BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — One thing many shluchim miss while on Shlichus, is their time in Yeshiva. Though no one can turn the clock back, the organizers of the Kinus Hashluchim are offering the next best thing.
WORCESTER, MA — Rabbi Hershel Fogelman and his wife, Rochele, who improbably began an Orthodox Jewish school here 65 years ago that has grown into a Hasidic education center for New England, were honored last night by several hundred school alumni, family and friends with a dinner and memories at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
“We are their miracle,” said Rabbi Martin Schloss, director of the division of school services for the Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York and an alumnus of the school. “Look at this room. Graduates of the Yeshiva make a difference in the world.”
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy Weg (Tulsa, OK) and Itty (bas R Yisroel) Kalmanson (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Wednesday night at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St. [Between New York and Nostrand Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!.
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz likes to tell about the time he had seven projects on his table, and felt he needed to drop some of them. He wanted the Rebbe’s advice on how to prioritize, as he couldn’t possibly work on them all.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi and Esti (nee Reizes) Lowenbein (Crown Heights) on the birth of their baby boy.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
OXNARD, CA — A Jewish scribe, using a feather quill, wrote the final words in a torah Sunday, fulfilling a mother’s dream.
The Liberty Torah, handwritten in tiny letters on a scroll, honors members of the U.S. military, present and past.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendel and Chaya (nee Brennan) Goldberg (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.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – At around 9:45 last night, Sunday two Bochurim were struck by an SUV on Troy Avenue between Empire and Montgomery. The driver stopped, called 911 and waited on scene for assistance.
People who witnessed the accident immediately alerted Hatzalah, who responded within moments and began treating the Bochurim, one of which sustained a possible broken leg. The Bochurim were transported for Kings County Hospital for more checkups and observation.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yoni Mizrachi (Brooklyn, NY) and Chana Esther Landa (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Tuesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].
ROCKVILLE, MD [CHI] – It was one year ago when Aron and his wife Mirit Hershkop began the writing of this Safer Torah in Crown Heights, and today it was completed.
Family, friends, supporters and other neighboring Shluchim gathered in the Chabad Israeli Center of Rockville, Maryland and together with the Shluchim, Rabbi Shlomo and his wife Sara Beitsh and Sofer Rabbi Moshe Klein filled in the last letters of the Torah and completing it.
Many pictures in the Extended Article!
Mendy Sacho (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Masha Adler (Toronto, Canada) .
IYH at Aliya, 527 E New York Ave, [between Brooklyn and Kingston Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!.
TZFAS, Israel — Chof Chesvan was celebrated at YNS together with the special Bruchim Haboim for the Shluchim of the yeshiva. A beautiful seuda followed by a heartfelt farbrengen was enjoyed by all.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi and Rochel (nee Silberstein) Sandomire (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.
BLACKSBURG, VA — In a quaint but spacious bed and breakfast here at the edge of the Virginia Tech campus, the university’s Jewish students and teachers hope to create a place they can call their own.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Eli Goldstein (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine) and Chana Larionova (Irkutsk, Russia) on their engagement.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!.
ROSTOV, Russia [CHI] – As Bochurim in Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch in Rostov, were preparing to set out to the resting place of the Rebbe Rashab, in honor of his birthday this past Thursday, Chof Cheshvan, it came to an abrupt halt when a force of police officers entered the building and arrested all the Bochurim that were in the Yeshiva building at the time.
Bochurim and staff members were told to bring their passports and were taken to the police station where they were booked, a process, which took 4 and a half hours. Their crime: some discrepancies with their student visas.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Menachem Kirschenbaum (Crown Heights) and Dassie (bas R Nachum) Kaplan (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!.
