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Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Yehudit bas Chana
She is in urgent need of tehilim!
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Yehudit bas Chana
She is in urgent need of tehilim!
Monday – 8th of Menachem Av, Erev Tisha B’Av
After Chatzos (midday), only things that are permissible to learn on Tisha B’Av should be studied, such as Iyov, Yirmiyahu’s prophecies about the destruction, and Midrash Eicha.
Learning the daily portions of Chitas: Primarily before midday, but may be done until Shkiyah (sunset) if that was not possible.
Learning Rambam: Only before midday (catching up may only be done on Motza’ei Tisha B’Av).
Studying the Laws of the Beis Hamikdosh: As Chitas above.
During Mincha, Tachanun is not recited. [1]
Continued in the Extended Article
Brooklyn, NY — More than 100 Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis gathered in Atlanta, Ga., earlier this month to inspire each other, discuss plans for the future and return to their communities – stretching from Texas to Puerto Rico – reenergized towards the task of reaching out to every single Jew.
Pasadena, CA — Chanie Pinson knows just what to do to make young children interested in their Jewish heritage – give them a clump of raw dough and a pile of flour.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Eli and Henya (nee Wolowik) Muller (Montrea, Canada) on the birth of their baby girl, Shaina.
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!
Morristown, NJ — This year the Rambam cycle ended for the 25th time, on Thursday, July 17, Chof Vov Tammuz.
At the Rabbinical College of America in Morristown, New Jersey, it was celebrated with great success. Over 150 students from Tomchei Temimim, Tiferes Bachurim and Yeshivas Kayitz attended, as well as dozens of community members, all gathered in the yeshiva’s auditorium for the grand celebration.
More pictures in the Extended Article
Vienna, Austria — Over 80 Students from Austria, Russia, Hungary, Bulgaria and other countries recently completed the JLI track at the Jewish Leadership Program at the Lauder Business School in Vienna, Austria. For most, this was their first Jewish learning experience.
Crown Heights, Brooklyn — At around 1:40pm today, Sunday, a fire ripped through an apartment of family who barely escaped the flames. The incident happened at 770 Lefferts Avenue, a large and relatively new building complex which houses close to 60 families.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
Over the course of the 9 days, where it is customary to increase in learning, R. Shaya Smetana founder of Anash.com had been working tirelessly in producing live Shiurim which were broadcasted over the internet in order to fulfill this custom.
One of the very unique broadcasts was a virtual tour of the second Bais Hamikdash. Produced and narrated by R. Chaim Shmuel Freidman, this broadcast is going to be available for viewing until the 9th of Av [due to copyright agreements].
Click Here to take the tour!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Gershon and Chaya (nee Greenman) Deutsch (London, UK) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Portland, OR — As the Portland, Ore., metropolis expands, Chabad-Lubavitch is coordinating its own rapid growth in the city, currently the Pacific Northwest’s most populous locale. By the end of the summer, Chabad operations in the Beaver State will double.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Nochum and Chanie Katsenelenbogen (Shluchim in Owings Mills, Maryland) on the birth of their baby girl, Raizel Ita.
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!
Workers filled a trash container with soaked carpet, floor boards and office furniture Thursday at Congregation Beth Sholom Chabad in Mineola.
Rabbi Anchelle Perl tried to save what he could, but the water had been a relentless invader at the Willis Avenue temple.
“It came up through the sump pump in the boiler room,” said Perl, a 53-year-old Long Beach resident.
Like many Long Islanders, Thursday was about surveying damage and mounting a cleanup after drenching rain pummeled the island a day earlier.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
After much effort all year the Talmidim Hashluchim in Sydney Australia had the honor of being tested by Rabbi Yitzchok Yehudah Yeruslavsky secretary of the Chabad Rabbinical Court in Israel. B”H the Bochurim all did very well on their tests on the laws of Taaruvos.
The 8th Day’s new album titled “Brooklyn” is set to hit stores right after the three weeks. The 8th Day (led by Harav Hashliach Shmuel Marcus and his brother Benny) will be promoting the new album in S. Diego (Aug. 15) and at the Macaabi games in California (Aug 16) and in NYC (Aug 28th).
More in the Extended Article!
With sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of HaRav Binyomin Ezriel Nadoff Ben Harav Sholom Chaim of Pittsburgh PA.
He was a Mechanach For over 50 years in the Hebrew Day School in Pittsburgh, as well as Being The Mohel of Pittsburgh Which Through he brought thousands of people Tachas Kanfei Hashcinah through Bris Milah.
He is Survived by his children: Aliza Zarchi (Crown Heights), Chanina Nadoff (Monsey, NY), Naomi Chinn (Toronto, Canada), Shifra Feigelstock (Vancouver, Canada), Dovid Nadoff (Pittsburgh, PA), Yehuda Nadoff (Chicago, IL), Yisroel Nadoff (Twin Rivers, NJ), Gedalyah Hymn (Pittsburgh , PA) and by many grandchildren and great grandchildren k”ah.
The Aron will be at the Shomer Hachomos chapel in Brooklyn on Ft Hamilton and 43rd street on Sunday [Today] at 10:30 AM and will leave from there to Eretz Yisroel.
Baruch Dayan HoEmes
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Zalman and Dinah (nee Lisker) Friedman (Crown Heights) 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!