Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal tov to Yaakov and Chaya (nee Hyman) Hoffinger (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
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From the mouths of babes … you anchored strength – (psalms 8,3)Recently on a Shabbos in 770, I overheard a dialogue between a 12 and 22 year old. It was kind of a big/little brother schmooze, discussing their inspiration from the Rebbe.
The 12 year old who was born three years after Gimmel Tammuz 5754, turns to his mentor who was only seven at that time. Revealing the most powerful sentiments I ever heard describing the power of our most revered Rebbe.
Video – The Rebbe & The Judge
From the mouths of babes … you anchored strength – (psalms 8,3)
Recently on a Shabbos in 770, I overheard a dialogue between a 12 and 22 year old. It was kind of a big/little brother schmooze, discussing their inspiration from the Rebbe.
The 12 year old who was born three years after Gimmel Tammuz 5754, turns to his mentor who was only seven at that time. Revealing the most powerful sentiments I ever heard describing the power of our most revered Rebbe.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Sholom and Dina (nee Smetana) Simon (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter, Chaya Mushka.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Mazal Tov! – 7 Sunday NIght L’Chaims!
Yanky Kotlarsky (Crown Heights) and Mushka Goldberger (Crown Heights) .
IYH at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].
Mendy Chayo (Crown Heights) and Chana Sarah Kaplan (Montreal, Canada) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].
Mendy Sanowicz (Los Angeles, CA) and Gillie Resnick (New York, NY) .
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave].
Lazer >Labkowsky (Los Angeles) and Luba Chein (Crown Heights) .
IYH at 1376 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
Dovid Okunov (Crown Heights) and Chanie Scheinberger (Crown Heights) .
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
Reuven Chaim (Richard) Samuels (Crown Heights) and Esther Hadassa Loewenthal (UK / Crown Heights).
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave].
Alti Burston (Los Angeles, CA) and Dini Rapoport (Long Beach, CA) .
IYH at 4360 Myrtle Ave, Long Beach, CA 90807.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!!
MOSCOW, RUSSIA [AP] — Russia told a U.S. court on Friday that judges have no authority to tell the country how to handle sacred Jewish documents held in its state library that were seized by the Nazi and Soviet armies.
The documents are at the center of a lawsuit brought by members of Chabad-Lubavitch, which follows the teachings of Eastern European rabbis and emphasizes the study of the Torah. The group is suing Russia in U.S. court to recover thousands of manuscripts, prayers, lectures and philosophical discourses by leading rabbis dating back to the 18th century.
Russia Won’t Participate in Chabad Seforim Suit
MOSCOW, RUSSIA [AP] — Russia told a U.S. court on Friday that judges have no authority to tell the country how to handle sacred Jewish documents held in its state library that were seized by the Nazi and Soviet armies.
The documents are at the center of a lawsuit brought by members of Chabad-Lubavitch, which follows the teachings of Eastern European rabbis and emphasizes the study of the Torah. The group is suing Russia in U.S. court to recover thousands of manuscripts, prayers, lectures and philosophical discourses by leading rabbis dating back to the 18th century.
Pictures from the Wedding Yossi (ben R. Moshe) Freedman (Bahia Blanca, Argentina) and Chaya Mushka Wilansky (Portland, Maine) took place Monday in Portland, Maine.
Wedding: Freedman – Wilansky
Pictures from the Wedding Yossi (ben R. Moshe) Freedman (Bahia Blanca, Argentina) and Chaya Mushka Wilansky (Portland, Maine) took place Monday in Portland, Maine.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yanky Kotlarsky (Crown Heights) and Mushka Goldberger (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Sunday night at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy Chayo (Crown Heights) and Chana Sarah (bas R Leibel) Kaplan (Montreal, Canada) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Sunday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy Sanowicz (Los Angeles, CA) and Gillie Resnick (New York, NY) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Sunday night at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave].
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Lazer (ben R Mendel) Labkowsky (Los Angeles) and Luba (bas R Yehoshua) Chein (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Sunday night at 1376 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
Mazal Tov! – 4 Sholom Zochors this Week!
Shimmy and Rochel (nee Rosenblum) Susskind.
IYH at 459 Empire Blvd [between Brooklyn and New York Ave].
Yankie and Mindy (nee Toron) Rosenblum.
IYH at 418 Crown St [between Brooklyn and New York Ave].
Yossi and Tzirel (nee Lieberman) Raskin.
IYH at 395 Crown St [between Brooklyn and New York Ave].
Itche and Nechomie (nee Paris) Zalmanov.
IYH at 531 Crown St [between Kingston and Albany Ave].
Please stay tuned as we update this list when information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info. Thank You!!
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal tov to Yossi and Chana Etta (nee Schwei) Turk (Cordoba, Argentina) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to the Rebbe, her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi once received a silver snuffbox as gift. But the Rebbe did not want to put it to its intended use, remarking: “There is one part of the body which is not constantly seeking gratification – the nose. Should I train it, too, to be a pleasure-seeker?”
Instead, R’ Schneur Zalman found a more lofty use for the gift: he detached the snuffbox's cover and used it as a mirror to help him center the teffilin on his head.
This incident was once related to R’ Schneur Zalman's grandson, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch. In conveying the incident the person stated that R’ Schneur Zalman “broke off” the cover of the snuffbox. Rabbi Menachem Mendel remarked: “No, no, my grandfather never broke anyone or thing. He merely removed the hinge-pin which connected the upper part to the lower.”
There is deep significance in Rabbi Menachem Mendel's clarification, observed the Lubavitcher Rebbe: While R’ Schneur Zalman’s entire life was devoted to sublimating the ordinary and elevating the mundane, still, he taught that the way to deal with the material world is not to repress or crush it, but to gently detach the upper from the lower: to extract, by harmonious and peaceful means, its lofty potential from its lowly enmeshments. Hence the statement: Rabbi Schneur Zalman would never have “broken off” the cover.
Kabalah of Spirituality – How To Balance Our Dual Composition
Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi once received a silver snuffbox as gift. But the Rebbe did not want to put it to its intended use, remarking: “There is one part of the body which is not constantly seeking gratification – the nose. Should I train it, too, to be a pleasure-seeker?”
Instead, R’ Schneur Zalman found a more lofty use for the gift: he detached the snuffbox’s cover and used it as a mirror to help him center the teffilin on his head.
This incident was once related to R’ Schneur Zalman’s grandson, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch. In conveying the incident the person stated that R’ Schneur Zalman “broke off” the cover of the snuffbox. Rabbi Menachem Mendel remarked: “No, no, my grandfather never broke anyone or thing. He merely removed the hinge-pin which connected the upper part to the lower.”
There is deep significance in Rabbi Menachem Mendel’s clarification, observed the Lubavitcher Rebbe: While R’ Schneur Zalman’s entire life was devoted to sublimating the ordinary and elevating the mundane, still, he taught that the way to deal with the material world is not to repress or crush it, but to gently detach the upper from the lower: to extract, by harmonious and peaceful means, its lofty potential from its lowly enmeshments. Hence the statement: Rabbi Schneur Zalman would never have “broken off” the cover.
Earlier today a raffle was held for the children who participated Learn-a-Thon for Levi's Torah. The Torah is being written in memory of Levi Yitzchak Wolowik OBM.
Video – And the Levi’s Torah Winners Are…
Earlier today a raffle was held for the children who participated Learn-a-Thon for Levi’s Torah. The Torah is being written in memory of Levi Yitzchak Wolowik OBM.
1. In this week’s Torah portion Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) and Aharon Hakohen (Aaron the High Priest) plead with Hashem not to destroy Korach’s entire congregation; rather, Hashem should just destroy Korach because he was the one who incited and convinced everyone to rebel against Moshe Rabbeinu.
The Torah says, “Hashem spoke to Moshe and Aharon, saying: ‘Separate yourselves from among this congregation and I will annihilate them in an instant’. They (Moshe and Aharon) fell upon their faces and they said, ‘Almighty, the G-d of the spirits of all flesh; if one man sins shall You be angry with the entire congregation?’”
Rashi comments on this verse and explains why Moshe and Aharon prefaced the words, “Almighty, the G-d of the spirits of all flesh”, before their actual argument of, “if one man sins shall you be angry with the entire congregation?”. Rashi explains that Moshe and Aharon were saying, “(Hashem You are the) Knower of thoughts. Your attributes are not like mortal attributes. A mortal king against whom some of his kingdom acted insolently does not know who the sinner is and therefore when he is angry he punishes them all. But You- to You all thoughts are revealed and you know who the sinner is. Therefore, “if one man will sin will You be angry with the entire congregation?”
The Weekly Sicha of the Rebbe – Parshas Korach
The Rebbe says:
1. In this week’s Torah portion Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) and Aharon Hakohen (Aaron the High Priest) plead with Hashem not to destroy Korach’s entire congregation; rather, Hashem should just destroy Korach because he was the one who incited and convinced everyone to rebel against Moshe Rabbeinu.
The Torah says, “Hashem spoke to Moshe and Aharon, saying: ‘Separate yourselves from among this congregation and I will annihilate them in an instant’. They (Moshe and Aharon) fell upon their faces and they said, ‘Almighty, the G-d of the spirits of all flesh; if one man sins shall You be angry with the entire congregation?’”
Rashi comments on this verse and explains why Moshe and Aharon prefaced the words, “Almighty, the G-d of the spirits of all flesh”, before their actual argument of, “if one man sins shall you be angry with the entire congregation?”. Rashi explains that Moshe and Aharon were saying, “(Hashem You are the) Knower of thoughts. Your attributes are not like mortal attributes. A mortal king against whom some of his kingdom acted insolently does not know who the sinner is and therefore when he is angry he punishes them all. But You- to You all thoughts are revealed and you know who the sinner is. Therefore, “if one man will sin will You be angry with the entire congregation?”
