from Creation (425 BCE), the armies of the Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem. Thirty months later — on Tammuz 9, 3338 — the city walls were breached, and on Av 9th of that year, the Holy Temple was destroyed. The Jewish people were exiled to Babylonia for 70 years.
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