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In the Jewish calendar, the month of Elul takes up its own, unique place. It is the end and completion of the Jewish calendar year and at the same time also the introduction and gateway to the approaching New Year beginning with Rosh Hashanah. In its capacity as the former, Elul serves as a time of “Tikkun” and “Teshuvah”, a time of correcting and completing the faulty and deficient. As the latter it serves as a time of preparing and readying man to enter the New Year in proper manner and fashion.

Chabad Marks Birthdate of Movement’s Founder

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In the Jewish calendar, the month of Elul takes up its own, unique place. It is the end and completion of the Jewish calendar year and at the same time also the introduction and gateway to the approaching New Year beginning with Rosh Hashanah. In its capacity as the former, Elul serves as a time of “Tikkun” and “Teshuvah”, a time of correcting and completing the faulty and deficient. As the latter it serves as a time of preparing and readying man to enter the New Year in proper manner and fashion.

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New Engagement!

Yossi Spalter (Weston, FL) Rochel Tenenbaum (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The JCM
New Engagement!

Sruli Michaan (Sao Paulo, Brazil) to Leah Lipskier (Atlanta, GA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Sruly Duchman (Crown Heights) to Mirel Schwartz (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Girl!

Shimon and Tova Wilmowsky from Remsen Village had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Laible Gurevitch (Crown Heights) and Rachel Yabra (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tuesday, Dec. 30th, 8:00pm at F.R.E.E. Shul

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Baby Girl!

Eliyahu and Chaya Mushka (nee Klein) Raitport from Brooklyn, NY had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Samuel Ben Nathan (Netanya, EY) to Haya Berreby (Paris, France)
New Engagement!

Mendel Lent (Dublin, Ireland) to Leah Haor (Baltimore, MD) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Yossi Abudarham (Buenos Aires, Argentina) to Haya Hasky (Paris, France) L’Chaim: Today, Thursday, 8:30pm at 565 Crown Street 2M
New Engagement!

Kasriel Shimon Khaytin (Crown Heights) to Shaina Rochel Wolkenfeld (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Dovid Nachshon Bronchtain (Berkley, CA) to Adi Brochi (Johannesburg, South Africa)
New Engagement!

Hallel Guetta (Jerusalem, EY) to Moussia Federman (US Virgin  Islands) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:30pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Mendel Raskin (Melbourne, Australia/Crown Heights) to Miriam Barber (Pittsburgh, PA)
New Engagement!

Eyal Levy (Paris, France) to Sarah Khan (Paris, France)
New Engagement!

Mendy Minkowitz (North Hollywood, CA) to Nechama Schapiro (Spring Valley, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Simcha Minsky (Crown Heights) to Surry Gurkov (Oceanside, NY) L’Chaim: Monday, Dec. 22nd, 8:00pm at Bison and Bourbon 191 7th Street, Brooklyn
New Engagement!

Mendel Baumgarten (Buenos Aires, Argentina) to Gitty Lishner (Crown Heights)
The Rebbe says:

1. Before the festival of Rosh Hashanah (the New Year) and the festival of Shavuos (the giving of the Torah) we read the “Tochachah” (the consequences or curses enumerated in the Torah for rejecting G-d’s word). The “Tochachah” before the festival of Shavuos is found in Parshas Bechukosai, and the “Tochachah” before the festival of Rosh Hashanah is found in Parshas Ki Savo (this week’s Torah portion).

2. The Rebbe explains the reason for reading the “Tochahah”:

Our Sages tell us that the “Tochachah” is actually not a punishment; it is a purification and cleansing process. In other words, hearing the Torah enumerating the harsh consequences for disobeying G-d’s word is a sobering experience where we shake off all our “dirt”.

The Weekly Sicha of the Rebbe – Parshas Ki Savo

The Rebbe says:

1. Before the festival of Rosh Hashanah (the New Year) and the festival of Shavuos (the giving of the Torah) we read the “Tochachah” (the consequences or curses enumerated in the Torah for rejecting G-d’s word). The “Tochachah” before the festival of Shavuos is found in Parshas Bechukosai, and the “Tochachah” before the festival of Rosh Hashanah is found in Parshas Ki Savo (this week’s Torah portion).

2. The Rebbe explains the reason for reading the “Tochahah”:

Our Sages tell us that the “Tochachah” is actually not a punishment; it is a purification and cleansing process. In other words, hearing the Torah enumerating the harsh consequences for disobeying G-d’s word is a sobering experience where we shake off all our “dirt”.

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Mazal Tov! – 8 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Noach and Dina (nee Elberg) Hurwitz.
IYH at 1523 President St [between Albany and Troy Ave].

Chaim Ber and Rochie Kaminker.
IYH at 421 Sterling St [between Brooklyn and New York Ave].

Shmueli and Esti (nee Eisenberg) Yarmush.
IYH at 735 Empire Blvd [between Albany and Troy Ave].

Mendi and Chani Labkowski.
IYH at 105 McNamara Rd, Spring Valley, NY 10977.

Gil and Shoshana Hami.
IYH at 17 Blueberry Hill Rd, Monsey, NY 10952.

Yossi and Goldie (nee Tenenbaum) Grossbaum.
IYH at 302 S Lexington Dr, Folsom, CA 95630.

Meir Simcha and Fraida (nee Shmukler) Rubashkin (Postville, IA) .

Levi and Itta (nee Gurary) Raskin.

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!!

Mazel Tov's
By Joshua Runyan for Chabad.org

Part of the infamous Station Fire could be seen one night tearing through the mountainside north of Foothill Boulevard in Glendale, Calif. (Photo: Steve Lyon)

Even as firefighters and state officials expressed guarded optimism Tuesday about their chances to contain a week-old wildfire that has consumed more than 120,000 acres north of Los Angeles, local residents remained scared. Evacuees pondered the fate of their homes, while others wondered if their turn to flee would be next.

Jewish Community Copes With Massive Southern California Fire

By Joshua Runyan for Chabad.org

Part of the infamous Station Fire could be seen one night tearing through the mountainside north of Foothill Boulevard in Glendale, Calif. (Photo: Steve Lyon)

Even as firefighters and state officials expressed guarded optimism Tuesday about their chances to contain a week-old wildfire that has consumed more than 120,000 acres north of Los Angeles, local residents remained scared. Evacuees pondered the fate of their homes, while others wondered if their turn to flee would be next.

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Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah is an organization that every single Chosson and/or Kallah in Crown Heights has heard of in the course of their engagement and wedding. The woman who stands behind it, Mrs. Devorah Benjamin is the driving force and the one that without her it could not survive.

For that CrownHeights.info would like to recognize and nominate Mrs. Benjamin as “Our Hero in our Community.” This nomination is for the UJC’s “Jewish Community Heros” where people can vote for their hero and the winner will be awarded $25,000, and in Devorah’s case, is money which we know will be used to help our Chassanim and Kallahs.

Click Here to vote for Devroah!

A Hero in our Jewish Community – Mrs. Devorah Benjamin

Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah is an organization that every single Chosson and/or Kallah in Crown Heights has heard of in the course of their engagement and wedding. The woman who stands behind it, Mrs. Devorah Benjamin is the driving force and the one that without her it could not survive.

For that CrownHeights.info would like to recognize and nominate Mrs. Benjamin as “Our Hero in our Community.” This nomination is for the UJC’s “Jewish Community Heros” where people can vote for their hero and the winner will be awarded $25,000, and in Devorah’s case, is money which we know will be used to help our Chassanim and Kallahs.

Click Here to vote for Devroah!

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NY Daily News

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — A jealous husband who thought his wife was cheating shot her twice in front of horrified onlookers on a busy Crown Heights street Tuesday, police and witnesses said.

Kaidan Ramsey, 22, desperately tried to escape her enraged husband, Lenox Ramsey, 25, after he followed her onto the campus at Medgar Evers College. He then chased her down Carroll St., grabbing her arm and screaming, “I got a gun, don't f--- with me!” witnesses said.

Brooklyn gun horror: Young wife shot and jealous husband nabbed as horrified passersby watch

NY Daily News

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — A jealous husband who thought his wife was cheating shot her twice in front of horrified onlookers on a busy Crown Heights street Tuesday, police and witnesses said.

Kaidan Ramsey, 22, desperately tried to escape her enraged husband, Lenox Ramsey, 25, after he followed her onto the campus at Medgar Evers College. He then chased her down Carroll St., grabbing her arm and screaming, “I got a gun, don’t f— with me!” witnesses said.

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by Yonit Tanenbaum - Chabad.org

Stories of Jewish immigrants throwing their tefillin overboard upon encountering the freedom and promise of life in the United States may be the stuff of legend, but for Mendel Aisenbach, a Chabad-Lubavitch Chasid from the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., such tales emphasize an important point: When they approached the Statue of Liberty, many of the tired and poor masses from across Europe – a good portion of them Jewish – pushed their identities to recesses deep inside in the quest to become Americans.

At Statue of Liberty, Jews Embrace Their Heritage

by Yonit Tanenbaum – Chabad.org

Stories of Jewish immigrants throwing their tefillin overboard upon encountering the freedom and promise of life in the United States may be the stuff of legend, but for Mendel Aisenbach, a Chabad-Lubavitch Chasid from the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., such tales emphasize an important point: When they approached the Statue of Liberty, many of the tired and poor masses from across Europe – a good portion of them Jewish – pushed their identities to recesses deep inside in the quest to become Americans.

Mivtzoim
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The following is a letter that was sent out through facebook a few weeks ago by a parent that is having difficulties enrolling her child into a Lubavitcher Cheder in Crown Heights. In this letter the parent pleads for help in having her child enrolled in a school.

Shalom Friends,

I guess at the end, almost everything boils down to being someone's financial dilemma. However, this letter is not addressing one of those dilemmas.

To spill it out, my wife and I are sending this message to whomever we believe might be able to assist me in any way. Boruch Hashem, Shalom, our oldest son, has outgrown the moisad/school in Flatbush which he attended, and he came to the point where he is ready to go a proper Cheder. Unfortunately, Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street as well as Oholei Torah is completely full, or so they tell us.

Op-Ed: Subject: Help please

The following is a letter that was sent out through facebook a few weeks ago by a parent that is having difficulties enrolling her child into a Lubavitcher Cheder in Crown Heights. In this letter the parent pleads for help in having her child enrolled in a school.

Shalom Friends,

I guess at the end, almost everything boils down to being someone’s financial dilemma. However, this letter is not addressing one of those dilemmas.

To spill it out, my wife and I are sending this message to whomever we believe might be able to assist me in any way. Boruch Hashem, Shalom, our oldest son, has outgrown the moisad/school in Flatbush which he attended, and he came to the point where he is ready to go a proper Cheder. Unfortunately, Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street as well as Oholei Torah is completely full, or so they tell us.

Op-Ed
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CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute I happy to present a Beautiful photo of the Rebbe giving L’chaim at a farbrengen marking the Previous Rebbe’s passing in 1972. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.org.

Picture of the Day! – A Unique Photo of the Rebbe!

CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute I happy to present a Beautiful photo of the Rebbe giving L’chaim at a farbrengen marking the Previous Rebbe’s passing in 1972. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.org.

Picture of the Day

Stinky city bus riders soon could get soaked. The Honolulu City Council is considering a bill that would impose up to a $500 fine and/or up to six months in jail for public transit passengers convicted of being too smelly.

Video – Honolulu Seeking to Fine Bus Riders With Offensive Body Odor

Stinky city bus riders soon could get soaked. The Honolulu City Council is considering a bill that would impose up to a $500 fine and/or up to six months in jail for public transit passengers convicted of being too smelly.

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