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Weekly Voice

A Spine Is A Terrible Thing To Waste! – Are All Our Faculties Headed In The Same Direction?

By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov – Jax, Florida

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You’re sitting on a plane buckled-up in your seat, the plane is pushing back. You’re ready to relax – read a book, close your eyes and catch up on some badly needed sleep — but there’s one more piece of business to be taken care-of before you can kick back; the airline safety demonstration. This, you know, is when the flight attendant gets up to do her/his little buckle-vest-mask ditty.

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A Single Father, A Tireless Fellow Shliach, An Unimaginable Struggle

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New Engagement!

Zalmy Chanowitz (Monticello, NY) to Rochele Klein (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Sunday, June 22nd, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Leibel Bernstein (Toronto, Canada) to Nechama Tzfasman (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Meir Katz (Brooklyn, NY) to Racheli Yerushalmy (Surfside, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
Baby Girl!

Mendel and Yochi Scheiman from Carbondale, IL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Berel Simon (Crown Heights) to Mushky Kremer (Montreal, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Eshel 272 Kingston Ave
New Engagement!

Mendel Lerner (Boston, MA) to Mussia Wilschanski (Milan, Italy) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at The JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Schneur Deren (Greenwich, CT) to Mussie Wolf (Lincolnwood, IL) L’Chaim: Tuesday, June 24th, 8:00pm at The JCM
New Engagement!

Levi Silverman (Dobbs Ferry, NY) to Bryna Rimler (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at The Simcha Hall 571 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Yossi Labkovski (Buffalo, NY) to Chayale Zaltzman (Toronto, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Girl!

Chaim and Rivky (nee Wilansky) Perl from Remsen Village had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

JJ Cohen (Boca Raton, FL) to Nechama Solomon (Montreal, Canada)
New Engagement!

Dovid Ezagui (Brooklyn, NY) to Chava Sorkin (Brooklyn, NY)
New Engagement!

Hushi Kot (Tallinn, Estonia) to Chani Wilhelm (Morristown, NJ) L’Chaim: Today, Monday, 8:30pm at F.R.E.E.
New Engagement!

Velvel Reikhtman (Montreal, Canada) to Channah Kagan (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tuesday, June 10th, 8:30pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Shimon and Chanie Alon from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yitzy and Leeby Smith from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Pesach Chaim Newman (Crown Heights) to Bluma Raizel Lewis (Old Tappan, NJ)

Mazal Tov! – 7 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Shimon and Meira (nee Kaner) Emlen.
IYH at 657 Montgomery St, Naparstek’s Sukkah [between Kingston and Brooklyn].

Chaim Yehoshua and Esther Yetta (Yettel) (nee Grayson) Zylbernagel.
IYH at 698 Eastern Pkwy, Laufer’s Sukkah [between Brooklyn and New York Ave].

Dovber and Chaya (nee Pewzner) Berkowitz (Shluchim to Contra Costa, CA) .
IYH at 412 Sterling St, Pewzner Sukkah [between Brooklyn and New York Ave].

Zalman Shimon and Soshie (nee Weitman) Deren (Crown Heights) .

Shmulik and Chaya (nee Levin) Gurary (Crown Heights) .
IYH at 605 Ocean Pkwy, Kensington [between Ditmas and 18th Ave].

Meir and Hadassah (nee DeVries) Geisinsky .
IYH at 234 Washington Ave, Cedarhurst, NY 11516.

Eliyahu Yosef and Rochel Leah (nee Mayteles) Morrison.
IYH at 1863 Section Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45237.

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!!

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Today, the national Transportation Security Administration (TSA) declared a special travel period for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. The travel period will begin approximately on Wednesday, September 30, 2009, and end on approximately on Tuesday, October 13, 2009. This policy will allow observant Jewish travelers to carry their Lulavim and Etrogim in airports and through security checkpoints. (During the Sukkot holiday, Jews utilize four species of plants as part of their daily prayer service. See Leviticus 23:40.)

TSA to Permit Lulavim and Etrogim During Airplane Travel

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Today, the national Transportation Security Administration (TSA) declared a special travel period for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. The travel period will begin approximately on Wednesday, September 30, 2009, and end on approximately on Tuesday, October 13, 2009. This policy will allow observant Jewish travelers to carry their Lulavim and Etrogim in airports and through security checkpoints. (During the Sukkot holiday, Jews utilize four species of plants as part of their daily prayer service. See Leviticus 23:40.)

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FAILING OVERPASSES: Contractors yesterday
display images of frightening damage to bridges.
(Photo: Matthew McDermott)
New York bridges falling down, falling down...

The 10 most decrepit state-owned bridges in the Big Apple are desperately in need of federal funds to fix potentially dangerous conditions, a trade group warned yesterday.

Almost all the crumbling structures span waterways or train tracks or are located on major highways, the General Contractors Association of New York said.

Leading the way is the chronically congested Kosciuszko Bridge on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, followed by the Gowanus Expressway and the Bronx River Parkway section that crosses over Amtrak rails, the group said.

10 NYC Bridges in Dire Need of Fixing

FAILING OVERPASSES: Contractors yesterday
display images of frightening damage to bridges.
(Photo: Matthew McDermott)

New York bridges falling down, falling down…

The 10 most decrepit state-owned bridges in the Big Apple are desperately in need of federal funds to fix potentially dangerous conditions, a trade group warned yesterday.

Almost all the crumbling structures span waterways or train tracks or are located on major highways, the General Contractors Association of New York said.

Leading the way is the chronically congested Kosciuszko Bridge on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, followed by the Gowanus Expressway and the Bronx River Parkway section that crosses over Amtrak rails, the group said.

NYC News

The Jewish Infiltration of Korea

KOREA [CHI] — Korea, a peninsula fraught with the devastation of war, occupation, and tension; a people divided into two nations who envision a hope for a reunification. As this hope may be a dream for now, the south of the peninsula is alive and well. Since the Korean War, the south has transformed itself from a third-world country into a first world powerhouse of the technological industry. Over the past four decades, a small number of Jews have called Korea home.

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The Weekly Voice is an exciting new feature on CrownHeights.info. Each Webisode is part of a weekly series of interviews with Lubavitchers from around the globe.

And for our very first Webisode, we bring you Rabbi Hirshel Shifrin and Rabbi Levi Zarchi of Shifrin and Zarchi Quality Esrogim located on Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights. In this interview conducted during the days leading up to Sukkos, the rabbis speak about what makes an esrog kosher and what qualities do we look for in an esrog.

New Feature! The Weekly Voice – An Interview Series

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The Weekly Voice is an exciting new feature on CrownHeights.info. Each Webisode is part of a weekly series of interviews with Lubavitchers from around the globe.

And for our very first Webisode, we bring you Rabbi Hirshel Shifrin and Rabbi Levi Zarchi of Shifrin and Zarchi Quality Esrogim located on Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights. In this interview conducted during the days leading up to Sukkos, the rabbis speak about what makes an esrog kosher and what qualities do we look for in an esrog.

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As a young girl I was always fascinated by the beauty and mystery of the Mikvah experience. We were constantly told about the purity and holiness that the ritual brings to the individual, the marriage, the family and the home. I couldn’t wait to become a kallah and be able to finally participate in this exclusive and mystical experience.

Op-Ed: On Public Display

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As a young girl I was always fascinated by the beauty and mystery of the Mikvah experience. We were constantly told about the purity and holiness that the ritual brings to the individual, the marriage, the family and the home. I couldn’t wait to become a kallah and be able to finally participate in this exclusive and mystical experience.

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