CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Over 3,500 Bochurim packed into the Rosa Hall in Beis Rivka Campus Chomesh for the 5th annual Kinus Hatmimim Haolami and Farbrengen in honor of Yud Shvat. The Kinus/Farbrengen is the main event in a long weekend packed with Shiurim, Farbrengens and more for Bochurim who come in from Yeshivos all over the world in Honor of Yud Shvat.
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This weeks edition of the Crown Heights Newspaper, available for print.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Bochur crossing Eastern Parkway and Albany Avenue was struck and knocked over by a car Thursday evening. The incident took place as the car turned onto Eastern Parkway and struck the Bochur in the crosswalk. The driver of the car stopped, got out and looked at the Bochur and without a word he got into his car and fled the scene.
Shocked and hurt the Bochur made his down Albany to Lubavitcher Yeshiva where he met others and told them what happened, they advised him to call Shomrim and see what they say.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Thousands of Chassidim, Bochurim and Mekurovim poured into Crown Heights for Yud Shvat, visiting the Ohel, Davening in the Rebbes room in 770 and in the Rebbes House.
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10 Shvat, 5768
To all Shluchim and Anash,
Greetings and Blessings,
As many of you may know, Elana Leah Kasle, 18 year old daughter of Dr. Jerry and Mrs. Shaindel Kasle, from North Oak Park Michigan, was hit by a car several weeks ago. She was attending seminary in Florida and on that evening was working on winter camp. Although she has sustained life threatening injuries, and is presently in a coma, as a result of our Tefillos and good deeds in her merit, Boruch Hashem, Elana Leah has shown some improvements.
We have established organized Tehillim throughout our community. Many took upon themselves to finish Tehillim every week until Elana has a full recovery. Hundreds of men, women and Children took upon themselves to recite the Brocho of Asher Yutzar from a Siddur in the zechus of Elana Leah bas Shaindel Rochel, we distributed over two thousand wallet size Asher Yutzar cards to this point.
LITCHFIELD, CT — Rabbi intent on pursuing synagogue plans on Litchfield Green. Chabad Lubavitch has no intention of abandoning its plan to convert an 1872 house here into a synagogue, despite the official rejection of its building plan.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — About forty Shluchim from the greater New York region came together for a farbrengen in honor of Yud Shevat. The head shliach to Long Island, Rabbi Tuvia Teldon, invited shluchim to the farbrengen held at the Jewish Children’s Museum.
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A battery of devastating plagues, ten in total, worked wonders (no pun intended). They succeeded in shattering the resolve of the Egyptian tormenters; compelling them to release the Israelites from their evil clutches – ending thereby two harrowing centuries of exile and slavery.
Their sights now set on Sinai and the long awaited rendezvous with G-d, the Children of Israel were free at last – well on their way to a future of promise and reward. Or so it seemed.
Alas, in an unexpected turn of events, their hopes were dashed. The fledgling nation found itself, instead, caught between a rock and a hard place, or more accurately stated: between the extended swords of the advancing Egyptian army and the choppy waves of an unyielding sea.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — JEM is pleased to announce that in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the passing of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson, on the 22nd of Shevat a new DVD will be released. The DVD features interviews with Dr. Ira Weiss, Mrs. Leah Kahan, and numerous others who knew and interacted with the Rebbetzin.
Bentzi and Mashi (nee Moscowitz) Butman.
IYH at 679 Montgomery St, Apt 2G, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].
Dovid and Hindy (nee Gray) Harrison.
IYH at 374 New York Ave, [bet Carroll and Crown St].
Eli and Shayna Eliav.
IYH at 770 Lefferts Ave, Apt B1L, [bet Troy and Schenectady Ave].
Ushi and Chani (nee Bukiet) Steinmetz (Brooklyn, NY) .
Chaim Meir and Yael (nee Nates) Tessler.
IYH at 35 E 35th St, New York, NY.
Benjy and Leah Brackman (Shluchim to Westminster, CO) .
IYH at the Chabad House on 4505 W 112th Ave, Westminster, CO.
Shai and Chany (nee Zagury) Vaknin (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) .
What is a Sholom Zochor?
It is customary to make a party or get-together for friends and family on the first Friday night (Shabbat) after a baby boy is born. This is called a “Sholom Zochor,” loosely translated as “a time for wishing peace to the male child.”
The Sholom Zochor is usually held in the home of the newborn following the Shabbat meal. Refreshments are served and words of Torah are shared. This gathering is used an opportunity to publicly thank God for the baby’s successful entrance to the world. The gathering also celebrates the newborn’s first Shabbat, since the baby must experience the sanctity of Shabbat before he can be circumcised.
In addition, the Midrash relates that a child is taught Torah in the womb, and then forgets it at birth in order that he toil to learn it again. The Sholom Zochor is meant as a consolation of sorts for having forgotten the Torah. For this reason many people serve beans or chickpeas at the Sholom Zochor, since these are foods served at the house of a mourner.
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.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Thursday night the mispalelim of the Beis Shmuel gathered for a Yud Shvat Farbrengen with Rabbi Avremel Shemtov head Shliach to the State of Pennsylvania.
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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chaim Benjaminson (Crown Heights) and Rochi Rapoport (Toronto, Canada) on their engagement.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
QUEENS, NY — Tens of thousands of people descended on Cambria Heights, N.Y., to pray at the resting places of the last two Chabad-Lubavitch leaders. Thursday marked the Hebrew anniversary of the 1950 passing of the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory, and the day exactly one year later that his son-in-law, the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, formally accepted the leadership of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmuel Gurary (Cholon, Israel) and Chaya Levin (Kensington, NY) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Sunday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
The Annual Kinnus Hatmimim Haolomi (the International Convention of Tmimim) and Farbrengen at Rosa Hall Campus Chomesh, now live, click below to watch!!
mms://213.8.136.62/COL.ORG.IL (Requires Windows Media Player)
CATSKILL MOUNTAINS, NY [CHI] — Seventy years of oppression and indoctrination can wipe out a lot of memories…. For some kids of parents who left the former Soviet Union for America, even words like “Jewish” and “Torah” and Shabbos may be shrouded in mystery.
But during a week in the Catskills, a group of boys aged 10-14 created their own Jewish memories even as they enjoyed a dream winter vacation filled with skiing, snow-tubing, and other winter sports at Camp FREE-Gan Israel’s winter camp.
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