CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Members of the Duchman family gathered in 770 this morning for a Minyan with Krias Hatorah followed by a Farbrengen marking their father Reb Yisroel HaLevi Duchman OBM’s 20th Yohrtzeit.
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Mr. “A.L.” lives in the Jewish community of Chicago. During the summer of 2007 he traveled 350 miles to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, for a three day business trip. Arriving shortly after 1:00pm, AL decided to “daven” (pray) the afternoon service before starting his appointments. His siddur (prayer book) had been packed together with his tefillin. He opened his suitcase and found the siddur, but noticed that his tefillin were absent. Frantically, he began searching everywhere throughout the interior of the car, the trunk, and his suitcase, but all to no avail.
AL was sure he had brought the tefillin with him, for he absolutely never leaves home without them. In fact, he had not missed a day of putting on tefillin in thirty-six years, so his present predicament had him feeling quite beside himself. Here he was, in a small mid-western city with no orthodox synagogue or rabbi (it was a three hundred mile round trip to the closest rabbi), and he needed a pair of tefillin for the next two days.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Refael and Chanale (nee Fellig) Harrel (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter, Yaffa.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute is proud to present a unique photo of the Rebbe during an audience with a group of political leaders in his room at 770. This room was the Rebbe’s private study from the day he arrived in the U.S. in 1941; it was here where he received thousands of visitors. Photo courtesy of the Rebbe Archive. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit: portraitofaleader.org.
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Roberta bas Edith
She is coming down with Swine Flu R”L
Today, Thursday the 6th of Iyar marks the 20th Yortzeit to the passing of Reb Yisroel HaLevi Duchman OBM. Reb Yisroel was known for his unique relationship with the Rebbe, and his special love and Ahavas Yisroel for every single Yid.
Reb Yisroel was a simple Chossid who never missed a day of davening in 770 with the Rebbe, which was highlighted by his Davening before the Omud on Simchas Torah.
May his Neshoma have an Aliyah.
Pictures from the L’Chaim of Sholly Refson (Leeds, UK) and Malya Bergstein (Oak Park, MI) Thursday at Bais Levi Yitzchak. Photos by BYK.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A heightened interest in last nights Shiur entitled “Tznius, what can I do?” was already noticed in the comments on a post CrownHeights.info published on Tuesday evening, which announced the upcoming Shiur organized by Yagdil Torah, and was confirmed by the ‘full house’ that attended.
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COTTAGE GROVE, MN [CHI] — A Minnesota woman sent a letter to her local paper thanking her ‘heroes’, local Chabad Bochurim. The Bochurim helped her get her car moving in the snow. The letter was published in the South Washington County Bulletin. She goes on in the letter how the Yeshiva, known as ‘My Yeshiva’ is doing a great job raising these Bochurim.
Read the Full Letter in the Extended Article!
Taharas Hamishpacha Int’l (THI), Mikvah.org proudly announces the launch of My Mikvah Calendar @ www.mikvah.org/calendar. My Mikvah Calendar revolutionizes the observance of the Jewish couples’ personal calendar.
Thirty five years of expertise and involvement in the laws and customs of Taharas Hamishpacha plus ten years of perfecting our popular printed “Jewish Woman’s Personal Calendar” have enabled us to create a state of the art comprehensive online personal calendar for the discerning Jewish couple.
Living Torah continues to surprise! In what may be Living Torah’s most captivating Sicha yet, the Rebbe speaks in 1961 about JFK’s launch of the United States Peace Corps to do humanitarian aid around the world. The Rebbe uses Kennedy’s talk to explain his plan of dispatching Shluchim to the far corners of the world.
As mentioned earlier, JEM has embarked on a worldwide “Living Torah-thon” to elicit the support of its many thousands of viewers around the world.
Take part at www.LivingTorah.org
OGDENSBURG, NY – The city has reached a deal for the sale of the kosher cheese plant at 30 Main St.
City Manager Arthur J. Sciorra negotiated an agreement to sell the land, equipment and building for $900,000 to Toobro LLC., owned by Menachem and Schneur Bistritzky. The city council still needs to approve the agreement. The city council set a public hearing for 7 p.m. May 11 to discuss the sale.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Every year, long before the Shluchim from around the world come together in Crown Heights for the Kinus Hashluchim, there is a lot of time and effort that has to go into the planning and arranging the success of what has become the greatest conference in the world in many ways.
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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Efrayim Eliyahu Sherman (Goshen, NY) and Menucha Leah Rogers (Danvers, MA) on their engagement.
Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
Rabbi Anchelle Perl, Director of Chabad of Mineola, NY is suggesting practical ways fight the swine flu, following the first death in the US. One suggestion, is to make a spiritual vessel for good health, as the Rebbe instructed. Another is a prayer for protection for good health, from the ChiDA-Rabbi Chaim Joseph David Azulai.
The two rabbis have an easy, natural rapport. Like family members, they sometimes finish each other’s sentences, or cut each other off, or jump in with a word of praise. They share simhas and sadness. Their relationship is both personal and professional; it extends to their families and their congregations.
And while that kind of friendship can be difficult to attain even among rabbis of the same denomination, Rabbi Shalom Lubin and Rabbi Ron Kaplan are about as far apart, theologically speaking, as two rabbis can be.
Lubin, who runs the Chabad of Southeast Morris County in Madison, is an emissary of Chabad Lubavitch, the hasidic movement steeped in deeply traditional Orthodoxy.
TALLAHASSEE, FL [CHI] — Governor Charlie Crist today signed Senate Bill 813, removing the terms “shylock” and “shylocking” from Florida’s laws about unlawful moneylending. The terms were introduced into Florida statutes during the 1969 legislative session.
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