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Chabad.org

An Ask the Rabbi scholar conducts research in the Brooklyn, N.Y., office of Chabad.org.

In the lead-up to Passover, Jews scattered across the globe turned to the Internet to answer their holiday-related questions on everything from the proper arrangement of a Seder plate to the deeper meanings of freedom.

Scholars Around the World Respond to Increasing Flurry of Questions

Chabad.org

An Ask the Rabbi scholar conducts research in the Brooklyn, N.Y., office of Chabad.org.

In the lead-up to Passover, Jews scattered across the globe turned to the Internet to answer their holiday-related questions on everything from the proper arrangement of a Seder plate to the deeper meanings of freedom.

Chabad News
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New Engagement!

Moti Kuperman (Moscow, Russia) to Sharona Kulski (Paris, France)
New Engagement!

Yaakov Hirsch (Coral Springs, FL) to Chani Salami (Beverly Hills, CA)
New Engagement!

Mendy Holtzberg (Monterey, CA) to Leah Schmerling (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 14th, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Lippy and Mushky Kosofsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yisroel and Nechama Dina Silberstrom from Remsen Village, Brooklyn had a baby boy.
Baby Boy!

Zalmy and Shevy Tauby from Toronto, Canada had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Kovi and Rivky (nee Danzinger) Raksin from Hollywood Florida had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Chaim Uziel Starik (Vienna, Austria) to Batsheva Spivak (Pembroke Pines, FL)
New Engagement!

Zalman Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Lea Dukes (Santiago, Chile) L’Chaim: Monday, May 5th, 7:00pm at 9400 NW 4th Street, Coral Springs, FL
New Engagement!

Yossi Gutnick (Sydney, Australia) to Chaya Eisnebach (Northwest, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, at the Garden House 1386 S. John’s Pl
Baby Boy!

Yaakov and Shevi (nee Katzman) Behrman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Moishe and Frayda (nee Aber) Scheinfeld from Brooklyn, NY had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yermi and Daniella Liam (nee Pohlman) Kurkus from Lake Lure, NC had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Kalmenson (Crown Heights) to Chanale Baitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Zevi Jacobson (De Moines, IA) to Ita Gurevitch (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Sruli Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Adina Izgelov (Milwaukee, WI) L’Chaim: Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Shlomo Werde (Crown Heights) to Gila Bensusan (London, UK)
Rabbi Chaim and his wife Aidel (nee Blau) Zaklos of Crown Heights will IYH be moving out on Shlichus to Solano County, CA where they will be establishing a new Chabad House serving the needs of the local Jewish residents in the communities of Vacaville, Fairfield and Vallejo.

The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Shlomo Cunin, head Shliach of California.

Special thanks to Rabbi Mendy Cohen of Sacramento, Rabbi Elchonon Tenenbaum of Napa and Rabbi Raleigh Resnick of Pleasanton for making the Shlichus a reality.

CrownHeights.info wishes the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

You can email the new Shluchim at rabbichaimzaklos@gmail.com

New Shluchim to California!

Rabbi Chaim and his wife Aidel (nee Blau) Zaklos of Crown Heights will IYH be moving out on Shlichus to Solano County, CA where they will be establishing a new Chabad House serving the needs of the local Jewish residents in the communities of Vacaville, Fairfield and Vallejo.

The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Shlomo Cunin, head Shliach of California.

Special thanks to Rabbi Mendy Cohen of Sacramento, Rabbi Elchonon Tenenbaum of Napa and Rabbi Raleigh Resnick of Pleasanton for making the Shlichus a reality.

CrownHeights.info wishes the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

You can email the new Shluchim at rabbichaimzaklos@gmail.com

Shlichus
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In connection with the Rebbes message of Chof Ches Nisson, now is the perfect time to take part in the Mivtzah of Limud Torah. In order to meet the growing demand of new members signing up to JNet, now is a great opportunity for you to be a part of this great Shlichus.

More in the Extended Article!

What is the message of Chof Ches Nisson?

In connection with the Rebbes message of Chof Ches Nisson, now is the perfect time to take part in the Mivtzah of Limud Torah. In order to meet the growing demand of new members signing up to JNet, now is a great opportunity for you to be a part of this great Shlichus.

More in the Extended Article!

Shlichus
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A foggy and misty opening day for the Crown Heights Softball League started with a mercy victory in an 11 to nothing shutout by the Kloppers in game 1 and a Heifers victory over the Mulles with a final score of 12 to 10.

More pictures in the Extneded Article!

Opening Game: Kloppers vs Skullcaps 11-0, Heifers vs Mulles 12-10

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A foggy and misty opening day for the Crown Heights Softball League started with a mercy victory in an 11 to nothing shutout by the Kloppers in game 1 and a Heifers victory over the Mulles with a final score of 12 to 10.

More pictures in the Extneded Article!

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Jpost

“These days I look upon you as my own personal rabbi,” wrote Roger H., in an e-mail to the Ask the Rabbi team at Chabad.org, a popular Internet site for Jewish content. “You have never forgotten me and every time you write I feel as if my soul has been kindled anew.”

In this post-modern age of virtual reality, in which Jews are not the only world citizens and extreme individualism has resulted in the disintegration of communities, a good Internet site sometimes stands in for a concrete synagogue and a flesh-and blood rabbi, especially in places where there are none.

For Chabad.org, Failure is not an Option

Jpost

“These days I look upon you as my own personal rabbi,” wrote Roger H., in an e-mail to the Ask the Rabbi team at Chabad.org, a popular Internet site for Jewish content. “You have never forgotten me and every time you write I feel as if my soul has been kindled anew.”

In this post-modern age of virtual reality, in which Jews are not the only world citizens and extreme individualism has resulted in the disintegration of communities, a good Internet site sometimes stands in for a concrete synagogue and a flesh-and blood rabbi, especially in places where there are none.

Chabad News
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North County Times

Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort of Chabad La Costa, seen here in a file photo reading from the Torah, is helping organize a new program to provide evening education about the Jewish faith and culture. (file photo)

ENCINITAS, CA — About 100,000 Jews live in San Diego County, yet at least 70 percent are unaffiliated with any formal Jewish institution, said Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort of Chabad at La Costa.

“That's a big problem,” the rabbi said. “There is something wrong, some disconnect.”

Annex Offering Jewish Education ‘A La Carte’

North County Times

Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort of Chabad La Costa, seen here in a file photo reading from the Torah, is helping organize a new program to provide evening education about the Jewish faith and culture. (file photo)

ENCINITAS, CA — About 100,000 Jews live in San Diego County, yet at least 70 percent are unaffiliated with any formal Jewish institution, said Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort of Chabad at La Costa.

“That’s a big problem,” the rabbi said. “There is something wrong, some disconnect.”

Shlichus
NY Times
NEW YORK — State regulators on Tuesday approved a $523.4 million one-year increase in Consolidated Edison’s rates for delivering electric service. Typical residential customers will see an increase in their monthly bill of about $6 in New York and about $8 in Westchester County.

Critics of the utility decried the decision, saying it would harm economically vulnerable customers as the region struggles through a recession. Con Edison said it was disappointed by the decision, saying there was not enough money for essential infrastructure maintenance.

The State Public Service Commission also authorized raising $198 million through a temporary surcharge on bills to pay for state-mandated assessments, for a total increase of $721.4 million. The overall increase on electricity bills will be 6.1 percent across the Con Edison system.

Regulators Grant Con Edison a $523.4 Million Increase in Delivery Rates

NY Times

NEW YORK — State regulators on Tuesday approved a $523.4 million one-year increase in Consolidated Edison’s rates for delivering electric service. Typical residential customers will see an increase in their monthly bill of about $6 in New York and about $8 in Westchester County.

Critics of the utility decried the decision, saying it would harm economically vulnerable customers as the region struggles through a recession. Con Edison said it was disappointed by the decision, saying there was not enough money for essential infrastructure maintenance.

The State Public Service Commission also authorized raising $198 million through a temporary surcharge on bills to pay for state-mandated assessments, for a total increase of $721.4 million. The overall increase on electricity bills will be 6.1 percent across the Con Edison system.

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by Baila Olidort - lubavitch.com
Among the poets in Israel’s literary circles, many quietly remembered Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky on Tuesday (April 21) 27 Nissan. That Zelda, as she was simply called, died (in 1984) on the same day designated by the state of Israel as Holocaust Remembrance day, is in itself poetic; her poetry, for which she received the Bialik and Brenner Prizes in literature, speaks of death and darkness but also of renewal and transcendence.

Born in Ukraine in 1914, Zelda was the daughter Rabbi Sholom Shlomo and Rachel Schneurson. Her father was a brother of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, father of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, making Zelda first cousins with the Rebbe.

Zelda’s mother Rachel, was the daughter of a distinguished Chasid, Rabbi Dovid Tzvi Chen, who also descended from a long line of Chabad rabbis. In 1928, she immigrated with her family to Israel. Her father died shortly afterwards. In 1950, at age 36, she married Chayim Aryeh Mishkovsky.

Zelda: Remembering an Israeli Poet

by Baila Olidort – lubavitch.com

Among the poets in Israel’s literary circles, many quietly remembered Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky on Tuesday (April 21) 27 Nissan. That Zelda, as she was simply called, died (in 1984) on the same day designated by the state of Israel as Holocaust Remembrance day, is in itself poetic; her poetry, for which she received the Bialik and Brenner Prizes in literature, speaks of death and darkness but also of renewal and transcendence.

Born in Ukraine in 1914, Zelda was the daughter Rabbi Sholom Shlomo and Rachel Schneurson. Her father was a brother of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, father of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, making Zelda first cousins with the Rebbe.

Zelda’s mother Rachel, was the daughter of a distinguished Chasid, Rabbi Dovid Tzvi Chen, who also descended from a long line of Chabad rabbis. In 1928, she immigrated with her family to Israel. Her father died shortly afterwards. In 1950, at age 36, she married Chayim Aryeh Mishkovsky.

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