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Mrs. Rachel Krishevsky OBM (far right). Photo: Ynet.

JERUSALEM, Israel — The commandment to “be fruitful and multiply” the Krishevsky family follows quite closely. Last Saturday, the great grandmother, Rachel Krishevsky passed away at the age of 99, leaving behind no less than 1,400 children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and even great-great-grandchildren.

Woman Dies at 99, Leaves Behind 1,400 Descendents

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Mrs. Rachel Krishevsky OBM (far right). Photo: Ynet.

JERUSALEM, Israel — The commandment to “be fruitful and multiply” the Krishevsky family follows quite closely. Last Saturday, the great grandmother, Rachel Krishevsky passed away at the age of 99, leaving behind no less than 1,400 children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and even great-great-grandchildren.

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Menachem Farkash (Issaquah, WA) to Maya Rozenson (Jerusalem, EY) L’Chaim: Sunday, Sept. 14th, 8:00pm at The JCM Downstairs
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Yosef Aharon Karpilovsky (Toronto, CA) to Chayale Silberstein (London, UK)
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Zevi Granat (Edgware, UK) to Sophie Dubin (Baltimore, MD)
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Mordechai Lubecki (Paris, France) to Iscah Sarah Andrea (Jalisco, Mexico)
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Yariv and Malkie (nee Kershner) Sharabi from Parkland, FL had a baby girl!
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Ari and Chava (nee Notik) Rendler from Riverwoods, IL on the birth of a baby girl.
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Eli Mochkin (Melbourne, Australia) to Risa Drizin (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at The Arches
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Levi Its’hak Ben Soussan (Courbevoie, France) to Sterna Sarah Gagueche (Brunoy, France)
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Shea Shmotkin (Crown Heights) to Chaya Jacobs (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Albany Manor 585 Albany Ave
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Ariel Benchimoun (Levallois, France) to Rivka Bouzna (Sarcelles, France)
Baby Boy!

Moshe Leib and Chaya Mushka (nee Friedman) Yaras from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yossi Futerfas (Crown Heights) to Mussy Goldstein (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Mendel Shemtov (Crown Heights) to Mushka Palace (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at 1345 President Street
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Moshe Maiman (Mequon, WI) to Hinda Teich (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
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Sholem Ber and Deena Wolberg from Glencoe, IL had a baby girl.
New Engagement!

Menachem Rubenfeld (S. Diego, CA) to Chani Geisinsky (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
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Pinny Itkin (Scranton, PA) to Esty Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at the JCM
By Yonit Tanenbaum

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — The Crown Heights Debate Club hosted their kickoff event Thursday at Mimulo Flower Shop, addressing the agunah crisis in a new and innovative fashion. With a shared message of calling the community to action, the panel consisted of Mrs. Bronya Shaffer, resident scholar on AskMoses.com and Ask-the-Rabbi respondent for Chabad.org, and Jeremy Stern, director of case management at the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot (ORA).

Agunah Crisis Addressed in Crown Heights

By Yonit Tanenbaum

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — The Crown Heights Debate Club hosted their kickoff event Thursday at Mimulo Flower Shop, addressing the agunah crisis in a new and innovative fashion. With a shared message of calling the community to action, the panel consisted of Mrs. Bronya Shaffer, resident scholar on AskMoses.com and Ask-the-Rabbi respondent for Chabad.org, and Jeremy Stern, director of case management at the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot (ORA).

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A French Jewish man in Paris pictured with a mammoth Esrog. It is unknown where this citron is from or if it is even Kosher. However the owner of this gigantic Esrog claims it is the largest Esrog known to man.

Picture of the Day! – Largest Esrog Known to Man!

A French Jewish man in Paris pictured with a mammoth Esrog. It is unknown where this citron is from or if it is even Kosher. However the owner of this gigantic Esrog claims it is the largest Esrog known to man.

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Rabbi Yosef Slavin of JabadTube, Shliach to Venezuela, produces a weekly 3 minute Dvar Torah in Spanish on YouTube. It is sent throughout Venezuela and Spanish speakers worldwide. For Rosh Hashana he made a special Shana Tova video starring his Kids, Mendel, Dov, Shua and Leibel.

The video is in Spanish and has English subtitles. Enjoy!

Video – JabadTube Kids Special Edition: Rosh Hashanah

Rabbi Yosef Slavin of JabadTube, Shliach to Venezuela, produces a weekly 3 minute Dvar Torah in Spanish on YouTube. It is sent throughout Venezuela and Spanish speakers worldwide. For Rosh Hashana he made a special Shana Tova video starring his Kids, Mendel, Dov, Shua and Leibel.

The video is in Spanish and has English subtitles. Enjoy!

Videos
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MUMBAI [AFP] — A man on Wednesday told an Indian court trying a Pakistani national over the 2008 Mumbai attacks how he escaped with his life after confronting two heavily-armed extremists with just a bamboo stick.

Security guard Kamal Singh said he rushed to the Nariman House Jewish cultural centre in the Colaba district of south Mumbai on the night of November 26 last year after hearing shots.

Witness Relives Shooting at Mumbai Chabad House

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MUMBAI [AFP] — A man on Wednesday told an Indian court trying a Pakistani national over the 2008 Mumbai attacks how he escaped with his life after confronting two heavily-armed extremists with just a bamboo stick.

Security guard Kamal Singh said he rushed to the Nariman House Jewish cultural centre in the Colaba district of south Mumbai on the night of November 26 last year after hearing shots.

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The Weisel family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their mother, Mildred Weisel OBM (Malka Fraida Bas Boruch Bentzion).

Her children, Yehudis DuBrow, Mimi Weisel-Homburg, Eva Gail Bressler and Bernie Weisel are sitting Shiva at the DuBrow home, 1518 S Durango Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90035 (the pico robertson side). Stop by from 8:00am until 9:30pm.
Shacharis 6:30am
Mincha/Maariv 6:45pm
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Info to be Menachem Avel the Weisel Family

The Weisel family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their mother, Mildred Weisel OBM (Malka Fraida Bas Boruch Bentzion).

Her children, Yehudis DuBrow, Mimi Weisel-Homburg, Eva Gail Bressler and Bernie Weisel are sitting Shiva at the DuBrow home, 1518 S Durango Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90035 (the pico robertson side). Stop by from 8:00am until 9:30pm.

Shacharis 6:30am
Mincha/Maariv 6:45pm

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Notices
The Winnipeg Free Press

Drawing of the Chabad of Winnipeg planned Jewish center.

WINNIPEG — Plans to build a new Jewish Learning Centre in Winnipeg’s south end just got a $640,000 boost from the federal and provincial governments.

Winnipeg South Tory MP Rod Bruinooge announced $320,000 for the centre Sunday under Ottawa’s new shovel-ready infrastructure stimulus fund. The province matched the amount.

Chabad Jewish Learning Center Gets $640,000 Boost

The Winnipeg Free Press

Drawing of the Chabad of Winnipeg planned Jewish center.

WINNIPEG — Plans to build a new Jewish Learning Centre in Winnipeg’s south end just got a $640,000 boost from the federal and provincial governments.

Winnipeg South Tory MP Rod Bruinooge announced $320,000 for the centre Sunday under Ottawa’s new shovel-ready infrastructure stimulus fund. The province matched the amount.

Shlichus
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CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute are proud to present a beautiful photo of the Rebbe from the N'shei Chabad convention in 1990. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.org

Weekly Picture of the Rebbe!

CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute are proud to present a beautiful photo of the Rebbe from the N’shei Chabad convention in 1990. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.org

Picture of the Day

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — The final shiur in the series of Hichos Daled Minim will take place tonight, Wednesday Chof-Zayin Elul September 16th, 8:15 pm at the Kollel on 1483 Union St [corner of Kingston Ave]. Rabbi Yehudah Benshimon will give over valuable information regarding the details purchasing your Daled Minim as well as the Halachos pertaining to it.

Yagdil Torah’s Last Daled Minim Shiur Tonight

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — The final shiur in the series of Hichos Daled Minim will take place tonight, Wednesday Chof-Zayin Elul September 16th, 8:15 pm at the Kollel on 1483 Union St [corner of Kingston Ave]. Rabbi Yehudah Benshimon will give over valuable information regarding the details purchasing your Daled Minim as well as the Halachos pertaining to it.

Crown Heights News
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By David Seifman for the New York Post

NEW YORK, NY — Mayor Bloomberg indicated yesterday that he supports the idea of a smoking ban in parks and beaches, but has reservations about how it would be enforced.

“Nobody is more of a believer in saving lives and stopping smoking,” Bloomberg said. “In fact, we already ban smoking, for example, in playgrounds.”

Anti-Smoking Mike Dubious of Cigarette Arrests

By David Seifman for the New York Post

NEW YORK, NY — Mayor Bloomberg indicated yesterday that he supports the idea of a smoking ban in parks and beaches, but has reservations about how it would be enforced.

“Nobody is more of a believer in saving lives and stopping smoking,” Bloomberg said. “In fact, we already ban smoking, for example, in playgrounds.”

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Tamir Goodman, the “Jewish Jordan”, announced today his retirement from professional basketball during a press conference and fundraiser at the Jewish Children's Museum in Brooklyn, NY. Goodman, 27, who played his last season with the Maccabi Haifa professional basketball team (Israeli Premier League), has been named the Director of the Haifa Hoops for Kids charity program, an initiative spearheaded by Maccabi Haifa and United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ, which benefits underprivileged and special needs children in Israel.

“Jewish Jordan” Retires from Professional Basketball

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Tamir Goodman, the “Jewish Jordan”, announced today his retirement from professional basketball during a press conference and fundraiser at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Brooklyn, NY. Goodman, 27, who played his last season with the Maccabi Haifa professional basketball team (Israeli Premier League), has been named the Director of the Haifa Hoops for Kids charity program, an initiative spearheaded by Maccabi Haifa and United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ, which benefits underprivileged and special needs children in Israel.

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