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Gut Yom Tov! Gut Yom Tov!

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Leshana Tovah Belimud HaChasidus ve Darchei HaChasidus, Tikosaivu VeTichosaimu!

Tonight, Yud Tes Kislev “The Rosh Hashanah of Chassidism.” marks 209 years since the release of the Alter Rebbe, R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi founder of Chasidus Chabad in the year 5559 (1798). In honor of this auspicious day, which is referred to by Chasidim as the “Holiday of Holidays”, Farbrengens are being held around the world!

In the Extended Article you can view today’s Hayom Yom and the Minhagim of the day!

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New Engagement!

Pesach Chaim Newman (Crown Heights) to Bluma Raizel Lewis (Old Tappan, NJ)
New Engagement!

Eitan Hershkop (Crown Heights) to Chana Belfer (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Bass and Bourbon
New Engagement!

Levi Meer (Morristown, NJ) to Sara Gershovitz (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, June 12th, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street Upstairs
New Engagement!

Yosef Chaim Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Leah Eisenbach (New York)
New Engagement!

Pesach Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Tzipporah Yasmine Holloway (Orlando, FL)
New Engagement!

Mendel Saaks (Chicago, IL) to Leeba Grossbaum (Paramus, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Keselman (London, UK) to Shaina Keller (Crown Heights)

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New Engagement!

Ya’akov Silverman (Tysons Corner, VA) to Chaya Raizel Michaelson (Glastonbury, CT)
New Engagement!

Yitzchak Minkowitz (Fort Myers, FL) to Shani Silver (Mequon, WI)
New Engagement!

Avremel Weingarten (Flint, MI) to Chana Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Yaya Kagan (Los Angeles, CA) to Hadas Malamud (Brooklyn, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 7:30pm at the Oholei Torah Ballroom
Baby Boy!

Meyer and Chaya (nee Engelberg) Shushan from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Boruch and Adeli Zimmerman from Oro Valley, AZ had a baby girl!

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New Engagement!

Dovi Vogel (Wilmington, DE) to Chanie Rapoport (Atlantic City, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yitzy Bernstein (Freehold, NJ) to Brocha Gleyzer (Monsey, NY)
Baby Boy!

Mendy and Sarah (nee Glick) Korf from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Labor (Chicago, IL) to Etti Krinsky (Crown Heights)

Drunk Creep Harasses Woman in Lefferts Park

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A surprisingly warm winter Monday afternoon, brought many women to Lefferts Park with their children. To the their dismay, a homeless man also chose to hang around the playground. A Black male, approximately 30-years old, was seen walking around with a beer bottle in a bag. He proceeded to ask the women for money, as well as offering his services to ‘baby-sit’ their children. Shomrim was called, and a number of members responded.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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This Monday evening, 18 Kislev, December 15, at 8:00pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson, one of the foremost lecturers in the Jewish world today, will deliver a lecture on the topic:

“Responding to Mumbai: A New Sense of Unity Emerged; How Do We Sustain it?”

You can watch the lecture at www.TheYeshiva.net, a new global classroom for top-caliber Torah learning.

More in the Extended Article!

Monday: Global Lecture on the Mumbai Massacre By Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Jacobson

This Monday evening, 18 Kislev, December 15, at 8:00pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson, one of the foremost lecturers in the Jewish world today, will deliver a lecture on the topic:

“Responding to Mumbai: A New Sense of Unity Emerged; How Do We Sustain it?”

You can watch the lecture at www.TheYeshiva.net, a new global classroom for top-caliber Torah learning.

More in the Extended Article!

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Homework Helpers ~ A Project of the Shluchim Office for Online School Students

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — On Thursday night, December 11th, 20 voluenteers gathered at The Shluchim Office to take part in “Homework Helpers” – a unique project of the Shluchim Office. This project is made up of 10th grade Beis Rivka girls who devote an hour of their time – to help Online School students throughout the world do their homework.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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After Much Anticipation, Nightlife is Back!

By a Nightlife Fan

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Since its inception in the summer of 2007, Nightlife has been an oasis of learning, growth and friendship for post-seminary girls. It is often a struggle to stay above the murky “single” waters, and when a Chassidishe Yom Tov comes around, a great lecture is in order or the mood just hits, Nightlife is the place to be.

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Friendship Circle International organizing 3nd Annual Volunteer Leadership Conference

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — On January 6th, 2009, the third annual leadership weekend for teen volunteer leaders will be held Friday, February 6th -Sunday, February 8, 2009, at the Meer Family Friendship Center in West Bloomfield, MI. The Weekend is a part of The Friendship Circle organization, a Chabad-based program which pairs service-minded teens with children who have special needs. Since its 1994 inception in West Bloomfield MI, the Friendship Circle phenomenon has spread to 17 American states and four countries for a current total of 73 branches and 9,850 volunteers.

Making the World a Friendship Circle

Friendship Circle International organizing 3nd Annual Volunteer Leadership Conference

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — On January 6th, 2009, the third annual leadership weekend for teen volunteer leaders will be held Friday, February 6th -Sunday, February 8, 2009, at the Meer Family Friendship Center in West Bloomfield, MI. The Weekend is a part of The Friendship Circle organization, a Chabad-based program which pairs service-minded teens with children who have special needs. Since its 1994 inception in West Bloomfield MI, the Friendship Circle phenomenon has spread to 17 American states and four countries for a current total of 73 branches and 9,850 volunteers.

Chabad News

Inaugural Writing of Historic Torah Scroll

LITTLE ROCK, AR [CHI] — On Sunday, December 14, 2008 the Jewish community of Arkansas began the writing of the first Torah to ever be written in the State. Over 100 Jews from all around the state came to the Chabad Lubavitch Center for Jewish Life to mark this momentous occasion.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Shlichus

Youngsters at Chabad Prepare for Chanukah by Giving

MONROE, NY [CHI] — At Chabad Of Orange County, children of all ages are busy getting ready for the upcoming holiday of Chanukah. At Chabad Hebrew School, students collected kosher canned items and dry goods to send to Jewish soldiers in Iraq. The children loved designing dreidel-shaped cards with personal messages for the soldiers and packaged the cards and food with chocolate Chanukah “gelt” (coins). “This project flows with the holiday spirit of giving and sharing,” says Chana Burston, director of Chabad Hebrew School. “On Chanukah we add an additional candle to the Menorah each night, signifying that we must always increase in good deeds. It’s empowering for the children to feel that they can send something special to thank the soldiers who are helping our country.” Brendon Pearlman, age 12, of Chester was excited about the idea of this project. “It’s cool that we can send kosher food and Chanukah treats to soldiers across the ocean, and that they will see that kids over here made them cards and care about them,” he said.

Shlichus

A University of Miami student chats it up with the school’s mascot at the Whitten University Center, where the nation’s largest on-campus kosher eatery opened this semester. (Photo: Chartwells)

MIAMI, FL — For two years, University of Miami junior Seth Kinzbrunner ate a lot of cereal. That and his mother’s weekly supply of food is what kept the kosher-observant accounting major sated.

“I lived off a microwave and a fridge,” says Kinzbrunner, while other students could trot to any of a number of eateries to grab a bite.

New Kosher Eatery Largest Among American Universities

A University of Miami student chats it up with the school’s mascot at the Whitten University Center, where the nation’s largest on-campus kosher eatery opened this semester. (Photo: Chartwells)

MIAMI, FL — For two years, University of Miami junior Seth Kinzbrunner ate a lot of cereal. That and his mother’s weekly supply of food is what kept the kosher-observant accounting major sated.

“I lived off a microwave and a fridge,” says Kinzbrunner, while other students could trot to any of a number of eateries to grab a bite.

Shlichus
Paula Roth - NY Times

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — A mash-up of cultures, is home to both the annual West Indian American parade and the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidim. Adding an upscale bar and beer garden to the mix might seem counterintuitive.

An Already Eclectic Mix Gets an Upscale Bar

Paula Roth – NY Times

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — A mash-up of cultures, is home to both the annual West Indian American parade and the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidim. Adding an upscale bar and beer garden to the mix might seem counterintuitive.

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Miriam Davids - Lubavitch.com

NEW YORK, NY — Chabad-Lubavitch of Wall Street will be opening a yeshiva in the world financial district this week. The new international Yeshivat Hakedoshim, named for the targeted victims of the recent Mumbai tragedy and those of 9/11, is set to open with 10 students who will train for the rabbinate.

New Rabbinical Yeshiva To Open in New York City’s Financial District

Miriam Davids – Lubavitch.com

NEW YORK, NY — Chabad-Lubavitch of Wall Street will be opening a yeshiva in the world financial district this week. The new international Yeshivat Hakedoshim, named for the targeted victims of the recent Mumbai tragedy and those of 9/11, is set to open with 10 students who will train for the rabbinate.

Shlichus
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Susan Glairon - Longmont Times-Call

Rabbi Yakov Borenstein’s new car menorah is on order, so on Tuesday, he posed in front of the Longmont Chabad Jewish Center with a menorah he borrowed from a Chabad rabbi in Westminster. Morgan Varon/Times-Call

LONGMONT, CO — He calls it a little crazy, a little different, something that Longmont has never seen.

But when Rabbi Yakov Borenstein straps his car menorah to his car, Longmont’s only rabbi knows what will happen. People will ask questions.

Takin’ It To the Streets – Rabbi Hopes to Drive Home the Message of Chanukkah

Susan Glairon – Longmont Times-Call

Rabbi Yakov Borenstein’s new car menorah is on order, so on Tuesday, he posed in front of the Longmont Chabad Jewish Center with a menorah he borrowed from a Chabad rabbi in Westminster. Morgan Varon/Times-Call

LONGMONT, CO — He calls it a little crazy, a little different, something that Longmont has never seen.

But when Rabbi Yakov Borenstein straps his car menorah to his car, Longmont’s only rabbi knows what will happen. People will ask questions.

Shlichus
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An Iraqi journalist threw two shoes at President George W. Bush at a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq. The reporter that tossed the shoe has been identified by AFP as Muntazer al-Zaidi and at first hurled an insult at the American president and then let fly both shoes, one at a time.

President Dodges Size 10 Shoes from Reporter

An Iraqi journalist threw two shoes at President George W. Bush at a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq. The reporter that tossed the shoe has been identified by AFP as Muntazer al-Zaidi and at first hurled an insult at the American president and then let fly both shoes, one at a time.

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