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The winners of the My Shliach Father and Son Mother and Daughter are….

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — The My Shliach program announces the raffle winners of the Shavuos Father & Son/ Mother & Daughter Learning for young Shluchim. The lucky winners are Mendel Kaplan, 10 on Shlichus in Devon, Pa. and Aida Smoller, 12 a young Shlucha in San Diego, Ca.

Over 500 young Shluchim and Shluchos worldwide joined together by learning the same Sicha on Shavuos with their fathers and mothers. Upon completing the questionnaire to follow, each participant was entered into a raffle for an Ipod Nano and a set of L’kutei Sichos or “Talks & Tales.”

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New Engagement!

Yaakov Levy (Crown Heights) to Mimi Stern (Houston, TX)
New Engagement!

Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
New Engagement!

Avremel Rapoport(Clarks Summit, PA) to Faigy Liberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Menny Leitner (Monsey, NY) to Bracha Goldberg (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, July 20th, 7:30pm at Bais Yosef Meir Simcha Hall 19 Olympia Ln, Monsey
New Engagement!

Mendy Sulami (Los Angeles, CA) to Aidel Spielman (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Tsvi Feygin  (Teaneck, NJ) to Faigy Kahn (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Shmuel Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Esther Leeba Eidelman (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Downstairs
Baby Boy!

Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shalom Alon (Kfar Gidon, EY) to Bluma Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Jack Abramson (NW4, London, UK) to Shayna Ash (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Soro (nee Brennan) Manne from Penn Wynne, PA had a baby boy!
1. Hmm… I'm going to the waiting room (770).
2. Whatever...
3. Haven't thought about it yet...
4. Plans? Fe! The Aibishter firt di velt.
5. Jump from one L'chaim to another and dance at a Chasunah in between.
6. I'll take any job that'll come my way.
Hello friends,

After so many years living in the system, you're kinda sick of the 'system' and all that it stands for. So with shlichus, Semicha and a successful survival thorough the system all behind you, you feel that it's time to finally live the life, a.k.a. do whatever you want with zero responsibility and no productivity.

Continued in the Extended Article!

Op-Ed: So what are your Plans for Next Year?

1. Hmm… I’m going to the waiting room (770).
2. Whatever…
3. Haven’t thought about it yet…
4. Plans? Fe! The Aibishter firt di velt.
5. Jump from one L’chaim to another and dance at a Chasunah in between.
6. I’ll take any job that’ll come my way.

Hello friends,

After so many years living in the system, you’re kinda sick of the ‘system’ and all that it stands for. So with shlichus, Semicha and a successful survival thorough the system all behind you, you feel that it’s time to finally live the life, a.k.a. do whatever you want with zero responsibility and no productivity.

Continued in the Extended Article!

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In Sao Paulo, Thousands Line Up for a Kosher Big Mac

Lubavitch.com

McDonald’s goes kosher for a day. (photo:lubavitch.com)

S. PAULO, Brazil — They flipped 10,000 burgers at the local McDonald’s last Sunday, and Ronald McDonald was doing his usual thing. But this time, he was greeting kids in yarmulkas, and the beef was glatt kosher. No cheese.

In fact, the entire restaurant in S. Paulo’s Barra Funda neighborhood was strictly kosher for the day. 5,000 patrons curious to experience McDonald’s at its kosher best lined up for their own kosher big mac.

Shlichus
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Melanie M. Sidwell - Longmont Times-Call

Meir Borenstein has no qualms as friends and family take turns cutting his hair during his and Elan Barkenbus’ upshernish celebration at the D-Barn in Longmont on June 12. The upshernish, which literally means “to shear,” is a ceremony marking the formal introduction to Jewish education for 3-year-old boys. Until this point in their lives, neither boy had a formal haircut. Joshua Buck/Times-Call

LONGMONT, CO — As far as Meir Borenstein and Elan Barkenbus knew, the party meant sweet treats, gifts and loved ones.

But the June 12 community gathering at the D-Barn Reception Hall on South Main Street was more than a child’s birthday party. The celebration marked the boys’ third birthday earlier this month and symbolized their introduction to the Jewish faith through a custom known as an upshernish.

Ceremonial Haircut – Celebration Introduces Sons to Jewish Faith

Melanie M. Sidwell – Longmont Times-Call

Meir Borenstein has no qualms as friends and family take turns cutting his hair during his and Elan Barkenbus’ upshernish celebration at the D-Barn in Longmont on June 12. The upshernish, which literally means “to shear,” is a ceremony marking the formal introduction to Jewish education for 3-year-old boys. Until this point in their lives, neither boy had a formal haircut. Joshua Buck/Times-Call

LONGMONT, CO — As far as Meir Borenstein and Elan Barkenbus knew, the party meant sweet treats, gifts and loved ones.

But the June 12 community gathering at the D-Barn Reception Hall on South Main Street was more than a child’s birthday party. The celebration marked the boys’ third birthday earlier this month and symbolized their introduction to the Jewish faith through a custom known as an upshernish.

Shlichus
By Tamar Runyan

Middle school students from Be'er Sheva, Israel, take part in a joint bar mitzvah organized by the city's Chabad-Lubavitch Center.

Be'er Sheva, Israel's ornate Pyramid Synagogue hosted a joint bar mitzvah ceremony for dozens of public school students, replete with a choral performance setting the tone.

Israeli Public School Students Celebrate Bar Mitzvahs as a Class

By Tamar Runyan

Middle school students from Be’er Sheva, Israel, take part in a joint bar mitzvah organized by the city’s Chabad-Lubavitch Center.

Be’er Sheva, Israel‘s ornate Pyramid Synagogue hosted a joint bar mitzvah ceremony for dozens of public school students, replete with a choral performance setting the tone.

Shlichus
FJC.ru
OMSK, Russia — Just outside of Omsk, a youth seminar for over 50 Jewish youth has concluded. The event, which ran from June 11th through 15th, involved representatives from youth clubs run by Jewish communities across Siberia, the Urals Region, and the Russian Far East.

The program featured lectures with various guest speakers on the history of Israel and the Jewish people, Shabbat, and prayers, as well as faith and feelings from the perspective of Judaism. Chief Rabbi of Omsk Osher Krichevsky led a session on the first chapter of 'Perkei Avot' and Rachel Krichevsky baked Chala with the girls for Shabbat. The seminar also involved Yevgeniy Fishman, the Head of the Youth Department of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia, which organized this event.

Youth Seminar Unites Russian Far East, Urals & Siberia

FJC.ru

OMSK, Russia — Just outside of Omsk, a youth seminar for over 50 Jewish youth has concluded. The event, which ran from June 11th through 15th, involved representatives from youth clubs run by Jewish communities across Siberia, the Urals Region, and the Russian Far East.

The program featured lectures with various guest speakers on the history of Israel and the Jewish people, Shabbat, and prayers, as well as faith and feelings from the perspective of Judaism. Chief Rabbi of Omsk Osher Krichevsky led a session on the first chapter of ‘Perkei Avot’ and Rachel Krichevsky baked Chala with the girls for Shabbat. The seminar also involved Yevgeniy Fishman, the Head of the Youth Department of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia, which organized this event.

Shlichus

This week at the Nemenov-Laufer wedding in Crown Heights, a special souvenir was handed out to guests, a disc with rare video clips of the Rebbe never seen before.

The video is blurry, but you can see the Rebbe in the early 1960's davening in the small “zal” upstairs in 770, distributing kos shel bracha Motzoei Shavuos 1960 and distributing at the entrance to his room.

More videos in the Extended Article!

Video of the Day – The Rebbe in the Early Years

This week at the Nemenov-Laufer wedding in Crown Heights, a special souvenir was handed out to guests, a disc with rare video clips of the Rebbe never seen before.

The video is blurry, but you can see the Rebbe in the early 1960’s davening in the small “zal” upstairs in 770, distributing kos shel bracha Motzoei Shavuos 1960 and distributing at the entrance to his room.

More videos in the Extended Article!

Videos
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By Tamar Runyan

Jewish community members in Saratov, Russia, fill an auditorium for a celebration marking Rabbi Yaakov Meir and Leah Kubitshek's 10th year as Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries.

SARATOV, Russia — A crowd of 550 Jewish community members, businesspeople and government officials packed a Saratov, Russia, municipal hall to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Volga River port's Chabad-Lubavitch center.

Russian Jewish Community Celebrates Decade of Rejuvenation

By Tamar Runyan

Jewish community members in Saratov, Russia, fill an auditorium for a celebration marking Rabbi Yaakov Meir and Leah Kubitshek’s 10th year as Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries.

SARATOV, Russia — A crowd of 550 Jewish community members, businesspeople and government officials packed a Saratov, Russia, municipal hall to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Volga River port’s Chabad-Lubavitch center.

Shlichus
Shoshana Capland will be sitting shiva after the passing of her mother Chaya Sara OBM.

At 686 Montgomery St, [between Kingston and Albany Ave].

She will be there till Tuesday.

Condolences can be called in, at (718) 467-6035.

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Info to be Menachem Avel Shoshana Capland

Shoshana Capland will be sitting shiva after the passing of her mother Chaya Sara OBM.

At 686 Montgomery St, [between Kingston and Albany Ave].

She will be there till Tuesday.

Condolences can be called in, at (718) 467-6035.

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Notices
Bob Sandrick - Solon Sun

Stock Photo - The Chabad Jewish Center of Solon

SOLON, OH — A plan by the Chabad Jewish Center of Solon, 5570 Harper Road, to build a mikvah (ceremonial bath) was approved Monday (June 16) by City Council.

The mikvah, in the form of a house, will be located in a residential area on Cannon Road just north of the Chabad center.

Solon: Council lets Chabad Jewish Center Build Ceremonial Bath

Bob Sandrick – Solon Sun

Stock Photo – The Chabad Jewish Center of Solon

SOLON, OH — A plan by the Chabad Jewish Center of Solon, 5570 Harper Road, to build a mikvah (ceremonial bath) was approved Monday (June 16) by City Council.

The mikvah, in the form of a house, will be located in a residential area on Cannon Road just north of the Chabad center.

Shlichus

Young Talent in Crown Heights

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — They are 18 boys, all local, from different schools, but mainly from ‘Darchei Menachem’, they are “The Sparks”. Lately, aside from their singing and voice coaching, they are also learning to play various musical instruments as part of their act on stage.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Crown Heights News
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The Rebbe says:

1. In this week’s Torah portion Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) sends twelve spies (twelve “Miraglim”) to examine the Land of Canaan (which would later be called the Land of Israel).

When the twelve spies returned from inspecting the land, ten of the spies reported to Moshe Rabbeinu and the entire assembly of the Jewish people that the inhabitants of the Land of Canaan were too strong for the Jewish people to conquer. The Talmud tells us that these spies were even saying that the inhabitants of the Land of Canaan are stronger then Hashem (G-d) and “even the householder (Hashem) cannot remove his utensils from there (because the Canaanites are stronger then He)”!

The Jewish people got very frightened by this report and complained by saying, “We should have stayed in Egypt; even if we would have died there our wives and children would not have been taken captive! Let us return to Egypt!”.

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Shelach

The Rebbe says:

1. In this week’s Torah portion Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) sends twelve spies (twelve “Miraglim”) to examine the Land of Canaan (which would later be called the Land of Israel).

When the twelve spies returned from inspecting the land, ten of the spies reported to Moshe Rabbeinu and the entire assembly of the Jewish people that the inhabitants of the Land of Canaan were too strong for the Jewish people to conquer. The Talmud tells us that these spies were even saying that the inhabitants of the Land of Canaan are stronger then Hashem (G-d) and “even the householder (Hashem) cannot remove his utensils from there (because the Canaanites are stronger then He)”!

The Jewish people got very frightened by this report and complained by saying, “We should have stayed in Egypt; even if we would have died there our wives and children would not have been taken captive! Let us return to Egypt!”.

Something Jewish

Oholei Torah Bochurim Tested on Gemara

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Thursday, Bochurim from Oholei Torah Mesivtah went with their Rosh Yishivah Rabbi Zushe Willhelm to get tested by Reb Gavriel Tziner, the famous author of the sefer ‘Nitei Gavriel’. The bucrim were tested on the entire Mesechta Bava Basra, which they were learning through the year by heart.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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FJC.ru
BRYANSK, Russia — For the first time ever since the onset of Soviet power in the USSR, a traditional Jewish wedding is taking place in the Russian border city of Bryansk. This event is not only a life-altering moment for Nachum and Ilana, but also a joyous occasion for the entire Jewish community of Bryansk.

The big event took place in one of the city's best restaurants, where a Chuppa and more than 100 guests met the young couple. The ceremony was led by chief Rabbi of Bryansk Menachem Mendel Zaklos, as the crowd looked on with great interest and heartfelt emotion.

First Jewish Wedding for Russian Border Town

FJC.ru

BRYANSK, Russia — For the first time ever since the onset of Soviet power in the USSR, a traditional Jewish wedding is taking place in the Russian border city of Bryansk. This event is not only a life-altering moment for Nachum and Ilana, but also a joyous occasion for the entire Jewish community of Bryansk.

The big event took place in one of the city’s best restaurants, where a Chuppa and more than 100 guests met the young couple. The ceremony was led by chief Rabbi of Bryansk Menachem Mendel Zaklos, as the crowd looked on with great interest and heartfelt emotion.

Shlichus