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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Agudas Chassidei Chabad, the umbrella organization of the international Chabad-Lubavitch movement, today, Friday, announced plans to re-open the Lubavitch Yeshiva in Rostov, Russia.

The announcement was made following an extraordinary meeting today of its executive committee, which invited Rabbi Yosef Aronov, chairman of Agudas Chassidei Chabad in Israel and head of the yeshiva, and Rabbi Berel Lazar, head Lubavitch emissary in the former Soviet Union and Russia's chief rabbi.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Chabad-Lubavitch Announces Plans to Resume Operations of Rostov Yeshiva

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Agudas Chassidei Chabad, the umbrella organization of the international Chabad-Lubavitch movement, today, Friday, announced plans to re-open the Lubavitch Yeshiva in Rostov, Russia.

The announcement was made following an extraordinary meeting today of its executive committee, which invited Rabbi Yosef Aronov, chairman of Agudas Chassidei Chabad in Israel and head of the yeshiva, and Rabbi Berel Lazar, head Lubavitch emissary in the former Soviet Union and Russia’s chief rabbi.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Chabad News
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New Engagement!

Menny Leitner (Monsey, NY) to Bracha Goldberg (Monsey, NY) L’Chaim: Sunday, July 20th, 7:30pm at Bais Yosef Meir Simcha Hall 19 Olympia Ln, Monsey
New Engagement!

Mendy Sulami (Los Angeles, CA) to Aidel Spielman (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Tsvi Feygin  (Teaneck, NJ) to Faigy Kahn (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Shmuel Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Esther Leeba Eidelman (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Downstairs
Baby Boy!

Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shalom Alon (Kfar Gidon, EY) to Bluma Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Jack Abramson (NW4, London, UK) to Shayna Ash (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Baby Boy!

Mendel and Soro (nee Brennan) Manne from Penn Wynne, PA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Chein (Toulouse, France) to Chanale Greenberg (Shanghai, China) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at 695 East New York Ave
New Engagement!

Schneur Motchkin (Crown Heights) to Sarah Schmukler (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
New Engagement!

Shmayah Schechter (Miami Beach, FL) to Bella Kimball (West Hartford, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 7:30pm at Chabad of Greater Hartford 2352 Albany Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06117
Baby Girl!

Shneur and Sara (nee Heber) polter from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yonah Galili (Toronto, Canada) to Ora Zuckerman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, July 7th, 8:00pm at Bais Avraham Yitzchak 305 Remsen Ave
Baby Boy!

Dovid and Baila (nee Spielman) Vogel from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Yechezkel Markovitch (Kiev, Ukraine) to Layah Carlbach (Montreal, Canada)
New Engagement!

Meir Manssouri (Los Angeles, CA) to Raizy Altschul (Chicago, IL)
Mendy Hecht - Chabad.org

Rabbi Mendel Bendet, second from left, discusses Judaism with Poconos residents.

STROUDSBURG, PA — For at least the past decade, demographers across the nation have been chronicling a new form of suburban flight: the booming relocation of city-dwellers and suburbanites to the exurbs, the furthest extremes of the population bands surrounding major metropolises.

Mountain Region Chabad House Symbol of Exurbs’ Growth Nationwide

Mendy Hecht – Chabad.org

Rabbi Mendel Bendet, second from left, discusses Judaism with Poconos residents.

STROUDSBURG, PA — For at least the past decade, demographers across the nation have been chronicling a new form of suburban flight: the booming relocation of city-dwellers and suburbanites to the exurbs, the furthest extremes of the population bands surrounding major metropolises.

Shlichus

Shomrim Apprehend Trespasser and Burglar

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two alert residents on their way home Thursday night spotted a Black male sneaking from porch to porch of Jewish homes on Carroll Street between Troy and Schenectady, the residents immediately called Shomrim and did not confront the perp.

Within moments over 10 Shomrim members responded and surrounded the area from the alleyway and front of one of the homes belonging to Reb Yisroel Shemtov, which he made his way to rear to see if there was anything of value there, but ran into a few members who escorted him to the front of the house.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Crime
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Mazal Tov! – 7 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Shmulik and Tzini (nee Hershkop) Brand.
IYH at 333 Crown St, [bet New York and Nostrand Ave].

Yossi and Esti (nee Reizes) Lowenbein.
IYH at 1615 Carroll St, [bet Schenectady and Utica Ave].

Leibel and Mindy (nee Tauber) Wallach.
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Yossi and Rochel (nee Silberstein) Sandomire (Crown Heights)

Shmully and Devorah Leah Lein (Shluchim to North Brooklyn) .
IYH at 384 Crown St, [bet Brooklyn and New York Ave].

Reuven and Devorah Leah Blau.
IYH at 607 Lefferts Ave, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

Hendel and Chanah Miriam Keller
IYH at 1641 President St, [bet Utica and Schenectady Ave].

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.

Mazel Tov's
EJ Tansky - Lubavitch.com

BROOKLYN, NY — If online MBA programs and YouTube got together and had a smart Jewish baby, i would probably bear a striking resemblance to Chabad-Lubavitch’s newbor distance learning venture.

Chabad Conference Initiatives: Jewish Adult Education Goes Online

EJ Tansky – Lubavitch.com

BROOKLYN, NY — If online MBA programs and YouTube got together and had a smart Jewish baby, i would probably bear a striking resemblance to Chabad-Lubavitch’s newbor distance learning venture.

Shlichus
The Rebbe says:

1. The Rebbe explains that all four answers must be connected:

Even though these are four different explanations of this verse, they must all be connected to each other because they are all explaining the same verse.

A proof to this logic:

The Torah says , “You may not wear Shaatnez (a combination of wool and linen together)”. Our Sages in the Mishnayos teach us that the word “Shaatnez” is really made up of three different words- “Shua - smoothed”, “Tavui - spun”, and “Nuz – woven”. The Talmud learns that since these three different words were contracted into one word, one is not liable for wearing a combination of wool and linen unless all three of these processes were done together; only when it was smoothed, spun, and woven together are you liable for the Biblical prohibition of “Shaatnez”.

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Toldos

The Rebbe says:

1. The Rebbe explains that all four answers must be connected:

Even though these are four different explanations of this verse, they must all be connected to each other because they are all explaining the same verse.

A proof to this logic:

The Torah says , “You may not wear Shaatnez (a combination of wool and linen together)”. Our Sages in the Mishnayos teach us that the word “Shaatnez” is really made up of three different words- “Shua – smoothed”, “Tavui – spun”, and “Nuz – woven”. The Talmud learns that since these three different words were contracted into one word, one is not liable for wearing a combination of wool and linen unless all three of these processes were done together; only when it was smoothed, spun, and woven together are you liable for the Biblical prohibition of “Shaatnez”.

Something Jewish
Andrew Silow-Carroll - NJ Jewish News
A few months back I attended the inauguration ceremonies for Arnold Eisen, the new chancellor of the Conservative movement's Jewish Theological Seminary. In a symposium preceding the main event, a distinguished panel of scholars discussed the future of the movement and American Judaism. Someone mentioned “Chabad,“ and the roomful of rabbis and professors broke out into knowing titters. Dr. Alan Cooper, the JTS provost, rode the titters into a wave of laughter when he repeated the old line: “Chabad is the religion closest to Judaism.”

Editorial: Chabad Influence

Andrew Silow-Carroll – NJ Jewish News

A few months back I attended the inauguration ceremonies for Arnold Eisen, the new chancellor of the Conservative movement’s Jewish Theological Seminary. In a symposium preceding the main event, a distinguished panel of scholars discussed the future of the movement and American Judaism. Someone mentioned “Chabad,“ and the roomful of rabbis and professors broke out into knowing titters. Dr. Alan Cooper, the JTS provost, rode the titters into a wave of laughter when he repeated the old line: “Chabad is the religion closest to Judaism.”

Op-Ed
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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Tzvi Bass (Kriyat Malachi, Israel) and Shaindy (bas Yankel) Klein (Postville, IA) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be Motzoei Shabbos at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].

Mazel Tov's
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This weeks Living Torah, titled “The Shlichus Needs You” (Volume 42, Episode 165).

Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org

Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.

Video of the Day – the Weekly Living Torah Clip

This weeks Living Torah, titled “The Shlichus Needs You” (Volume 42, Episode 165).

Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org

Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.

Videos
Rebecca Rosenthal - Lubavitch.com

BROOKLYN, NY — Chabad’s new curriculum is on its way to cracking the Talmudic code for yeshiva students and adult learners. This is part three in a Lubavitch.com series on Chabad's new initiatives in education, social and religious outreach to be launched at the International Conference that formally opens today, at Lubavitch Headquarters in NY.

Cracking the Talmud, New Curriculum Solves 500-Year Conundrum

Rebecca Rosenthal – Lubavitch.com

BROOKLYN, NY — Chabad’s new curriculum is on its way to cracking the Talmudic code for yeshiva students and adult learners. This is part three in a Lubavitch.com series on Chabad’s new initiatives in education, social and religious outreach to be launched at the International Conference that formally opens today, at Lubavitch Headquarters in NY.

Chabad News
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Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL
Reb Mendel of Riminov once pointed upward and proclaimed, “This heaven that you behold with your very eyes, through skepticism it is possible to entirely deny, even prove its inexistence.”
Everyone these days seems to have an opinion about Chabad. On the one hand it is flattering that the once referred to as “sectarian” and “ultra” orthodox organization, to which I belong, has found its way into the minds and hearts of the broader Jewish community. It has even caught the attention of the non Jewish world.

On the other hand, some of the ideas ascribed to the movement – especially regarding its inexplicable success – are often distorted and perplexing. Equally baffling are the sources whence some of these critiques stem.

The Weekly Sedra – Toldos – To Whom Does The Progeny Belong?

Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL

Reb Mendel of Riminov once pointed upward and proclaimed, “This heaven that you behold with your very eyes, through skepticism it is possible to entirely deny, even prove its inexistence.”

Everyone these days seems to have an opinion about Chabad. On the one hand it is flattering that the once referred to as “sectarian” and “ultra” orthodox organization, to which I belong, has found its way into the minds and hearts of the broader Jewish community. It has even caught the attention of the non Jewish world.

On the other hand, some of the ideas ascribed to the movement – especially regarding its inexplicable success – are often distorted and perplexing. Equally baffling are the sources whence some of these critiques stem.

Something Jewish
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