Chabad of Melbourne CBD were honored to have Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor, Chief Rabbi of Thailand as their guest speaker today, Monday for their Businessmen Luncheon.
Rabbi Chaim Herzog, the Shliach of Chabad of Melbourne CBD welcomed Rabbi Kantor and said that he was sent to Thailand by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in May 1993 and now has 9 other emissaries helping him in his holy and inspiring work.
ISRAEL — Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer on Monday called on the heads of the ultra-Orthodox sector in Israel to promote employment among Haredi men and women in order to minimize the prevalent poverty among them.
During a conference for the ultra-Orthodox community in Jerusalem, Fischer said that the low employment rate among the Haredi men and women was the root cause of for the high incidence of poverty, higher than any other sector in Israeli society, including the notoriously poor Arab sector.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Berel and Racheli (nee Weiss) Wilhelm (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 Yerachmiel Bronstein (Crown Heights) and Chani Erdvin (Toronto, Canada) on their engagement.
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Reb Aaron Rubashkin paid a Shiva visit to his old time partner, Reb Alter Lieberman both of whom were partners in the meat business when they first came to the United States in the Early 1950’s.
WOODRIDGE, NY [CHI] — A tragic one-vehicle accident upstate New York left one Bochur dead, and a seriously injured passenger after the driver apparently fell asleep at the wheel. The incident took place on Route 58, Glen Wild Road near Woodridge in Sullivan County, right across from the Skvere Camp Beis Yitzchok.
Yeshiva World News reported that the Niftar is 19-year-old Yeshaya Dovid Eckstein OBM who lived on 8th Street in the Kensington section of Brooklyn.
Who would have believed the selling of the SHUK would make such headlines?
Businesses come and go, and some predicted the demise of the SHUK the minute Kol Tuv opened Empire Kosher? After all, can our community actually support two large kosher supermarkets? (I believe it can, but that depends on you, read on…)
As a close personal friend of Shloimie for over 20 years, I have been following this issue long before it became a “sensation” and certainly before the beautiful stories posted by various individuals,
We find ourselves in the three weeks, and as such, comments posted with regards to why people ask for credit, who gives them the right, who is a bigger ball tzedokah, etc, all have no place, nor virtue in this discussion.
This past Shabbos Parshas Matos-Masei marked the 14th Yarzeit of Rabbi Dovid Wichnin A”H. Rabbi Wichnin was the founding Rov of K’hal Tzemach Tzedek Lubavitch of Monsey and the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim in Morristown, New Jersey until his untimely passing in 1996.
Rabbi Wichnin, an exceptional Talmid Chochom, was a beloved leader and a father figure to many and earned the respect of many of the Rabbonim and Admorim in Monsey.
Every Shabbos Mevarchim Rabbi Boruch Sholom Cunin, head Shliach to California, comes in to Crown Heights to spend it in 770. Friday he was seen in Kahans together with Rabbi Grossbaum and Berel Kahan the store owner.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A young Lubavitcher girl was stuck by an SUV after she slipped from the grip of her older sister and ran into the street. The incident took place Erev Shabbos at the intersection of Crown Street and Albany Avenue.
LACKAWAXEN TWP, PA [CHI] — Last week Wednesday, July 15th a camp employee was found dead on camp grounds, and a police investigation determined it to be a homicide, and are seeking two other camp employees as suspects.
The incident took place in “Camp Chayolei Hamelech” located in rural Lackawaxen Township, Pennsylvania, the only part of this that is more troubling then the story itself was that parents only found out about the incident on Friday when the campers called home for their Good Shabbos calls.
Chabad of the Upper West Side is planning to expand into some Upper West Side brownstones, but it could come at the expense of some residents who say they’re simply being forced out of their homes. NY1’s Rebecca Spitz filed the following report.
Vacation Crown Heights offered continues programming throughout this week. Hundreds of women took advantage of this wonderful opportunity, as the program is attracting more and more interest. A full array of classes, workshops and courses has brought women together.
Jewish camps from all over the New York area rented out Lake Compounce, New England’s Family Theme Park in Bristol, CT. Camp Gan Yisroel New York and many other Lubavitcher camps joined in the fun.
The Shluchim Office would like to join with all other shluchim in wishing a hearty Mazal tov to Rabbi Moshe, Nechama Dina and Shmuel Leeds, who have B”H newly joined the ranks of the Rebbe’s Shluchim. They will be opening Chabad of Gilbert, AZ under Rabbi Zalman Levertov.
A special thank you to Rabbi Zalman and Tzippy Levertov, and Rabbi Shmuel and Chana Tiechtel.
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