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TALLINN, Estonia [FJC] — In the capital of Estonia, the Jewish community of Tallinn has launched a brand new project, which is sure to breathe additional energy into Jewish life in this former Soviet republic. Fittingly named “Jewish Composers’ Contribution to World Musical Culture”, the first concert will take place on Sunday, March 1. The event is to be hosted by the Tallinn Synagogue.

Music Fills Tallinn Synagogue

TALLINN, Estonia [FJC] — In the capital of Estonia, the Jewish community of Tallinn has launched a brand new project, which is sure to breathe additional energy into Jewish life in this former Soviet republic. Fittingly named “Jewish Composers’ Contribution to World Musical Culture”, the first concert will take place on Sunday, March 1. The event is to be hosted by the Tallinn Synagogue.

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Baby Girl!

Sholem Ber and Deena Wolberg from Glencoe, IL had a baby girl.
New Engagement!

Menachem Rubenfeld (S. Diego, CA) to Chani Geisinsky (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Pinny Itkin (Scranton, PA) to Esty Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Eliyahu and Chayale Citron from Portland, Oregon had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shneur Pink (Manchester, UK) to Sheindel November (Teaneck, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Levi Katan (Kfar Chabad, EY) to Miriam Krichevsky (London, UK)
Baby Girl!

Yakov and Tzivia (nee Fogel) Staschower from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Sender and Chana Sara Segel from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chaya Mushka (nee Vaisfiche) Labkowski from Buffalo, NY had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Zalmy Liberow (Colorado Springs, CO) to Fraidel Werde (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, August 7th, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Upstairs
New Engagement!

Yaakov Levy (Crown Heights) to Mimi Stern (Houston, TX)
New Engagement!

Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
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 )

Children Build Beis Hamikdosh Models for Kinus

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — In honor the Kinus Hashluchos and the Hakhel this year, over 60 Crown Heights children joined in building models of the Beis Hamikdosh. The models would later be placed on tables through the Kinus Hashluchos convention. Each model came with some 400 pieces and took about 4 hours to construct. The program was directed by Mrs Brocha Friedman.

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The Rebbe says:

1. The Torah starts off this week’s Torah portion with saying, “And these are the laws (Mishpatim) that you shall place before them (the Jewish people)”.

2. The Rebbe now quotes three explanations of our Sages regarding why the Torah specifies that the laws should be placed, “before them”:

First explanation: When the Torah says that these laws should be placed, “before them”, it is teaching us that Jewish people should not bring their disputes to the gentile courts, even if the gentile courts would rule exactly like the Jewish courts in this specific case.

A Sicha from the Rebbe on Parshas Mishpatim

The Rebbe says:

1. The Torah starts off this week’s Torah portion with saying, “And these are the laws (Mishpatim) that you shall place before them (the Jewish people)”.

2. The Rebbe now quotes three explanations of our Sages regarding why the Torah specifies that the laws should be placed, “before them”:

First explanation: When the Torah says that these laws should be placed, “before them”, it is teaching us that Jewish people should not bring their disputes to the gentile courts, even if the gentile courts would rule exactly like the Jewish courts in this specific case.

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Mazal Tov! – 10 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Shayke and Shani (nee Rosenberg) Posner.
IYH at 1468 President St, [between Kingston and Albany Ave].

Leibi and Chanie Marozov
IYH at 609 Montgomery St, [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Moshe and Chanie (nee Wenger) Tzfasman.
IYH at 551 Crown St, [between Kingston and Albany Ave].

Chanoch and Bassie (nee Swerdlov) Chaskind.
IYH at 484 Crown St, [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Yitzchak and Sarah David.
IYH at 1637 President St, [between Schenectady and Utica Ave].

Chaim and Tzameret Borevitz.
IYH at 46 Balfour Pl, [between Empire Blvd and Lefferts Ave].

Menachem and Elka (nee YomTov) Ezagui.
IYH at 1227 President St, Apt 2B [between New York and Nostrand Ave].

Yehuda and Faya (nee Kugel) Lipskier.
IYH at 37 W 65th St, New York, NY 10023.

Yossi and Basya (nee Greenman) Hyams.
IYH at Congregation Ahavath Zion, 421 Boyden Ave, Maplewood, NJ 07040.

Levi and Chanie Morozow.
IYH at 3 Lambert Grove, St Kilda East VIC 3183, 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.

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Interesting Call by Rabbi Krinsky at Kinus

In his address at the Banquet of the International Conference of Chabad Lubavitch Women Emissaries, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Chairman of the Chabad Lubavitch educational and social-services divisions, called on the shluchos to make sure to care for themselves as they care for others.

“…the You shluchos are the engine that propels the successful mission of your family. You are the ballast that keeps the stability—the equilibrium—”sanity” if you will—the joy of your family throughout the unique complexities of shlichus life. You are the ones who care and nurture your family with calm and warmth and love. And you are the very mighty anchor providing the compass and stability in the extraordinary everyday lives that you and your families lead.

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The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute will be launching it's latest course, You Be the Judge II in Crown Heights, The course presents students with real cases brought before the court system of Jewish law, and compares Talmudic analysis with the contemporary approach taken in U.S. courts. Topics include business ethics, property rights, and employment practices, and each lesson provides an opportunity to question, discuss, and argue, based on principle and precedent.

The course is accredited for Continuing Legal Education by twenty-five State Bar Associations and still pending, but expected to be approved by the New York Bar.

You Be the Judge II Lesson One: Inheriting the Fruits of Sin

The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute will be launching it’s latest course, You Be the Judge II in Crown Heights, The course presents students with real cases brought before the court system of Jewish law, and compares Talmudic analysis with the contemporary approach taken in U.S. courts. Topics include business ethics, property rights, and employment practices, and each lesson provides an opportunity to question, discuss, and argue, based on principle and precedent.

The course is accredited for Continuing Legal Education by twenty-five State Bar Associations and still pending, but expected to be approved by the New York Bar.

Crown Heights News
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Wicked Local

From left to right, Rabbi Chaim Wolosow, Sara Wolosow, Chaya Wolosow, Rivky Blumberger, Rabbi Ilan Meyers, and Yael Meyers, Friendship Circle of Sharon Founders.

SHARON, MA — Chaya Wolosow and Rivkah Blumberger are master networkers.

The 20-year old Sharon residents spent day and night emailing, texting and calling everyone they knew and many they didn’t know.

Organization Uses Networking Prowess to Land Donation

Wicked Local

From left to right, Rabbi Chaim Wolosow, Sara Wolosow, Chaya Wolosow, Rivky Blumberger, Rabbi Ilan Meyers, and Yael Meyers, Friendship Circle of Sharon Founders.

SHARON, MA — Chaya Wolosow and Rivkah Blumberger are master networkers.

The 20-year old Sharon residents spent day and night emailing, texting and calling everyone they knew and many they didn’t know.

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Lubavitch Yeshiva Crown Street in conjunction with the JCRC Manhattan is sponsoring a Ready New York Workshop for our school and the community.

Learn about: Basic Preparedness, Emergency Evacuation and Sheltering and other special considerations in an event of a community wide emergency Chas Veshalom.

Ready New York – Preparing for Emergencies in NYC

Lubavitch Yeshiva Crown Street in conjunction with the JCRC Manhattan is sponsoring a Ready New York Workshop for our school and the community.

Learn about: Basic Preparedness, Emergency Evacuation and Sheltering and other special considerations in an event of a community wide emergency Chas Veshalom.

PSA
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Shacharis in 770, year 5743.

Dr. Avrohom Aba Seligson, the Rebbe's doctor, OBM, whose Yortzeit falls on the 25th of Shvat, was born in Krakow in 5667, to his father, Rabbi Michoel Aharon, a descendant of the Alter Rebbe, who had the merit to host the Rebbe Rayatz in his home just about the time, Reb Avrohom Aba was born. A few years later he opened a Chassidus class in his house at the expressed wish of the Rebbe Rayatz, and being that there were no Lubavitchers in the area, the attendees were Gerer and Belzer Chassidim, who arrived to study 'Torah Or' and 'Likutei Torah'.

20th Yohrtziet of “the Rebbes Doctor” – Dr. Avrohom Aba Seligson OBM

Shacharis in 770, year 5743.

Dr. Avrohom Aba Seligson, the Rebbe’s doctor, OBM, whose Yortzeit falls on the 25th of Shvat, was born in Krakow in 5667, to his father, Rabbi Michoel Aharon, a descendant of the Alter Rebbe, who had the merit to host the Rebbe Rayatz in his home just about the time, Reb Avrohom Aba was born. A few years later he opened a Chassidus class in his house at the expressed wish of the Rebbe Rayatz, and being that there were no Lubavitchers in the area, the attendees were Gerer and Belzer Chassidim, who arrived to study ‘Torah Or’ and ‘Likutei Torah’.

Chabad News
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Forward.com

Located in the heart of Brooklyn, near Prospect Park, the Park Slope Food Coop is at the nexus of the borough’s many diverse Jewish populations. From the liberal Jews of Park Slope to the Hasidic Jews of Crown Heights, the coop is one of the few places in Brooklyn where Jews of all denominations converge in a shared mission: to buy natural foods at reasonable prices.

But the co-op’s unusual Jewish character is being tested by a proposal to ban products bought from Israel, such as the persimmons and red peppers that are currently in the produce aisle.

Food Fight: Brooklyn Co-op Mulls Israel Ban

Forward.com

Located in the heart of Brooklyn, near Prospect Park, the Park Slope Food Coop is at the nexus of the borough’s many diverse Jewish populations. From the liberal Jews of Park Slope to the Hasidic Jews of Crown Heights, the coop is one of the few places in Brooklyn where Jews of all denominations converge in a shared mission: to buy natural foods at reasonable prices.

But the co-op’s unusual Jewish character is being tested by a proposal to ban products bought from Israel, such as the persimmons and red peppers that are currently in the produce aisle.

NYC News
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CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a private audience, conducted with a kallah (bride) just before her wedding in the winter of 1963. In this unique Yechidus the Rebbe shares a beautiful explanation of the mitzvah of Mezuzah. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.inspiringageneration.org.

What is the Foundation for a Jewish Marriage?

CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a private audience, conducted with a kallah (bride) just before her wedding in the winter of 1963. In this unique Yechidus the Rebbe shares a beautiful explanation of the mitzvah of Mezuzah. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.inspiringageneration.org.

Something Jewish
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By Leon Cohen for the Jewish Chronicle

MILWAUKEE, WI — At the very beginning of the Six Day War in 1967, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, decreed that Lubavitch Chasidim could help Israel by encouraging Jewish men to perform the commandment of putting on tefillin.

Peltz Center to Honor Samuels Couple on 30 Years

By Leon Cohen for the Jewish Chronicle

MILWAUKEE, WI — At the very beginning of the Six Day War in 1967, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, decreed that Lubavitch Chasidim could help Israel by encouraging Jewish men to perform the commandment of putting on tefillin.

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By Gersh Kuntzman for the Brooklyn Paper

BROOKLYN, NY — The city is moving towards placing Brooklyn’s first official public toilet in Grand Army Plaza — finally bringing some relief to the heart (and other organs) of the borough.

City Plans First Public Toilet for Grand Army Plaza

By Gersh Kuntzman for the Brooklyn Paper

BROOKLYN, NY — The city is moving towards placing Brooklyn’s first official public toilet in Grand Army Plaza — finally bringing some relief to the heart (and other organs) of the borough.

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By Grant Schulte for the Des Moines Register

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA — A federal judge agreed today to allow an outside review of the confidential grand jury hearing that led to charges against a former Postville slaughterhouse executive.

The decision was a victory for Sholom Rubashkin, a former vice president at Agriprocessors Inc. who faces 97 federal charges for alleged bank fraud, immigration-related crimes and other offenses.

Federal Judge Agrees to Review Rubashkin Case

By Grant Schulte for the Des Moines Register

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA — A federal judge agreed today to allow an outside review of the confidential grand jury hearing that led to charges against a former Postville slaughterhouse executive.

The decision was a victory for Sholom Rubashkin, a former vice president at Agriprocessors Inc. who faces 97 federal charges for alleged bank fraud, immigration-related crimes and other offenses.

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