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For University Students, It’s Never Too Late For a Bar or Bat Mitzvah

Yosef Lewis – Chabad.edu

Rita Vinnik addresses classmates, friends and family at her bat mitzvah celebration at the Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life serving Binghamton University. (Photo: Edward Lin/Chabad of Binghamton)

BINGHAMTON, NY — While the typical bar and bat mitzvah party celebrates the coming of age of 13-year-old Jewish boys and 12-year-old Jewish girls, a grand celebration of an entirely different nature took place at Binghamton University in New York. The party had all the trappings of the standard teenage affair, but it was 15 fully-grown college students who celebrated their entry into Jewish adulthood, albeit a bit late.

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Premium Post
Eber’s Tishrei Liquor and Wine Sale

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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
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)

Ohr Avner School Connects Online

DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine [FJC] — This week, teachers at the Levi Yitzchak Schneerson Day School joined those from dozens of other Jewish schools from other cities of the CIS and Baltic countries for a large-scale online conference. This project was initiated by the Ministry of Education of Israel, represented by Irina Dashevsky, the Ministry’s Adviser for the CIS and Baltic Countries.

The conference involved numerous Russian-speaking teachers of Jewish traditions and, to a large extent, was dedicated to their methodological development, relation to and dealings with the Ministry of Education of Israel, and the upcoming holiday of Chanukah, in addition to several other issues related to Jewish education in the post-Soviet countries.

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Mazal Tov! – 3 Thursday Night L’Chaims!

Levi Klyne (Manchester, England) and Chaya Mushka Eidelman (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].

Yehoshua Polonsky (Beachwood, OH) and Simi Gestetner (Coogee Beach, Australia) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].

Chaim Hoch (Pittsburgh, PA) and Leah Leiberman (London, England) .
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave].

To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!


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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Levi Klyne (Manchester, England) and Chaya Mushka (bas Reb Mendel) Eidelman (Crown Heights) on their engagement.

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


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Alternate Side Parking Rules Are Suspended on Friday

The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) in conjunction with the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) today announced the suspension of Alternate Side Parking (ASP) regulations citywide for Friday, December 19 to facilitate snow removal. However, parking meters will remain in effect throughout the City.

For updated information, visit the DOT Web site at www.nyc.gov/dot or call 311.

Click here for the 2008 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yehoshua Polonsky (Beachwood, OH) and Simi Gestetner (Coogee Beach, Australia) on their engagement.

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

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Last years state capitol Menorah lighting ceremony.

SACRAMENTO, CA [CHI] — California State Capitol Menorah lighting will be broadcasted live over the California government’s website at 2:30pm PST (5:30pm EST). Click here to watch!

Menorah Lighting with Gov. Schwarzenegger to be Broadcast Live

Last years state capitol Menorah lighting ceremony.

SACRAMENTO, CA [CHI] — California State Capitol Menorah lighting will be broadcasted live over the California government’s website at 2:30pm PST (5:30pm EST). Click here to watch!

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Hungry To Be Heard – Eating Disorders In The Frum Community

Tova Stulman Ross – 5 Towns Jewish News

Many young women in the frum Jewish community are well aware of the pressures that exist for them in today’s society. The shidduch world oftentimes has potential mates asking about body size before character. Choosing between full-time work, being a stay-at-home mother, or a combination of the two roles can drive the sanest to second-guess themselves. And, as wonderful as living among other Jews in a tight-knit community is, it also leaves little room for errors in religious observance.

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Judith Salkin - My Desert Sun

Chaya Posner of Chabad of Rancho Mirage makes potato, zucchini and yam latkes in the Chabad kitchen. (Michael Snyder The Desert Sun)

RANCHO MIRAGE, CA — With all the admonitions against eating fried foods, the words of a rabbi come to mind.

Dipping into a stack of crispy latkes (potato pancakes), he declared, “There are no calories in eating Hanukkah foods cooked in oil.”

Latkes Are the Centerpiece of the Chanukkah Table

Judith Salkin – My Desert Sun

Chaya Posner of Chabad of Rancho Mirage makes potato, zucchini and yam latkes in the Chabad kitchen. (Michael Snyder The Desert Sun)

RANCHO MIRAGE, CA — With all the admonitions against eating fried foods, the words of a rabbi come to mind.

Dipping into a stack of crispy latkes (potato pancakes), he declared, “There are no calories in eating Hanukkah foods cooked in oil.”

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The Rebbe says:

1. In this week’s Torah portion the Torah tells us that Yoseph Hatzadik (Joseph the righteous one) was a man who was “Yefas To’ar V’Yefas Mar’eh – handsome of form and handsome of appearance” and he would curl his hair. The Torah continues and tells us that this caused the wife of his master Potiphar to cast her eyes upon him and want to lie with him, and this eventually landed him in jail. However, even while he was in jail Hashem was with him and he was successful in whatever he did.

In short, there are two parts to this story; 1) Yoseph Hatzadik was “Yefas To’ar V’Yefas Mar’eh – handsome of form and handsome of appearance”, and 2) the issue of Potiphar’s wife.

Obviously, since the Torah is an everlasting guide for our lives, and every singe story has a lesson for us to learn from, there are lessons to be learned from each part of this story.

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Vayeishev!

The Rebbe says:

1. In this week’s Torah portion the Torah tells us that Yoseph Hatzadik (Joseph the righteous one) was a man who was “Yefas To’ar V’Yefas Mar’eh – handsome of form and handsome of appearance” and he would curl his hair. The Torah continues and tells us that this caused the wife of his master Potiphar to cast her eyes upon him and want to lie with him, and this eventually landed him in jail. However, even while he was in jail Hashem was with him and he was successful in whatever he did.

In short, there are two parts to this story; 1) Yoseph Hatzadik was “Yefas To’ar V’Yefas Mar’eh – handsome of form and handsome of appearance”, and 2) the issue of Potiphar’s wife.

Obviously, since the Torah is an everlasting guide for our lives, and every singe story has a lesson for us to learn from, there are lessons to be learned from each part of this story.

Something Jewish

This weeks Living Torah, titled “Exile + 1 = Redemption” (Volume 56, Episode 223)

Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org

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

Video of the Day! – Exile + 1 = Redemption!

This weeks Living Torah, titled “Exile + 1 = Redemption” (Volume 56, Episode 223)

Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org

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

Videos
By Joshua Runyan

BROOKLYN, NY — Chanukah will formally be welcomed in Utah this year during a Sunday evening ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion, where Gov. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., and his wife are expected to join Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Benny and Sharonne Zippel in lighting a menorah.

Emphasizing that the message of Chanukah should be spread among all corners of the globe, Zippel asserted that “a little bit of light dispels much darkness.”

Chanukah Lightings to Take Place in State Capitol Across United States

By Joshua Runyan

BROOKLYN, NY — Chanukah will formally be welcomed in Utah this year during a Sunday evening ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion, where Gov. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., and his wife are expected to join Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Benny and Sharonne Zippel in lighting a menorah.

Emphasizing that the message of Chanukah should be spread among all corners of the globe, Zippel asserted that “a little bit of light dispels much darkness.”

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Please say Tehilim for…

Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.

Aviela Meira bas Sara

A young kallah in Australia, who finally found a Shiduch. She married less than a year ago and is 5 months pregnant. Doctor’s just found out that she has carcinoma and said she only about a year and a half to live. She can’t get any treatment because she is pregnant.

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