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Photo Gallery: MyShliach Melava Malkah

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — On Motzei Shabbos, MyShliach held an evening of appreciation for their dedicated volunteers, at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights. Those attending the evening were participants of MyShliach’s Caring Mentor Program, a program that connects shluchim’s children with volunteer mentors. Since its inception, the program’s objective has been to facilitate open communication between the children and their mentors. Each week, MyShliach’s mentors call up their assigned child to Farbreng, learn a Sicha, or simply encourage the child through difficult times.

More pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos By: Levi Teitelbaum)

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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)
Baby Boy!

Chezki and Mushkie Golowinski from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 539 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Avi Baitelman (Los Angeles, CA) to Mindy Neubort (Fair Lawn, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitch Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Menachem Forer (Toronto, Canada) to Sari Gottlib (Hillside, NJ) L’Chaim: Thursday, April 24th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Baby Boy!

Chaim and Bracha (nee Morozow) Rendler from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Esther (nee Tabari) Hyams from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Shmuly and Chaya (nee Lewin) Stone from Crown Heights had a baby boy!

The following is part two of a fascinating encounters that Daniel a member of the Chabad house in Antwerp experienced with the Rebbe, special thanks to Rabbi Shabtai Slavaticki and the editorial staff of the Avner institute for putting this together, to learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.blogspot.com

But I Have a Girlfriend Who is Not Jewish?

The following is part two of a fascinating encounters that Daniel a member of the Chabad house in Antwerp experienced with the Rebbe, special thanks to Rabbi Shabtai Slavaticki and the editorial staff of the Avner institute for putting this together, to learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.blogspot.com

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By John Marzulli for the Daily News

CROWN HEIGHTS — Federal probers found “highly dangerous” conditions in Kings County Hospital's psych ward and accused staffers of covering up the death of a patient who was ignored in the emergency room for 24 hours.

For nearly a year, the Justice Department has been looking into accusations patients were drugged and brutalized at the psych unit known as “G Building.”

Feds: ‘Highly Dangerous’ Conditions at Kings County Hospital

By John Marzulli for the Daily News

CROWN HEIGHTS — Federal probers found “highly dangerous” conditions in Kings County Hospital’s psych ward and accused staffers of covering up the death of a patient who was ignored in the emergency room for 24 hours.

For nearly a year, the Justice Department has been looking into accusations patients were drugged and brutalized at the psych unit known as “G Building.”

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Music City Hosts a Hakhel Shabbaton for 3 Southern Jewish Comunities

NASHVILLE, TN [CHI] — Last Shabbos, Chabad of Memphis, Tennessee, led by Rabbi Levi and Rivky Klein, Chabad of Nashville, Tennessee, led by Rabbi Yitzchok and Esther Tiechtel, and Chabad of Birmingham, Alabama, led by Rabbi Yossi and Frumie Posner, and Rabbi Yossi and Miriam Friedman, together with members of their respective communities gathered for a most memorable Shabbaton Retreat at the luxurious Loews Vanderbilt Hotel, in Nashville, Tennessee.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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By Chanee Grossbaum for Chabad.edu

Reuven Kasten and Tziporah Hoffman’s wedding took place outside of Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y.

BROOKLYN, NY — The wedding of Reuven Kasten and Tziporah Hoffman looked, at first glance, like a typical wedding of two Chabad-Lubavitch Chasidim. Standing beneath a wedding canopy in the pouring ran outside of Lubavitch World Headquarters in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., the bearded groom wore a hat, while the bride was bedecked in a flowing white gown and intricate veil.

Marriage Unites Campus Centers from Across America

By Chanee Grossbaum for Chabad.edu

Reuven Kasten and Tziporah Hoffman’s wedding took place outside of Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y.

BROOKLYN, NY — The wedding of Reuven Kasten and Tziporah Hoffman looked, at first glance, like a typical wedding of two Chabad-Lubavitch Chasidim. Standing beneath a wedding canopy in the pouring ran outside of Lubavitch World Headquarters in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., the bearded groom wore a hat, while the bride was bedecked in a flowing white gown and intricate veil.

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By Pam Pollan for the Telegram

Students from the Chabad Hebrew School display menorahs they made for Hanukkah. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

WESTBORO, MA — Chabad of Westboro is part of an international Jewish outreach organization.

“We try to make Judaism accessible to everyone. We have a whole different idea about Judaism than your average temple. Sometimes temples are trying to gather funds, and money has to be given. We just want Jews to feel welcome and comfortable wherever they’re at, in a nonjudgmental atmosphere,” said Dvora Green, who, with her husband, Rabbi Michoel Green, started the Westboro Chabad six years ago. The group invites people to come and share a Jewish experience and get involved, she said.

Chabad Makes Judaism Accessible

By Pam Pollan for the Telegram

Students from the Chabad Hebrew School display menorahs they made for Hanukkah. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

WESTBORO, MA — Chabad of Westboro is part of an international Jewish outreach organization.

“We try to make Judaism accessible to everyone. We have a whole different idea about Judaism than your average temple. Sometimes temples are trying to gather funds, and money has to be given. We just want Jews to feel welcome and comfortable wherever they’re at, in a nonjudgmental atmosphere,” said Dvora Green, who, with her husband, Rabbi Michoel Green, started the Westboro Chabad six years ago. The group invites people to come and share a Jewish experience and get involved, she said.

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Illustration Picture

BROOKLYN, NY - The first two of eight rowdies charged in a hate-fueled attack on a group of Jewish straphangers in Brooklyn on Chanukah 2007 took no-jail deals Friday.

Four more are slated to take similar deals next week, sources said.

Two in Chanukah Attack Cop Pleas to Avoid Jail

Illustration Picture

BROOKLYN, NY – The first two of eight rowdies charged in a hate-fueled attack on a group of Jewish straphangers in Brooklyn on Chanukah 2007 took no-jail deals Friday.

Four more are slated to take similar deals next week, sources said.

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Crown Heights.info together with the Avner Iinstitute is happy to present a unique of the Rebbe from a farbrengen of 1977. to learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.blogspot.com

Rebbe Picture! – Farbrengen 1977!

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Crown Heights.info together with the Avner Iinstitute is happy to present a unique of the Rebbe from a farbrengen of 1977. to learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.blogspot.com

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — In a statement late Friday afternoon Aguch and Merkos welcomed the news of the appeals court rejecting the appeal from Cong. Lubavitch, Inc. In the statement they accused CLI of ‘injecting themselves’ into the proceedings and Donald Kravet, an attorney for Merkos is “looking forward to the implementation of the Courts’ rulings” in the transferring control of 770 from CLI to Aguch and Merkos.

Full Statement in the Extended Article.

Statement from Aguch and Merkos followed Court Victory

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — In a statement late Friday afternoon Aguch and Merkos welcomed the news of the appeals court rejecting the appeal from Cong. Lubavitch, Inc. In the statement they accused CLI of ‘injecting themselves’ into the proceedings and Donald Kravet, an attorney for Merkos is “looking forward to the implementation of the Courts’ rulings” in the transferring control of 770 from CLI to Aguch and Merkos.

Full Statement in the Extended Article.

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Mazal Tov! – 7 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Yitzy and Etty (nee Pinson) Bogomilsky.
IYH at 1315 Carroll St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Avenues].

Levi and Batsheva (nee Junik) Browd.
IYH at 349 Crown St. back stairs Apt 3H [between Brooklyn and New York Avenues].

Daniel and Yedida Wolfe.
IYH at 537 Crown St. [betweem Kingston and Albany Avenues].

Mendy and Chaya Sara (nee Wayden) Blachman.
IYH at Bais Menachem Mendel 770 Lefferts Ave. [between Troy and Schenectady Avenues].

Levi and Rochel Leah (nee Raskin) Weitman (S. Palo Brazil)

Dov and Geula Newman.
IYH at 1952 S Robertson Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90034.

Please stay tuned as we update this list as 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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by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL
“They believed in G-d and in Moshe His servant” (Exodus 14:31)

Is Judaism a static or living, “breathing,” religion? To better explain the question: Has G-d, according to Jewish faith, revealed and communicated all the knowledge and guidance intended for man, albeit with eternal relevance, in some prior historic form and era, or does He continue to communicate and guide his people in “real time”?

This discussion may be larger than the scope of this essay and require further study. This of course, is highly encouraged. As for our conversation, the answer to the question is yes and no. How is that for rabbinical verdict?

What is meant by this, though, is that on some level everything has already been transmitted within the confines of the written and oral Torah. Still, on another level, as is evident from our Parsha, Divine guidance is as real and prevalent today as it has ever been. Let us explore this intriguing phenomenon.

Beshalach: Who Is Your Moshe? – The Vital Role of the “Rebbe” in Jewish Observance

by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL

“They believed in G-d and in Moshe His servant” (Exodus 14:31)

Is Judaism a static or living, “breathing,” religion? To better explain the question: Has G-d, according to Jewish faith, revealed and communicated all the knowledge and guidance intended for man, albeit with eternal relevance, in some prior historic form and era, or does He continue to communicate and guide his people in “real time”?

This discussion may be larger than the scope of this essay and require further study. This of course, is highly encouraged. As for our conversation, the answer to the question is yes and no. How is that for rabbinical verdict?

What is meant by this, though, is that on some level everything has already been transmitted within the confines of the written and oral Torah. Still, on another level, as is evident from our Parsha, Divine guidance is as real and prevalent today as it has ever been. Let us explore this intriguing phenomenon.

Something Jewish
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