In Ravaged Gori Jewish New Year Began On A High Note

GORI, Georgia [CHI] — Tensions continue to flare up between Georgia and Russia, with Gori still a city in shambles where many wait in refugee camps for Red Cross food drop-offs, and bombed houses color the landscape.

All the more reason for Georgia’s Chabad-Lubavitch representatives in Tbilisi, Rabbi Meir and Tzipora Kozlovsky, to arrange for rabbinical students to come to Gori and its neighboring towns and cities, so that the area’s Jews would have the opportunity to get the Jewish New Year off to a good start, with the kind of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur services that would inspire and uplift them.

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Mazal Tov! – 3 Thursday Night L’Chaims!

Yossi Friedman (Sydney, Australia) and Chana Raizel Leuchter (Sydney, Australia) .
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Levi Kumer (Tzfas, Israel) and Rivky Abraham (Johannesburg, South Africa) .
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].

Mendy Lieder (Sydney, Australia) and Sara Grunblatt (Buenes Aries, Argentina)
IYH at 720 Lefferts Ave. [bet Troy and Schentedy Ave].

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yisroel and Chana Feigel (nee Gurewicz) Hyams (Chicago, IL) on the birth of their firstborn son.

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


Pedestrian Struck and a Missing Child over Yom Tov

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Shmini Atzeres and Simchas Torah in Crown Heights B”H passed with no major incident, Shomrim responded to a call from police for a missing 2-year-old girl by 770, and Hatzalah responded to call for a Lubavitcher that was hit by a car on Kingston.

The missing incident took place on Shmini Atzeres at night, a father lost his two year old daughter in the throngs of people outside 770, and approached police officers for help. The girl was last seen walking down Kingston Avenue but was not home. After searching for a while police enlisted the help of Shomrim who dispatched units the parent’s house then searched 770.

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yisroel Meir and Baila (nee Hyams) Rodal (London, UK) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.

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

Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shua and Bashie (nee Hershcovich) Naparstek (Harbor Beach, FL) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.

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

Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Levi Kumer (Tzfas, Israel) and Rivky Abraham (Johannesburg, South Africa) on their engagement.

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

The Season of Great Rejoicing

Erin Wood – Journal Star

Rabbi Eli Langsam says a special blessing with Zachary Erlichman, 13, asking God to bless individuals and unite them as one.

PEORIA, IL — Each October, the Lubavitch Chabad temple of Peoria celebrates Sukkot, a seven-day festival commemorating the 40-year period during which the Jewish people wandered in the desert wilderness from Egypt to Israel.

Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi Friedman (Sydney, Australia) and Chana Raizel Leuchter (Sydney, Australia) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be Thursday night at FREE, 1383 President St, [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Jewish center in South Brunswick hosts community celebration of Sukkot holiday

Lalita Aloor Amuthan – My Central Jersey

AUGUSTO F. MENEZES / MyCentralJersey
Rabbi Eli Azimov speaks to guests and congregants at the Chabad Jewish Center’s Sukkhot event Sunday in South Brunswick.

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — About 70 members of the Jewish community gathered to celebrate in the joyous festival of Sukkot hosted by Chabad Jewish Center of South Brunswick on Sunday, Oct. 19.

Sukkot is a seven-day holiday, observed soon after Yom Kippur, which commemorates God’s protection of Jews after their exodus from Egypt.