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With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Ben Tzion Lipsker, the head Shliach in Arad, Israel. He passed today, Wednesday afternoon in an Israeli hospital. Rabbi Lipsker, 65 passed after battling a serious illness.
In addition to being the head Shliach in Arad, Rabbi Lipsker served as the chief rabbi of the city and also served in the Chabad Rabbinical Bais Din in Israel.
He is survived by his wife Sarah and his children, Chana Mendelson (Arad, Israel), Esther Druk (Omrim, Israel), Rut Hilman (Petach Tikva, Israel) and Nechamah Kozlovsky (Kfar Chabad, Israel). And his brothers, Zalmen Lipsker (Philadelphia, PA) and Eli Lipsker (Crown Heights).
The Levaya will be Thursday at 10am at his home in Arad. He will be buried on Mount Olives in Jerusalem.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes
Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Rabbi Ben Tzion Lipsker OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Ben Tzion Lipsker, the head Shliach in Arad, Israel. He passed today, Wednesday afternoon in an Israeli hospital. Rabbi Lipsker, 65 passed after battling a serious illness.
In addition to being the head Shliach in Arad, Rabbi Lipsker served as the chief rabbi of the city and also served in the Chabad Rabbinical Bais Din in Israel.
He is survived by his wife Sarah and his children, Chana Mendelson (Arad, Israel), Esther Druk (Omrim, Israel), Rut Hilman (Petach Tikva, Israel) and Nechamah Kozlovsky (Kfar Chabad, Israel). And his brothers, Zalmen Lipsker (Philadelphia, PA) and Eli Lipsker (Crown Heights).
The Levaya will be Thursday at 10am at his home in Arad. He will be buried on Mount Olives in Jerusalem.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes
By Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky for Chabad.org
Rabbi Avraham Mintz and a community member usher in Douglas County, Colo.’s first permanent synagogue by affixing a mezuzah to its front entrance.
Douglas County, smack dab in the middle of Colorado’s fastest-growing Jewish community, got its first permanent synagogue in the grand opening of the Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Center of South Metro Denver.
First Synagogue Opens Doors to South Denver Community
By Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky for Chabad.org
Rabbi Avraham Mintz and a community member usher in Douglas County, Colo.’s first permanent synagogue by affixing a mezuzah to its front entrance.
Douglas County, smack dab in the middle of Colorado’s fastest-growing Jewish community, got its first permanent synagogue in the grand opening of the Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Center of South Metro Denver.
A tent on the grounds of the 17th century Villa Doria Pamphili is prepared for the next day's arrival of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Rome on June 9, 2009.
NEW YORK [REUTERS] — Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was having a tent pitched on suburban New York property owned by Donald Trump on Tuesday until local officials stopped the work because it violated regulations, a town attorney said.
NY Town Orders Stop to Gaddafi Tent on Trump Land
A tent on the grounds of the 17th century Villa Doria Pamphili is prepared for the next day’s arrival of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Rome on June 9, 2009.
NEW YORK [REUTERS] — Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was having a tent pitched on suburban New York property owned by Donald Trump on Tuesday until local officials stopped the work because it violated regulations, a town attorney said.
Western diplomats walk out on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, top right at the podium, as he slams Israel during a speech at a UN conference on racism
FOX NEWS — Germany's foreign ministry is sending a clear message to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ahead of his Wednesday speech to the United Nations — don't deny the Holocaust.
If the rogue Iranian leaders does in fact make such a statement before the General Assembly, German diplomats will walk out. And Germany wants other European Union countries to follow, the foreign ministry was quoted by Reuters.
Germany Will Walk Out of UN if Ahmadinejad Denies Holocaust
Western diplomats walk out on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, top right at the podium, as he slams Israel during a speech at a UN conference on racism
FOX NEWS — Germany’s foreign ministry is sending a clear message to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ahead of his Wednesday speech to the United Nations — don’t deny the Holocaust.
If the rogue Iranian leaders does in fact make such a statement before the General Assembly, German diplomats will walk out. And Germany wants other European Union countries to follow, the foreign ministry was quoted by Reuters.
Mazal Tov! – Wednesday Night L’Chaim!
Nosson Tzvi Abrams (Flatbush) and Miriam Mathless (New Haven, CT)
IYH at the Jewish Children’s Museum 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Zalmy and Chani (nee Schectman) Simon (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Melly and Eidel (nee Majerczyk) Pinson (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Mazal Tov! – It’s Twin Girls!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Tal and Miriam (nee Aintabi) Levy (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn twin daughters.
May the newborns be a source of Nachas to their parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Mendy Fischweicher (Miami, FL) and Leah Wajsbort (Melbourne, Australia) on their engagement.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Kuti amd Esti Feldman (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Dovid and Devora Rochel (nee Munitz) Herszberg (Melbourne, Australia) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Yossi and Malky (nee Palace) Mizrachi (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
J Post
Aerial View of Kfar Chabad
ISRAEL — Police neutralized two explosive devices found separately in Yavne and Kfar Chabad on Tuesday.
The devices are not linked and are believed to be criminally-motivated, a police spokeswoman told The Jerusalem Post.
Police Neutralize Explosive Device Kfar Chabad
J Post
Aerial View of Kfar Chabad
ISRAEL — Police neutralized two explosive devices found separately in Yavne and Kfar Chabad on Tuesday.
The devices are not linked and are believed to be criminally-motivated, a police spokeswoman told The Jerusalem Post.
In a press release sent out today, PETA is advocating the use of money for the Kappores ritual, which customarily calls for a chicken, and is performed by tens of thousands of Jews worldwide for the upcoming Yom Kippur.
PETA Targeting Kappores, “Use Gelt, not Guilt”
In a press release sent out today, PETA is advocating the use of money for the Kappores ritual, which customarily calls for a chicken, and is performed by tens of thousands of Jews worldwide for the upcoming Yom Kippur.
Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks of the Rebbe’s words to him in 1984, as he assumed a position as Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations.
From the upcoming film from JEM, Fortified and Faithful.
Video – Light Up the House of Darkness
Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks of the Rebbe’s words to him in 1984, as he assumed a position as Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations.
From the upcoming film from JEM, Fortified and Faithful.
A confrontation between a black woman and a Lubavitcher girl on a subway ended with the theft of a cell phone, and a later attempt to retrieve it yielded a ransom request by the woman from the earlier confrontation. The victim thought of calling Shomrim, but didn’t at first thinking that it wouldn’t be right to trouble them with such a trivial matter, but later called and together they retrieved the phone. The following letter was sent to us by the victim:
To the Shomrim of Crown Heights:
I am writing this letter to express my thanks for what Shomrim did for me this week.
My phone was stolen, and I soon had given up hope on ever retrieving it. That was only until I decided to call Shomrim of course.
“They Took My Seemingly Small Loss Seriously, Thank You”
A confrontation between a black woman and a Lubavitcher girl on a subway ended with the theft of a cell phone, and a later attempt to retrieve it yielded a ransom request by the woman from the earlier confrontation. The victim thought of calling Shomrim, but didn’t at first thinking that it wouldn’t be right to trouble them with such a trivial matter, but later called and together they retrieved the phone. The following letter was sent to us by the victim:
To the Shomrim of Crown Heights:
I am writing this letter to express my thanks for what Shomrim did for me this week.
My phone was stolen, and I soon had given up hope on ever retrieving it. That was only until I decided to call Shomrim of course.
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