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by R.C. Berman - Lubavitch.com

ASHEVILLE, NC — Mayor Terry Bellamy proclaimed a “Chabad Day of Goodness and Kindness” in honor of Chabad of Western North Carolina’s inauguration of its new home on 660 Merrimon Avenue.

Beneath the bold white-on-blue Chabad House sign, the door of the new space opens into a large room where prayer services and community events will be held. An enthusiastic bunch of 150 poured in, the fresh scent of new paint and carpet still in the air, and peered into the rabbi’s office and the children’s room during the grand opening event on September 30.

Chabad Day of Goodness & Kindnesss Proclaimed in NC

by R.C. Berman – Lubavitch.com

ASHEVILLE, NC — Mayor Terry Bellamy proclaimed a “Chabad Day of Goodness and Kindness” in honor of Chabad of Western North Carolina’s inauguration of its new home on 660 Merrimon Avenue.

Beneath the bold white-on-blue Chabad House sign, the door of the new space opens into a large room where prayer services and community events will be held. An enthusiastic bunch of 150 poured in, the fresh scent of new paint and carpet still in the air, and peered into the rabbi’s office and the children’s room during the grand opening event on September 30.

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New Engagement!

Dovi Vogel (Wilmington, DE) to Chanie Rapoport (Atlantic City, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yitzy Bernstein (Freehold, NJ) to Brocha Gleyzer (Monsey, NY)
Baby Boy!

Mendy and Sarah (nee Glick) Korf from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Labor (Chicago, IL) to Etti Krinsky (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Moti Kulski (Paris, France) to Sharona Kuperman (Moscow, Russia)
New Engagement!

Yaakov Hirsch (Coral Springs, FL) to Chani Sulami (Beverly Hills, CA)

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New Engagement!

Mendy Holtzberg (Monterey, CA) to Leah Schmerling (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 14th, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Lippy and Mushky Kosofsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yisroel and Nechama Dina Silberstrom from Remsen Village, Brooklyn had a baby boy.
Baby Boy!

Zalmy and Shevy Tauby from Toronto, Canada had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Kovi and Rivky (nee Danzinger) Raksin from Hollywood Florida had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Chaim Uziel Starik (Vienna, Austria) to Batsheva Spivak (Pembroke Pines, FL)
New Engagement!

Zalman Friedman (Coral Springs, FL) to Lea Dukes (Santiago, Chile) L’Chaim: Monday, May 5th, 7:00pm at 9400 NW 4th Street, Coral Springs, FL
New Engagement!

Yossi Gutnick (Sydney, Australia) to Chaya Eisnebach (Northwest, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, at the Garden House 1386 S. John’s Pl
Baby Boy!

Yaakov and Shevi (nee Katzman) Behrman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Moishe and Frayda (nee Aber) Scheinfeld from Brooklyn, NY had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yermi and Daniella Liam (nee Pohlman) Kurkus from Lake Lure, NC had a baby boy!

Mazal Tov! – 8 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Yossi and Mindy (nee Golowinski) Wolff.
IYH at 539 Crown St, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

Avraham and Deena (nee Katz) Lehr.
IYH at 852 Eastern Pkwy Apt 4C, [bet Kingston And Albany Ave]

Dovid and Chaya Lev.
IYH at Hadar HaTorah, 824 Eastern Pkwy, 2nd Flr, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

Chezky and Perry (nee Grossbaum) Wolff.
IYH at 1378 Union St, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Shlomie and Rochel Leah (nee Ostrov) Danzinger.
IYH at 719 Montgomery St, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

Levi and Fraidy (nee Kahanov) Vogel.
IYH at 10129 Haley Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32257.

Dovid and Elisa (nee Erdvin) Goldstein.
IYH at 7715 Vickijohn Dr, Houston, TX 77071.

Chanoch and Sara (nee Rosenzwieg) Nelken.
IYH at 133 Theodore Pl, Thornhill, ON, Canada

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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The Rebbe entering the Farbrengen of Yud Aleph Nissin 1972. Special Thanks Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum.

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Picture of the Day! – Yud Aleph Nissin 1972!

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The Rebbe entering the Farbrengen of Yud Aleph Nissin 1972. Special Thanks Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum.

To see pictures from previous weeks Click Here!

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by Joshua Runyan - Chabad.org

The Noah’s Ark Web page features high-resolution action photographs of animals, an “Ask Noah” feature, interesting factoids about individual species and Torah lessons culled from animal behavior.

For 300 days, Noah, his family and two of every non-kosher species of animal – minus those of the sea – and seven of every kosher one occupied a three-deck ark of wood.

Just what stories did Noah tell his children to pass the time?

Internet-based “Jewish” Zoo Debuts on Chabad-Lubavitch Web Site

by Joshua Runyan – Chabad.org

The Noah’s Ark Web page features high-resolution action photographs of animals, an “Ask Noah” feature, interesting factoids about individual species and Torah lessons culled from animal behavior.

For 300 days, Noah, his family and two of every non-kosher species of animal – minus those of the sea – and seven of every kosher one occupied a three-deck ark of wood.

Just what stories did Noah tell his children to pass the time?

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Rabbi Yossi Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL
A Peak Into The Human Psyche
Two nations are in your womb. Two governments will separate from inside you; the upper hand will go from one government to the other.
– Genesis 25:23

The Holy One, blessed be He, created two impulses, one good and the other evil.
– Talmud Berochot 61a

Like it or not, we are each engaged in a battle against our own set of mean genes. They are wily opponents too. Masters of the visceral, they control through satisfaction, pain, and pleasure.
– Dr.’s Terry Burnham and Jay Phelan Mean Genes

Destroy man’s desire to sin, our sages tell us, and you would destroy the world.
Not that anyone needs to sin. But one who lacks the desire to sin is not a citizen of this world. And without citizens, who will effect lasting change?
– Tzvi Freeman

As a child, Reb Herschel of Krakow was once scolded by his father for not arising early for prayer service. “I can’t help it,” complained the boy. “It’s that yetzer hara of mine. It keeps telling me to turn over and go back to sleep – that it’s too early to awake.”

The Weekly Sedra – Parashas Noach – A Tale Of Two Souls

Rabbi Yossi Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL

A Peak Into The Human Psyche

Two nations are in your womb. Two governments will separate from inside you; the upper hand will go from one government to the other.
– Genesis 25:23

The Holy One, blessed be He, created two impulses, one good and the other evil.
– Talmud Berochot 61a

Like it or not, we are each engaged in a battle against our own set of mean genes. They are wily opponents too. Masters of the visceral, they control through satisfaction, pain, and pleasure.
– Dr.’s Terry Burnham and Jay Phelan Mean Genes

Destroy man’s desire to sin, our sages tell us, and you would destroy the world.
Not that anyone needs to sin. But one who lacks the desire to sin is not a citizen of this world. And without citizens, who will effect lasting change?
– Tzvi Freeman

As a child, Reb Herschel of Krakow was once scolded by his father for not arising early for prayer service. “I can’t help it,” complained the boy. “It’s that yetzer hara of mine. It keeps telling me to turn over and go back to sleep – that it’s too early to awake.”

Something Jewish
Moshe Blotner, left, and Gideon
Magier dance during an Oct. 2
Simchat Beit Hashoeva celebration.
Photo courtesy of Yossi Wolfe
During the days when the Temple was still standing in Jerusalem, a special ceremony was performed during Sukkot. This ceremony, called Beit Hashoeva, “the place of drawing water,” involved drawing water and pouring it on the altar. The ceremony was accompanied by a celebration, which involved dancing and juggling and was called “Simchat Beit Hashoeva.”

This ceremony is discussed at length in the Talmud, says Rabbi Laibel Blotner of Chabad of Mesa, in an e-mail. “The Talmud describes the ceremony as one that the streets of Jerusalem were lit up and the greatest Rabbis would participate in singing and dancing. The festivities would last throughout the night.”

A Joyful Concert

Moshe Blotner, left, and Gideon
Magier dance during an Oct. 2
Simchat Beit Hashoeva celebration.
Photo courtesy of Yossi Wolfe

During the days when the Temple was still standing in Jerusalem, a special ceremony was performed during Sukkot. This ceremony, called Beit Hashoeva, “the place of drawing water,” involved drawing water and pouring it on the altar. The ceremony was accompanied by a celebration, which involved dancing and juggling and was called “Simchat Beit Hashoeva.”

This ceremony is discussed at length in the Talmud, says Rabbi Laibel Blotner of Chabad of Mesa, in an e-mail. “The Talmud describes the ceremony as one that the streets of Jerusalem were lit up and the greatest Rabbis would participate in singing and dancing. The festivities would last throughout the night.”

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chabad.org
In a distance typically associated with that of a marathon, a group of Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva students walked more than 23 miles – closer to 24 to be exact – last week to bring an additional measure of joy to the Simchat Torah celebrations in Merrick, N.Y.

The young men, all in their late teens and early 20s, began their journey the evening of Oct. 4 at the resting place of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, in Queens. They walked 12 miles to the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in the Long Island community of Merrick, arriving just before 6:30 p.m. After a little refreshment, they then set out for the town's other synagogues. At the end of the night, they returned to Queens.

Long Island Holiday Walk Totals 24 Miles for Group of Yeshiva Students

chabad.org

In a distance typically associated with that of a marathon, a group of Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva students walked more than 23 miles – closer to 24 to be exact – last week to bring an additional measure of joy to the Simchat Torah celebrations in Merrick, N.Y.

The young men, all in their late teens and early 20s, began their journey the evening of Oct. 4 at the resting place of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, in Queens. They walked 12 miles to the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in the Long Island community of Merrick, arriving just before 6:30 p.m. After a little refreshment, they then set out for the town’s other synagogues. At the end of the night, they returned to Queens.

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Joshua Levi and Lexi Landsman - The Austailian Jewish News

AN A-list gathering, including Israel’s chief Ashkenazi rabbi, politicians and the community gathered at the Yeshiva Centre on Wednesday morning for the announcement that Yeshiva College Bondi has been officially registered as a school by the NSW Board of Studies (BOS).

The school – which was officially accredited only hours before the formal gathering – will open in 2008 and will be the first school in Australia to teach Torah education.

Yeshiva Re-Opens With A Bang

Joshua Levi and Lexi Landsman – The Austailian Jewish News

AN A-list gathering, including Israel’s chief Ashkenazi rabbi, politicians and the community gathered at the Yeshiva Centre on Wednesday morning for the announcement that Yeshiva College Bondi has been officially registered as a school by the NSW Board of Studies (BOS).

The school – which was officially accredited only hours before the formal gathering – will open in 2008 and will be the first school in Australia to teach Torah education.

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With sadness we inform you of the passing of Sylvia Sara Rivka Israilev of Carlos Casares Argentina, mother of Yibadlu Lechaim Tovim Mrs. Miriam Lipchik (Crown Heights) and Ms. Veronica Israilev (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Mrs. Lipchik will be sitting shiva at her home at 1056 Lincoln Place, 2nd Floor (Kingston/Albany), from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Address: 1056 Lincoln Place, 2nd Floor (Kingston/Albany)
Phone: 718-773-3915
E-mail: zmlipchik@gmail.com

Ms. Israilev will be sitting at her home in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 011-54-11-780-4082

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Baruch Dayan Hoemes – Sylvia Sara Rivka Israilev OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Sylvia Sara Rivka Israilev of Carlos Casares Argentina, mother of Yibadlu Lechaim Tovim Mrs. Miriam Lipchik (Crown Heights) and Ms. Veronica Israilev (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Mrs. Lipchik will be sitting shiva at her home at 1056 Lincoln Place, 2nd Floor (Kingston/Albany), from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. – 11 p.m.

Address: 1056 Lincoln Place, 2nd Floor (Kingston/Albany)
Phone: 718-773-3915
E-mail: zmlipchik@gmail.com

Ms. Israilev will be sitting at her home in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 011-54-11-780-4082

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Notices
The Atlanta Jewish Times
Rabbi Ari Sollish
ATLANTA, GA — A new six-part adult-education course from Chabad-Lubavitch's Rohr Jewish Learning Institute will explore the spiritual connection between the Jewish people and the land of Israel starting at the end of October.

Unlike courses that focus on the history or the culture of Israel, “The Land & the Spirit: Why We All Care About Israel” will explore the mystery of the deep connection between Jews everywhere and that small patch of land in the Middle East.

Chabad Course Explores Israel’s Spiritual Side

The Atlanta Jewish Times
Rabbi Ari Sollish

ATLANTA, GA — A new six-part adult-education course from Chabad-Lubavitch’s Rohr Jewish Learning Institute will explore the spiritual connection between the Jewish people and the land of Israel starting at the end of October.

Unlike courses that focus on the history or the culture of Israel, “The Land & the Spirit: Why We All Care About Israel” will explore the mystery of the deep connection between Jews everywhere and that small patch of land in the Middle East.

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Click Here for a newscast of this incident

BALTIMORE, MD [CHI] — A Big miracle took place just a few hours ago when the atrium, a glass roof of the Hunt Valley Hotel came crashing down into a pile of twisted metal and shards of glass.

This incident happened has hotel guests were getting ready for the wedding of Ben-Tzion Groner (Charlotte, NC) and Rochel Adler (Baltimore, MD) which was set to take place later that day.

Moti Groner, a brother of the Chosson told reporters that the Kallah was actually set to be taking pictures there at the time of the collapse, but was delayed for 20 minutes. He said that “it’s a little miracle for us, so were a little happy for that”. Rabbi Yossi Groner told reporters.

More in the Extended Article.

Big Miracle at a Chabad Wedding in Baltimore

Click Here for a newscast of this incident

BALTIMORE, MD [CHI] — A Big miracle took place just a few hours ago when the atrium, a glass roof of the Hunt Valley Hotel came crashing down into a pile of twisted metal and shards of glass.

This incident happened has hotel guests were getting ready for the wedding of Ben-Tzion Groner (Charlotte, NC) and Rochel Adler (Baltimore, MD) which was set to take place later that day.

Moti Groner, a brother of the Chosson told reporters that the Kallah was actually set to be taking pictures there at the time of the collapse, but was delayed for 20 minutes. He said that “it’s a little miracle for us, so were a little happy for that”. Rabbi Yossi Groner told reporters.

More in the Extended Article.

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by Sarah Garland - The New York Sun
The Anti-Defamation League yesterday honored the NYPD's commissioner of Intelligence, David Cohen, as the first recipient of an award named after an Italian police chief who saved more than 3,500 lives during the Holocaust. The police chief of Fiurme, Giovanni Palatucci, forged documents and visas that allowed thousands of Jews to escape death in concentration camps during World War II. He was eventually caught and died in the Dachau concentration camp in 1944.

As he received the award, Mr. Cohen compared Fiurme to New York City, noting that Jews from throughout Central Europe had flocked to the Italian city seeking refuge, much like the millions of immigrants who come today.

Police Intelligence Chief Is Honored by the ADL

by Sarah Garland – The New York Sun

The Anti-Defamation League yesterday honored the NYPD’s commissioner of Intelligence, David Cohen, as the first recipient of an award named after an Italian police chief who saved more than 3,500 lives during the Holocaust. The police chief of Fiurme, Giovanni Palatucci, forged documents and visas that allowed thousands of Jews to escape death in concentration camps during World War II. He was eventually caught and died in the Dachau concentration camp in 1944.

As he received the award, Mr. Cohen compared Fiurme to New York City, noting that Jews from throughout Central Europe had flocked to the Italian city seeking refuge, much like the millions of immigrants who come today.

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