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Rebecca Goodman - The Enquirer
ROSELAWN, OH — Rabbi Zelig Sharfstein, chief rabbi of the Vaad Hoier of Cincinnati and an international authority on Jewish law, died Feb. 11 of a heart ailment at Regency Hospital in University Heights. The Roselawn resident was 79.

Rabbi Sharfstein was a member of the executive committee of the Chabad- Lubavitch Rabbis, one of the largest Hasidic movements in Orthodox Judaism. Renowned for his knowledge and wisdom, he was sought out by Chabad emissaries from around the world for his expertise in Jewish law. He spent hours each day responding to questions.

Zelig Sharfstein Rabbi to Hasidics – Authority on Jewish Law Widely Consulted

Rebecca Goodman – The Enquirer

ROSELAWN, OH — Rabbi Zelig Sharfstein, chief rabbi of the Vaad Hoier of Cincinnati and an international authority on Jewish law, died Feb. 11 of a heart ailment at Regency Hospital in University Heights. The Roselawn resident was 79.

Rabbi Sharfstein was a member of the executive committee of the Chabad- Lubavitch Rabbis, one of the largest Hasidic movements in Orthodox Judaism. Renowned for his knowledge and wisdom, he was sought out by Chabad emissaries from around the world for his expertise in Jewish law. He spent hours each day responding to questions.

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New Engagement!

Menachem Rubenfeld (S. Diego, CA) to Chani Geisinsky (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Pinny Itkin (Scranton, PA) to Esty Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Eliyahu and Chayale Citron from Portland, Oregon had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shneur Pink (Manchester, UK) to Sheindel November (Teaneck, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Levi Katan (Kfar Chabad, EY) to Miriam Krichevsky (London, UK)
Baby Girl!

Yakov and Tzivia (nee Fogel) Staschower from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Sender and Chana Sara Segel from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chaya Mushka (nee Vaisfiche) Labkowski from Buffalo, NY had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Zalmy Liberow (Colorado Springs, CO) to Fraidel Werde (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, August 7th, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Upstairs
New Engagement!

Yaakov Levy (Crown Heights) to Mimi Stern (Houston, TX)
New Engagement!

Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Ari and Chanie Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Israel Guetta (Netanya ,Israel) to Sterna Benmoussa (Paris ,France )
New Engagement!

Avremel Rapoport(Clarks Summit, PA) to Faigy Liberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street

CrownHeights.info is happy to present the first episode in the new third season of The Mendy Report. The show has been a longtime feature on CrownHeights.info and has been drawing thousands of viewers each episode.

Welcoming Back The Mendy Report – Season 3!

CrownHeights.info is happy to present the first episode in the new third season of The Mendy Report. The show has been a longtime feature on CrownHeights.info and has been drawing thousands of viewers each episode.

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Dvora Lakein - Lubavitch.com

Rabbi Green and the Ramaz gang at the Kosher Cafe “Kivo” at Franklin and Marshall University. Rabbi & Shira Green direct the Chabad House serving...

LANCASTER, PA — President’s Day Weekend is off time for most high school students, but in York, PA, a group of sixteen Ramaz students got down and dirty, hacking away as they volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, and then, spontaneously, for Chabad of Lancaster.

Building Houses, Doing Mitzvahs: Ramaz Students, Chabad-Lubavitch and Habitat for Humanity

Dvora Lakein – Lubavitch.com

Rabbi Green and the Ramaz gang at the Kosher Cafe “Kivo” at Franklin and Marshall University. Rabbi & Shira Green direct the Chabad House serving…

LANCASTER, PA — President’s Day Weekend is off time for most high school students, but in York, PA, a group of sixteen Ramaz students got down and dirty, hacking away as they volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, and then, spontaneously, for Chabad of Lancaster.

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Peter Guinta - St Augustine
S AUGUSTINE, FL — The worldwide Chabad Lubavitch movement has organized a new center in St. Augustine to hold classes to enhance Jewish life and traditions.

A Chabad Center functions much like a Jewish community center, and the word itself is a Hebrew accroymn meaning “wisdom, understanding and knowledge.”

Rabbi Levi Vogel, who recently moved from Brooklyn, N.Y., said he came to St. Augustine not to compete with existing Jewish congregations but to do everything possible to strengthen Jewish identity.

Chabad Lubavitch Comes to City

Peter Guinta – St Augustine

S AUGUSTINE, FL — The worldwide Chabad Lubavitch movement has organized a new center in St. Augustine to hold classes to enhance Jewish life and traditions.

A Chabad Center functions much like a Jewish community center, and the word itself is a Hebrew accroymn meaning “wisdom, understanding and knowledge.”

Rabbi Levi Vogel, who recently moved from Brooklyn, N.Y., said he came to St. Augustine not to compete with existing Jewish congregations but to do everything possible to strengthen Jewish identity.

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Last Year Annual Kinus Talmidim-Hashluchim in Florida

DETROIT, MI [CHI] — As in previous years, the Vaad-Talmidei-Hatmimim announced the regional conventions for Talmidim-Hashluchim, serving in yeshivas around the world.

Talmidim-Hashluchim are an integral part of Yeshivos today, they serve as role models and mentors to younger Bochurim and are influential in setting the prevailing tone and atmosphere in their respective Yeshiva. The Kinus infuses them with a sense of mission and responsibility so they positively impact their younger peers.

Fifth Annual Kinus Talmidim-Hashluchim in Detroit

Last Year Annual Kinus Talmidim-Hashluchim in Florida

DETROIT, MI [CHI] — As in previous years, the Vaad-Talmidei-Hatmimim announced the regional conventions for Talmidim-Hashluchim, serving in yeshivas around the world.

Talmidim-Hashluchim are an integral part of Yeshivos today, they serve as role models and mentors to younger Bochurim and are influential in setting the prevailing tone and atmosphere in their respective Yeshiva. The Kinus infuses them with a sense of mission and responsibility so they positively impact their younger peers.

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Tamar Runyan - Chabad.org

Snow covers a Jerusalem sidewalk. (Photo: Alice)

JERUSALEM, Israel — As snow descended on Jerusalem and its environs for the second time in the past month, Colel Chabad's network of soup kitchens in the city reported that efforts in advance of the latest storm helped ensure that clients who couldn't traverse the streets had plenty of food.

Soup Kitchens Prepare in Advance of Israeli Snowstorm

Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org

Snow covers a Jerusalem sidewalk. (Photo: Alice)

JERUSALEM, Israel — As snow descended on Jerusalem and its environs for the second time in the past month, Colel Chabad’s network of soup kitchens in the city reported that efforts in advance of the latest storm helped ensure that clients who couldn’t traverse the streets had plenty of food.

Shlichus
The Rebbe says:

1. The Ba’al Haturim (the code of Jewish law written by Rabbi Yakov ben Asher) and the Shulchan Aruch (the code of Jewish law composed by Rabbi Yosef Karo) both end off the section of “Orach Chayim – The way of life” with the Halachos (laws) of Purim Katan.

2. We could explain simply that the code of Jewish law ends off with the Halochos of Purim Katan because it is written in accordance with the yearly cycle; first the Halochos of Rosh Chodesh (sanctifying the New Moon), then the Halochos of Pesach (Passover)….then the Halochos of Succos (Succot), Chanukah (Hanukah), and finally, Purim. In other words, beginning from Rosh Chodesh Nissan (the New Month of Nissan), which is actually the first Mitzvah (commandment) that the Jewish people were given, Purim is the end of the year.

A Purim Katan Sicha

The Rebbe says:

1. The Ba’al Haturim (the code of Jewish law written by Rabbi Yakov ben Asher) and the Shulchan Aruch (the code of Jewish law composed by Rabbi Yosef Karo) both end off the section of “Orach Chayim – The way of life” with the Halachos (laws) of Purim Katan.

2. We could explain simply that the code of Jewish law ends off with the Halochos of Purim Katan because it is written in accordance with the yearly cycle; first the Halochos of Rosh Chodesh (sanctifying the New Moon), then the Halochos of Pesach (Passover)….then the Halochos of Succos (Succot), Chanukah (Hanukah), and finally, Purim. In other words, beginning from Rosh Chodesh Nissan (the New Month of Nissan), which is actually the first Mitzvah (commandment) that the Jewish people were given, Purim is the end of the year.

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Convention Generates New Initiatives and Fresh Inspiration

Bradford Wiss – Chabad.com

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RUNNING SPRINGS, CA — This weekend, hundreds of Chabad emissaries serving communities across California and Nevada gathered at the Kiryas Schneerson mountaintop campus for the 2008 West Coast Chabad convention. Participants in the annual convention — or Kinus — engaged in interactive workshops, saw the launch of several initiatives that will expand Chabad’s outreach, and enjoyed a stirring keynote address by best-selling author Michael Gerber.

More pictures in the Extended Article! (photos by Israel Bardugo)

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IYH, Wedsday night 8:30pm, there will be a shiur on the Mamer “Veta Tetzave” in 770, by Rabbi Yossi Paltiel for men and there also be a separate shiur for women by Rabbi Shlomo Majeski upstairs 770.

Iggud Avreichim - a group of yungeleit

Give the Rebbe an hour!!!

IYH, Wedsday night 8:30pm, there will be a shiur on the Mamer “Veta Tetzave” in 770, by Rabbi Yossi Paltiel for men and there also be a separate shiur for women by Rabbi Shlomo Majeski upstairs 770.

Iggud Avreichim – a group of yungeleit
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By Hallie Cantor

Among the contributors, Clockwise: Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Rabbi Shmuel Lew, Mr. Eli Wiesel and Professor Dr. Lawrence Schiffman.

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, fled a wartorn Europe to build up in the U.S. a virtual empire of Hassidim. From Brooklyn to Bangkok, his Chabad houses welcome Jews from all walks of life. At the height of the Six Day War, the Rebbe's “soldiers,” disciples scurried all over Israel for his “tefillin campaign,” bringing many Jews to their heritage. Rabbis, scientists, politicians – all had the privilege of meeting or corresponding with the Rebbe. His spiritual advice, Torah knowledge, love of humanity — to many, the Rebbe was not only a guide, but a legacy.

More in the Extended Article!

Major Book on the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Schneerson, Released

By Hallie Cantor

Among the contributors, Clockwise: Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Rabbi Shmuel Lew, Mr. Eli Wiesel and Professor Dr. Lawrence Schiffman.

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, fled a wartorn Europe to build up in the U.S. a virtual empire of Hassidim. From Brooklyn to Bangkok, his Chabad houses welcome Jews from all walks of life. At the height of the Six Day War, the Rebbe’s “soldiers,” disciples scurried all over Israel for his “tefillin campaign,” bringing many Jews to their heritage. Rabbis, scientists, politicians – all had the privilege of meeting or corresponding with the Rebbe. His spiritual advice, Torah knowledge, love of humanity — to many, the Rebbe was not only a guide, but a legacy.

More in the Extended Article!

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Dovid Zaklikowski - Chabad.org

Pavel Miripolsky poses inside the Artist Studio next to a board featuring his sketches and designs of synagogue furniture. (Photo: Shlomo Neimark)

KHERSON, Ukraine — After many years, the Jewish community of Kherson, Ukraine, is receiving a spiritual home befitting of its modern revival. Taking part in the project is Pavel Miripolsky, a native-born designer who moved to Israel in 1991.

Ukraine Native to Assist in Synagogue’s Facelift Following Rebirth of His Community

Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org

Pavel Miripolsky poses inside the Artist Studio next to a board featuring his sketches and designs of synagogue furniture. (Photo: Shlomo Neimark)

KHERSON, Ukraine — After many years, the Jewish community of Kherson, Ukraine, is receiving a spiritual home befitting of its modern revival. Taking part in the project is Pavel Miripolsky, a native-born designer who moved to Israel in 1991.

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NYC Sanitation Steals Mercedes - NYPD Mishandles Investigation

If your car is stolen in New York City don't count on the police to be out there looking for it. A man from Brooklyn is furious that police and sanitation officers couldn't spot the stolen cars that were right under their noses. Fox 5's Arnold Diaz has a story that will have you shaking your head in disbelief.

Outrageous Video of the Day! – Speechless!

NYC Sanitation Steals Mercedes – NYPD Mishandles Investigation

If your car is stolen in New York City don’t count on the police to be out there looking for it. A man from Brooklyn is furious that police and sanitation officers couldn’t spot the stolen cars that were right under their noses. Fox 5’s Arnold Diaz has a story that will have you shaking your head in disbelief.

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