Mazal Tov! – 8 Sholom Zochors this Week!
Shloimie and Dina Deutch (Shluchim to Samara, Russia) .
IYH at 24 Balfour Pl [between Empire Blvd and Lefferts Ave, Click Here for Map].
Nachum and Dina (nee Gottlieb) Sasonkin.
IYH at 675 Empire Blvd, Apt 1C [corner Albany Ave].
Efraim and Chanie Gershowitz.
IYH at 575 East New York Ave [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
Yitzchok and Nechama Dina Bergstein (Crown Heights) .
Yakov and Elisheva (nee Raymon) Kirschenbaum (Shluchim to Manhattan) .
Sholom Ber and Chani (nee Wilansky) Goldstein (Elizabeth, NJ) .
Shmuli and Hudi Bernstein.
IYH at 50 Faye Ct, Vaughan, Canada.
Shmuel and Rivki (nee Procel) Karnowsky.
IYH at 166 Alma Rd, St Kilda East VIC 3183, Australia.
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.
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Starting the first night of Pesach at the Seder people began falling ill with gastrointestinal symptoms including vomiting, diarrhea and dehydration. A significant number of those who fell ill sought medical attention at the Littleton General Hospital who in turn alerted the New Hampshire Health and Human Services fearing some sort of outbreak.
The incident broke out at the Home Style Pesach getaway in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, where approximately 150 were attending. The New Hampshire Health and Human Services reported to the hotel and took samples of the prepared foods while instructing the rest be disposed of, but there was no fear for a widespread outbreak and health officials did not shut down the event.
Lubavitchers Hospitalized During Pesach Getaway
FRANCONIA, NH [CHI] — More than 70 people attending a Pesach getaway in Franconia, New Hampshire became sick after eating food prepared by others attending the getaway, initial cause was determined to be by salmonella.
Starting the first night of Pesach at the Seder people began falling ill with gastrointestinal symptoms including vomiting, diarrhea and dehydration. A significant number of those who fell ill sought medical attention at the Littleton General Hospital who in turn alerted the New Hampshire Health and Human Services fearing some sort of outbreak.
The incident broke out at the Home Style Pesach getaway in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, where approximately 150 were attending. The New Hampshire Health and Human Services reported to the hotel and took samples of the prepared foods while instructing the rest be disposed of, but there was no fear for a widespread outbreak and health officials did not shut down the event.
Mazal Tov! – it’s A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Avrom and Esther Chakoff (Brooklyn, NY) on the birth of a daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
DES MOINES, IA [AP] — A former human resources manager arrested after a massive immigration raid at an Iowa kosher slaughterhouse has pleaded guilty to federal immigration charges.
On Monday, Elizabeth Billmeyer, of Postville, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of conspiracy to harbor undocumented aliens for profit and one count of knowingly accepting false resident alien cards.
Agriprocessors Manager Pleads Guilty
DES MOINES, IA [AP] — A former human resources manager arrested after a massive immigration raid at an Iowa kosher slaughterhouse has pleaded guilty to federal immigration charges.
On Monday, Elizabeth Billmeyer, of Postville, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of conspiracy to harbor undocumented aliens for profit and one count of knowingly accepting false resident alien cards.
NEW YORK [NY1] — City taxi officials are calling all riders, drivers and technology firms as they search for high-tech ways to improve cab service.
The Taxi and Limousine Commission wants to take full advantage of the Taxicab Passenger Enhancement Program, which has already resulted in credit card machines, backseat video screens and automatic trip data collection.
TLC to Silence Cabbies With Cell Phone Blockers
NEW YORK [NY1] — City taxi officials are calling all riders, drivers and technology firms as they search for high-tech ways to improve cab service.
The Taxi and Limousine Commission wants to take full advantage of the Taxicab Passenger Enhancement Program, which has already resulted in credit card machines, backseat video screens and automatic trip data collection.
ARLINGTON, VA [AP] — Faced with rising numbers of complaints to city information lines and increasingly frustrated landlords, hotel chains and housing authorities, the Environmental Protection Agency hosted its first-ever bedbug summit Tuesday.
EPA Looks for Ways to Not Let the Bedbugs Bite
ARLINGTON, VA [AP] — Faced with rising numbers of complaints to city information lines and increasingly frustrated landlords, hotel chains and housing authorities, the Environmental Protection Agency hosted its first-ever bedbug summit Tuesday.
NEW YORK [JTA] — The United States and Israel will hold a joint military exercise to test three missile defense systems, the Jerusalem Post reported.
The exercise, called Juniper Cobra, will be held in Israel later this year and will test the newly developed Arrow 2, as well as America's THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) and the ship-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System.
US Israel Holding Major Military Exercise
NEW YORK [JTA] — The United States and Israel will hold a joint military exercise to test three missile defense systems, the Jerusalem Post reported.
The exercise, called Juniper Cobra, will be held in Israel later this year and will test the newly developed Arrow 2, as well as America’s THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) and the ship-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System.
Uruguay Thanks G-D for Creating the World
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay [CHI] — On Erev Pesach over 500 people gathered in Montevideo for Birchas Hachama. An airplane flew overhead with a sign that read ‘gracias d-s por la creacion’ which translates into ‘thank g-d for the creation’ was a very pleasant surprise to all present. A diploma was handed to the person which lived through most birchas hachamas, in this case a man by the age of 84, which experienced his 4th one. The event was organized by the Shliach in Uruguay Rabbi Eliezer Shemtov.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
CORAL SPRINGS, FL [CHI] — Due to the amazing hatzlacha of our first year, and the applications that have come from all over, including other Mesivtas; we are opening a Shiur Beis. Hoping to replicate the passion and vitality of our existing Hanhala, we searched for a dynamic and personable Mashpia. After countless interviews with many capable yungerleit, we are excited to announce that Rabbi Yossi Raichik, will be joining our existing Hanhala of Rabbis Chaim Dovid Janowski (Rosh Yeshiva), Yankie Denburg (Mashpia), and Yankie Sheinberger (Menahel).
Coral Springs Mesivta Hires New Mashpia for Shiur Beis
CORAL SPRINGS, FL [CHI] — Due to the amazing hatzlacha of our first year, and the applications that have come from all over, including other Mesivtas; we are opening a Shiur Beis. Hoping to replicate the passion and vitality of our existing Hanhala, we searched for a dynamic and personable Mashpia. After countless interviews with many capable yungerleit, we are excited to announce that Rabbi Yossi Raichik, will be joining our existing Hanhala of Rabbis Chaim Dovid Janowski (Rosh Yeshiva), Yankie Denburg (Mashpia), and Yankie Sheinberger (Menahel).
This video filmed in German by SWR Fernsehen, a popular TV station in Germany; reporting about a Chabad Seder in the city of Karlsruhe near the French border. The Shliach, Rabbi Mordechai Mendelson is seen in the video being interviewed in German just a minutes before the Seder.
German TV Video Report on Chabad Seder
This video filmed in German by SWR Fernsehen, a popular TV station in Germany; reporting about a Chabad Seder in the city of Karlsruhe near the French border. The Shliach, Rabbi Mordechai Mendelson is seen in the video being interviewed in German just a minutes before the Seder.
Hundreds of children and teachers from all over the world come to this school every morning. After entering the building, they proceed down a long corridor from which girls split into one classroom and boys into another.
A picture of the late Menachem M. Schneerson hangs on the wall and the blackboard is inscribed with the motto “We Want Moshiach Now!”
Haaretz on the Growing Young Shluchim Online School
Hundreds of children and teachers from all over the world come to this school every morning. After entering the building, they proceed down a long corridor from which girls split into one classroom and boys into another.
A picture of the late Menachem M. Schneerson hangs on the wall and the blackboard is inscribed with the motto “We Want Moshiach Now!”
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shloimie and Dina Deutch (Shluchim to Samara, Russia) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
New York's Madison Square Garden is used to hosting the home games of the New York Knicks and concerts by performers like Paul McCartney and Bryan Adams. But on a cool night in early March, the hall was filled with thousands of young skullcap-wearing men and ultra-Orthodox women in wigs, who listened and cheered to the strains of Hasidic music.
Starring at the event were singers Mordechai Ben David, Lipa Schmeltzer and Dedi Graucher. The three sang their top hits, based on words from Jewish sources. A similar event was supposed to be held last year before Purim, but a delegation of Israeli Haredi activists turned to the major ultra-Orthodox rabbis and even sent representatives to the homes of rabbis in the United States, to convince them to issue a ban on the performance; the efforts were successful.
The New Black Music – A Look into the Jewish Music
New York’s Madison Square Garden is used to hosting the home games of the New York Knicks and concerts by performers like Paul McCartney and Bryan Adams. But on a cool night in early March, the hall was filled with thousands of young skullcap-wearing men and ultra-Orthodox women in wigs, who listened and cheered to the strains of Hasidic music.
Starring at the event were singers Mordechai Ben David, Lipa Schmeltzer and Dedi Graucher. The three sang their top hits, based on words from Jewish sources. A similar event was supposed to be held last year before Purim, but a delegation of Israeli Haredi activists turned to the major ultra-Orthodox rabbis and even sent representatives to the homes of rabbis in the United States, to convince them to issue a ban on the performance; the efforts were successful.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yaakov and Orly (nee Elisha) Nadler (Livingston, NJ) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
NPR Radio Reporting at Birchas Hachama in Maryland
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GAITHERSBURG, MD [CHI] — Over 150 people attended the Birchas Hachama ceremony at Chabad of Upper Montgomery County, including a reporter from NPR news. In attendance was Gaithersburg Council Member Ryan Spegal who also took part at the burning the Chometz.
Few More Pictures in the Extended Article!
Don’t convince yourself that you can live off the fat of the land and reside in these few blocks. Here you have radio and television, fresh milk every day, you can shower twice a day; there is no shortage of kosher milk and kosher bread, and you can serve God here and remain here. Listen! There is a ‘desolate land,’ which is thus far undeveloped spiritually. There are Jews there who don’t even know that they lack anything. You had the unearned privilege to be brought up with Torah and mitzvahs: ‘How lucky we are, how good is our lot.’ Be there for a day, a week, a month, a year, ten years. You won’t have nice clothes and a comfortable home? The Jews in the places you are going also manage without them. Why should you be better? Perhaps they’re better than you. If you have not used your treasures for this, it must bother you. And if you are not pained, then you are lacking in your love of God.The quote appears in a lengthy piece in New York magazine that, aside from being a pretty astonishing piece of writing, offers the fullest portrait of Gabi and Rivki Holtzberg, the Chabad emissaries killed in Mumbai in November, ever committed to print.
The Secret to Chabad Shlichus Success
Here the Rebbe is enjoining his flock:
Don’t convince yourself that you can live off the fat of the land and reside in these few blocks. Here you have radio and television, fresh milk every day, you can shower twice a day; there is no shortage of kosher milk and kosher bread, and you can serve God here and remain here. Listen! There is a ‘desolate land,’ which is thus far undeveloped spiritually. There are Jews there who don’t even know that they lack anything. You had the unearned privilege to be brought up with Torah and mitzvahs: ‘How lucky we are, how good is our lot.’ Be there for a day, a week, a month, a year, ten years. You won’t have nice clothes and a comfortable home? The Jews in the places you are going also manage without them. Why should you be better? Perhaps they’re better than you. If you have not used your treasures for this, it must bother you. And if you are not pained, then you are lacking in your love of God.
The quote appears in a lengthy piece in New York magazine that, aside from being a pretty astonishing piece of writing, offers the fullest portrait of Gabi and Rivki Holtzberg, the Chabad emissaries killed in Mumbai in November, ever committed to print.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — This thief couldn’t get any dumber. First he breaks into a car on Eastern Parkway in front of three witnesses, then attempted to evade capture by knocking on doors, asking to be let in for a glass of water because he was thirsty.
The thief, a Black male in his 30’s, approached a white sedan parked in the service lane on Eastern Parkway and Brooklyn Avenue at approximately 9:30pm. He smashed the drivers window of the car, reached in a took a bag, a GPS navigation unit and other assorted items. He then casually walked away, towards Albany Avenue.
More in the Extended Article.
Dumb Thief Nabbed after Robbing Car on Eastern Parkway
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — This thief couldn’t get any dumber. First he breaks into a car on Eastern Parkway in front of three witnesses, then attempted to evade capture by knocking on doors, asking to be let in for a glass of water because he was thirsty.
The thief, a Black male in his 30’s, approached a white sedan parked in the service lane on Eastern Parkway and Brooklyn Avenue at approximately 9:30pm. He smashed the drivers window of the car, reached in a took a bag, a GPS navigation unit and other assorted items. He then casually walked away, towards Albany Avenue.
More in the Extended Article.
