All Tags
Accidents
Blogs
Camp News
Chabad News
Chanukah
Comics
Communal Matters
Crime
Crown Heights News
Farbrengens
Fires
General
Israel
Jewish News
Kinus Hashluchim
Letter and Spirit
Mazal Tov!
Merkos Shlichus
Mivtzoim
Monsey News
Notices
NYC News
Op-Ed
Photo Galleries
Picture of the Day
PSA
Real Estate
Rockland County News
Satire
Shlichus
Simcha Galleries
Something Jewish
Upstate News
Videos
Weekly Voice

By Dan Stamm for MSNBC

PHILADELPHIA, PA — Some local rabbis noticed something strange when they signed onto their Facebook accounts Friday morning — their title was gone from their profile.

Just in time for Shabbat they've taken the “Rabbi” away from the social network.

Taking the “Rabbi” Out of Facebook

By Dan Stamm for MSNBC

PHILADELPHIA, PA — Some local rabbis noticed something strange when they signed onto their Facebook accounts Friday morning — their title was gone from their profile.

Just in time for Shabbat they’ve taken the “Rabbi” away from the social network.

Chabad News
12
Mazal Tov's View More
New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
New Engagement!

Avremel Rapoport(Clarks Summit, PA) to Faigy Liberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
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

Mazal Tov! – 2 Motzei Shabbos L’Chaims!

Levi Eisenberg (Brooklyn, NY) and Rochel Deitsch (Crown Heights) .
IYH at the Razag, 739 E New York Ave, [between Albany and Troy Ave].

Avrohom Chaim Weiss (Boro Park) and Rivkah Bracha Menkes (S. Monica CA).
IYH at Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, 452 E 9th St, Brooklyn, NY 11218

Yosef Abramov (Houston, TX) and Rivky Braude (Los Angeles, CA) .
IYH at Agudah Shul, 456 Crown St, [between Kingston and Brooklyn].

Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!


Mazel Tov's
By Paul Grondahl for the Times Union

Maimonides Hebrew Day School eighth grade student Elimelech Backman poses as Abraham Lincoln during a celebration Thursday, Feb. 12, in honor of the 200th anniversary of his birth

ALBANY, NY — Rabbi Israel Rubin turned a celebration of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday into a Talmudic inquiry Thursday at the Maimonides Hebrew Day School of the Capital District in Albany.

Do I Have to Wear the Beard?

By Paul Grondahl for the Times Union

Maimonides Hebrew Day School eighth grade student Elimelech Backman poses as Abraham Lincoln during a celebration Thursday, Feb. 12, in honor of the 200th anniversary of his birth

ALBANY, NY — Rabbi Israel Rubin turned a celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday into a Talmudic inquiry Thursday at the Maimonides Hebrew Day School of the Capital District in Albany.

Shlichus
4
By Magdalena Wegrzyn for the Longmont Times-Call

Neria Cohen, a scholar of Judaism from New York, gives a workshop about Jewish mysticism Feb. 4 at the Chabad Jewish Center in Longmont. Cohen encouraged participants to seek the deeper meaning behind paintings they completed in the workshop.

LONGMONT, CO — Allison Cole released the week’s frustrations on a 9-by-12-inch canvas at the Chabad Center of Longmont’s Jewish painting and meditation workshop last week.

Kabbalah Workshop Offers Encouragement to Find Deeper Meaning

By Magdalena Wegrzyn for the Longmont Times-Call

Neria Cohen, a scholar of Judaism from New York, gives a workshop about Jewish mysticism Feb. 4 at the Chabad Jewish Center in Longmont. Cohen encouraged participants to seek the deeper meaning behind paintings they completed in the workshop.

LONGMONT, CO — Allison Cole released the week’s frustrations on a 9-by-12-inch canvas at the Chabad Center of Longmont’s Jewish painting and meditation workshop last week.

Shlichus
By Shalom Goldberg
The Rebbe says:

1. Our Sages comment on a verse in this week’s Torah portion which reads, “And Yisro (Jethro) said, “Blessed is Hashem (G-d) Who rescued you (the Jewish people)”, and say, “It is a blemish in Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) and the Jewish people who did not say, ‘Blessed’, until Yisro came and said, ‘Blessed’”.

However we must understand what this means because, as we read in last week’s Torah portion, Moshe Rabbeinu and the Jewish people did indeed thank Hashem when they sang to Him as they were walking through the Yam Suf (the sea of reeds)! Why do our Sages say that “it is a blemish in Moshe Rabbeinu and the Jewish people”?

2. The Rebbe begins the journey of answering this question by introducing another issue:

The Weekly Sicha from the Rebbe – Parshas Yisro

By Shalom Goldberg

The Rebbe says:

1. Our Sages comment on a verse in this week’s Torah portion which reads, “And Yisro (Jethro) said, “Blessed is Hashem (G-d) Who rescued you (the Jewish people)”, and say, “It is a blemish in Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) and the Jewish people who did not say, ‘Blessed’, until Yisro came and said, ‘Blessed’”.

However we must understand what this means because, as we read in last week’s Torah portion, Moshe Rabbeinu and the Jewish people did indeed thank Hashem when they sang to Him as they were walking through the Yam Suf (the sea of reeds)! Why do our Sages say that “it is a blemish in Moshe Rabbeinu and the Jewish people”?

2. The Rebbe begins the journey of answering this question by introducing another issue:

Something Jewish
1

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — This week the Yagdil Torah Beis Midrash will host Rabbi Yosef Barber, who will be covering the topic of “What You Do If You Don't Have Lechem Mishna”. It is well known that the most fulfilling shiurim are the ones that are thoroughly understood due to familiarity with the subject being learned. Rabbi Barber, who will be giving this week's shiur following the Beis Midrash learning, will kindly provide a list of Marei Mekomos for those who wish to prepare for an enjoyable shiur during the first hour of the Beis Midrash. The list of source texts will be available exclusively at the Beis Midrash.

Special Shiur for BM Attendees

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — This week the Yagdil Torah Beis Midrash will host Rabbi Yosef Barber, who will be covering the topic of “What You Do If You Don’t Have Lechem Mishna”. It is well known that the most fulfilling shiurim are the ones that are thoroughly understood due to familiarity with the subject being learned. Rabbi Barber, who will be giving this week’s shiur following the Beis Midrash learning, will kindly provide a list of Marei Mekomos for those who wish to prepare for an enjoyable shiur during the first hour of the Beis Midrash. The list of source texts will be available exclusively at the Beis Midrash.

Crown Heights News
1

Mazal Tov! – 7 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Yaakov and Shaindel (nee Keselman) Siev.
IYH at 595 Lefferts Ave, [between Kingston and Albany Ave].

Yoske and Batshevah Strassberg.
IYH at 356 Crown St, [between New York and Brooklyn Ave].

Lipman and Shulamis (nee Kagan) Heller.
IYH at 600 Empire Blvd, [between Kingston and Albany Ave].

Levi and Chana Matusof.
IYH at 626 East New York Ave, [between Kingston and Albany Ave].

Yisroel and Toby Baron (Sunny Isles Beach, FL) .

Berel and Ita (nee Lipszyc) Raices (Toronto, Canada) .

Dovid and Esta (nee Adelist) Berkovits (Melbourne, Australia) .

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.

Mazel Tov's
1

Stock Photo - L'Chaim

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — In the past 24 hours there were as many as 10 new engagements became official, in the Chabad-Lubavitch comunity. CrownHeights.info has learned that there has never been this many recorded engagements in this time span. The Chassanim and Kallahs are listed in the Extended Article. CrownHeights.info would like to wish the families Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! And wishes them Brochos for a Binyan Adei Ad, Binyan Beis Chabad...

Remember, you can email your Simchas or Mazal Tovs to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info.

Shidduch Crisis?! – Record Engagements Thursday!

Stock Photo – L’Chaim

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — In the past 24 hours there were as many as 10 new engagements became official, in the Chabad-Lubavitch comunity. CrownHeights.info has learned that there has never been this many recorded engagements in this time span. The Chassanim and Kallahs are listed in the Extended Article. CrownHeights.info would like to wish the families Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! And wishes them Brochos for a Binyan Adei Ad, Binyan Beis Chabad…

Remember, you can email your Simchas or Mazal Tovs to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info.

Crown Heights News
14
By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL

At a metro station in Washington DC sat a man one cold January morning playing the violin. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. It was calculated that thousands of people passed through the station during this time, most of them on their way to work. It took three minutes before the first passerby, a middle aged man, stopped for a few seconds to listen before he quickly moved along.

Wake Up and Smell the Roses – The Key To Divine Triumph

By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL

At a metro station in Washington DC sat a man one cold January morning playing the violin. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. It was calculated that thousands of people passed through the station during this time, most of them on their way to work. It took three minutes before the first passerby, a middle aged man, stopped for a few seconds to listen before he quickly moved along.

Something Jewish
8
By Kamran Haider for Reuters

Rehman Malik, Pakistan's adviser to the prime minister on the interior, shows pictures of fishing trawlers used by the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks, during a news conference at the interior ministry in Islamabad February 12, 2009.

ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani government said on Thursday for the first time that last November's attack on Mumbai was launched and partly planned from Pakistan, and it was holding in custody a ringleader and five other suspects.

Pakistan Says it Arrests Mumbai Attack Plotters

By Kamran Haider for Reuters

Rehman Malik, Pakistan’s adviser to the prime minister on the interior, shows pictures of fishing trawlers used by the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks, during a news conference at the interior ministry in Islamabad February 12, 2009.

ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani government said on Thursday for the first time that last November’s attack on Mumbai was launched and partly planned from Pakistan, and it was holding in custody a ringleader and five other suspects.

General
4