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From the Chabad.org Calendar

Today is Beis Nissan, the 88th yahrzeit of the Rebbe Rashab. The Rashab wrote and delivered some 2,000 maamarim.

The fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneersohn (“Rashab”), was born in the White Russian town of Lubavitch in 1860. After the passing of his father, Rabbi Shmuel (in 1882), he assumed the leadership of Chabad-Lubavitch.

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88th Yahrzeit of the Rebbe Rashab

From the Chabad.org Calendar

Today is Beis Nissan, the 88th yahrzeit of the Rebbe Rashab. The Rashab wrote and delivered some 2,000 maamarim.

The fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneersohn (“Rashab”), was born in the White Russian town of Lubavitch in 1860. After the passing of his father, Rabbi Shmuel (in 1882), he assumed the leadership of Chabad-Lubavitch.

Continued in the Extended Article.

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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!
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Chein (Toulouse, France) to Chanale Greenberg (Shanghai, China) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at 695 East New York Ave
New Engagement!

Schneur Motchkin (Crown Heights) to Sarah Schmukler (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Shmayah Schechter (Miami Beach, FL) to Bella Kimball (West Hartford, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 7:30pm at Chabad of Greater Hartford 2352 Albany Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06117
Baby Girl!

Shneur and Sara (nee Heber) polter from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yonah Galili (Toronto, Canada) to Ora Zuckerman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, July 7th, 8:00pm at Bais Avraham Yitzchak 305 Remsen Ave
Baby Boy!

Dovid and Baila (nee Spielman) Vogel from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yechezkel Markovitch (Kiev, Ukraine) to Layah Carlbach (Montreal, Canada)
New Engagement!

Meir Manssouri (Los Angeles, CA) to Raizy Altschul (Chicago, IL)

Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yisroel and Chanie (nee Benjaminson) Altein (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.

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

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Mazal Tov! – 3 Monday Night L’Chaims!

Mendy Itzinger (London, UK) and Sarah Schmerling (Zurich, Switzerland) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].

Avremi Zaltzman (Toronto, Canada) and Sarah (bas R Zalman) Liberow (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].

Sholom Lapidus (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Nechama Tiechtel (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St, [bet New York and Nostrand Ave].

To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Kovi (ben R Lazer) Raksin (Crown Heights) and Rivky Danzinger (Toronto, Canada) on their engagement.

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

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Mazal Tov! – 6 Sunday Night L’Chaims!

Shaya Lesches (Sydney, Australia / Monsey, NY) and Bayla Lurie (Montreal, Canada)
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].

Aaron Gewirtz (Miami, FL) and Meira Benjamin (Brooklyn, NY) .
IYH at Agudas Yisroel, 456 Crown St, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Reuven Gitter (S Paul, MN) and Miriam Feldman (Brooklyn, NY) .
IYH at the JCM, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].

Zalman Centner (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Rachel Klein (Manchester, UK) .
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Kovi Raksin (Crown Heights) and Rivky Danzinger (Toronto, Canada) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].

Reuven Lakein (Crown Heights) and Miriam Wrightman (Toronto, Canada) .
IYH at Empire Shteibel, 489 Empire blvd, [bet Brooklyn and New York Ave].

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MANCHESTER, England [JTA] — A group of Jewish experts may have discovered “lost” chassidic documents in Manchester's John Rylands library.

They could include records of chassidic courts that were lost during upheavals caused by wars that ravaged eastern Europe from the time of Napoleon to World War One.

‘Lost’ Chassidic Treasures May Have Turned Up

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MANCHESTER, England [JTA] — A group of Jewish experts may have discovered “lost” chassidic documents in Manchester’s John Rylands library.

They could include records of chassidic courts that were lost during upheavals caused by wars that ravaged eastern Europe from the time of Napoleon to World War One.

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Rebecca Rosenthal - Lubavitch.com

Rabbi Haskelevich with Brandon Paroly, Vice President of UPenn College Republicans.

UPENN, PA — Passions are running high as Pennsylvania’s presidential primary nears. Pundits are squabbling. Campaign lackeys are slinging mud. But at Chabad-Lubavitch House at Penn, Penn Democrats and Republicans set aside their differences to share Shabbat meal.

Sharing Shabbat with fifty University of Pennsylvania students in a politics-free zone recently, provided a much-needed break for Joe Gross, vice president of the Penn Democrats.

UPenn Politicos Break for Bi-Partisan Shabbat With Chabad

Rebecca Rosenthal – Lubavitch.com

Rabbi Haskelevich with Brandon Paroly, Vice President of UPenn College Republicans.

UPENN, PA — Passions are running high as Pennsylvania’s presidential primary nears. Pundits are squabbling. Campaign lackeys are slinging mud. But at Chabad-Lubavitch House at Penn, Penn Democrats and Republicans set aside their differences to share Shabbat meal.

Sharing Shabbat with fifty University of Pennsylvania students in a politics-free zone recently, provided a much-needed break for Joe Gross, vice president of the Penn Democrats.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal tov to Sholom Lapidus (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Nechama Tiechtel (Crown Heights) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be Monday night at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St, [between New York and Nostrand Ave].

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By Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky

Jewish women from across Toronto pack The Bay department store in the city's Yorkdale shopping center for a fashion show highlighting the best in modest apparel.

For the first time in its history, The Bay department store in Toronto's Yorkdale shopping mall showcased the most modest of fashions as some 400 women packed the retailer for a groundbreaking Jewish fashion show.

Fashion Show Showcases Modern and Modest

By Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky

Jewish women from across Toronto pack The Bay department store in the city’s Yorkdale shopping center for a fashion show highlighting the best in modest apparel.

For the first time in its history, The Bay department store in Toronto’s Yorkdale shopping mall showcased the most modest of fashions as some 400 women packed the retailer for a groundbreaking Jewish fashion show.

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Sholom and Chaya Kayla (nee Gross) Rogatsky (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.

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

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By Grant Slater

Chairman of Russia's Council of Muftis, Ravil Gaynutdin and Russia's Chief Rabbi, Rabbi, Rabbi Berel Lazar

MOSCOW, Russia [JTA] — Russia's chief rabbi and the chairman of the country's main Islamic council are patching up a relationship severed two weeks ago after an Islamic community leader called Zionism a cancer and Israel a fascist state.

Ravil Gaynutdin, the chairman of Russia's Councilof Muftis, reached out to Rabbi Berel Lazar during Purim celebrations and asked for a meeting as the Russian media began to report that Lazar's Chabad-led Federation of Jewish Communities was cutting ties with the council.

Renouncing anti-Israel remarks, Russian Muslims reach out to Jews

By Grant Slater

Chairman of Russia’s Council of Muftis, Ravil Gaynutdin and Russia’s Chief Rabbi, Rabbi, Rabbi Berel Lazar

MOSCOW, Russia [JTA] — Russia’s chief rabbi and the chairman of the country’s main Islamic council are patching up a relationship severed two weeks ago after an Islamic community leader called Zionism a cancer and Israel a fascist state.

Ravil Gaynutdin, the chairman of Russia’s Councilof Muftis, reached out to Rabbi Berel Lazar during Purim celebrations and asked for a meeting as the Russian media began to report that Lazar’s Chabad-led Federation of Jewish Communities was cutting ties with the council.

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