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A Safed Hostel and Outreach Center Offers Mysticism

By Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky

Visitors to Ascent, a Chabad-Lubavitch center in Safed, Israel, listen to a presentation on Jewish mysticism.

SAFED, Israel — It’s where a nose-ringed backpacker, elderly tourist, undergraduate, yeshiva student and middle-aged secretary meet. It’s where they ascend a mountain to learn, tour an ancient city and discover the mysteries and spirituality of their Jewish heritage. Welcome to Ascent of Safed, Israel.

Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yudi and Sarah (nee Spangenthal) Dukes (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!

New Video Footage From JLI’s Mission to Israel

Rave reviews are still pouring in about the JLI’s Mission to Israel. The mission comprised of 35 Shluchim and over 300 participants from JLI affiliates worldwide who just concluded a 6 week course entitled “The Land & the Spirit- Why We All Care About Israel”.

Archival Community Witnesses Film Preservation Effort

By Joshua Runyan

Henry Mayer, left, of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum joined Rabbi Elkanah Shmotkin, director of Jewish Educational Media; Sarah Stauderman, preservation manager for the Smithsonian Institute; Joshua Harris, chief archivist for the National Geographic Society; and Lucy G. Barber of the National Archives at a reception coinciding with a JEM presentation of its Living Archive, containing more than 4,000 hours of footage of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory.

A delegation of archivists representing several U.S. government and private institutions joined several dozen members of Jewish communities in suburban Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., for a rare presentation given by Jewish Educational Media, the Chabad-Lubavitch organization responsible for preserving and disseminating footage of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory.

When Young Idealism Leads

International Friendship Circle’s teen-driven Leadership Club impresses with new initiatives.

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Much talk is heard about today’s teens, corrupted more than ever by messages of how to dress, eat, think, socialize, shop, recreate or otherwise indulge in endless decadence to gross excess.

But should one have been in attendance at the recent annual convention of the Volunteer Leadership Club, quite the opposite picture emerges.

The New Siddur causing a revolution in the FSU

BROOKLYN, NY — If you find yourself in the foreseeable future in one of the synagogues or schools in the FSU you might have an illusion that you are by the Western Wall. Well this illusion is nearly reality! Tzivos Hashem of the C.I.S. under the directorship of Rabbi Yossi Glick is responsible for the vast amount of noise erupting lately in the FSU. Their Publishing House, directed by Rabbi Shmuli Brown has printed the first of a kind Siddur with Russian translation and transliteration.

The Siddur for daily prayers comes with a new translation geared to young adults, and with numbered paragraphs making it easy for the reader to switch from the Hebrew to the translation or transliterated text. Prayers are marked with symbols that let the reader know whether to sit or stand at that prayer.

“Kids in Action” Brings Holidays to Life for Uruguayans

By Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky

Jewish children in Uruguay learn about the mitzvah of charity with a larger-than-life charity box during a program by Jewish Kids in Action, a Chabad-Lubavitch project.

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Reaching Uruguay’s thousands of Jews one kid at a time. That’s what Rochel Shemtov’s initiative does through a series of fun-filled educational programs it brings to local schools monthly.

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Kedoshim

The Rebbe says:

1. The first three Mitzvos (commandments) mentioned in this week’s Torah portion are:
1) “You should be holy”.
2) “Every person should fear his mother and father”.
3) “You should observe my Sabbaths”.

2. Everything in Torah is perfectly exact. Therefore, if the Torah puts these three Mitzvos consecutively one after the other, they must be connected to each other. Let us try and find out how they are connected to each other and what lessons they are coming to teach us.

3. The Rebbe now sets out to explain each of these three Mitzvos and their connection with each other, beginning with the first one (“You should be holy”):

PSA: Car 1733 is back on the Road

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The Police car designated to pull motorist over for driving infractions was spotted a short while ago on Montgomery and Kingston. As we have reported a little while back the car was involved in an accident and hasn’t been around since.

Drivers should always wear their seatbelts and not talk on their cell phones without a hands free device, but should now take extra care!

Mazal Tov! – 6 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Shlomie and Chanie (nee Gratzman) Hershkop.
IYH at 333 Crown St, [bet New York and Nostrand Ave].

Yudi and Sarah (nee Spangenthal) Dukes.
IYH at 555 Crown St, Apt 2A, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

Yossel and Devorah Leah (nee Gurary) Sirota.
IYH at 9 Fawn Hill Dr, Monsey, NY 10952.

Yossi and Michelle Amar.
IYH at 1089 W Granada Blvd, Ormond Beach, FL 32174.

Levi and Shira Cohen.
IYH at 8969 NW 38th Dr, Pompano Beach, FL 33065.

Aryeh and Leah Lang.
IYH at 6021 Saddleback Way, Camarillo, CA 93012.

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.

Chasid Among Satellite’s Launch Team

Chabad.org

TEL AVIV, Israel — A technical fault may have been the cause of the original delay of the launch of Israel’s AMOS-3 communications satellite, but engineers decided to delay the liftoff until after Passover in deference to a member of the launch team who is a Chabad-Lubavitch Chasid.

Video of the Day – Father, where are you?

The Rebbe’s Tears and a Moshol for Golus

The Rebbe speaks on 15 Shevat, 5739.

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