Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
I would like to wish a very hearty Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! to a dear friend Mendy (ben Yehuda) Hershkop (Crown Heights) on his engagement to Chiena (bas Moshe) Borenstein (Crown Heights) !
The L’Chaim will IYH be Sunday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [hall entrance on Albany Ave].
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CANTERBURY, New Zealand [NZPA] — A Christchurch rabbi is battling efforts to autopsy an Israeli hiker whose body was found near the Mueller Glacier in the Southern Alps.
Rabbi Menachem Goldstein, director of the Jewish Chabad-Lubavitch sect in New Zealand, has been acting as a liaison between local officials and the Israeli Embassy in Australia.
Rabbi Opposes Post Autopsy for Body
CANTERBURY, New Zealand [NZPA] — A Christchurch rabbi is battling efforts to autopsy an Israeli hiker whose body was found near the Mueller Glacier in the Southern Alps.
Rabbi Menachem Goldstein, director of the Jewish Chabad-Lubavitch sect in New Zealand, has been acting as a liaison between local officials and the Israeli Embassy in Australia.
S DIEGO, CA — The San Diego City Council cleared the way yesterday for an expansion of the Chabad Educational Campus in Scripps Miramar Ranch.
Plans for the campus, at 10785 Pomerado Road, include a high school and college that will require new buildings, sports facilities and 280 housing units for students and faculty.
Chabad Campus Receives San Diego’s OK to Expand
S DIEGO, CA — The San Diego City Council cleared the way yesterday for an expansion of the Chabad Educational Campus in Scripps Miramar Ranch.
Plans for the campus, at 10785 Pomerado Road, include a high school and college that will require new buildings, sports facilities and 280 housing units for students and faculty.
SDEROT, Israel — After years of enduring Kassam attacks from Gaza, Sderot's hesder yeshiva plans to consecrate on Thursday a specially-built, rocket-proof beit midrash, or study hall, the first of its kind ever erected in Israel.
First ‘Kassam-Proof’ Yeshiva to be Dedicated in Sderot
SDEROT, Israel — After years of enduring Kassam attacks from Gaza, Sderot’s hesder yeshiva plans to consecrate on Thursday a specially-built, rocket-proof beit midrash, or study hall, the first of its kind ever erected in Israel.
In honor of the release of Rabbi Sholom Rubashkin, a song has been given out from the Archives of Mordechai Ben David, a song with the theme of “G-D frees and redeemed his Captives” the song is performed by Mordechai Ben David and Shlomo Simcha in Teal Aviv.
Video – Archived Song Dedicated to the Release Sholom Rubashkin
In honor of the release of Rabbi Sholom Rubashkin, a song has been given out from the Archives of Mordechai Ben David, a song with the theme of “G-D frees and redeemed his Captives” the song is performed by Mordechai Ben David and Shlomo Simcha in Teal Aviv.
Next Wednesday – Web Rally in Honor of Yud Shevat
Join hundreds of Yaldei Hashluchim from all over the world for an inspiring web rally in honor of Yud Shevat!
More info in the Extended Article!
ULYANOVSK, Russia [CHI] — As you know Jews are required to fulfill 613 commandmants.This, of course, is not easy, especially considering the conditions of Russia and, specifically, a city like Ulyanovsk.
Take the commandment of Kosher, for example. There are a myriad of practical questions associated with this commandment. How does one observe the rules of kashrus? Where can kosher products be obtained? Is it necessary to have a kitchen with two counters and kosher tableware? What other kitchen items required to keep all of the rules of kashrus? How does one kasher tableware?
Keeping Kosher Now Possible for Jews in Ulyanovsk
ULYANOVSK, Russia [CHI] — As you know Jews are required to fulfill 613 commandmants.This, of course, is not easy, especially considering the conditions of Russia and, specifically, a city like Ulyanovsk.
Take the commandment of Kosher, for example. There are a myriad of practical questions associated with this commandment. How does one observe the rules of kashrus? Where can kosher products be obtained? Is it necessary to have a kitchen with two counters and kosher tableware? What other kitchen items required to keep all of the rules of kashrus? How does one kasher tableware?
Next week, February 6th and 7th, hundreds of Shluchim from around the world will gather their communities for 'One Shabbat One World,' a Shabbos dedicated to Moshiach. In what they are anticipating as the largest turnout ever, Shluchim are encouraged to invite all to attend. Rabbi Chaim Hershkowitz, director of the program says they went “All out this year. Rabbi Sholom Paltiel, Shliach of Port Washington has prepared a special speech for the event. We have mailed out free personalized napkins to the Shluchim, professional flyers and a custom mini site the excitement keeps building.”
One Shabbat One World is a yearly project for the Moshiach Campaign, a division of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch.
Next Week is ‘One Shabbos One World’!
Next week, February 6th and 7th, hundreds of Shluchim from around the world will gather their communities for ‘One Shabbat One World,’ a Shabbos dedicated to Moshiach. In what they are anticipating as the largest turnout ever, Shluchim are encouraged to invite all to attend. Rabbi Chaim Hershkowitz, director of the program says they went “All out this year. Rabbi Sholom Paltiel, Shliach of Port Washington has prepared a special speech for the event. We have mailed out free personalized napkins to the Shluchim, professional flyers and a custom mini site the excitement keeps building.”
One Shabbat One World is a yearly project for the Moshiach Campaign, a division of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch.
WASHINGTON, DC — In the case of Chabad-Lubavitch vs. Russia, US District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth today accepted Chabad’s request to deny Russia’s legal counselors release from the case.
In a hearing on Tuesday, the Judge gave the defendants 45 days to find substitute counsel, and 60 days to report on the status of the Archive and Library of Chabad-Lubavitch, which Chabad now fears may have been compromised.
Judge Orders Russia To Report on Status of Chabad Library
WASHINGTON, DC — In the case of Chabad-Lubavitch vs. Russia, US District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth today accepted Chabad’s request to deny Russia’s legal counselors release from the case.
In a hearing on Tuesday, the Judge gave the defendants 45 days to find substitute counsel, and 60 days to report on the status of the Archive and Library of Chabad-Lubavitch, which Chabad now fears may have been compromised.
Anybody who shops for groceries is well aware that there’s a premium attached to kosher food.
At one midtown grocery store, kosher lean ground beef was nearly twice the cost of the non-kosher variety, while kosher chicken nuggets were more than double the price of an equivalent non-kosher brand, and strawberry yogurt in the kosher section was almost 100 per cent more costly than the non-kosher brand only a few aisles away.
The ‘High’ Cost of Living Jewishly
Anybody who shops for groceries is well aware that there’s a premium attached to kosher food.
At one midtown grocery store, kosher lean ground beef was nearly twice the cost of the non-kosher variety, while kosher chicken nuggets were more than double the price of an equivalent non-kosher brand, and strawberry yogurt in the kosher section was almost 100 per cent more costly than the non-kosher brand only a few aisles away.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Last week, the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn hosted its second annual Winter Camp for children with special needs in Brooklyn. The bright red color of the camp T-shirts worn by over 50 campers and counselors reflected the fun and exciting experience of Winter Camp.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Friendship Circle Winter Camp
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Last week, the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn hosted its second annual Winter Camp for children with special needs in Brooklyn. The bright red color of the camp T-shirts worn by over 50 campers and counselors reflected the fun and exciting experience of Winter Camp.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
NEW YORK, NY — When Terry Nayman was 14 years old in Poland she saw Nazis burn her father’s beard and knock her mother’s teeth out. She never imagined that 70 years later she would talk to two people about it in her Lower East Side apartment.
iVolunteer – Learning From History, Easing Loneliness
NEW YORK, NY — When Terry Nayman was 14 years old in Poland she saw Nazis burn her father’s beard and knock her mother’s teeth out. She never imagined that 70 years later she would talk to two people about it in her Lower East Side apartment.
Accident in the Intersection of Montgomery and Troy
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — At about 4:30pm this evening, Tuesday, two cars collided at the intersection of Montgomery Street and Troy Avenue. A minivan traveling up Troy driven by a Jewish girl struck a sedan driven by a black man going down Montgomery.
More pictures in the Extended Article
The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Yossel Kranz of Chabad of the Virginias.
To contact the new Shluchim e-mail: zvizwi@gmail.com
Special thanks to the Shluchim Office Placement Bureau.
CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!
New Shluchim To Virginia
Rabbi Zvi Yaakov and Chanie Zwiebel of Crown Heights will IYH very soon be moving on Shlichus to Blacksburg, VA where they will establish a permanent Chabad Lubavitch presence at the campus of Virginia Tech University, directing the new Librescu Chabad Center. They will be serving the needs of the students as well as the local community and of the sorrounding areas.
The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Yossel Kranz of Chabad of the Virginias.
To contact the new Shluchim e-mail: zvizwi@gmail.com
Special thanks to the Shluchim Office Placement Bureau.
CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!
