SYDNEY, Australia [CHI] — Although it’s now winter in Australia and the nights are longer, Tzivos Hashem in Sydney is as active as ever. Organized by the Yeshiva Centre, Chabad Centre of NSW, Australia, fathers and son’s of all ages came this Moitzoai Shabbos Kodesh to study together a sicha, enjoy some nosh, hear a great story and win a prize.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Berele and Sheindel (nee Fajnland) Yarmush (Crown Heights) on the birth of their twins, a boy and a gir!
May the newborns be a source of Nachas to their parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
With profound sadness, we announce the passing of Rabbi Yaakov Ganzburg OBM from Milan, Italy.
Rabbi Gansburg was the son in law of Rabbi Yisroel Noah Blinitsky. Rabbi Gansburg and his wife lived in Milan where he was a “shochet,” with the consent of the Frierdike Rebbe. In recent years he was very weak and resided by one of his daughters in Miami.
He is survived by his children: R Menachem Mendel Hilel (Milan, Italy) Mrs Sarah Blank (Miami, FL), Mrs Dina Perla Tsfasman (Crown Heights), R Yosef Yitzchok (Nachlas Har Chabad, Israel), Mrs Chana Liba Raichik (Los Angeles, CA), Mrs Rachel Raviski (Toronto, Canada), R Avrohom Shlomo (Kfar Chabad, Israel), and R Noah (Brazil).
The Levaya will be Sunday evening, 10:00pm at Shomrei Hadas and passing 770 at 10:30pm, then to Israel for burial.
Boruch Dayan Haemes
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Pinchus and Rochel (nee Goldenberg) Levy (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Sunday, many countries around the world will be celebrating Mother’s Day. Chabad.org produced a short video, with a beautiful message.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Chana bas R Yosef Levi Andrusier of Crown Heights this Shabbos morning at the age of 91.
The Nifteres is survived by her children Yibadlu Lechaim Tovim: R Yerachmiel (Crown Heights), Mrs Leah Gurkov, (Montreal, Canada), R Laibel (Crown Heights), R Avromel (Crown Heights), R Moshe (Staten Island, NY), Mrs Chaya Sorah Tenenbaum (Crown Heights), Mrs Rochel Spritzer (Crown Heights). Her son R Refoel passed away in the summer of 2000.
The Levaya will be Sunday morning, 9:30am at Shomrei Hadas and passing 770 at 11:15am
Boruch Dayan Haemes
MASSTRICHT, The Netherlands — The Jewish community of Maastricht, Netherlands, together with the municipality and the local Sphinx Tiles manufacturer, arranged for the reburial of Jewish remains from an 18th century cemetery.
According to local historians, the area surrounding the planned construction of a new Sphinx building was used by the Jewish community as a cemetery from 1782 to 1822. When officials with the company learned of the cemetery’s supposed presence, they notified Rabbis Yaakov Yitzchak Schapiro, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Limburg and North Brabant, and Binyomin Jacobs of Chabad-Lubavitch of the Netherlands and a member of the Rabbinical Centre of Europe, who suggested that a team of archaeologists supervise the necessary digging.
We woul like to wish Mazal Tov to Hershy and Frumie (nee Rosenfeld) Spritzer (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
A record 13,000 students have enrolled in JLI’s upcoming course, Talmudic Ethics, scheduled to begin next week at 260 locations around the world. The in-depth course will tackle big issues like abortion, euthanasia, freedom of expression, and fair business practice. Participants will discover how Torah offers a moral compass to help find direction through the labyrinth of life.
The course is accredited in for both Continuing Legal Education (CLE) for lawyers and Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits for medical professionals.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Moshe Yitzchak and Chana (nee Mergui) Lieblich (Shluchim to Wilmington NC) on the birth of their daughter
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Here comes another hit from the International Moshiach Campaign! ‘Lag B’omer Puzzle Hunt’ is a beautifully put together game that you can play anywhere, with children of all ages!! It’s full of fun and packed with toichen!
Everything you need to play the game is included free in this kit! Instructions, game board and all the pieces!
“I have been to many funerals in my life, but I have never seen someone cry with as much pain as the Rebbe cried for that soldier.” The following is an unbelievable encounter that one of the Rebbe’s Secretaries experienced with Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka OBM in the winter of 1966. Its an excerpt from the new book on the Rebbe “The Rebbe Inspiring a Generation” www.inspiringageneration.com
“It was a winter morning in 1966, about 3:30 A.M. The Rebbe had left for home already—an early night considering that there had been no yechidus that night.
BROOKLYN, NY — Long before the first rapper stopped snitching or any Mafiosi swore an oath of omertà, there was the Jewish law of mesira.
The tenet that forbids Jews from informing on fellow Jews is one of the hurdles facing Brooklyn prosecutors probing the April 14 attack on a black man by two Jewish men, sources told the Daily News.
Authorities – invoking a complaint long cited in cases involving rappers – said the initial probe was hindered by the local Hasidim’s refusal to cooperate.
With the arrival of Rabbi Shimon and Michal Pelman, the Dominican Republic became the newest country to host Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Levi and Chani (nee Begun) Feldman (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
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The story is told of an elderly woman – an expert embroiderer – who approached a Rabbi, with a magnificent mantel that she hand crafted for the Synagogue’s new Torah Scroll. Enamored by the lush fabric and colorful embroidery, the Rabbi immediately rushed to the ark, removed the Torah and placed the mantel over it.
As they shared a moment of delight adoring the lovely new cover, the Rabbi noted, to everyone’s disappointment, that the new cover was several inches shorter than the scroll.
Thanking the woman for her sincere thoughtfulness and effort, the Rabbi gently explained that while it was a true masterpiece it would not work, since it was too short.
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