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Tim Townsend - St Louis Post-Dispatch

JERUSALEM, Israel — Lindenwood University senior Ben Joseph Woods landed in Israel two weeks ago expecting, in his words, “to bop around the country and visit friends.” What he didn't expect was to be caught in the middle of renewed violence between the Israeli Defense Forces and Hamas militants in Gaza.

Mayanot Birthright Trips Continue Despite Operations in Gaza

Tim Townsend – St Louis Post-Dispatch

JERUSALEM, Israel — Lindenwood University senior Ben Joseph Woods landed in Israel two weeks ago expecting, in his words, “to bop around the country and visit friends.” What he didn’t expect was to be caught in the middle of renewed violence between the Israeli Defense Forces and Hamas militants in Gaza.

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Yosef Aharon Karpilovsky (Toronto, CA) to Chayale Silberstein (London, UK)
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Mordechai Lubecki (Paris, France) to Iscah Sarah Andrea (Jalisco, Mexico)
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Yariv and Malkie (nee Kershner) Sharabi from Parkland, FL had a baby girl!
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Ari and Chava (nee Notik) Rendler from Riverwoods, IL on the birth of a baby girl.
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Eli Mochkin (Melbourne, Australia) to Risa Drizin (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at The Arches
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Levi Its’hak Ben Soussan (Courbevoie, France) to Sterna Sarah Gagueche (Brunoy, France)
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Shea Shmotkin (Crown Heights) to Chaya Jacobs (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Albany Manor 585 Albany Ave
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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.
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Menachem Rubenfeld (S. Diego, CA) to Chani Geisinsky (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
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Pinny Itkin (Scranton, PA) to Esty Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at the JCM
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Eliyahu and Chayale Citron from Portland, Oregon had a baby boy!

Editorial: And The Living Shall Take Heart . . .

By Rabbi Yehuda (Yudel) Krinsky from Lubavitch.com

Thursday marked the shloshim, or the 30-day mourning period following the murders of Rabbi Gabi and Rivka Holtzberg. Within the world of Chabad-Lubavitch, the day will be thoughtfully marked with prayers, tzedaka and mitzvahs.

The tragedy in Mumbai made international headlines and was followed by millions. But for the immediate families of the victims, it is a devastatingly personal, private calamity. While the rest of us move on as move on we must, Gabi’s and Rivka’s parents and siblings, and those of the other victims, will need to negotiate their grief and loss in the privacy of their own hearts. G-d alone can heal their great sorrow, but they will be with us in our daily thoughts, our prayers, and our actions.

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First Chanukah Car Menorah Parade in Vancouver

VANCOUVER, Canada [CHI] — For the first time ever, there was a ‘Chanukah Car Menorah Parade’ in Vancouver. There were about 30 cars driving through the freezing streets, doing Mivtzoim. There was a local TV network following the cars and reporting on the parade and Mivtzoim, making a great kiddush Lubavitch and a huge Persum of Chanukah. There are a couple of more pictures in the extended article.

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Revolutionary Educational Tool Launched. It took three thousand years! But, the truth is out! And now you can read it to your children, as well! And it's spreading fast! The powerful king is not so unstoppable. And the seemingly incapable man is actually a king! We are speaking about the two kings each of us has inside. The Bad King, is our selfish impulsive side, the yetzer hara. The Good King is our rationale, good side, the yetzer tov. But we all know that. Right?

It's not so simple. It took the author four years developing this latest book series for it to finally reach press. Two Kings is here and available now! Two Kings is being presented as a worldwide educational revolution evolving. It is being launched by Israel Book Shop a world s leading Jewish publisher based in Lakewood, N.J. And authored by Rabbi Fishel Jacobs (www.RabbiJacobs.com) a well-known Chabad rabbi and halachic author.

Two Kings Book Series Released


Revolutionary Educational Tool Launched. It took three thousand years! But, the truth is out! And now you can read it to your children, as well! And it’s spreading fast! The powerful king is not so unstoppable. And the seemingly incapable man is actually a king! We are speaking about the two kings each of us has inside. The Bad King, is our selfish impulsive side, the yetzer hara. The Good King is our rationale, good side, the yetzer tov. But we all know that. Right?

It’s not so simple. It took the author four years developing this latest book series for it to finally reach press. Two Kings is here and available now! Two Kings is being presented as a worldwide educational revolution evolving. It is being launched by Israel Book Shop a world s leading Jewish publisher based in Lakewood, N.J. And authored by Rabbi Fishel Jacobs (www.RabbiJacobs.com) a well-known Chabad rabbi and halachic author.

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Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie of the North County Chabad Center for the J Post
Jewish tradition tells us the first 30 days of mourning are the most intense. This week we mark end of this period since the terrorist attack against the Chabad Center in Mumbai. It's been a watershed event for world Jewry and Chabad. It will have a long lasting effect in diverse ways.

It has sparked an existential dialogue within Chabad. “Why have we become a target for the unfathomable.” A few days after the attack, a group of Jewish security experts told me, “You guys are on the frontlines, it was only a matter of time.” That's the practical perspective you would expect from security gurus. At a farbrengen held last week for California shluchim that question was at the core of the evening. Rabbi Ezra Schochet, rosh yeshiva, dissected the issue. The intellectual inquiry did not bring him, or us, solace. At the end he said, “We have a question, a question without any answer.”

FOR MILLENNIA Jews have grappled with the same questions, seeking to pierce the mystery of divine providence. Shluchim were promised special blessings. Years ago a Chabad supporter suggested to the Rebbe in a private audience that he give more kudos to his shluchim. While the Rebbe showed appreciation, it was done in his classic understated style. Hassidim felt it an honor to serve the Rebbe's higher purposes. After hearing the question, the Rebbe's face took an austere look. He told the man, “They all have children.”

Op-Ed: Mumbai’s Far-Reaching Impact

Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie of the North County Chabad Center for the J Post

Jewish tradition tells us the first 30 days of mourning are the most intense. This week we mark end of this period since the terrorist attack against the Chabad Center in Mumbai. It’s been a watershed event for world Jewry and Chabad. It will have a long lasting effect in diverse ways.

It has sparked an existential dialogue within Chabad. “Why have we become a target for the unfathomable.” A few days after the attack, a group of Jewish security experts told me, “You guys are on the frontlines, it was only a matter of time.” That’s the practical perspective you would expect from security gurus. At a farbrengen held last week for California shluchim that question was at the core of the evening. Rabbi Ezra Schochet, rosh yeshiva, dissected the issue. The intellectual inquiry did not bring him, or us, solace. At the end he said, “We have a question, a question without any answer.”

FOR MILLENNIA Jews have grappled with the same questions, seeking to pierce the mystery of divine providence. Shluchim were promised special blessings. Years ago a Chabad supporter suggested to the Rebbe in a private audience that he give more kudos to his shluchim. While the Rebbe showed appreciation, it was done in his classic understated style. Hassidim felt it an honor to serve the Rebbe’s higher purposes. After hearing the question, the Rebbe’s face took an austere look. He told the man, “They all have children.”

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Oholei Torah Mesivtah Honor Shluchim on Shloshim

Gavriel Noach, top row on far right, in Oholei Torah Mesivtah 14 years ago. He seen in the picture with his Shiur Gimmel class with Rabbi Gysinskys

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — This Thursday, Hey Teves 5769, Shnas Hakhel, Oholei Torah Mesivtah made a Kinus in honor of the The Shloshim for the Shluchim massacred by terrorist in Mumbai. Rabbi Paltiel Mashpia at the Lubavitch Yeshiva spoke, along with Rabbi Pinya Korf Mashpia in Oholei Torah Mesivtah. Rabbi Shpilman, brother-in-law of Rabbi Gavrel, spoke about Misiras Nefesh.

Pictures from Kinus in the Extended Article

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Mazal Tov! – 11 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Berel and Mushka (nee Flint) Greenfeld.
IYH at 533 Crown St, [between Kingston and Albany Ave].

Naftali and Esther Rivka (nee Perelstein) Salomon.
IYH at 464 Malbone St, 3rd Floor. [Map This].

Mendy and Sima Gansburg.
IYH at 1490 President St, [between Albany and Troy Ave].

Yisroel and Chani (nee Stock) Selwyn.
IYH at 1489 Carroll St, [between Albany and Troy Ave].

Mendel and Chanie Vogel.
IYH at 627 East New York Ave, Apt 3L, [between Kingston and Albany Ave].

Shloma and Devorah Leah (nee Fischer) Katz.
IYH at 770 Montgomery St, [between Albany and Troy Ave].

Ari and Sara (nee Wilschanski) Edelman.
IYH at 789 Montgomery St, [between Albany and Troy Ave].

Mordechai and Levana Smerkin.
IYH at 912 Montgomery St, [between Troy and Schenectady Ave].

Yisroel and Ruda Heller.
IYH at 31 Balfour Pl, [between Empire Blvd and Lefferts Ave, MAP].

Yisroel  and Gittele (nee Rabiski) Fridman.
IYH at 19 Wolf Creek Crescent, Vaughan, ON, Canada

Tanchum and Chani (nee Raskin) Matusof (Monte Carlo, Monaco) .

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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In connection with Hey Teves, the following is an article from the New York Times, January 7, 1987, titled “Judge awards Rabbi's Library to Hasidic Unit” written by Ari Goldman. Included is an interesting picture of the Rebbe, Special thanks to the Rebbe Archive For the picture. to learn more about the Rebbe Visit: portraitofaleader.blogspot.com
“It is total loyalty. And therefore, the Rebbe owes the Chassid total loyalty. So, for the community, the Rebbe must have total generosity and compassion. Also, he has even more responsibility. That's why he is a Rebbe”
- From Elie Wiesel's Court Testimony

The New York Times on “Hey Teves”

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In connection with Hey Teves, the following is an article from the New York Times, January 7, 1987, titled “Judge awards Rabbi’s Library to Hasidic Unit” written by Ari Goldman. Included is an interesting picture of the Rebbe, Special thanks to the Rebbe Archive For the picture. to learn more about the Rebbe Visit: portraitofaleader.blogspot.com

“It is total loyalty. And therefore, the Rebbe owes the Chassid total loyalty. So, for the community, the Rebbe must have total generosity and compassion. Also, he has even more responsibility. That’s why he is a Rebbe”

– From Elie Wiesel’s Court Testimony
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A woman holds a sign “nuke israel”, from the video.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL [CHI] — In one breath a protestor says “Islam is a peaceful religion,” while another screams behind him, “they needed bigger ovens for all the Jews,” and cries of “nuke Israel,” followed by a torrent of other expletives directed at Jews and Americans. No, this scene did not take place in Gaza nor any other Arab city or country, it took place in downtown in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on Broward Boulevard.

Video in the Extended Article.

Calls for “Bigger Ovens for the Jews” at pro-Hamas Demonstration in FL

A woman holds a sign “nuke israel”, from the video.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL [CHI] — In one breath a protestor says “Islam is a peaceful religion,” while another screams behind him, “they needed bigger ovens for all the Jews,” and cries of “nuke Israel,” followed by a torrent of other expletives directed at Jews and Americans. No, this scene did not take place in Gaza nor any other Arab city or country, it took place in downtown in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on Broward Boulevard.

Video in the Extended Article.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Nuchie (ben L.Y. obm) Schapiro (Crown Heights/Los Angeles, CA) and Chavie Rosenthal (Crown Heights/Los Angeles, CA) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Thursday at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St, [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].

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Hey Teves Book Fair in Oholei Torah!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — One of the instructions of the Rebbe following Hey Teves, Didan Notzach, was to purchase Seforim. Oholei Torah marked it with a special book fair for its third year running. Organized by the PTA of Oholei Torah along with assistance from OTEG [the Oholei Torah Eight Grade] a special fair was put together in the Lunchroom along with a Safrus workshop where kids got their own quill and piece of parchment, and games relating to Hey Teves.

Many more pictures in the Extended Article!

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Menachem Landa (Montreal, Canada) and Adina Green (San Diego, CA) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Thursday at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [hall entrance on Albany Ave].

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Newsday

WOODMERE, NY — No fine will be levied against the landlord who owns the Woodmere storefront on Broadway where a car careened into a Hanukkah party, a Hempstead Town spokesman said yesterday.

More than 100 people were at the gathering at 1052 Broadway on Dec. 25, the fourth day of Hanukkah, authorities said. Town code prohibits using the property, zoned for retail use, for public assembly.

No Fine Against Landlord in Hanukkah Party Accident

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WOODMERE, NY — No fine will be levied against the landlord who owns the Woodmere storefront on Broadway where a car careened into a Hanukkah party, a Hempstead Town spokesman said yesterday.

More than 100 people were at the gathering at 1052 Broadway on Dec. 25, the fourth day of Hanukkah, authorities said. Town code prohibits using the property, zoned for retail use, for public assembly.

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ANCHORAGE, AK [CHI] — Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin lit a candle in memory of the victims of the Mumbai attacks and the Schluchim, Rabbi Gaviel Noach and Rivka Holtzberg, at a public Chanukah celebration of Chabad in Alaska organized by the Rebbe’s Schluchem Rabbi Yosef and Esty Greenberg.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Palin Attends Chanukah Celebration and Lights Menorah at Chabad of Alaska

ANCHORAGE, AK [CHI] — Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin lit a candle in memory of the victims of the Mumbai attacks and the Schluchim, Rabbi Gaviel Noach and Rivka Holtzberg, at a public Chanukah celebration of Chabad in Alaska organized by the Rebbe’s Schluchem Rabbi Yosef and Esty Greenberg.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Mazal Tov! – 3 Thursday Night L’Chaims!

Nuchie (ben L.Y. obm) Schapiro (CH/Los Angeles, CA) and Chavie Rosenthal (CH/Los Angeles, CA).
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St, [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].

Menachem Landa (Montreal, Canada) and Adina Green (San Diego, CA) .
IYH the Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [hall entrance on Albany Ave].

Avremel Rimler (Melbourne/NY) and Ayelet Barchaim (North Miami, FL)
IYH at Hadar HaTorah 824 Eastern Pkwy. [bet Kingston and Albany Aves]

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

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Jewish Man Shot with BB Gun Opening Door

Police and Shomrim searching for the BB pellet.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Jewish resident was shot earlier this evening with a BB gun as he was opening the door to his home on Montgomery Street. The incident took place at around 5:30pm between Troy and Schenectady Avenues.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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