TSFAS, Israel [CHI] — The young Shliach Hatomim Nachman Oberlander the son of the Head Shliach in Hungary, Harav Boruch Oberlander, began this week putting on Teffilin as is customary two months before his Bar Mitzvah. For this special occasion his father and brother went to Eretz Yisroel and joined in the event of his Hanochas Teffilin.
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Spotting an extraordinary teacup, a middle age couple who shared a deep appreciation for fine antiques and pottery, asked the proprietor of a local antique shop if they might have a closer look: “We’ve never seen a cup quite as beautiful,” they told the lady while she handed them the delicate article.
“I've not always been a teacup, you know,” whispered the antique as they took her into their hands. “There was a time when I was just a lump of clay.” “Oh, please tell us more,” urged the awestruck couple.
"As I said, I was once just a lump of red clay when my master took me and rolled me and repeatedly pounded and patted me. 'Don’t do that,' I yelled. 'I don’t like it!' But he only smiled and gently repeated, 'Not yet, not yet.'
Then, wham! I was placed on a spinning wheel and suddenly I was spun around and around. 'Stop it! I’m so dizzy, I’m going to be sick!' I screamed. But the master only nodded and muttered quietly, 'Not yet'.
He spun, poked and prodded and shaped me to suit himself and then put me in the oven. I never felt such heat. I yelled and knocked and pounded at the door. 'Help! Get me out of here!'
Spotting an extraordinary teacup, a middle age couple who shared a deep appreciation for fine antiques and pottery, asked the proprietor of a local antique shop if they might have a closer look: “We’ve never seen a cup quite as beautiful,” they told the lady while she handed them the delicate article.
“I’ve not always been a teacup, you know,” whispered the antique as they took her into their hands. “There was a time when I was just a lump of clay.” “Oh, please tell us more,” urged the awestruck couple.
“As I said, I was once just a lump of red clay when my master took me and rolled me and repeatedly pounded and patted me. ‘Don’t do that,’ I yelled. ‘I don’t like it!’ But he only smiled and gently repeated, ‘Not yet, not yet.’
Then, wham! I was placed on a spinning wheel and suddenly I was spun around and around. ‘Stop it! I’m so dizzy, I’m going to be sick!’ I screamed. But the master only nodded and muttered quietly, ‘Not yet’.
He spun, poked and prodded and shaped me to suit himself and then put me in the oven. I never felt such heat. I yelled and knocked and pounded at the door. ‘Help! Get me out of here!’
BASKING RIDGE, NJ — On a recent chilly evening, more than 150 people gathered inside a fancy hotel ballroom to witness an uncommon 3,318-year-old tradition.
As all eyes watched, the white-bearded rabbi in the black robe and yarmulke bent over an animal hide parchment scroll. He dipped his turkey quill into black ink, lifted his unhelpful spectacles to his brow, and pressed the pen to parchment.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi and Miriam (nee Newman) Rapoport (Long Beach, CA) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia -– Headway is being made on the construction of a new Synagogue and Jewish Community Center in Novosibirsk, the capital of Siberia. Information on Jewish life in the region reached tens of thousands of readers through an interview with Chief Rabbi of Novosibirsk Zalman Zaklas, published this week in the local issue of the popular Russian newspaper “Arguments and Facts”.
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All Anash and Bochurim are invited to a central farbrengen in honor of Yud Tes Kislev, Rosh Hashana L’Chassidus in the Kollel.
A special video presentation of the Rebbe will begin at 8:45 PM and the Farbrengen will begin at 9:15 PM and will be attended by Rabonim, Roshei Yeshivos Mashpiim and Shluchim from around the world.
Amongst those featured will be Rabbi Chaim Shaul Bruk, Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky, Rabbi Moshe Walberg and Rabbi Zev Katz.
There will also be a farbrengen at 9:00 PM in the shul Rayim Ahuvim, 1614 Carroll St [corner Schenectady Ave], with HaRav HaChossid Yosef Weinberg fundraiser for The Frierdiker Rebbe and The Rebbe.
This weeks Living Torah, titled “Chassidic Kabbalah” (Volume 42, Episode 168).
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Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy Junik (Antwerp, Belgium) and Rochele Gluwcowsky (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Sunday night at Chovevei Torah, 885 Eastern Parkway, [between Albany and Troy Ave].
MONTREAL, Canada — Some would call the way 10 Jewish men and women in Montreal push off their work days in order to learn a Jewish text for 45 minutes downright stubborn. But while these professionals admit that they’re nothing if not persistent, they contend that their daily study of the Tanya, the bedrock text of Chabad Chasidic thought, is a necessity in a harried world.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Asher Mendel and Racheli (nee Lewis) Yemini (Shluchim to Los Angeles, CA) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
Charged by the Rebbe to appoint a vaad for the implementation of the Hachlotois Hakinus, the vaad presents an overview of the Hachlotos implemented in the last 10 years.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chaim Yisroel (ben R Zushe) Wilhelm (Crown Heights) and Mussie (bas R Yossi) Gurary (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Motzoei Shabbos at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Wednesday night Reb Yosef Weinberg farbrengned with the congregation at Empire Shtible in honor of Yud Tes Kislev.
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BONDI, Australia [CHI] — As the first to open the Yud Tais Kislev celebrations around the globe, The Yeshiva Center, Headquarters of Chabad Lubavitch in N.S.W. Australia hosted over 300 Men, woman and children to a full course meal.
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Leshana Tovah Belimud HaChasidus ve Darchei HaChasidus, Tikosaivu VeTichosaimu!
Tonight, Yud Tes Kislev “The Rosh Hashanah of Chassidism.” marks 208 years since the release of the Alter Rebbe, R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi founder of Chasidus Chabad in the year 5559 (1798). In honor of this auspicious day, which is referred to by Chasidim as the “Holiday of Holidays”, Farbrengens are being held around the world!
In the Extended Article you can view today’s Hayom Yom and the Minhagim of the day!
NEWARK, NJ — In this season of political endorsements, none was more surprised than the 700 people attending Rabbinical College of America 50th anniversary dinner last month when Newark Mayor Cory Booker endorsed not only the mission of the 51-year-old school, but also the mission of Chabad-Lubavitch and Judaism itself.
GAITHERSBURG, MD [CHI] — Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum became the first Chasidic Rabbi to be commissioned into the Maryland Defense Force last night in a ceremony that took place at Chabad of Upper Montgomery County in Gaithersburg.
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