Over 250,000 Kids Magazines arrived yesterday to the Jewish Children’s Museum, in Brooklyn, NY. The sea of boxes, featuring the Tishrei Edition, is scheduled to arrive in Shluchims’ hands just in time for the High Holidays. Shipped all over the world, the Kids Magazine features 28 glossy pages of interactive information and fun.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Ilana bas Malka
She is having surgery today.
Chayim Nachman Yosef ben Feiga Yuta
He has a serious head injury and is in intensive care.
Cuzco, Peru — Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in Peru are working around the clock to locate 150 Israeli backpackers following a devastating 8.0-magnitude earthquake Wednesday night that left more than 450 people dead and at least 1,500 injured.
Princeton, NY — Princeton, Hofstra, Cambridge. At two of these universities, the 2007 Fall semester begins with the Chabad center in a new, larger space. At one, the rabbi will be dressed up like a chicken. Can you guess which one?
Rabbi Shlame and Mrs Miriam Landa of Crown Heights will IYH be moving on Shlichus to Fairfield, CT where they will establish a new Chabad House serving the needs of the local Jewish Community.
The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Kantor and Rabbi Yisroel Deren.
The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail at shlamelanda@gmail.com
CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!
Photo by: Eli Kahan
The Rebbe says:
1. Beginning from Rosh Chodesh Elul (the first day of the Hebrew month of Elul) until Rosh Hashanah (the New Year) [1] we blow the Shofar [2] everyday to arouse us to repent and bring ourselves closer to Hashem (G-d).
More specifically, the Shofar awakens a fear of Hashem in our hearts.
2. The Rebbe now points out the difference between the blowing the Shofar during the month of Elul and on Rosh Hashanah:
Omsk, Russia — This week in Omsk, the ‘Achdut’ Newspaper issued by the local Jewish community held a meeting involving local Jews and 18 of their ‘heroes’. These individuals all seem to be familiar to local residents since these admirable individuals were all featured, one at a time, in the pages of ‘Achdut’ in the section “Interview of the Month” over the past two years.
Crown Heights, Brooklyn — A 16-wheeler struck an 84-year-old widow – crushing her legs – as she crossed a Brooklyn street pushing her shopping cart.
Harriet Evanter, a fixture in her Crown Heights neighborhood, was hit in a crosswalk on Nostrand Ave. about 8:49 a.m. Tuesday, police and witnesses said.
This weeks Living Torah, titled “The Call of the Shofar” (Volume 39, Episode 154).
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Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.
Mineola shul inundated in fierce July storm looking ahead even as it buries damaged Torah.
Mineola, NY — The water from the torrential rain that flooded the basement of Congregation Beth Shalom Chabad in Mineola, L.I., last month may have done significant damage to the shul, but its rabbi is looking ahead — even as he laid to rest an irreparably damaged Torah.
Cleveland, OH — Army Pfc. Daniel Agami was described as a fearless, patriotic soldier who never hesitated risking his life for his fellow soldiers.
Agami also had a love for Iraqi children. He gave them candy and toys, and helped build their schools. The children seemed to love him, too, his family said.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Moshe and Maya (nee Dagan) Katzen (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
Brest, Belarus — This week, the Jewish community of Brest celebrated an event of importance to Jewish life in the region, as well as that of one individual man. 27-year old Gurayev, an active participant in the ‘STARS’ Torah educational program for Jewish youth, had a Brit Mila.
Winnipeg, Canada — A religious movement founded in a small Russian town 250 years ago is about to break ground on a new modern centre in 21st-century Winnipeg. The Chabad Lubavitch Torah Centre is due to open in the River Heights area in late 2008.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Berke Karniel (Kfar Chabad, Israel) and Rochie Edelkopf (Jerusalem, Israel) on their engagment.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
CrownHeights.info and Shomrim are turning to the general public in a request to please keep an extra eye out for this man.
He is known as Derrik Nelson, he is the perpetrator behind dozens upon dozens of car break-ins causing damages in the tens of thousands of dollars to cars in our community along with the added aggravation and inconvenience of needing to fix the damage. Due to the nature of the crime which is classified as a GLA (Grand Larceny Auto) which is a crime that carries a little if any jail time.
Shomrim are out every night patrolling our streets but they still need the publics help, if you see him or anyone lurking around and suspicious call the Shomrim hotline at (718) 774-3333 at anytime to alert patrolling members to keep an extra eye on him and prevent this slew of break-ins.
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