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CGI South Padre Island Completes 4th Summer

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, TX [CHI] — This summer, campers enjoyed a new and exclusive educational and recreational water-sports program with a focus on surfing. Campers from across the state and from as far as the Virgin Islands, enjoyed days packed with sun, fun, friends and lots of surf. They rode the waves and learned new skills with top professionals in the field. The luxury water-front accommodations were a great hit, as well as all the cool extras that CGI SPI is now so famous for.

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The Tanya Revolution! Bring The Tanya Into Your Home

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New Engagement!

Meir Simcha Silberberg (Chicago, IL) to Yehudis Korf (Miami Beach, FL)
New Engagement!

Mendel Bluming (Chapel Hill, NC) to Mushka Lifshitz (Boise, Idaho) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Leib Telsner (Crown Heights) to Sarale Scheiner (Oak Park, MI) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Zushi Rivkin (Tampa, FL) to Shifra Weinstein (New Hempstead, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Mendel and Bracha Eizenbach from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Melly Chein (Crown Heights) to Sara Rivkah Duchman (Surfside, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at The Arches
New Engagement!

Betzalel Schanowitz (Chicago, IL) to Chaya Mushka Gurary (Simi Valley, CA)
New Engagement!

Yankel Raices (Chicago, IL) to Mushka Broner (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Mussie Rapaport from Hyde Park, IL had a baby boy.
New Engagement!

Zalman Stein (Northbrook, IL) to Nechama Dina Whitt (Oak Park, MI)
New Engagement!

Nosson Kuperman (Crown Heights) to Sheina Crespim (Sao Paolo, Brazil)
New Engagement!

Mendel Richter (Howard Beach, NY) to Shalhevet Teitelbaum (Miami, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at The JCM
New Engagement!

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

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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

CrownHeights.info presents this weeks Living Torah excerpt, “And the Rebbe Teaches the Small Children Alef Beis…”!

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Living Torah Video! – The Rebbe Teaches Children Alef Beis

CrownHeights.info presents this weeks Living Torah excerpt, “And the Rebbe Teaches the Small Children Alef Beis…”!

Living Torah is a member supported project. Become a member today at www.LivingTorah.org!

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The Rebbe says:

1. The first words of this week’s Torah portion are, “And it shall be, because you listened to these ordinances of Hashem (G-d)... He will love you, bless you and multiply you…”.

Rashi (an acronym for Reb Shlomo Yitzchaki) points out that the Hebrew word “Eikev” which is simply translated in this verse as “because”, also means “heel”. Consequently, explains Rashi, the verse is alluding to the sort of Mitzvos (commandments) that people regard as relatively unimportant so they tend to “trample on them with their heels”. Thus, the Torah is assuring the Jewish people that if they are careful to observe even these neglected commandments, they can be certain that Hashem will reward them with His kindness.

The source of Rashi’s explanation is from the Midrash Tanchuma who says this in a slightly different way; “When the Torah says, ‘Eikev’”, says the Midrash Tanchuma, “it is referring to “light” Mitzvos which people are not careful to keep and they throw them away under their heels”.

The Weekly Sicha of the Rebbe – Parshas Eikev

The Rebbe says:

1. The first words of this week’s Torah portion are, “And it shall be, because you listened to these ordinances of Hashem (G-d)… He will love you, bless you and multiply you…”.

Rashi (an acronym for Reb Shlomo Yitzchaki) points out that the Hebrew word “Eikev” which is simply translated in this verse as “because”, also means “heel”. Consequently, explains Rashi, the verse is alluding to the sort of Mitzvos (commandments) that people regard as relatively unimportant so they tend to “trample on them with their heels”. Thus, the Torah is assuring the Jewish people that if they are careful to observe even these neglected commandments, they can be certain that Hashem will reward them with His kindness.

The source of Rashi’s explanation is from the Midrash Tanchuma who says this in a slightly different way; “When the Torah says, ‘Eikev’”, says the Midrash Tanchuma, “it is referring to “light” Mitzvos which people are not careful to keep and they throw them away under their heels”.

Something Jewish
by Chaya

The following was written by a friend and classmate of Toby’s in connection with her upcoming Yohrtzeit which falls out on Sunday, the 19th of Av.

To the Eagle family,

I spent my seminary year in Yerushalayim with Toby. Although I didn't know her at all before seminary, she was one of the first people to befriend me.

Toby Eagle OBM, She Would Have Been 22 Now

by Chaya

The following was written by a friend and classmate of Toby’s in connection with her upcoming Yohrtzeit which falls out on Sunday, the 19th of Av.

To the Eagle family,

I spent my seminary year in Yerushalayim with Toby. Although I didn’t know her at all before seminary, she was one of the first people to befriend me.

Op-Ed
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by Rabbi Pinchas Allouche
...And What Matters Most In Judaism

Peace, Love, and Friends

What comes to mind, when you hear the word “peace”? How about the words “love”, “friendship” or “spirituality”?

Op-Ed: Why Judaism is not Confined to Spirituality

by Rabbi Pinchas Allouche

…And What Matters Most In Judaism

Peace, Love, and Friends

What comes to mind, when you hear the word “peace”? How about the words “love”, “friendship” or “spirituality”?

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By Matthew Wagner for the Jerusalem Post

(L) Admiral Canaris, commander of the Nazi Abwehr

Chabad Lubavitch presented a request Monday to Yad Vashem to recognize a high-ranking military commander in the Third Reich as a righteous gentile for saving Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef Schneerson, the sixth Chabad rebbe.

Admiral Canaris, commander of the Nazi Abwehr, or intelligence, had a central role in securing Schneerson's escape from the Warsaw Ghetto along with members of Schneerson's family and entourage, said Yosef Kaminetzky, a writer who recently completed a book on the escape story.

Chabad: Make Nazi Commander a ‘Righteous Gentile’

By Matthew Wagner for the Jerusalem Post

(L) Admiral Canaris, commander of the Nazi Abwehr

Chabad Lubavitch presented a request Monday to Yad Vashem to recognize a high-ranking military commander in the Third Reich as a righteous gentile for saving Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef Schneerson, the sixth Chabad rebbe.

Admiral Canaris, commander of the Nazi Abwehr, or intelligence, had a central role in securing Schneerson’s escape from the Warsaw Ghetto along with members of Schneerson’s family and entourage, said Yosef Kaminetzky, a writer who recently completed a book on the escape story.

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By Dr Keith Ablow for the NY Post

Stock Photo - L'Chaim

Over the course of my work, I end up treating many patients for alcohol abuse. But in the beginning, very few of them actually come to me worried about whether they might be alcoholics. Most of them come for help with depression, marital discord, stress at work or anxiety.

Many of these men and women never considered themselves problem drinkers. They don't drink every day and don't get drunk every time they drink. They may have stopped drinking for weeks or months at a time, without having any signs of withdrawal.

Sobering Truths About Alcohol’s Subtle Grip

By Dr Keith Ablow for the NY Post

Stock Photo – L’Chaim

Over the course of my work, I end up treating many patients for alcohol abuse. But in the beginning, very few of them actually come to me worried about whether they might be alcoholics. Most of them come for help with depression, marital discord, stress at work or anxiety.

Many of these men and women never considered themselves problem drinkers. They don’t drink every day and don’t get drunk every time they drink. They may have stopped drinking for weeks or months at a time, without having any signs of withdrawal.

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By Dvora Lakein for Lubavitch.com

The 15th of Av corresponds this year to Wednesday, August 15th. Of this date on the Jewish calendar, the Mishna says, “There were no holidays so joyous for the Jewish People as the Fifteenth of Av and Yom HaKippurim, for on those days, daughters of Jerusalem would go out dressed in borrowed white dresses.

A Match Made In Iraq

By Dvora Lakein for Lubavitch.com

The 15th of Av corresponds this year to Wednesday, August 15th. Of this date on the Jewish calendar, the Mishna says, “There were no holidays so joyous for the Jewish People as the Fifteenth of Av and Yom HaKippurim, for on those days, daughters of Jerusalem would go out dressed in borrowed white dresses.

Jewish News
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A Maamar the Rebbe Broadcast From His Room – Now in English

A Chasidic discourse the Rebbe delivered in 1977, as he was recuperating from a heart attack he had suffered that year, has been translated into English.

A new volume in the popular Chasidic Heritage Series was released today, entitled “The Path to Selflessness.”

It is a translation of Yehuda Atah 5738, delivered by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson on the eve of the fast of the Tenth of Tevet 5738 (1977).

At that time, the Rebbe was recuperating from a heart attack he had suffered on the night of Shemini Atzeret, and would periodically deliver addresses from his office at Lubavitch World Headquarters, by way of a special hookup system, to the main synagogue.

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