CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Yesterday, Wednesday evening there was a Shiur on Hilchos Beis Habechirah at Beis Eliyahu Nochum on Lefferts Ave. The shiur is entitled “Why are we waiting?”, and will be given by Rabbi Yoseph Keller, author of Sefarim on Hilchos Beis Habechirah.
SYDNEY, Australia [CHI] — Yeshiva Centre – Chabad Headquarters of NSW, Australia; are very proud of an amazing one week “Gan Israel” WINTER boys day camp! (In Australia it is now winter!)
The boys camp had Bli Ayin Horo 50 boys between ages 5 to 13. (there was also a girls day camp held at a totally separate location which had 40 girls).
POSTVILLE, IA — A technicality has held up the sale of a struggling kosher slaughterhouse in northeast Iowa, but the trustee charged with overseeing the plant is confident the sale will be completed soon.
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Reuven Leib ben Shaindel Tzivyah
He is going through a major operation today.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Getzel and Chana Rubashkin (Postville, IA) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
CrownHeights.info presents this weeks Living Torah excerpt, “Syria and Iran”!
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The Rebbe says:
1. This week’s Torah portion tells us how the Tribes of Re’uvain and Gad had an extraordinarily large amount of livestock and they wished to remain in the lands that the Bnei Yisroel (the children of Israel) had just conquered, rather than crossing the Jordan River with their brothers into the Land of Canaan. They came to Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) and said, “This land which G-d defeated in front of the congregation of Israel is a land suitable for livestock and your servants have a lot of livestock. If it finds favor in your eyes, let this land be given to your servants as a heritage. Do not take us across the Jordan”.
Moshe Rabbeinu’s initial answer to this was, “Your brothers should go to war while you stay here?! Why are you discouraging the children of Israel from crossing over to the Land which G-d has given them? This is exactly what your fathers (the spies) did when I sent them from Kadesh-Barne’a to explore the Land. They went up to the Valley of Eshkol, saw the Land, and then they discouraged the children of Israel from crossing into the Land which G-d has given them”.
The Tribes of Re’uvain and Gad responded and said to Moshe Rabbeinu, “We’ll arm ourselves quickly and go ahead of the children of Israel and fight until we’ve brought them to their place. We’ll not return to our homes until each member of the children of Israel has taken possession of his inheritance”.
The Summer Performing Arts Conservatory (SPAC) provides girls, aged 6-15, with the opportunity to learn a whole host of skills in drama, music, art and dance. The goal of the camp is to allow girls to express themselves creatively and develop their natural talents within a Chassidishe environment.
CrownHeights.info wishes to Moshe and Chani Lieblich (Crown Heights) on the birth of a son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
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.
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.”
The Bochurim learning in Kvutseh this year 5769 pose for a group picture in front of 770.
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a beautiful Photo of the Rebbe Gazing a child during Kos Shel Bracha. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.org
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Chaim Kind (Monsey, NY) and Sara Shor (Crown Heights / Las Vegas) on their engagement.
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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.
ISRAEL [CHI] — A new Sefer Torah was recently completed L’Zchus captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit for his safe and speedy return together. The event was organized by IDF Shliach Rabbi Menachem Ofen together with members of Gilads armored unit with which he serves.
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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