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Bris. Illustration Photo.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — While people around the world were participating and watching the funeral of Mumbai Shluchim, a Bris took place in Bais Shmuel Shul. The parents Levi and Rivky Wilhelm gave their child the name Gavriel Noach Chaim. The newborn will be the first to be named after slain Rabbi, Gavriel Noach Holtzberg HYD, who was murdered in India last week.

Boy Named After Shliach

Bris. Illustration Photo.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — While people around the world were participating and watching the funeral of Mumbai Shluchim, a Bris took place in Bais Shmuel Shul. The parents Levi and Rivky Wilhelm gave their child the name Gavriel Noach Chaim. The newborn will be the first to be named after slain Rabbi, Gavriel Noach Holtzberg HYD, who was murdered in India last week.

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New Engagement!

Moshe Yitzchak Piekarski (S. Paul, MN) to Miriam Leah Libman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at F.R.E.E.
New Engagement!

Mendel Zaklikovsky (Monroe, NJ) to Mussie Shemtov (Stamford, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd.
New Engagement!

Yosef Gordon (Cincinnati, OH) to Dina Ives (Pomona, NY)
Baby Boy!

Bentzi and Osnas Cousin from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 580 Crown Street Ground Floor, #009 between Albany and Troy Aves
New Engagement!

Tzemach Sanowicz (Crown Heights) to Esther Browd (Jacksonville, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Lubavitch Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Mendy Wolff (Yerucham, EY) to Chaya Wolf (Chicago, IL)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Shayna (nee Perl) Konikov from Kingston, PA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Zalman Niassof (Crown Heights) Chanie Shapiro (Chicago, IL)
New Engagement!

Mendel Lustig (New Haven, CT) to Basie Zalmanov (Queens, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Aryeh Wuensch (Crown Heights) to Rochele Liberow (Barranquilla, Colombia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at La Sala 1345 President St
Baby Girl!

Sholom Ber and Simi Stiefel from Arcadia, CA had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Lippy Baumgarten (Rockaway, NJ) to Chana Rivkin (New Orleans, LA)
New Engagement!

Meir Levy (Crown Heights) to Rashi Rubashkin (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Wednesday, April 15th, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street
New Engagement!

Menachem Mendel Hecht (Stores, CT) to Aidela Zirkind (Toronto, Canada)
Baby Girl!

Tuvya and Shaina (nee Goldstein) Gewirtz from Crown Heights had a baby girl!

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Baby Boy!

R’ Dovber and Lulu (nee Kievman) Koncepolski from Irvine, CA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Dov Werner (Five Towns, NY) to Mushka Miriam Weingarten (Kingston, PA)

Indian police officers guarding the area around Mubai's seafront landmark Taj Mahal Hotel discuss as they read the morning newspapers Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

MUMBAI, India [AP] — India received a warning from the United States before last week's attacks in Mumbai that militants were plotting a waterborne assault on the city, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday as domestic intelligence officials said they were aware of a Pakistan-based plot.

US Official: India Knew of Plot on Mumbai’s Coast

Indian police officers guarding the area around Mubai’s seafront landmark Taj Mahal Hotel discuss as they read the morning newspapers Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

MUMBAI, India [AP] — India received a warning from the United States before last week’s attacks in Mumbai that militants were plotting a waterborne assault on the city, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday as domestic intelligence officials said they were aware of a Pakistan-based plot.

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At 6am (NY Time) Tuesday morning, a live video feed of the levaya of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah Hotzberg, HY”D, will be available on Chabad.org at http://www.chabad.org/778264 thanks to the generous support of Rabbi Shalom Laine.

A screen will be set up at Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street (Albany Ave. entrance) where the public is welcome to participate.

Live Broadcast from the Levaya of the Holtzbergs HYD

At 6am (NY Time) Tuesday morning, a live video feed of the levaya of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah Hotzberg, HY”D, will be available on Chabad.org at http://www.chabad.org/778264 thanks to the generous support of Rabbi Shalom Laine.

A screen will be set up at Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street (Albany Ave. entrance) where the public is welcome to participate.

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Chilling video of young Moshe crying for his mother - Hebrew

MUMBAI, India — In a tearful ceremony, the Jewish community of Mumbai paid their last respects to Chabad House emissaries Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, killed in the terror attack last Wednesday, at the Knesset Eliyahu Synagogue yesterday. Rivka's parents, Shimon and Yehudit Rosenberg were in attendance, along with the Holtzbergs' 2-year-old son, Moshe, who survived the attack.

Mumbai Jewish Community Bids Slain Chabad Emissaries Tearful Farewell, as Bodies Flown Home

Chilling video of young Moshe crying for his mother – Hebrew

MUMBAI, India — In a tearful ceremony, the Jewish community of Mumbai paid their last respects to Chabad House emissaries Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, killed in the terror attack last Wednesday, at the Knesset Eliyahu Synagogue yesterday. Rivka’s parents, Shimon and Yehudit Rosenberg were in attendance, along with the Holtzbergs’ 2-year-old son, Moshe, who survived the attack.

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Jason Song and Ted Rohrlich - LA Times

Hundreds gather Sunday in Westwood to mourn those killed in the Mumbai attacks.
Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES, CA — Jews in Los Angeles on Sunday mourned a slain couple who had run a Mumbai Jewish center besieged by terrorists. As local leaders decried the attack in India, arrangements were underway to move the emissaries' 2-year-old son Moshe to Israel, where he will live with his maternal grandparents and the nanny who rescued him.

L.A. Chabad mourns couple slain in Mumbai

Jason Song and Ted Rohrlich – LA Times

Hundreds gather Sunday in Westwood to mourn those killed in the Mumbai attacks.
Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES, CA — Jews in Los Angeles on Sunday mourned a slain couple who had run a Mumbai Jewish center besieged by terrorists. As local leaders decried the attack in India, arrangements were underway to move the emissaries’ 2-year-old son Moshe to Israel, where he will live with his maternal grandparents and the nanny who rescued him.

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Shauna Steigerwald - The Enquirer

Rabbi Berel Cohen, director of youth and family programming at Chabad Jewish Center, explains how to use the olive press.

CINCINNATI, OH — This year, Chanukah shopping turns into a family adventure with Chabad Jewish Center at the Blue Ash Kroger. The Olive Press Workshop, hosted by Judah Maccabee, will be staging two free presentations in the kosher department at 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14.

Judah Maccabee to host Olive Press Workshop at Blue Ash Kroger

Shauna Steigerwald – The Enquirer

Rabbi Berel Cohen, director of youth and family programming at Chabad Jewish Center, explains how to use the olive press.

CINCINNATI, OH — This year, Chanukah shopping turns into a family adventure with Chabad Jewish Center at the Blue Ash Kroger. The Olive Press Workshop, hosted by Judah Maccabee, will be staging two free presentations in the kosher department at 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14.

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by Naftali Salomon

The tragedies that unfolded this past week have left us all with sadness, sorrow and mourning; with more questions than answers.

Yet none is greater than the question asked of Hashem by our forefather Avraham in the book of B’reishis. When Hashem informed Avraham of His intent to destroy Sodom for their wicked ways, Avraham asked:

האף תספה, צדיק עם-רשע...חללה לך מעשת כדבר הזה, להמית צדיק עם-רשע, והיה כצדיק, כרשע; חללה לך--השפט כל-הארץ, לא יעשה משפט.

Op-Ed: The Mumbai Massacre – A Torah Reflection

by Naftali Salomon

The tragedies that unfolded this past week have left us all with sadness, sorrow and mourning; with more questions than answers.

Yet none is greater than the question asked of Hashem by our forefather Avraham in the book of B’reishis. When Hashem informed Avraham of His intent to destroy Sodom for their wicked ways, Avraham asked:

האף תספה, צדיק עם-רשע…חללה לך מעשת כדבר הזה, להמית צדיק עם-רשע, והיה כצדיק, כרשע; חללה לך–השפט כל-הארץ, לא יעשה משפט.
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The Jerusalem Post

Stock Photo - The scene inside the Chabad House after the siege.

MUMBAI, India — The security officer at the Israeli consulate in Mumbai was arrested by Indian police as he raced toward the Chabad House last Wednesday after Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg telephoned to say it was under attack.

The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on Sunday confirmed that the officer had been intercepted en route to what he had hoped would be a rescue mission, but stressed that Israel had no complaints with Indian security personnel over the incident.

Israeli Consulate’s Mumbai Security Chief Was Arrested En Route to Chabad House Rescue

The Jerusalem Post

Stock Photo – The scene inside the Chabad House after the siege.

MUMBAI, India — The security officer at the Israeli consulate in Mumbai was arrested by Indian police as he raced toward the Chabad House last Wednesday after Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg telephoned to say it was under attack.

The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on Sunday confirmed that the officer had been intercepted en route to what he had hoped would be a rescue mission, but stressed that Israel had no complaints with Indian security personnel over the incident.

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Avremel and Rivky (nee Krasniansky) Chazanow (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

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Jason Koutsoukis - The Age

JERUSALEM, Israel — The Indian nanny who rescued two-year-old Moshe Holtzberg from the attack at Mumbai's Chabad Jewish Centre will be conferred with a special honour usually reserved for those who risked their lives to save Jews from the Holocaust.

The “righteous gentile” award will enable Sandra Samuel to live in Israel. She and Moshe are expected to arrive in the country next week to live with the boy's maternal grandparents.

Israel Names Nanny a ‘Righteous Gentile’

Jason Koutsoukis – The Age

JERUSALEM, Israel — The Indian nanny who rescued two-year-old Moshe Holtzberg from the attack at Mumbai’s Chabad Jewish Centre will be conferred with a special honour usually reserved for those who risked their lives to save Jews from the Holocaust.

The “righteous gentile” award will enable Sandra Samuel to live in Israel. She and Moshe are expected to arrive in the country next week to live with the boy’s maternal grandparents.

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