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By Yosef Lewis

Participants in the recent Aleph Institute conference for Jewish chaplains represented a cross section of the U.S. military, with one presenter having attained the rank of four-star general.

MIAMI, FL — Flying in from bases as far away as South Korea, Iraq and Kuwait, some 50 Jewish military chaplains and personnel bivouacked in South Florida this month for a conference on the unique role of the military rabbi.

Chaplaincy Conference Draws High-Ranking Jewish Officers

By Yosef Lewis

Participants in the recent Aleph Institute conference for Jewish chaplains represented a cross section of the U.S. military, with one presenter having attained the rank of four-star general.

MIAMI, FL — Flying in from bases as far away as South Korea, Iraq and Kuwait, some 50 Jewish military chaplains and personnel bivouacked in South Florida this month for a conference on the unique role of the military rabbi.

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Menachem Farkash (Issaquah, WA) to Maya Rozenson (Jerusalem, EY) L’Chaim: Sunday, Sept. 14th, 8:00pm at The JCM Downstairs
New Engagement!

Yosef Aharon Karpilovsky (Toronto, CA) to Chayale Silberstein (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Zevi Granat (Edgware, UK) to Sophie Dubin (Baltimore, MD)
New Engagement!

Mordechai Lubecki (Paris, France) to Iscah Sarah Andrea (Jalisco, Mexico)
Baby Girl!

Yariv and Malkie (nee Kershner) Sharabi from Parkland, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chava (nee Notik) Rendler from Riverwoods, IL on the birth of a baby girl.
New Engagement!

Eli Mochkin (Melbourne, Australia) to Risa Drizin (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at The Arches
New Engagement!

Levi Its’hak Ben Soussan (Courbevoie, France) to Sterna Sarah Gagueche (Brunoy, France)
New Engagement!

Shea Shmotkin (Crown Heights) to Chaya Jacobs (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Albany Manor 585 Albany Ave
New Engagement!

Ariel Benchimoun (Levallois, France) to Rivka Bouzna (Sarcelles, France)
Baby Boy!

Moshe Leib and Chaya Mushka (nee Friedman) Yaras from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yossi Futerfas (Crown Heights) to Mussy Goldstein (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Mendel Shemtov (Crown Heights) to Mushka Palace (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at 1345 President Street
New Engagement!

Moshe Maiman (Mequon, WI) to Hinda Teich (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
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

This weeks Living Torah Rebbe video is 'Month of Good Mazel'. Remember, Living Torah is a member supported project. Become a member today at www.LivingTorah.org!

Also available with Hebrew, French, Russian and Spanish subtitles in the Extended Article.

Weekly Living Torah Rebbe Video! – Month of Good Mazel!

This weeks Living Torah Rebbe video is ‘Month of Good Mazel’. Remember, Living Torah is a member supported project. Become a member today at www.LivingTorah.org!

Also available with Hebrew, French, Russian and Spanish subtitles in the Extended Article.

Videos

The Darchai Menachem Sparks Hakhel Concert will be held on Motzei Shabbos, February 28th, 2009. The Hakhel concert, to benefit Yeshiva Darchai Menachem, promises to be a spectacular evening headlining superb entertainers with our very own “Sparks Boys Choir” featuring all-new songs and choreography. The Rebbe always emphasized the importance of unity during the Hakhel year.

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

More info in the Extended Article!

Sparks Boys Choir Hakhel Concert this Motzei Shabbos

The Darchai Menachem Sparks Hakhel Concert will be held on Motzei Shabbos, February 28th, 2009. The Hakhel concert, to benefit Yeshiva Darchai Menachem, promises to be a spectacular evening headlining superb entertainers with our very own “Sparks Boys Choir” featuring all-new songs and choreography. The Rebbe always emphasized the importance of unity during the Hakhel year.

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

More info in the Extended Article!

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The Holtzbergs Visit Ohel Chana of Melbourne

MELBOURNE, Australia [CHI] — This week, students of the Ohel Chana Werdiger Learning Institute in Melbourne, Australia were privileged to have a visit from Rabbi and Mrs. Holtzberg, parents of Rabbi Gabi Holtzberg A”H, together with Rabbi Avremi Berkowitz who is assisting them in rebuilding the Chabad house that was destroyed in India.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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CrownHeights.info and The Avner Institute present a weekly first-time released photo of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. This one, taken on the winter of 1974, shows the Rebbe in middle of prayer in the main synagogue in Lubavitch World Headquarters 770 in Brooklyn, NY. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.org.

Picture of the Rebbe! – Winter 1974!

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CrownHeights.info and The Avner Institute present a weekly first-time released photo of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. This one, taken on the winter of 1974, shows the Rebbe in middle of prayer in the main synagogue in Lubavitch World Headquarters 770 in Brooklyn, NY. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.org.

Picture of the Day

Mazal Tov! – 4 Thursday Night L’Chaims!

Dovid Vidrin (Boston, MA) and Chana Botvinnikov (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Empire Shteibel, 489 Empire blvd, [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]

Mendel Plotke (Los Angeles, CA) and Esther Overlander (London, England) .
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St, [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].

Srully Rozmarin (Bnei Brak, Israel) and Baila Zaiontz (Montreal, Canada) .
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St, [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Dovid Nussbaum (Montreal) and Mimi Gutnick (Sydney, Austraila) ,
IYH at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy, [corner Kingston Ave].

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

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A school bus dropping off Beis Rivkah school girls, had a rock thrown at it as it was driving on President Street. Thank G-d no one on the bus was hurt. The incident took place at around 4:00pm between Kingston and Brooklyn.

A number of Shomrim members responded and began following the group of 4 Black teens down President. While the bus driver identified the group, Shomrim then called 911 and had police respond.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Group Throws Rock at School Bus, Shomrim Apprehend, Police Release

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A school bus dropping off Beis Rivkah school girls, had a rock thrown at it as it was driving on President Street. Thank G-d no one on the bus was hurt. The incident took place at around 4:00pm between Kingston and Brooklyn.

A number of Shomrim members responded and began following the group of 4 Black teens down President. While the bus driver identified the group, Shomrim then called 911 and had police respond.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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What is unique about Chabad nigunim? What makes them so special? CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute Would like to present a beautiful letter of the Rebbe, written to a Chosson who asked if he could play Chabad nigunim at his wedding. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.org.

“The Nature of Music” A Beautiful Letter of The Rebbe

What is unique about Chabad nigunim? What makes them so special? CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute Would like to present a beautiful letter of the Rebbe, written to a Chosson who asked if he could play Chabad nigunim at his wedding. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.org.

Something Jewish
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BROOKLYN, NY — One of the men found guilty of killing a rookie cop in Brooklyn was sentenced today to life behind bars without the possibility of parole.

Dexter Bostic, 36, was convicted in December of gunning down Officer Russel Timoshenko in July 2007 after he and his partner, Herman Yan, injured, pulled over a stolen BMW SUV in Crown Heights.

Cop Killer Gets Life in Prison and then Some

BROOKLYN, NY — One of the men found guilty of killing a rookie cop in Brooklyn was sentenced today to life behind bars without the possibility of parole.

Dexter Bostic, 36, was convicted in December of gunning down Officer Russel Timoshenko in July 2007 after he and his partner, Herman Yan, injured, pulled over a stolen BMW SUV in Crown Heights.

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Chief Rabbi Yisroel Silberstein, during a dinner last year Chanukka

BROOKLYN , NY — Russia’s Chief Rabbi Lazar To Appeal

A Russian district court on Wednesday overturned an appeal and upheld its ruling to expel Rabbi Yisroel Silberstein, Rabbi of the Primorye region in Russia's far east.

Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters “Deeply Disturbed” At Russian Court’s Decision To Expel Rabbi

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Chief Rabbi Yisroel Silberstein, during a dinner last year Chanukka

BROOKLYN , NY — Russia’s Chief Rabbi Lazar To Appeal

A Russian district court on Wednesday overturned an appeal and upheld its ruling to expel Rabbi Yisroel Silberstein, Rabbi of the Primorye region in Russia’s far east.

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The Rebbe says:

1. The Mishnah states, “When the Hebrew month of Av begins we hold back our joy”.

The Talmud supplements the Mishnah’s statement with, “Just as when the month of Av begins we restrain our joy, so too when the month of Adar begins we increase our joy”.

2. The Rebbe now analyzes this statement of the Talmud:

The Talmud’s words, “Just as when the month of Av begins we restrain our joy, so too when the month of Adar begins we increase our joy”, implies that the leading principal is the Mishnah’s clearly stated law that, “during the month of Av we curtail our joy”, while the law that, “when the month of Adar begins we increase our joy”, is only secondary.

Rebbe Sicha on the Hebrew month of Adar

The Rebbe says:

1. The Mishnah states, “When the Hebrew month of Av begins we hold back our joy”.

The Talmud supplements the Mishnah’s statement with, “Just as when the month of Av begins we restrain our joy, so too when the month of Adar begins we increase our joy”.

2. The Rebbe now analyzes this statement of the Talmud:

The Talmud’s words, “Just as when the month of Av begins we restrain our joy, so too when the month of Adar begins we increase our joy”, implies that the leading principal is the Mishnah’s clearly stated law that, “during the month of Av we curtail our joy”, while the law that, “when the month of Adar begins we increase our joy”, is only secondary.

Something Jewish

MerkosMentors recently enlisted a new roster of talented and experienced individuals to function as mentors in their ground-breaking program. As all Shluchim come to learn, daily life is often fraught with new questions and experiences ranging from menial to spiritual to financial to educational. But they need not go through it alone. Certainly, someone out there, another Shliach, has dealt with it before, and has acquired the skills to cope with the situation effectively. Now, MerkosMentors makes the connection between Shluchim even more accessible.

Merkos Mentors Making Shlichus Life Easier

MerkosMentors recently enlisted a new roster of talented and experienced individuals to function as mentors in their ground-breaking program. As all Shluchim come to learn, daily life is often fraught with new questions and experiences ranging from menial to spiritual to financial to educational. But they need not go through it alone. Certainly, someone out there, another Shliach, has dealt with it before, and has acquired the skills to cope with the situation effectively. Now, MerkosMentors makes the connection between Shluchim even more accessible.

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A satellite view of the Ahava plant.

OGDENSBURG, NY — The Ahava Food Company, which operates the only plant in the USA that produces exclusively cholov yisroel cheese and milk, was recently acquired by Toobro, LLC, a company whose owners have years of experience in the food industry. Toobro’s owners plan to update and improve the existing operation while continuing to uphold the highest standards in kosher food production and low prices for consumers.

Ahava Food Company Reacquired by New Owners

A satellite view of the Ahava plant.

OGDENSBURG, NY — The Ahava Food Company, which operates the only plant in the USA that produces exclusively cholov yisroel cheese and milk, was recently acquired by Toobro, LLC, a company whose owners have years of experience in the food industry. Toobro’s owners plan to update and improve the existing operation while continuing to uphold the highest standards in kosher food production and low prices for consumers.

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