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By Kobi Nahshoni for YNetNews

British rabbi complains of 'foreign presence' in his new house; congregation members say ghost belongs to founder of local synagogue

LONDON, UK — The Rabbinical Centre of Europe tackles complicated halachic questions sent by the rabbis of the continent on a daily basis. But nothing prepared the RCE for a recent query by a London rabbi, who sought the center's help in getting rid of a ghost he said was dwelling in his new residence.

Rabbi Spooked by Ghost Seeks Help

By Kobi Nahshoni for YNetNews

British rabbi complains of ‘foreign presence’ in his new house; congregation members say ghost belongs to founder of local synagogue

LONDON, UK — The Rabbinical Centre of Europe tackles complicated halachic questions sent by the rabbis of the continent on a daily basis. But nothing prepared the RCE for a recent query by a London rabbi, who sought the center’s help in getting rid of a ghost he said was dwelling in his new residence.

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New Engagement!

Menny Leitner (Monsey, NY) to Bracha Goldberg (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, July 20th, 7:30pm at Bais Yosef Meir Simcha Hall 19 Olympia Ln, Monsey
New Engagement!

Mendy Sulami (Los Angeles, CA) to Aidel Spielman (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Tsvi Feygin  (Teaneck, NJ) to Faigy Kahn (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Shmuel Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Esther Leeba Eidelman (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Downstairs
Baby Boy!

Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shalom Alon (Kfar Gidon, EY) to Bluma Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Jack Abramson (NW4, London, UK) to Shayna Ash (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Soro (nee Brennan) Manne from Penn Wynne, PA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Chein (Toulouse, France) to Chanale Greenberg (Shanghai, China) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at 695 East New York Ave
New Engagement!

Schneur Motchkin (Crown Heights) to Sarah Schmukler (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Shmayah Schechter (Miami Beach, FL) to Bella Kimball (West Hartford, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 7:30pm at Chabad of Greater Hartford 2352 Albany Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06117
Baby Girl!

Shneur and Sara (nee Heber) polter from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yonah Galili (Toronto, Canada) to Ora Zuckerman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, July 7th, 8:00pm at Bais Avraham Yitzchak 305 Remsen Ave
Baby Boy!

Dovid and Baila (nee Spielman) Vogel from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yechezkel Markovitch (Kiev, Ukraine) to Layah Carlbach (Montreal, Canada)
New Engagement!

Meir Manssouri (Los Angeles, CA) to Raizy Altschul (Chicago, IL)

RAMALLAH [AFP] — An Israeli and a group of Palestinians last week set aside their differences in order to carry out an armed bank robbery, Palestinian police said Sunday.

The heist at a bank in the Israeli-occupied West Bank town of Ramallah on Tuesday was carried out by six armed gunmen who made off with some 30,000 dollars, according to security officials.

Israeli and Palestinians Unite to Rob a Bank

RAMALLAH [AFP] — An Israeli and a group of Palestinians last week set aside their differences in order to carry out an armed bank robbery, Palestinian police said Sunday.

The heist at a bank in the Israeli-occupied West Bank town of Ramallah on Tuesday was carried out by six armed gunmen who made off with some 30,000 dollars, according to security officials.

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From the Safer Haminhagim: [Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, usually after Shacharis,] one reads the passage [from Bamidbar 7-8:4] that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. [In common parlance, each day's passage itself is often referred to as “the Nasi.”] This daily reading is followed by the prayer which opens with the words yehi ratzon (and which appears in Siddur Torah Or [as well as in Siddur Tehillat HaShem, p. 371]). This prayer is recited even by a Kohen or a Levi [despite its seeming relevance only to tribes other than the Tribe of Levi]. [284]

To see the rest of the text of the Nasi click the Extended Article!

Did you say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Yom Hey)

From the Safer Haminhagim: [Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, usually after Shacharis,] one reads the passage [from Bamidbar 7-8:4] that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. [In common parlance, each day’s passage itself is often referred to as “the Nasi.”] This daily reading is followed by the prayer which opens with the words yehi ratzon (and which appears in Siddur Torah Or [as well as in Siddur Tehillat HaShem, p. 371]). This prayer is recited even by a Kohen or a Levi [despite its seeming relevance only to tribes other than the Tribe of Levi]. [284]

To see the rest of the text of the Nasi click the Extended Article!

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Tonight, Monday, March 30, 2009, at 8:00 pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson will deliver a special global webcast: Here Comes the Sun – Part One, a fascinating journey into a once-in-a-28-year-experience, the blessing for the sun, exploring the scientific, halachik, spiritual and psychological dimensions. Don’t miss this once-in-a-28-year lecture. The class will have an accompanying curriculum which you can download.

To watch, please visit www.TheYeshiva.net
To listen via telephone, please call: 1-616-347-8000. Access code: 1007852#

Tonight! Once-In-a-28-Year Lecture & New Essay!


Tonight, Monday, March 30, 2009, at 8:00 pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson will deliver a special global webcast: Here Comes the Sun – Part One, a fascinating journey into a once-in-a-28-year-experience, the blessing for the sun, exploring the scientific, halachik, spiritual and psychological dimensions. Don’t miss this once-in-a-28-year lecture. The class will have an accompanying curriculum which you can download.

To watch, please visit www.TheYeshiva.net
To listen via telephone, please call: 1-616-347-8000. Access code: 1007852#

PSA

His First Mezuzah – Mivtzoim in Yehupitzvil

You thought Yehupitz was a mythical place. It isn’t. It’s in Hastings, Minnesota, a twenty minute drive from the Yeshiva High School of the Twin Cities in Cottage Grove, Minnesota. As Yehupitz’s go, this one doesn’t have many if any Jews. And out of this Yehupitz came Deke, a Coffee shop owner whose Jewish name is Chaim Branchaud-Linsk, a Jew from North Minneapolis.

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Photos: Crown Heights Rejoices with new Sefer Torah

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Today, Sunday there was a Siyum and Hachnosas Sefer Torah memory of HaRav HaChossid Reb Mordechai HaKohen Rivkin AH. The final letters were written this afternoon at the Rivkin residence on Crown St, following which the Sefer Torah was escorted by hundreds of Crown Heights residence in dance to 770 where Hakafos were held.

Many more pictures in the Extended Article!

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A Victory Not Counted on the Scoreboard

By Philip Read for the Star-Ledger

Dan Caplan shoots during the game along side Coach Bob Wasilak who has been drilling his team of teenagers with special needs on the art of dribbling and shooting all to take to the basketball court against the mighty Jaguars of the Kushner Academy part of Chabad Friendship Circle’s “Teen Scene Basketball League” in their first official game on March 16, 2009.

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Friendship Circle has had its first official game. The team, whose 14 teenage and young adult players have special needs, had practiced for seven weeks in basketball clinics that are part of the group’s Teen Scene program. Its opponent was the Jaguars, a group of middle school kids from Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy.

Shlichus

BONDI, Australia [AJN] — In a desperate bid to broker a deal, Bondi Mizrachi Synagogue’s embattled Rabbi Moshe Gutnick is seeking a court order to block an upcoming vote that will make his position redundant and force the matter before a Jewish court.

On Tuesday, lawyers for Rabbi Gutnick filed an application with the NSW Supreme Court seeking a declaration to have conditions over his employment mediated before a beth din.

Rabbi Goes to Court to Block Shul Vote

BONDI, Australia [AJN] — In a desperate bid to broker a deal, Bondi Mizrachi Synagogue’s embattled Rabbi Moshe Gutnick is seeking a court order to block an upcoming vote that will make his position redundant and force the matter before a Jewish court.

On Tuesday, lawyers for Rabbi Gutnick filed an application with the NSW Supreme Court seeking a declaration to have conditions over his employment mediated before a beth din.

Jewish News

In honor of the second JLI Unity Lecture that was held on Sunday March 29, a new video by Chaim Fogelman was produced, released and shown for the hundreds of locations that were tuned in. The video conveys the message of our unity, hope and belief and is very appropriate for our times.

Chaim Fogelman Music Video! – “I Believe”!

In honor of the second JLI Unity Lecture that was held on Sunday March 29, a new video by Chaim Fogelman was produced, released and shown for the hundreds of locations that were tuned in. The video conveys the message of our unity, hope and belief and is very appropriate for our times.

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Pedestrian Struck and Injured on Kingston

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Today, Sunday at around 8:30pm a Lubavitch woman was struck by a car driven by two bochurim. It happened on the corner of Kingston Ave and President St.

Pedestrian Struck By Speeding Car on Kingston

Pedestrian Struck and Injured on Kingston

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Today, Sunday at around 8:30pm a Lubavitch woman was struck by a car driven by two bochurim. It happened on the corner of Kingston Ave and President St.

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This niggun on the Rebbe's new Kapitel was submitted to CrownHeights.info. Composed by Moishy Goldstein, a bochur at the Oholei Torah Mesivta. The song is based on Kapital Kuf Ches in Tehillim. Enjoy!

New Niggun (#1) for the Rebbe’s New Kapitel – Kuf Ches

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This niggun on the Rebbe’s new Kapitel was submitted to CrownHeights.info. Composed by Moishy Goldstein, a bochur at the Oholei Torah Mesivta. The song is based on Kapital Kuf Ches in Tehillim. Enjoy!

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Rabbi Eli Goodman, the Rebbe's Shliach to Long Beach, is famous for being innovative and talented. Here is one of newest innovations- a virtual invitation to his kehilla, and the local Jews of Long Beach, to take part in the rarest Jewish event of them all- Birchas HaChamoh.

Video! – Shliach Does Birchas HaChamah On The Beach!

Rabbi Eli Goodman, the Rebbe’s Shliach to Long Beach, is famous for being innovative and talented. Here is one of newest innovations- a virtual invitation to his kehilla, and the local Jews of Long Beach, to take part in the rarest Jewish event of them all- Birchas HaChamoh.

Videos
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Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!

We would like to wish a Mazel Tov to Arieh and Dvorah Leah (nee Zagury) Raichman (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.


Mazel Tov's
By Ann Farmer for the New York Times

Bill Murray, left, a City Harvest driver, and Rabbi Mayer Mayerfeld, who manages City Harvest’s kosher food program.

BROOKLYN, NY — A truck from City Harvest pulled up on a recent weekday to a food pantry in a heavily Orthodox Jewish section of Midwood, Brooklyn. The driver stepped out and unloaded cabbages, bananas and Tropicana juice containers bearing labels with the letter “K” in a circle, indicating that they were kosher.

Manna From Heaven? No, Try Brooklyn Instead

By Ann Farmer for the New York Times

Bill Murray, left, a City Harvest driver, and Rabbi Mayer Mayerfeld, who manages City Harvest’s kosher food program.

BROOKLYN, NY — A truck from City Harvest pulled up on a recent weekday to a food pantry in a heavily Orthodox Jewish section of Midwood, Brooklyn. The driver stepped out and unloaded cabbages, bananas and Tropicana juice containers bearing labels with the letter “K” in a circle, indicating that they were kosher.

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