MELBOURNE, Australia — A Chanukah Menorah was lit in the Victorian parliament by the Chabad House of the center of Melbourne. The ceremony was honored with the presence of the PM of Victoria John Brumby, head of the opposition, Ted Baillieu, ministers and members of Parliament, apart of the 200 Rabbis and important members of the Jewish community of Melbourne.
TENSFLY, NJ — Students of the Lubavitch Hebrew School in Tenafly looked on with watering mouths on Sunday, December 9, as the five-and-half-foot Menorah covered in Fruit-Roll-Up, made by students themselves, was lit at the Hebrew School’s annual Chanukah celebration.
ST AUGUSTINE, FL — As the sun dropped out of sight Wednesday evening, December 5, crowds gathered in the Plaza de la Constitucion to participate in a celebration that has become something of a tradition here in St. Augustine. It was the second night of the Jewish festival of Chanukah and a 9 foot menorah stood in the center of the Plaza, ready to be lit.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Noach and Tobie Vogel (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shaya (ben R Gavriel) Gopin (Crown Heights) and Shaina Gershovitz (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Wednesday at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St, [between New York and Nostrand Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
VANCOUVER, Canada — Two hundred people skated to Chanukah music at the West end arena Downtown Vancouver BC this Sunday, the sixth day of Chanukah.
PITTSBURGH, PA — I couldn’t count how many odd stares I received yesterday.
Maybe it was the Hanukkah music playing through loudspeakers of our RV-turned-Hanukkah Mobile, maybe it was the teenage boys in the back with me who wished everyone we saw a Happy Hanukkah and passed out menorahs, dreidels and chocolate from the moving vehicle.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmuly and Nechama Samuels (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
The Rebbe addressing children at a Lag Ba’Omer Parade 1953. Special Thanks Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum. Click here to see previous weeks pictures.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — As Rabbi Zalman Light celebrates his 96th birthday on the 5th night of Chanukah, the “Festival of Lights,” he is surrounded by 100+ children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren for the annual birthday party, which grows in number each year K”H.
Rabbi Light (Liachow) was born in 1911 and married Lena Minkowitz in 1944. After leaving Russia in 1946 with their first child, escaping the war through Germany & Austria, where the next two children were born, they settled in Toronto, Canada, and raised their children there amongst the Anash families in the area.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Sholom Bitton (Lyon, France) and Devora Mergui (Paris, France) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Wednesday at 1548 President St, [between Troy and Albany Ave].
Please say urgent Tehillim for Tanya bas Batya
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A cold and rainy evening turned devastating when an elderly Jewish woman attempted to cross Empire Boulevard and was struck by oncoming traffic leaving her unconscious and fighting for her life.
The incident took place at around 7:00pm when the woman tried to cross from the corner of Balfour Pl. and made it halfway across when traffic began coming she tried to turn around and was clipped by a passing taxi sending her flying through the air and landing on her head, dealing her severe head trauma and knocking her unconscious.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
Dovid Chaim Gurovitch (Denver, CO) and Racheli Kats (Toronto, Ontario) .
IYH at 1401 President St, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
Sholom Ber Heintz (Netherlands) to Rivky Shuchat (Crown Heights) .
YH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
Sholom Ditcon (Lyon, France) and Devora Mergui (Paris, France)
IYH at 1548 President St, [bet Troy and Albany Ave].
Shaya Gopin (Crown Heights) and Shaina Gershovitz (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St, [bet New York and Nostrand Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia [CHI] — This Chanukah, the Jewish Community of Vladivostok filled the Philharmonic Concert Hall, celebrating the achievements of the past year. The evening’s program included entertainers from all over Russia, culminating with the lighting of the Menorah.
GOSHEN, NY [CHI] — The students of Chabad Hebrew School decided that the holiday time is a time for action. On Sunday, December 9, many students and their parents met at Shop Rite in Monroe to launch a toy drive.
S MONICA, CA [CHI] — Sunday at the Chanukah Craft Fair in S Monica, children made menorahs and dreidls during the fair and Rabbi’s Levitansky demonstrated how to press olive oil, and then lit a menorah with the oil.
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