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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.
“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.
Names like Rambutans and Pepino Melons aren’t names of fruits you would often as you would an Apple or Orange but on Tu Bishvat we search for a ‘new’ fruit so that we can make a ‘shehecheyanu’ blessing on it in honor of the day, which is the birthday of the trees.
More pictures and information about the fruits in the Extended Article!
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Earlier today four judges of Second Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York ruled in favor of Agudas Chasidei Chabad and Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, Inc. following Congregation Chabad Lubavitch’s (Gaboim) appeal.
This ruling grants complete and total control to Aguch and Merkos over the premises of 770 and 784-788 Eastern Parkway, and the Gaboim have no claim. This ruling affirms the 2007 ruling of Judge Ira B. Harkavy, as we have reported.
NEW YORK, NY [AP] — The pilot of US Airways Flight 1549, which ditched into New York’s Hudson River, calmly radioed to air traffic controllers, “We’re going to be in the Hudson.”
When initiating a conversation, current events are always a good icebreaker. But this morning, one of the stories that my friend and I discussed was a heartbreaker.
For nearly three months, Mr. Sholom M. Rubashkin, a fellow Jew and a sweetheart of a man, was imprisoned. Denied bail, it was his bond with G-d and faith that sustained him. As Mr. Rubashkin is an observant Jew and a sensitive soul, the trials that he endured leave one with an uneasy feeling of guilt. Accused, but far from convicted, Sholom was incarcerated as if he had committed crimes against humanity. Reading the reports of clergy who visited him through a plexiglass window, one wonders how our government could punish a man only accused of white-collar, with a choke collar.
This Yud Shevat, thousands of Yaldei Hashluchim and their families gathered together to celebrate the Yom Tov at an international Web Rally, organized by the staff of Chinuch Yaldei Hashluchim and the Shluchim Online School.
More in the Extended Article!
STAMFORD HILL, London [CHI] — The visit of Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Bukiet to London came to a close on Wednesday night, at the central Farbrengen for Yud Shevat in Beis Lubavitch, Stamford Hill.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Eleventh of Shevat 5710 – 1950, From the JEM video “America is no Different”.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A fast moving fire tore through the basement of a Jewish home on Crown Street this afternoon and filled the entire house with thick smoke. The incident took place inside of 309 Crown Street across from Beis Rivkah High School at around 12:00pm.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Over 2,000 Bochurim packed into the Rosa Hall in Beis Rivka Campus Chomesh for the 5th annual Kinus Hatmimim Haolami and Farbrengen in honor of Yud Shvat. The Kinus/Farbrengen is the main event in a long week packed with Shiurim, Farbrengens and more for Bochurim who come in from Yeshivos all over the world in Honor of Yud Shvat.
Many more pictures in the Extended Article! (129 Photos)
We are proud to announce the launch the brand new Sing-along-Siddur! Stop by at your local Judaica store, or order online at myfirstsiddur.com, to pick up your copy today.
Bochurim from around the world came together in Crown Heights to mark Yud Shvat. The main and most anticipated event is the central Farbrengen which takes place each year in Beis Rivkah, Campus Chomesh in the Rosa Hall with thousands in participation.
This year, the Vaad Talmidai Hatmimim have organized that the event be broadcasted live over the internet to benefit those that could not make it.
Broadcast Ended, stay tuned for a rebroadcast.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Children from around the world took part in a unique and special Farbrengen which was hooked up through the internet, connecting thousands of children worldwide in honor of Yud Shvat.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
The Avner Institute is happy to present, in honor Yud Shvat, a very unique picture of the Rebbe from the Elul of 1968. Readers are welcome to share any information they know about this photo by use of the Comment System! To Learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.blogspot.com