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Op-Ed: An Urgent Message from a Shadchan

Each time I watch my wedding video, tears roll down my face; happy tears. The joy of being married to my soul mate is indescribable, that special day was the start of my beautiful family. I recently heard an ad for a secular matchmaking website; it goes “life is too short to not find your soul mate”. How true. From the time we are young children we talk and dream about our wedding and our future spouse: why is it then that when we reach marriageable age we often become our own impediments to that dream?

After I got married I vowed not to forget my single relatives, friends and the many singles that I know. Now that I am married I have the point of view of the single and the shadchan. Although some of the complaints about shadchanim are valid, the singles/parents must make sure they are doing as much as they are able to increase their chances of finding Mr. / Mrs. Right. Everybody needs to focus on what they need to do because we can only change ourselves and the way we do things, we can not change others.

I would like to mention a few of the things one should and shouldn’t do to bring more singles closer to finding their bashert.

Continued in the Extended Article.

Ahava Cheese Plant Shut Down Due to Bacteria

OGDENSBURG, NY [AP] — The state agriculture department has shut down a troubled kosher cheese plant near New York’s northern border.

The action Friday was based on inspection of the Ahava plant and samples of its products, which showed excessive levels of bacteria. State inspectors have seized more than 25,000 pounds of cheese found unfit for human consumption.

Gmach Shomrei Shabbos’s Annual Melava Malka

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — This Motzoei Shabbos at Congregation Ahavas Achim (Empire Shtiebel), Gmilath Chasodim Shomrei Shabbos held their annual Melava Malka. The Gmach plays a vital role in our community, assisting hundreds of families and many organizations in the time of need.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Kosher Workshop

DONETSK, Ukraine [FJC] — The Ohr Avner Chabad Day School of Donetsk is utilizing a dynamic approach to instruction on age-old traditions of the Jewish people. Namely, schoolteachers of various grades, under the guidance of Miriam Rybalchenko and Rachel Milman, offered students the opportunity to participate in a workshop, at which they could learn more about Kashrut and kosher foods.

This new forum for learning has boosted the youth’s enthusiasm for studying their national traditions and this exercise was equally interesting to the adults engaged in the sessions.

Fifth Grader Making Case Against Homework

By Steve Hartman for CBS News

Ben Berrafato, 11, is challenging – seriously challenging – one of this country’s most enduring and widely held beliefs: The belief that kids need homework.

CORAM, NY [CBS] — Even though he’s just a fifth grader, 11-year-old Ben Berrafato is challenging – seriously challenging – one of this country’s most enduring and widely held beliefs: The belief that kids need homework.

The Arts/Special Needs Interest Comes to the Big Screen

By Mordechai Lightstone for Lubavitch.com

SHERMAN OAKS, CA — With the growing awareness and greater education about autism and other disorders that once condemned children thus afflicted to lives of isolation and loneliness, come bold attempts to push the envelope and uncover possibilities for creative achievements few imagined exist among this misunderstood and marginalized segment of the population.

Experts Warn NYC In For Big Quake

BY Susannah Cahalan for the NY Post

NEW YORK, NY — The Big Apple is due for the Big One.

The trio of earthquakes that surprised New Jersey over the past month has seismologists wondering what’s next – and they say it doesn’t look good.

Mazal Tov! – 3 Sunday L’Chaims!

Joshua Levine (Worcester, MA) and Claudia Lefas (Bonita Springs, FL) .
IYH 12pm-3:30pm at Mimulo, 334 Albany Ave, [between Union St and Eastern Pkwy].

Yeshurun Blumenfeld (Vancouver, Canada) and Sarah Gopin (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [hall entrance on Albany Ave].

Nissan Moshe Vaisfiche (Manchester, UK) and Chanie Zalmanov.
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St, [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

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

Video – Yeedle and Piamenta Promo for Sparks Concert

The Darchai Menachem Sparks Hakhel Concert will be held on Motzei Shabbos, February 28th, 2009.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.jewishtickets.com or Judaica world.

More and full flyer in the Extended Article!

Shomrim Nab Would-Be Burglar Erev Shabbos

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Shomrim members checked out a call for a sighting of Terrence Nelson, the one accused of terrorizing vehicle owners in Crown Heights, and consequently encountered a much more serious call just across the street.

A Bochur approached one of the members who was staking out the alleyway while others were inside checking it and alerted him to a Black male who was climbing onto the back porch of a Montgomery Street home.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Home Video from Recovered Mumbai Chabad Computer

Along with pictures (Click Here to View Gallery) that were on the restored hard drive of the Holtzberg’s computer were video clips of the Chabad House activities. Enjoy this 12 minute clip, compiled by Shrurem, giving us another glimpse of the kedoshim and their peulos. Some of the footage was taken just days before they were taken from the world so brutally.

Pastries for Purim shaped like Haman’s hat – Recipe

By Janice Denham for Suburban Journals

Hamantashen and Shlucha Chanala Rubenfeld, inset right.

CHESTERFIELD, MO — When it’s party time for Purim, the Jewish community knows what is good to eat: hamantashen.

Chanala Rubenfeld, program director for Chabad of Chesterfield, says the cookies are a sweet choice, with family-favorite fillings that even may tend creatively toward savory flavors.

Announcing New Shluchim to New Jersey

CrownHeights.info and the Shluchim Office would like to join with all other shluchim in wishing a hearty Mazal Tov to Rabbi Levi and Rivky Dubinsky, who have BH newly joined the ranks of the Rebbe’s Shluchim. Brought down by Rabbi Asher Herson, they will be opening Chabad of Mountain Lakes, NJ, and serving the surrounding areas of Boonton Township and Denvillle.

A special thank you to Rabbi A. Herson

The new Shluchim can be reached at ChabadMountainLakes@gmail.com

CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!