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This Weeks Crown Heights Newspaper
This weeks edition of the Crown Heights Newspaper, available for print.
This weeks edition of the Crown Heights Newspaper, available for print.
The Rebbe says:
1. This week’s Torah portion begins by saying, “And Yakov (Jacob) left Be’er Sheva and went to Charan”.
To be sure, this verse is actually repeating something we already knew from the end of last week’s Torah portion.
2. The Rebbe points out that the Torah must be teaching us something by telling us this twice:
In the Torah everything is exact. In fact, our Sages learn out many Halachas (laws) from one extra letter in the Torah. Therefore, if the Torah repeats this story twice, it must be teaching us something that we can implement into our daily life. Let us find out what the Torah is teaching us:
WASHINGTON, DC [JTA] — Barack Obama sent condolences to the Chabad-Lubavitch community on the slayings of its emissaries in Mumbai.
Full letter in the Extended Article.
MOSCOW, Russia [JTA] — A Russian Jewish umbrella organization lauded Russian law enforcement for its efforts to catch perpetrators of hate crimes.
SKOKIE, IL [CHI] — In an amazing show of unity and solidarity more than 1300 people packed into a Skokie Hotel for the Chicago Jewish Community’s Memorial Evening of Tribute and Solidarity on Wednesday evening, 7 Kislev. The distinguished guest list included Rabbonim and Roshei Yeshiva, prominent politicians, and dignitaries from many organizations. Guest speakers included Harav Gedaliah Dov Schwartz ,Av Beis Din of Chicago Rabbinical Council, Dr. Steven Nasitir President of the Jewish Federation and Gershon Kedar the Deputy Consul General of Israel to the Midwest.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi and Naomi (Nee Goldstein) Winner (Shluchim to Tucson, AZ) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel
Perhaps the most telling story I’ve heard about Chabad emissaries is that some will buy burial plots once they arrive at their distant outposts: It is a gesture to the community — and perhaps also to themselves — that they have come to stay.
I first discovered this Hasidic movement, which has captured the world’s attention since the killing of several of its members in Mumbai, after 9/11. The world no longer felt safe and in the months after the attack, my husband and I would flee to the Hamptons, driving every weekend to the East End of Long Island, long after the glamorous summer crowds had gone.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shalomke and Nuchie (nee Hecht) Zirkind (Crown Heights) on birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel
This weeks Living Torah, titled “Twilight” (Volume 56, Episode 221)
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Also available with Hebrew, French, Russian, Spanish and Yiddish subtitles in the Extended Article.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Avrohom Boruch and Binie (nee Hecht) Itkin (Kingston, NY) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info!
NEW YORK, NY [AP] — Holiday shoppers are being treated to a trip back in time as New York City’s transit agency runs a subway train featuring vintage cars.
The Nostalgia Train’s cars operated from the 1930s to the 1970s. Ceiling fans, padded seats and incandescent light bulbs were considered state of the art back then.
The train operates on the V line between Queens and lower Manhattan. It runs on Sundays until the end of the year.
The following is a monumental Opinion Editorial that was published in this weeks Yated Neeman by its editor Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz about Achdus and Unity.Two weeks ago, 4,200 Chabad shluchim gathered in New York to celebrate their accomplishments and dedication. This week, no one is celebrating. But they are more united than ever before. After the atrocities in India, all of us are more united.
The following is a monumental Opinion Editorial that was published in this weeks Yated Neeman by its editor Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz about Achdus and Unity.
Two weeks ago, 4,200 Chabad shluchim gathered in New York to celebrate their accomplishments and dedication. This week, no one is celebrating. But they are more united than ever before. After the atrocities in India, all of us are more united.
Today, the shluchim sit in their outposts around the world and mourn the loss of a couple who gave their lives al kiddush Hashem. All disputes between brothers are brushed aside as Jews everywhere join in mourning the senseless slaughter of beloved, exemplary Jews.
Lubavitch, Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok, Bobov and Volover chassidim, along with Mexican and Indian Jews, and unaffiliated Israeli Jews. Jews of all stripes are mourning as one.
JLI’s Multimedia Department has produced a five-minute video tribute to Rabbi and Rebbetzin Gavriel Holtzberg, HY”D, for JLI affiliates in 300 cities to open their class with and dedicate their studies in their memory.
JLI classes worldwide, attended this semester by close to 15,000 students, will be dedicating this week’s class L’ilui Nishmas the Holtzbergs. This week, Shluchim are teaching the fourth of six classes of Soul Maps series, the largest simultaneous Shiur in Tanya since its publication.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Zalman Bassin (Sydney, Australia) and Talya Balbin (Melbourne, Australia) on their engagement.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — At around 9:45 this morning, Wednesday, a woman was struck by a commercial van. She was crossing Empire Boulevard by foot, at the intersection of Troy Avenue, when the incident took place. It is unclear as to what caused the accident.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Meir and Rivky (nee Rivkin) Borenstein (Orange County, NY) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.