Colorado Springs, CO — The National Jewish Retreat is presently underway at the magnificent Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs with a sold-out crowd of 300 participants from 21 states and 5 countries enjoying a series of 80 sessions, workshops, lectures and discussion groups.
A beautiful gallery of pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos by: Menachem Sarraf)
Con Edison is urging all customers in Crown Heights, Flatbush, East Flatbush and Ocean Hill-Brownsville in Brooklyn to discontinue their use of nonessential electrical appliances and devices until problems on electrical equipment can be resolved.
The utility is experiencing difficulties in this area and customer cooperation will help ensure uninterrupted electric service, officials say.
Sholom Aleichem. Serving a master is a part of life. For some the master is the pursuit of wealth while for others it could be intellectual satisfaction. Ideally, one recognizes the Master of the World and serves only Him. Serve this or serve that, but serve one must.
Being a servant has various formats. One can be a simple servant who performs his/her duties out of absolute obedience or one can be a devoted servant who serves happily due to the realization of the great lofty status of the master. In Chassidic philosophy this matter is discussed at great length. By understanding the master/servant relationship we will be able to utilize that understanding in our serving the Master of the World.
Hollywood, CA — With production now in full swing, Chabad today announced that noted journalist and broadcaster Larry King is joining the list of in-studio guests for the 2007 Chabad “To Life” Telethon. Chabad’s annual fundraising event airs live from Hollywood on Sunday, September 9, from 4:00 to 10:00 pm, PDT.
“I’m looking forward to dancing with Rabbi Cunin and Jon Voight,” quipped King about his upcoming appearance on the broadcast.
Video in the Extended Article!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Avromie and Dina Sher (Brooklyn, NY) on the birth of their baby boy.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
PLEASE SAY TEHILLIM FOR Meital Marcel bas Bellah
A car with three Lubavitcher girls was involved in a terrible accident in South Carolina on the U.S. 501 in Horry County early this morning. The Sun News reported that Toby Eagle, 20, of Baltimore, MD was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident and that another of the passengers Meital Marcel Chabusha, of Brooklyn, NY was ejected from the vehicle and is listed in critical condition, a third passenger was not injured.
CrownHeights.info will continue to follow this tragic story and post more information as it becomes available.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy and Shulamit (nee Saka) Levy (Bal Harbour, FL) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Professor Bronisław Germek, former member of the polish Parliament and a respected member of the European parliament, visited the Chabad Center in Warsaw. Professor Germek met with Menachem Kirschenbaum, a student from New York who has been traveling in Poland for the last weeks, meeting with different Jews and teaching in different cities.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Chaim and Sheina (nee Turk) Lipsh.
IYH at 654 Lefferts Ave, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].
Meshulam and Shaindee (nee Klienman) Rosenblat.
IYH at 686 Crown St, [bet Troy and Schenectady Ave].
Dovid and Ruta (nee Greenberg) Okonov.
IYH at 658 Crown St, [bet Troy and Schenectady Ave].
Levi and Mattie (nee Rubinstein) Oirechman.
IYH at 1397 Carroll St, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].
Yitzchok and Chana Zeiler.
IYH at 18 Zabriskie Terrace, Monsey, NY 10952.
Eli and Keren (nee Johnson) Gescheit (Sydney, Australia) .
Please 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.
It’s an outstretched arm — actually dozens of them that greet Chabad of Dallas’ Rabbi Zvi Drizin each Friday as he makes his way through the city, helping men complete the mitzvah of putting on tefillin. “Just before the Six-Day War, the Lubavitcher Rebbe began a campaign for Lubavitchers to help soldiers in Israel by having soldiers put on tefillin,” he said. “Since that time, yeshiva students and other Lubavitchers have made it their mission to reach those who might not otherwise have the mitzvah. Tefillin are associated with Jewish pride and strength.”
Conejo, CA — The Friendship Circle of the Conejo Valley has announced the appointment of Rabbi Eli Laber of Chicago, Ill., as its new fulltime director. Laber’s wife, Rochel (nee Bryski), will assist in program development for the children and teenage volunteers.
Laber and his wife have served as teachers and directors of major school and summer programs in California, Texas and New York. The couple is expected to move to the area in mid-August.
The Rebbe says:
1. The Haftarah (a short selection from the Prophets, read every week after the regular Torah portion) of this week’s Torah portion is part of a series of “seven Haftaros of comfort” which we read between the Ninth of Av1 and Rosh Hashanah (the New Year).
The “seven Haftaros of comfort” are called thus because they speak about our final redemption and this gives us comfort and strength to overcome this dark exile.
2. The Rebbe now explains that the Torah portion after which the “Haftarah of comfort” is read must also be a Torah portion of comfort:
Question: Six years after 9/11, do you still fear another catastrophic attack here?
I see the same signs that this might happen again, though they won’t try the same methods. I would hope we’ve learned from 9/11 and that we’re better trained and prepared to spot the warning signs of another possible terrorist attack.
— Sara Diament, shlichus
More in the Extended Article
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Meshulam and Shaindee (nee Klienman) Rosenblat (Crown Hights) on the birth of their son!
The Sholom Zochor will IYH be at 686 Crown St, [between Troy and Schenectady Ave].
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Atlantic City, NJ — The second annual Kosher Cruise, which is schedule to set sail Sunday from the Trump Marina in Atlantic City.
Click here for Article and Pictures from last years cruise.
Participants will enjoy a scenic excursion of the back bays of Atlantic City while enjoying a delicious kosher barbecue.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yechiel Dovid Weinstein (Manchester, UK) and Naomi Gurba (Long Beach,CA/Crown Heights) on their engagement.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
S Francisco, CA — When little Gary Langer tagged along with his father to Oakland Oaks games, the thought certainly passed through his mind: What if that were me up there, with everyone cheering?
Half a century later, it happened. By now he was Rabbi Yosef Langer, and when the San Francisco Giants desperately needed a hit they called on him — to blow his shofar.
Unfortunately on that evening in August of last year, Langer’s shofar blast did not spur the team to victory. But when the stadium’s scoreboard operators coined the term “Rally Rabbi,” 40,000 fans roared in approval.
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