Mazal Tov! – 6 Sholom Zochors this Week!
Shmuly and Rochel (nee Hyams) Brashevitzky.
IYH at 432 Brooklyn Ave, [bet Mongomery and Empire].
Dovid and Dorith (nee Mizrachi) Blachman.
IYH at 682 Lefferts Ave, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].
Chaim Ber and Ruchy (nee Niasoff) Kaminker.
IYH at 680 Lefferts Ave, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].
Meir Shimon and Miriam (nee Klein) Moscowitz (Shluchim to Northbrook, IL) .
IYH at 1025 Landwehr Rd, Northbrook, IL 60062.
Yechiel Shlomo and Rochi (nee Kirsh) Levitansky (Shluchim to Sumy, Ukraine) .
Avraham and Devora Leah Citron.
IYH at 90 Hillside Rd, London, UK.
Please 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.
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Baking fresh challah is one of the most sacred of Jewish traditions.
It is also an exercise in patience, of which I happen to have very little.
Following a Cultural Bread-Making Tradition
Baking fresh challah is one of the most sacred of Jewish traditions.
It is also an exercise in patience, of which I happen to have very little.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chaim Ber and Ruchy (nee Niasoff) Kaminker on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
The Sholom Zochor will IYH be at 680 Lefferts Ave, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].
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The Weekly Comic – Parshas Lech Lecha
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OMEK: A Fruitful Beginning
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Last Thursday night marked the launch of OMEK: a new center for in-depth transformational learning for women. Over 75 women of all ages and backgrounds – from Crown Heights, Long Island, New Jersey, Park Slope and even Maryland – came together at F.R.E.E. to be inspired. In addition to its primary mission to provide in-depth transformation learning for women, OMEK is also focused on naturally enhancing the physical wellbeing. The, the wholesome and elegant organic buffet served as a foretaste of upcoming programs on the holistic approach for to our bodies, as partner to our souls. Following the buffet, enlivening talks from multi-dimensional Olivia Schwartz and internationally acclaimed Shimona Tzukernik aroused the soul and awakened the mind.
MOSCOW, Russia — Caricaturist Boris Efimov celebrated his 107th birthday this week at the Beit Menachem Chabad-Lubavitch Marinah Roshtza synagogue in Moscow. Efimov, who etched political caricatures until the early 1980s, received Soviet State Prizes twice and was People's Painter of the USSR in 1967.
Oldest Living Jew Celebrates 107 in Moscow
MOSCOW, Russia — Caricaturist Boris Efimov celebrated his 107th birthday this week at the Beit Menachem Chabad-Lubavitch Marinah Roshtza synagogue in Moscow. Efimov, who etched political caricatures until the early 1980s, received Soviet State Prizes twice and was People’s Painter of the USSR in 1967.
BROOKLYN, NY — At this summer's Brooklyn Best outdoor fashion show, organized by Borough President Marty Markowitz to feature the dress and culture of all of Brooklyn's local ethnicities, nobody had volunteered to represent the hassidim.
On the Catwalk with Chabad
BROOKLYN, NY — At this summer’s Brooklyn Best outdoor fashion show, organized by Borough President Marty Markowitz to feature the dress and culture of all of Brooklyn’s local ethnicities, nobody had volunteered to represent the hassidim.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Menachem Mendel Sandhaus (Crown Heights) and Chaya Leah Gurevitch (Chicago, IL) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Sunday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!.
LANCASTER, PA — Rabbi Elazar Green believes the most important building in the Jewish faith isn't the synagogue. It's the home.
“It's where people can come and experience and live Judaism,” he said.
Chabad to Open Jewish Outreach Center
LANCASTER, PA — Rabbi Elazar Green believes the most important building in the Jewish faith isn’t the synagogue. It’s the home.
“It’s where people can come and experience and live Judaism,” he said.
1. Our Sages tell us that Avraham Avinu (Abraham our father) had ten tests.
The first test clearly stated in the Torah is in this weeks Torah portion ;
“Vayomer Hashem El Avram Lech Licha May’artzecha Oo’me’mo’laditecha Oo’me’bais Avicha El Ha’aretz Asher Areka - Hashem said to Avram ‘Go (further) away- for your (own benefit)- from your land, your birthplace and your father’s house, to the land which I will show you’ ”.
2. The Rebbe now points out something interesting:
The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Lech Lecha
The Rebbe says:
1. Our Sages tell us that Avraham Avinu (Abraham our father) had ten tests.
The first test clearly stated in the Torah is in this weeks Torah portion ;
“Vayomer Hashem El Avram Lech Licha May’artzecha Oo’me’mo’laditecha Oo’me’bais Avicha El Ha’aretz Asher Areka – Hashem said to Avram ‘Go (further) away- for your (own benefit)- from your land, your birthplace and your father’s house, to the land which I will show you’ ”.
2. The Rebbe now points out something interesting:
This weeks Living Torah, titled “On Faith, Part 1” (Volume 41, Episode 162).
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 “On Faith, Part 1” (Volume 41, Episode 162).
Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org
Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi Liberow (Johanesbourg, South Africa) and Chaya Mushka Jameson (Johanesbourg, South Africa) on their engagement.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!.
underground Yeshiva 1920's
Over 3,000 Lubavitch chassidim attended his funeral later on that day, and he was laid to rest at the Old Montefiore Cemetery in Queens not far from the resting place of the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
A 28th Commemoration: The Murder of Rabbi Dovid Okunov Leads to the Establishment of FREE’s Yeshivat Ohel Dovid
underground Yeshiva 1920’s
BROOKLYN, NY — October 16th marked the 28th yahrzeit of Rabbi Dovid Okunov, who was brutally gunned down at the age of 68 on his way to the morning shacharit service on Montgomery Street. On Thursday, October 25, 1979 (Daled Cheshvan) at 7 a.m., Reb Dovid, as he was affectionately known, was shot in the head with one bullet. A much beloved Torah teacher and community worker, Reb Dovid died at the scene. The entire Lubavitch community and Jews in New York were in a state of shock when the murder story appeared in the New York Times and Daily News.
Over 3,000 Lubavitch chassidim attended his funeral later on that day, and he was laid to rest at the Old Montefiore Cemetery in Queens not far from the resting place of the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Over 500 Attend Education & Parenting Seminar
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Over 500 men and women gathered on Wednesday evening at Oholei Torah’s Grand Ballroom to attend a community-wide lecture on education and parenting delivered by renowned psychologist Dr. Norman Blumenthal. A project of Iggud Menahalei Hayeshivos, the evening was coordinated by the Mintz family and was dedicated to the memory of their father, the noted Mechanech Rabbi Isaac Mintz on his 14th Yahrtzeit. Rabbi Yossi Simpson, principal of Lubavitch yeshiva Crown St. chaired the event.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
DAYTONA, FL — How a city known for NASCAR, Harley Davidson rallies, and spring brea shenanigans came to need a 25,000 square foot Chabad-Lubavitch center i quite a story.
A Chabad Tradition Takes Off in Daytona
DAYTONA, FL — How a city known for NASCAR, Harley Davidson rallies, and spring brea shenanigans came to need a 25,000 square foot Chabad-Lubavitch center i quite a story.
Chabad of Nova, an outreach center now operating in Davie, filed the lawsuit in May, saying city zoning laws forced the congregation out of the city by unfairly limiting where the center could operate. Until October 2006, houses of worship were generally limited to the agriculturally zoned areas in western Cooper City. And they are still banned from most shopping districts and from most residential neighborhoods.
Bias Lawsuit Against Cooper City can Proceed in part
COOPER CITY, FL — A federal judge decided this week that parts of a religious discrimination lawsuit that an Orthodox Jewish synagogue filed against Cooper City can move forward.
Chabad of Nova, an outreach center now operating in Davie, filed the lawsuit in May, saying city zoning laws forced the congregation out of the city by unfairly limiting where the center could operate. Until October 2006, houses of worship were generally limited to the agriculturally zoned areas in western Cooper City. And they are still banned from most shopping districts and from most residential neighborhoods.
Finding Meaning Closer to Home
WILMINGTON, DE — At sunrise, men drift into the Chabad Center of Delaware and welcome the day, like Abraham, with prayers of joy and gratitude.
