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By Susan Gallagher

Rabbi Chaim Bruk and his wife, Chavie, stand outside their Bozeman home. An extension built onto the home houses Montana's first modern-day mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath.

BOZEMAN, MT [AP] — In one of the least Jewish states in the country, a traditional Jewish group working to revive religious observance has built a mikvah, a ritual bath for spiritual purification.

Jewish Ritual Finds Home in Big Sky Country

By Susan Gallagher

Rabbi Chaim Bruk and his wife, Chavie, stand outside their Bozeman home. An extension built onto the home houses Montana’s first modern-day mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath.

BOZEMAN, MT [AP] — In one of the least Jewish states in the country, a traditional Jewish group working to revive religious observance has built a mikvah, a ritual bath for spiritual purification.

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Mendy Holtzberg (Monterey, CA) to Leah Schmerling (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 14th, 8:30pm at the JCM
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Lippy and Mushky Kosofsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
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Kovi and Rivky (nee Danzinger) Raksin from Hollywood Florida had a baby girl!
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Chaim Uziel Starik (Vienna, Austria) to Batsheva Spivak (Pembroke Pines, FL)
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Zalman Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Lea Dukes (Santiago, Chile) L’Chaim: Monday, May 5th, 7:00pm at 9400 NW 4th Street, Coral Springs, FL
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Yossi Gutnick (Sydney, Australia) to Chaya Eisnebach (Northwest, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, at the Garden House 1386 S. John’s Pl
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Yaakov and Shevi (nee Katzman) Behrman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
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Moishe and Frayda (nee Aber) Scheinfeld from Brooklyn, NY had a baby boy!

“No Deal Yet with the Shuk Sale”

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — With over $400,000 in collections, the Shuk has been struggling to stay afloat. “There have been many bounced checks… We have given credit to customers who have failed to pay their balances,” said the Shuk’s owner, Shloime Ifergan. “It has come to the point where we cannot pay suppliers for new products.”

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Moshe Hammer: Art as Prayer, Prayer as Art

By Robert J. Avrech for the Jewish Press

True genius is a rare commodity.

Five years ago, 26-year-old Moshe Hammer, z”l, a Lubavitch artist who frequently worked through the night, stepped outside for a walk in Los Angeles, to clear his head and recharge his creative batteries. As was his custom, Moshe rambled miles from his apartment in the Fairfax district.

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by Yitzchok Schier, Dnepropetrovsk
Lately, much has been written about the problems, real, imagined, exaggerated, or, as I suspect, a combination of all three, which are facing Chabad.

Everybody, myself very much included, has at least one opinion regarding the nature of the problems and who is to blame. However, continuing to discuss this, both online and in face to face conversation and debate, has done very little to solve any of the problems and may well serve only to create more machloikes.

On the other hand, there is a solution, admittedly one which is not practical for everyone and one which will not solve all of the problems, that has been overlooked, and that is – uforotzto – spread out!

Op-Ed: The Solution – Uforotzto!

by Yitzchok Schier, Dnepropetrovsk

Lately, much has been written about the problems, real, imagined, exaggerated, or, as I suspect, a combination of all three, which are facing Chabad.

Everybody, myself very much included, has at least one opinion regarding the nature of the problems and who is to blame. However, continuing to discuss this, both online and in face to face conversation and debate, has done very little to solve any of the problems and may well serve only to create more machloikes.

On the other hand, there is a solution, admittedly one which is not practical for everyone and one which will not solve all of the problems, that has been overlooked, and that is – uforotzto – spread out!

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The family of Rebbetzin Rivkah Lieberman OBM is sitting Shiva after her passing.

They are sitting at 724 Eastern Parkway [between Brooklyn and Kingston Avenues]. There are three minyanim needed and the times are as follows.

Shachris: 7:00am, 7:30am, and 8:30am.
Mincha: 3 Minyanim starting at 8:05pm
Maariv: 3 Minyanim starting Bizmana

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Info to be Menachem Avel the Lieberman Family

The family of Rebbetzin Rivkah Lieberman OBM is sitting Shiva after her passing.

They are sitting at 724 Eastern Parkway [between Brooklyn and Kingston Avenues]. There are three minyanim needed and the times are as follows.

Shachris: 7:00am, 7:30am, and 8:30am.
Mincha: 3 Minyanim starting at 8:05pm
Maariv: 3 Minyanim starting Bizmana

Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Notices

There will be shiurim on Hilchos Beis Habechirah on two Wednesdays during the three weeks. The shiur is entitled “Why are we waiting?”, and will be given by Rabbi Yoseph Keller, author of Sefarim on Hilchos Beis Habechirah. The subject at hand is to understand why and if we are unable to build the third Beis Hamikdash today.

The shiurim will take place on Wednesday 23 Tammuz and Rosh Chodesh Tammuz (July 15th and July 22nd) at Beis Eliyahu Nochum, 672 Lefferts Ave at 9:15pm.

Shiur in Hilchos Beis Habechirah

There will be shiurim on Hilchos Beis Habechirah on two Wednesdays during the three weeks. The shiur is entitled “Why are we waiting?”, and will be given by Rabbi Yoseph Keller, author of Sefarim on Hilchos Beis Habechirah. The subject at hand is to understand why and if we are unable to build the third Beis Hamikdash today.

The shiurim will take place on Wednesday 23 Tammuz and Rosh Chodesh Tammuz (July 15th and July 22nd) at Beis Eliyahu Nochum, 672 Lefferts Ave at 9:15pm.

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The Yeshiva in Kfar Chabad, Israel recently announced their Talmidim that are going to be traveling to Yeshivas around the world and help out with learning with the Bochurim there. The Talmidim HaShluchim will be traveling to Yeshivas in Israel, Argentina, Belgium, Russia, Detroit, Chicago and California.

Kfar Chabad Yeshiva Announces its Talmidim Hashluchim

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The Yeshiva in Kfar Chabad, Israel recently announced their Talmidim that are going to be traveling to Yeshivas around the world and help out with learning with the Bochurim there. The Talmidim HaShluchim will be traveling to Yeshivas in Israel, Argentina, Belgium, Russia, Detroit, Chicago and California.

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