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New Torah to Chabad House of Eastern Michigan!

FLINT, MI [CHI] — Members of the Jewish community in Flint, Michigan celebrated the completion and dedication of a new Sefer Torah. The Torah was written in memory of Mrs. Freida Bluma Polter OBM, and was sponsored by the community members.

New Years Gift

Rabbi Chaim Jacobs (L), Director Of Lubavitch of Scotland together with Provost Mackie of East Renfrewshire Council, Glasgow and Rabbi Mendel Jacobs, Director of Lubavitch Outreach Programs presenting an Apple and Honey gift in honor of the new year on behalf of Lubavitch of Scotland.

Video: Truck Goes Up in Flames in NJ Accident

Video from the scene of the accident which involved Toms River, NJ Shliach Rabbi Moshe Gourarie. In the video you can see how one of the vehicles, a truck, goes up in flames and its gas tank explodes after the high power electric lines fell on the cars.

Beis Shmuel Slaughters House of Glatt

Top: (L to R) Avremy Zuntz, Levi Feigenson, Noach Hebber, Binyomin Klein, Lipa Lieberman, Chesky Malamud, Nochum Greenwald, Ronen Kaniarski, Menachem M. Krinsky.
Bottom: (L to R) Mendy Smetana, Shmulik Zalmenov, Dovid Teich, Momo Spielman.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Well it wasn’t actually a slaughter, but the underdogs, the Beis Shmuel Mulles, took the 2009 Crown Heights Softball League Champion title. The game was pretty close ending with a score of 6 to 4 at the top of the 7th.

Judge: Rubashkin Can Visit Ohel for Rosh Hashanah

IOWA CITY, Iowa [AP] — A judge has granted the request of a former top manager at a kosher slaughterhouse to travel from Iowa to New York and pray at the grave of a famous Orthodox Jewish leader.

U.S. District Court Judge Linda Reade says Sholom Rubashkin can be driven from Postville to a Queens, N.Y., cemetery for the Jewish New Year. He’s expected to visit the grave of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson on Wednesday.

Shliach Survives Explosion

Shliach to Toms River NJ, Rabbi Moshe Gourarie narrowly escaped serious injuries when flames engulfed a box truck next to his mini-van. The trucks 70-gallon fuel tank exploded Friday after electrical wires from a downed pole fell on the vehicle during a storm.

Handwritten Note From Rebbetzin Chana

CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute is pleased to present a handwritten note composed by the saintly mother of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson. In her note, she expresses good-year wishes to Rabbi Greenglass, a prominent Chabad Rabbi in Montreal, Special thanks to Rabbi Mendel Feller.to Learn More About the Rebbe Vist: www.portraitofaleader.org

Photos: Hands on Learning!

Lubavitcher Yeshivas Kitah Beis-Beis were treated to some fascinating hands on learning. Following the custom of checking Tefillin and Mezuzos during the month of Elul the Talmidim visited Rabbi Sebbag’s ‘Oriata’ Safrus office and were shown the process of making and checking Tefillin, Mezuzos and Sifrai Torah.

PSA: How would you like to go on a Free Trip to Israel?

Registration is drawing to a close for the winter 2009-2010 trip. Yeladim Netivot offers a non-mixed, glatt kosher food trip suitable for Lubavitcher girls and boys.

Yeladim Netivot offers the opportunity to explore and experience the land of Israel and the Jewish people. Through visiting biblical sights and ancient ruins, we provide the chance to view our heritage as it was: enabling our rich history to come alive.