Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
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 Weekly Comic! – Parshas Emor!
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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.
The Weekly Sedra – Emor, Rationalization, It’s Not All That Rational
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.
This weeks edition of the Crown Heights Newspaper, available for print.
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This Weeks Crown Heights Newspaper
This weeks edition of the Crown Heights Newspaper, available for print.
Mazal Tov! – 7 Sholom Zochors this Week!
Moishe and Sheva (nee Lipskier) Schmukler.
IYH at 1469 Carroll St, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].
Hershel and Esther Friedman.
IYH at 935 Eastern Pkwy, Basement Shul, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].
Roy and Mirelle Mazuz.
IYH at 802 Eastern Pkwy, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].
Aaron Leib and Tamar Stone.
IYH at Shain Shul, 390 Kingston Ave, [bet Crown and Montgomery].
Levi and Chani (nee Begun) Feldman.
IYH at 544 Crown St, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].
Dovid and Doba (nee Raskin) Mintz.
IYH at 81 W Meadow Dr, Vail, CO 81657.
Schneur and Shternie (nee Solomon) Mockin (Montreal, Canada) .
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.
Pesach Merkos Shlichus around the World
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — This year Pesach Merkos Shlichus was taken to a whole new level with tremendous success BH. Merkos sent an unprecedented 500 Bochurim to remote and distant locations in Africa, China, Turkey, Russia, Thailand, India, Mexico, Colombia, Europe and more, making it possible for thousands more Jews to partake in the Pesach experience.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Huge Success for Chabad at Chicago’s Walk with Israel
CHICAGO, IL [CHI] — This past Sunday, Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois had an incredibly successful day at the Chicago Jewish Federation’s annual Walk with Israel program. Over 12,000 people throughout Chicago joined the program that culminated with an indoor fair that featured FIVE Chabad booths.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
1. In this week’s Torah portion Hashem (G-d) commands the Jewish people to count the forty nine days beginning from the second day of Passover until the giving of the Torah (Shavuot),. This is called “Sefiras Ha’Omer (the counting of the Omer)”.
2. The Rebbe now begins discussing Sefiras Ha’Omer:
One of the verses commanding the Jewish people to count the Omer says, “You shall count for yourselves - from the morrow of the rest day (Mi’ma’cha’ras HaShabbos), from the day when you bring the Omer of the waving - seven weeks, they shall be complete”.
The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Emor
The Rebbe says:
1. In this week’s Torah portion Hashem (G-d) commands the Jewish people to count the forty nine days beginning from the second day of Passover until the giving of the Torah (Shavuot),. This is called “Sefiras Ha’Omer (the counting of the Omer)”.
2. The Rebbe now begins discussing Sefiras Ha’Omer:
One of the verses commanding the Jewish people to count the Omer says, “You shall count for yourselves – from the morrow of the rest day (Mi’ma’cha’ras HaShabbos), from the day when you bring the Omer of the waving – seven weeks, they shall be complete”.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovid and Doba (nee Raskin) Mintz (Vail, CO) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
JACKSON, WY — Rabbi Zalman and Raizy Mendelsohn arrived in Wyoming Thursday to open the first Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish center in the state.
Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries Are Wyoming’s Only Full-Time Jewish Spiritual Leaders
JACKSON, WY — Rabbi Zalman and Raizy Mendelsohn arrived in Wyoming Thursday to open the first Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish center in the state.
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Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Naftali ben Gila
This weeks Living Torah, titled “Follow Your Pedigree” (Volume 48, Episode 191)
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Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.
Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Eizik Hodakov (1902 - 1993), Chief of the Rebbe’s secretariat for more than 40 years, was born in the Russian town of Beshenkowitz in 1902 on the 4th of Shevat to Horav Hagaon Reb Sholom Yisroel, a descendent of Chabad Chassidim and to Chaya Treina Hodakov. Two years after his birth, the family moved to Riga, Latvia, where he was brought up under the auspices of the famous Gaon and Tzadik Reb Yoel Barantzik. As a young man, he began spreading Torah and Yiddishkeit, and the famous Chabad chossid, Reb Mordechai Dubin, the leader of Agudas Yisroel in Latvia and a minister in the government, directed him to utilize his shining talents in chinuch.
More in the Extended Article.
3 Iyar: Yohrtzeit of Rabbi Hodakov OBM
Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Eizik Hodakov (1902 – 1993), Chief of the Rebbe’s secretariat for more than 40 years, was born in the Russian town of Beshenkowitz in 1902 on the 4th of Shevat to Horav Hagaon Reb Sholom Yisroel, a descendent of Chabad Chassidim and to Chaya Treina Hodakov. Two years after his birth, the family moved to Riga, Latvia, where he was brought up under the auspices of the famous Gaon and Tzadik Reb Yoel Barantzik. As a young man, he began spreading Torah and Yiddishkeit, and the famous Chabad chossid, Reb Mordechai Dubin, the leader of Agudas Yisroel in Latvia and a minister in the government, directed him to utilize his shining talents in chinuch.
More in the Extended Article.
A lawyer with more than 30 years' experience dealing with the Hasidic community tried to broker the deal, sources said Wednesday.
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes turned the lawyer away, electing to have a grand jury continue to probe the April 14 attack on Andrew Charles, a 20-year-old college student.
DA: No deal for Jews accused in attack on black man in Crown Heights
The Brooklyn district attorney’s office refused to accept the surrender of two Jewish men accused of beating an unarmed black man in Crown Heights in exchange for more lenient charges, sources told the Daily News.
A lawyer with more than 30 years’ experience dealing with the Hasidic community tried to broker the deal, sources said Wednesday.
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes turned the lawyer away, electing to have a grand jury continue to probe the April 14 attack on Andrew Charles, a 20-year-old college student.
Mazal Tov! – Thursday Night L’Chaim!
Eliezer Yaakov Kahan (London, UK) and Elana Berkun (Chicago/Crown Heights)
IYH at the Silver’s, 1486 Carroll St, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
