Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Tzvi and Sheva (nee Frank) Tauby (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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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Shomrim at their weekly Shiur at Aliyah.
Picture of the Night! – Shomrim Shiur!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Shomrim at their weekly Shiur at Aliyah.
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This weeks comic has nothing to do with the Parsha.
The Weekly Comic
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This weeks comic has nothing to do with the Parsha.
RCCS, a Brooklyn based not-for-profit organization, helps cancer patients pay for medical insurance and provides research for treatments. It was founded after requests were made in the community for such an organization.
RCCS Comes to the Rescue in Crown Heights
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society (known as RCCS) is operating in the community of Crown Heights and provides for a litany of needs for cancer patients. Unfortunately, in the last couple of months, Crown Heights has seen a dramatic increase of cancer cases.
RCCS, a Brooklyn based not-for-profit organization, helps cancer patients pay for medical insurance and provides research for treatments. It was founded after requests were made in the community for such an organization.
NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — One of the high points in each years banquet is the roll-call, where the Vice Chairman of Merkos Linyonei Chinuch Reb Moshe Kotlarsky announces all the states and countries which Chabad currently has Shluchim. The roll-call is very enjoyable for you can see Chabad reach around the world!
Video of the Day – the Shluchim Roll-Call
NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — One of the high points in each years banquet is the roll-call, where the Vice Chairman of Merkos Linyonei Chinuch Reb Moshe Kotlarsky announces all the states and countries which Chabad currently has Shluchim. The roll-call is very enjoyable for you can see Chabad reach around the world!
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yanky (ben R Chaim) Majesky (Crown Heights) and Chanchi Dubov (Orlando, FL) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Motzoei Shabbos at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!.
Vorchheimer’s Attackers Plead Guilty
MELBOURNE, Australia — Two more footballers have pleaded guilty to verbally assaulting Menachem Vorchheimer as he walked home from synagogue in October last year.
After a number of lengthy adjournments, James Dalton and Matthew Cuthbert appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Monday morning to answer a range of charges. They will return to court for sentencing on Thursday.
1. This week’s Torah portion begins with saying, “And Yakov (Jacob) left Be’er Sheva and went to Charan” .
To be sure, this verse is actually repeating something we already knew from the end of last week’s Torah portion .
2. The Rebbe points out that the Torah must be teaching us something by telling us this twice:
In the Torah everything is exact. In fact, our Sages learn out many Halachas (Laws) from one extra letter in the Torah. Therefore, if the Torah repeats this story twice, it must be teaching us something that we can implement into our daily life. Let us find out what the Torah is teaching us:
The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Vayeitzei
The Rebbe says:
1. This week’s Torah portion begins with saying, “And Yakov (Jacob) left Be’er Sheva and went to Charan” .
To be sure, this verse is actually repeating something we already knew from the end of last week’s Torah portion .
2. The Rebbe points out that the Torah must be teaching us something by telling us this twice:
In the Torah everything is exact. In fact, our Sages learn out many Halachas (Laws) from one extra letter in the Torah. Therefore, if the Torah repeats this story twice, it must be teaching us something that we can implement into our daily life. Let us find out what the Torah is teaching us:
This weeks Living Torah, titled “Anatomy of a Miracle” (Volume 42, Episode 166).
Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org
Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.
Video of the Day – the Weekly Living Torah Clip
This weeks Living Torah, titled “Anatomy of a Miracle” (Volume 42, Episode 166).
Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org
Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.
The meeting takes place in the IS 61/MS 61 (the public school) which is located on Empire and New York (diagonally across from the police station).
Make your voice heard, attend the meeting!
Police Council Meeting TONIGHT!
Tonight, Thursday November 15, at 7:30pm, there is a Police Council Meeting which is held once a month and is open to all residents to come and voice any concern or complaint they you may have to Deputy Inspector Frank Vega.
The meeting takes place in the IS 61/MS 61 (the public school) which is located on Empire and New York (diagonally across from the police station).
Make your voice heard, attend the meeting!
NEW YORK, NY — “My rabbi is magic,” exclaimed Wirley Weiler at the lay leadership portion of the International Conference for Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries on Sunday.
Lubavitch Lay Leaders Gather in New York for Their Own Conference
NEW YORK, NY — “My rabbi is magic,” exclaimed Wirley Weiler at the lay leadership portion of the International Conference for Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries on Sunday.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yechiel and Chana Golda (nee Minkoff) Nadler (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.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!.
A Journalist View of Chabad at the Banquet
NEW YORK, NY — There is an old joke that Orthodox Jews tell: “What is the closest religion to Judaism?” Chabad-Lubavitch is the punchline. Everyone “gets it.” Everyone thinks they know about Chabad’s messianism, that a few Chabadniks believe that the rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who died in 1994, is still alive.
In fairness, the rebbe’s messianism or divinity is not advocated in any of Chabad’s official literature; it’s even reprimanded. But fairness has nothing to do with it.
NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — Shliach Rabbi Nechemia Vogel, London-born and founder of the Chabad House in Rochester, NY giviing his his keynote address.
Rabbi Vogel gives the Keynote at the Banquet
NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — Shliach Rabbi Nechemia Vogel, London-born and founder of the Chabad House in Rochester, NY giviing his his keynote address.
BASKING RIDGE, NJ — The largest Hanukkah dreidel in the world stands 18-feet tall in front of the Chabad Jewish Center in Basking Ridge, generating stares and smiles from passers-by.
The dreidel has become a local landmark during the holiday season, rising over the busy intersection of Valley Road and King George Road.
World’s Largest Dreidel at Chabad of Somerset County
BASKING RIDGE, NJ — The largest Hanukkah dreidel in the world stands 18-feet tall in front of the Chabad Jewish Center in Basking Ridge, generating stares and smiles from passers-by.
The dreidel has become a local landmark during the holiday season, rising over the busy intersection of Valley Road and King George Road.
Join all of N’shei U’Bnos Yisroel worldwide as we launch Project CHAI, a project of increasing in the areas of Torah, Tefillah, and Tzedakah with the goal of bringing a speedy recovery to the Cholim in our communities and worldwide.
Project CHAI will be launched on Rosh Chodesh Kislev and will conclude on Yud-Tes Kislev. Let us unite for 18 days of action to bring healing, good health, and Geulah during this auspicious time for Refuah and Geulah.
Flyer and more info in the Extended Article
Announcing Project CHAI
Join all of N’shei U’Bnos Yisroel worldwide as we launch Project CHAI, a project of increasing in the areas of Torah, Tefillah, and Tzedakah with the goal of bringing a speedy recovery to the Cholim in our communities and worldwide.
Project CHAI will be launched on Rosh Chodesh Kislev and will conclude on Yud-Tes Kislev. Let us unite for 18 days of action to bring healing, good health, and Geulah during this auspicious time for Refuah and Geulah.
Flyer and more info in the Extended Article
BROOKLYN, NY — To many followers, admirers and historians, much of the life of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, of righteous memory, prior to his arrival in the United States in 1940 is a mystery. In a new documentary DVD featuring interviews and documents that cover the years 1938-1940, however, some details of this previously unexplored Paris chapter of the Rebbe's early years are brought to light.
New DVD Reveals Details About Rebbe’s Life Before New York
BROOKLYN, NY — To many followers, admirers and historians, much of the life of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, of righteous memory, prior to his arrival in the United States in 1940 is a mystery. In a new documentary DVD featuring interviews and documents that cover the years 1938-1940, however, some details of this previously unexplored Paris chapter of the Rebbe’s early years are brought to light.
