ORANGE COUNTY, NY [CHI] — With a sense of unity, and the special holiday spirit, many Orange County residents gathered to “Light Up the Night” and participate in the community menorah lighting celebrations hosted by Chabad of Orange County.
Become a sponsor of the Soul II Soul concert benefitting Crown Heights children with special needs and join the exclusive post concert reception on motzoei Shabbos 14 Teves, January 10 at Wingate Auditorium.
A Sponsorship gives you two tickets in sponsor-only premier seating, an ad in the concert journal, and an invitation to the exclusive post concert reception with the star of the show Lipa Schmeltzer where you can personally greet and chat with Lipa!
*At the very least, help support this cause by buying your tickets today at Judaica World or online at jewishtickets.com
Yisroel Noach Blank (Miami, FL) and Slava (bas R MM) Edelman (Brunoy, France) .
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St, [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
Yisroel Heber (Miami Beach, Florida) and Shira Keller (Crown Heights)
IYH at Congregation 935, 935 Eastern Parkway [between Albany and Troy Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
NETIVOT, Israel [CHI] — In the Soroka hospital in Be’er Sheva, where the injured from Kassam attacks on Netivot are hospitalized, Rabbi Menachem Kutner from Chabad’s Terror Victim Project, together with the Shliach to Be’er Sheva, Rabbi Zalman Gorelik, visited the injured in the various departments. They lit the Menora and encouraged and uplifted their spirits, while distributing jelly doughnuts to the patients and their worried families.
PIESTANY, Slovakia [CHI] — On the last night of Chanukah, the town of Piestany, Slovakia, was roused to its first public Menorah lighting in the town square. Formerly the home to tens of thousands of Jews before 1939, Piestany is now home to Shluchim Rabbi & Mrs. Zev Stiefel & a few local Jews, as well as the thousands of Israeli, European, & even American tourists who visit this beautiful spa town every year. Over 100 people, including Jews from neighboring towns, joined the community to celebrate the holiday of freedom.
WOODMERE, NY — At first, Dan Smith wasn’t sure he wanted to bring his toddler, Judah, to another Hanukkah party.
Smith, 31, of Far Rockaway, said he, his wife, and their two children had been at Chabad’s Chanukah Wonderland party in Woodmere Thursday when a BMW sport utility vehicle crashed into the building. The SUV drove over the spot where, seconds before, Smith’s son had stood.
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for the Israeli Soldiers who just started their ground incursion into Gaza
Also say Chapter 142 in the Extended Article!
SDEROT, Israel — Israel’s air strikes on Gaza, aimed at bringing relief and restoring some kind of security to the country’s southern residents, have been greeted with an onslaught of more than 150 rocket attacks, chasing many residents out of their homes and cities, and confining the rest to bomb shelters. Chabad centers in Sderot, Ashkelon and Ashdod remain open despite city-wide lockdowns, providing support to residents and soldiers between sirens that give residents 15-20 seconds warning of incoming rocket.
United Lubavitcher Yeshivas PTA arranged a special fun afternoon for parents and children in the large lunchroom in Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street, the program included live music by Chaim Fogelman, face painting, jelly doughnuts and raffles!
More pictures in the Extended Article!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi Kagan (Oak Park, MI) and Nechama Dina Kudan (Albany, NY) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Monday at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St, [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].
Last nights drawing took place at the home of Principal Eyal Bension, Spiner Winner – Student Sholom Ber Orenstien spun the draidel and it landed on a Hey, giving winner Tzipora Paley $100 in free auction tickets.
Computer won by – Tzippy Whitman
2 Flights in US won by – Rochel L.
Glasses won by – Eli Sandhaus
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yisroel Noach Blank (Miami, FL) and Slava Edelman (Brunoy, France) on their engagement.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
On Thursday, Hey Teves 5769 / Shnas Hakhel, there will be a day of learning and reflection. In honor of the Siyum HaShloshim of Talmid from Oholei Torah, Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg together with his wife Rivkah, and the victims of the Mumbai massacre, may the Al-Mighty avenge their blood.
Full flyer with more info in the Extended Article!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shua Lustig (Crown Heights) and Stery Naparstek (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Monday at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St, [between New York and Nostrand Ave].
DUBUQUE, IA — It’s a court ruling that Jewish Americans from coast-to-coast immediately viewed as unconstitutional and as an erosion of their civil rights. Sunday, about 60 people, mostly from Postville, Iowa, assembled in front of the Dubuque Law Enforcement Center to light a menorah on the last night of Hanukkah to shed light on the case.
Former Agriprocessors Chief Executive Officer Sholom Rubashkin is being held in the Dubuque County Jail on federal charges of harboring illegal immigrants, document fraud, identity theft and bank fraud. Rubashkin was denied bail Dec. 22.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendel and Chanie Vogel (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
