Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yerachmiel and Aliza (nee Galambos) Galinsky (Montgomeryville, PA) 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 your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!.
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Photo - Dan Scanlan
JACKSONVILLE, FL — Twelve-year-old Zachary Silverstein of Jacksonville knows that on the day of his bar mitzvah in February, he will not only have to read from his synagogue's 800-year-old Torah scroll but carry it around the sanctuary as well.
Reflecting on the Torah
Photo – Dan Scanlan
JACKSONVILLE, FL — Twelve-year-old Zachary Silverstein of Jacksonville knows that on the day of his bar mitzvah in February, he will not only have to read from his synagogue’s 800-year-old Torah scroll but carry it around the sanctuary as well.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Levi and Rochel Leah (nee Raskin) Weitmen on the birth of their firstborn son
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
BANGKOK, Thailand — Several Israelis were found among the dead following the Sept. 16 crash of a Thai airliner on the country's island resort of Phuket, according to Rabbi Nehemia Wilhelm, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Thailand. Two others, Vladimir and Isabelle Frielichman, were located among the injured by Rabbi Aaron Solomon, who manages the Chabad House in Phuket.
Eight Israelis Still Missing After Thai Air Disaster, Bodies Waiting to be Identified
BANGKOK, Thailand — Several Israelis were found among the dead following the Sept. 16 crash of a Thai airliner on the country’s island resort of Phuket, according to Rabbi Nehemia Wilhelm, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Thailand. Two others, Vladimir and Isabelle Frielichman, were located among the injured by Rabbi Aaron Solomon, who manages the Chabad House in Phuket.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi and Yehudis (nee Robbins) Hecht (Shluchim to Lomita, CA) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Children Fashion Shofars to Sound at End of Yom Kippur
NAPLES, FL — Some 65 children turned out Sunday morning at Chabad Jewish Center of Naples and Marco Island to learn how to craft a shofar.
A musical instrument carved from a ram’s horn, the shofar is central to the observance of Rosh Hashana, the start of the Jewish New Year.
More pictures in the Extended Article! (By Greg Kahn – Daily News)
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yackov and Shaindel (nee Raskin) Vershubsky (Monsey, NY) on the birth of their firstborn girl.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!.
The new shluchim will be working under Rabbi and Rebbetzin Kaizen along with assistance from the World Congress of Bukharian Jews headed by Lev Leviev.
The new Shluchim can be reached at 216-382-7202 or semachsedek@hotmail.com
CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!
New Shluchim to Cleveland, OH
Rabbi Michoel and Mrs. Esty (nee Morrison) Feinstein of Crown Heights have moved on Shlichus to Cleveland, OH where they will be working with the Russian and Bukharian communities of the city.
The new shluchim will be working under Rabbi and Rebbetzin Kaizen along with assistance from the World Congress of Bukharian Jews headed by Lev Leviev.
The new Shluchim can be reached at 216-382-7202 or semachsedek@hotmail.com
CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!
DES MOINES, IA — At sundown Wednesday, Jews celebrated Rosh Hashana, the holy day they celebrate as the birthday of the world.
Unlike the festive, secular New Year's Day, the observance of Rosh Hashana - Jewish New Year 5768 - is a sober and reflective one.
Jews ‘Wake up the Sleepy Soul’
DES MOINES, IA — At sundown Wednesday, Jews celebrated Rosh Hashana, the holy day they celebrate as the birthday of the world.
Unlike the festive, secular New Year’s Day, the observance of Rosh Hashana – Jewish New Year 5768 – is a sober and reflective one.
MORRISTOWN, NJ — More than 75 people participated in a Shabbaton at the Rabbinical College of America’s Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim, where they heard Dovid Voluck, who enthralled them with his tale of living with Alaska’s Native American tribes and organizing the first minyan on the island of Sitka.
Alaskan Jew Inspires Shabbaton
MORRISTOWN, NJ — More than 75 people participated in a Shabbaton at the Rabbinical College of America’s Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim, where they heard Dovid Voluck, who enthralled them with his tale of living with Alaska’s Native American tribes and organizing the first minyan on the island of Sitka.
RIVERSIDE, CA — The timing was perfect: Smooth sailing for Rabbi Shmuel Fuss' ark.
It isn't a vessel like Noah's, but a holy cabinet specially constructed to hold an ancient handwritten scroll called the Torah.
Teamwork Leads to Recovery of Holy Jewish Cabinet
RIVERSIDE, CA — The timing was perfect: Smooth sailing for Rabbi Shmuel Fuss’ ark.
It isn’t a vessel like Noah’s, but a holy cabinet specially constructed to hold an ancient handwritten scroll called the Torah.
Today is a fast day mourning the assassination of the Jewish royal Gedaliah ben Achikam, governor of the Land of Israel for a short period following the destruction of the First Temple.
Gedaliah's killing spelled the end of the small remnant of a Jewish community that remained in the Holy Land after the destruction, which fled to Egypt. (According to many opinions, the assassination of Gedaliah actually occurred on Rosh Hashanah, but the commemoration of the event is postponed to the day after the festival; when the day after Rosh Hashanah is a Shabbat — as it is this year — the fast is postponed to Tishrei 4.)
For more on Gedalia read the Extended Article.
The Fast of Gedalia
The fast end at 7:32pm (in NYC), for the Zmanim in your area visit Chabad.org
Today is a fast day mourning the assassination of the Jewish royal Gedaliah ben Achikam, governor of the Land of Israel for a short period following the destruction of the First Temple.
Gedaliah’s killing spelled the end of the small remnant of a Jewish community that remained in the Holy Land after the destruction, which fled to Egypt. (According to many opinions, the assassination of Gedaliah actually occurred on Rosh Hashanah, but the commemoration of the event is postponed to the day after the festival; when the day after Rosh Hashanah is a Shabbat — as it is this year — the fast is postponed to Tishrei 4.)
For more on Gedalia read the Extended Article.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Nine groups of rabbinical students have set up shop in various Sub-Saharan locations for the High Holidays to host services and provide for the spiritual needs of Jews living in the remotest corners of the African continent.
Celebrating Rosh Hashanah on the Ethiopian New Year
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Nine groups of rabbinical students have set up shop in various Sub-Saharan locations for the High Holidays to host services and provide for the spiritual needs of Jews living in the remotest corners of the African continent.
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — With the Jewish high holidays at hand, Northern Dutchess County now has a place of worship and education. Chabad Jewish Center of Dutchess County, in Rhinebeck, opens its doors to all walks of life for Rosh Hashana, which begins at sundown today.
Rhinebeck Jewish Center Aims to Reach Out
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — With the Jewish high holidays at hand, Northern Dutchess County now has a place of worship and education. Chabad Jewish Center of Dutchess County, in Rhinebeck, opens its doors to all walks of life for Rosh Hashana, which begins at sundown today.
Tell us about your family.
I am one of nine and my wife is one of 11, thank G-d. [Editor's note: Orthodox and many other Jews refrain from writing out or speaking the name of God because doing so outside of prayer and worship is considered sacrilegious.]
Q&A with Florida Shliach Rabbi Novack
Tell us about your family.
I am one of nine and my wife is one of 11, thank G-d. [Editor’s note: Orthodox and many other Jews refrain from writing out or speaking the name of God because doing so outside of prayer and worship is considered sacrilegious.]
FRANKFURT, Germany [CHI] – On the second day of Rosh Hashana came the word of the arrest of the suspect, 22, who attacked Rabbi Zalman HaLevi Gurevitch, Shliach to the city of Frankfurt Germany.
Rabbi Gurevitch was attacked last week while walking home Friday night from the Westend-Synagogue with two Shabbos guests when he was attacked and stabbed while his assailant shouted racial slurs.
Attacker Apprehended, Rabbi Doing Better
FRANKFURT, Germany [CHI] – On the second day of Rosh Hashana came the word of the arrest of the suspect, 22, who attacked Rabbi Zalman HaLevi Gurevitch, Shliach to the city of Frankfurt Germany.
Rabbi Gurevitch was attacked last week while walking home Friday night from the Westend-Synagogue with two Shabbos guests when he was attacked and stabbed while his assailant shouted racial slurs.
Havdala in Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe, directed by Rabbi Eliezer and his wife Chanie Zaklikovsky.
Rosh Hashana Services were held in the local High School in order to accommodate the more then 350 participants that joined in for the services each of the two days of Rosh Hashana!
G'mar Chasima Tova!
Picture of the Night! – Monroe Township, NJ
Havdala in Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe, directed by Rabbi Eliezer and his wife Chanie Zaklikovsky.
Rosh Hashana Services were held in the local High School in order to accommodate the more then 350 participants that joined in for the services each of the two days of Rosh Hashana!
G’mar Chasima Tova!
