Mazal Tov! – Sunday Night L’Chaim!
Peretz Mishulovin (Crown Heights) and Blumi Lison (Montreal, Canada) .
IYH at 1459 President [between Kingston and Albany Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Akiva Isenberg (Morristown, NJ) and Chaya (bas R. Michoel) Chazan (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Monday night at Chovevei Torah 885 Eastern Parkway [between Albany and Troy Ave].
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Picture of the Day – Shluchim Group Picture!
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LAS VEGAS, NV — Yuri Foreman, the fighter from Brooklyn who is studying to become a rabbi, joined the list of Jewish boxing champions Saturday.
Aspiring Rabbi From Brooklyn Wins Title in Upset
LAS VEGAS, NV — Yuri Foreman, the fighter from Brooklyn who is studying to become a rabbi, joined the list of Jewish boxing champions Saturday.
Photos: Hamaase Hu Haikar, Kinus General Session
Filling the Roza Hall in Beis Rivkah, Shluchim gathered for the general session the culmination of which is marked with practical Hachlotos. The evening opened with a video of a general Yechidus in which a man asked the Rebbe for guidance in a matter pertaining to his daughter.
Without a doubt one the climaxes of each years Kinus is when all the Shluchim gather in front of 770 for the group photo, as the thousands sing in unison. This event is set to take place on Sunday morning, in less then 12 hours.
We are happy to present a special collection of the group photos spanning from the years 1984 through 2008 [less 1989 and 1990 which are missing] marking the significant growth each year!
Special: Kinus Hashluchim Group Photos, 1984-2008
Without a doubt one the climaxes of each years Kinus is when all the Shluchim gather in front of 770 for the group photo, as the thousands sing in unison. This event is set to take place on Sunday morning, in less then 12 hours.
We are happy to present a special collection of the group photos spanning from the years 1984 through 2008 [less 1989 and 1990 which are missing] marking the significant growth each year!
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Hand in hand with the concurrent Kinus HaShluchim and Kinus Tzeirei Hashluchim, dozens of young Shluchim who attend The Shluchim Office’s Online School converged on Chovevei Torah's social hall on Thursday for a grand luncheon and class reunion, with many meeting their virtual classmates and teachers in person for the first time in real life.
Photos: The Shluchim Office’s Online School’s Reunion!
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Hand in hand with the concurrent Kinus HaShluchim and Kinus Tzeirei Hashluchim, dozens of young Shluchim who attend The Shluchim Office’s Online School converged on Chovevei Torah’s social hall on Thursday for a grand luncheon and class reunion, with many meeting their virtual classmates and teachers in person for the first time in real life.
A friend of mine raised the irony of my standing along a column of rabbis who were waiting to register themselves for this year's International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries. His sarcasm was not so much directed at my not being a celebrated shliach, as much as at my usual frill of skipping queues as a frequent flyer elite.
However, standing among rabbis and leaders who are my heroes, and champions of the Jewish people, meant lingering in the midst of the elite enlisted.
Op-Ed: Confessions of a Pro Tem Elitist
A friend of mine raised the irony of my standing along a column of rabbis who were waiting to register themselves for this year’s International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries. His sarcasm was not so much directed at my not being a celebrated shliach, as much as at my usual frill of skipping queues as a frequent flyer elite.
However, standing among rabbis and leaders who are my heroes, and champions of the Jewish people, meant lingering in the midst of the elite enlisted.
A First in Crown Heights, a Mishmor, ULY in OT
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — This past Thursday night about 50 boys of the Lubavitcher Yeshiva’s 7th and 8th grades packed the zal of Oholei Torah for the first night of an inter-Yeshiva Mishmor learning program. Each boy was carefully matched up with a zal bocher, with whom he learned a sicha of the Rebbe. Followed by a wild Jewperdy game to which one team managed to pull ahead despite the very close game.
Fire in a Multi Family Home on Eastern Pkwy
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A fire broke out this afternoon in a multi family home on Eastern Parkway. The incident took palace at 741 Eastern Parkway at around 11:45am, where fire broke out on the ground floor.
Photos: Shluchim get Tips on Security and Safety
In a session dubbed “critical for all directors of Chabad institutions in the US or abroad” leading security experts from the United States Department of State, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, NYPD, and the ADL shared invaluable lifesaving information on concrete steps to take, to secure Moisdos and safeguard members of Chabad Shluchim’s communities.
Alongside the thousands of articles about the happenings in the Lubavitcher communities around the world, the staff at CrownHeights.info follows diligently after the new Shluchim the join the army of Shluchim around the world.
With the opening of the worldwide conference of Shluchim in New York we gathered into one article the full list of all the new Shluchim that we reported about in the last year.
The New Shluchim of the Past Year – 5769-5770!
Alongside the thousands of articles about the happenings in the Lubavitcher communities around the world, the staff at CrownHeights.info follows diligently after the new Shluchim the join the army of Shluchim around the world.
With the opening of the worldwide conference of Shluchim in New York we gathered into one article the full list of all the new Shluchim that we reported about in the last year.
Congratulating a friend whose son and daughter had gotten married within a month of each other, a woman asked, “So tell me, what kind of man did your daughter marry?”
“Oh, he’s wonderful,” gushed the mother. “He lets her sleep in, wants her to go to a spa regularly and insists on taking her out to dinner every night.”
“That’s nice,” said her friend.
“And how do you like your son’s new wife?”
The mother sighed. “I’m not so happy about that situation,” she said. “His wife gets up late, spends all her time at the salon and always wants to have dinner in a restaurant.”
Talk is Cheap – Put Your Money Where Your Mouth is!
Congratulating a friend whose son and daughter had gotten married within a month of each other, a woman asked, “So tell me, what kind of man did your daughter marry?”
“Oh, he’s wonderful,” gushed the mother. “He lets her sleep in, wants her to go to a spa regularly and insists on taking her out to dinner every night.”
“That’s nice,” said her friend.
“And how do you like your son’s new wife?”
The mother sighed. “I’m not so happy about that situation,” she said. “His wife gets up late, spends all her time at the salon and always wants to have dinner in a restaurant.”
As the 25th-annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries draws to a close, the almost 3,000 attendees – who flew in from locations spanning the globe – will meet up with their visiting lay leaders and make their way from the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., to the New York State National Guard Armory for the conference’s concluding banquet.
Chabad.org Will Simulcast Grand Lubavitch Banquet
As the 25th-annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries draws to a close, the almost 3,000 attendees – who flew in from locations spanning the globe – will meet up with their visiting lay leaders and make their way from the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., to the New York State National Guard Armory for the conference’s concluding banquet.
Mazal Tov! – 7 Sholom Zochors this Week!
Srulie and Sara Eidelman.
IYH at Ahavas Chesed, 271 Kingston Ave [between Lincoln and S Johns Pl].
Berel and Chava Tzivi (nee Teitelbaum) Matusof.
IYH at 1402 Carroll St [between Kingston and Albany Ave].
Sholom Ber and Chana Zelda Minkowicz.
IYH at 483 Brooklyn Ave [between Empire Blvd and Lefferts Ave].
Sholom and Shaina Wilhelm.
IYH at 580 Crown St, the Shul [between Albany and Troy Ave].
Avrami and Rivkie Abramson
IYH at 591 Lefferts Ave [between Kingston and Albany Ave].
Velvl and Rochel Butman (Shluchim to Westchester County) .
IYH at 772 Montgomery St [between Albany and Troy Ave].
Dovid and Chana Rivka Novack.
IYH at 153 Viola Rd, Montebello, NY 10901.
Please stay tuned as we update this list when information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info. Thank You!!
