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With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Rebbetzin Leah OBM bas Avrohom Aba A”H Raichik wife of Rabbi Menachem Shmuel Dovid A”H ben Shimon A”H Raichik the first Shluchim to the West Coast.

Rebbetzin Raichik is survived by her children Rabbi Abba Raichik – Los Angeles, CA. Rabbi Yossie Raichik – Kfar Chabad, Israel. Rabbi Shimon Raicheik – Los Angeles, CA. Rabbi Elozor Raichik – Crown Heights. Rabbi Sholom Reichik – Gaithersburg, MD. Mrs. Suri Klyne – Los Angeles, CA. Mrs. Devorah Wilhelm – Portland, OR. Rabbi Levi Raichik – Los Angeles, CA. Rabbi Yankee Raichik – Los Angeles, CA. Mrs. Chanie Hanoka – Pasadena, CA and her grandchildren.

UPDATED: The Levaya will be leaving from Los Angeles to New York. It will take place tonight at 7:00 p.m. at 101 North Edinburgh in Los Angeles, CA. And in NY it will take place on Thursday, and will be leaving from the Shomrai Hadaas Chapel at 12:00pm and will be passing by 770 at around 12:45pm.

Baruch Dayan Hoemes

Baruch Dayan Hoemes – Rebbetzin Leah Raichik OBM

With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Rebbetzin Leah OBM bas Avrohom Aba A”H Raichik wife of Rabbi Menachem Shmuel Dovid A”H ben Shimon A”H Raichik the first Shluchim to the West Coast.

Rebbetzin Raichik is survived by her children Rabbi Abba Raichik – Los Angeles, CA. Rabbi Yossie Raichik – Kfar Chabad, Israel. Rabbi Shimon Raicheik – Los Angeles, CA. Rabbi Elozor Raichik – Crown Heights. Rabbi Sholom Reichik – Gaithersburg, MD. Mrs. Suri Klyne – Los Angeles, CA. Mrs. Devorah Wilhelm – Portland, OR. Rabbi Levi Raichik – Los Angeles, CA. Rabbi Yankee Raichik – Los Angeles, CA. Mrs. Chanie Hanoka – Pasadena, CA and her grandchildren.

UPDATED: The Levaya will be leaving from Los Angeles to New York. It will take place tonight at 7:00 p.m. at 101 North Edinburgh in Los Angeles, CA. And in NY it will take place on Thursday, and will be leaving from the Shomrai Hadaas Chapel at 12:00pm and will be passing by 770 at around 12:45pm.

Baruch Dayan Hoemes

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New Engagement!

Hushi Kot (Tallinn, Estonia) to Chani Wilhelm (Morristown, NJ) L’Chaim: Today, Monday, 8:30pm at F.R.E.E.
New Engagement!

Velvel Reikhtman (Montreal, Canada) to Channah Kagan (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tuesday, June 10th, 8:30pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Shimon and Chanie Alon from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yitzy and Leeby Smith from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Pesach Chaim Newman (Crown Heights) to Bluma Raizel Lewis (Old Tappan, NJ)
New Engagement!

Eitan Hershkop (Crown Heights) to Chana Belfer (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Bass and Bourbon
New Engagement!

Levi Meer (Morristown, NJ) to Sara Gershovitz (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, June 12th, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street Upstairs
New Engagement!

Yosef Chaim Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Leah Eisenbach (New York)
New Engagement!

Pesach Bercovice (Chicago, IL) to Tzipporah Yasmine Holloway (Orlando, FL)
New Engagement!

Mendel Saaks (Chicago, IL) to Leeba Grossbaum (Paramus, NJ)
New Engagement!

Yisrolik Keselman (London, UK) to Shaina Keller (Crown Heights)

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New Engagement!

Ya’akov Silverman (Tysons Corner, VA) to Chaya Raizel Michaelson (Glastonbury, CT)
New Engagement!

Yitzchak Minkowitz (Fort Myers, FL) to Shani Silver (Mequon, WI)
New Engagement!

Avremel Weingarten (Flint, MI) to Chana Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
New Engagement!

Yaya Kagan (Los Angeles, CA) to Hadas Malamud (Brooklyn, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 7:30pm at the Oholei Torah Ballroom
Baby Boy!

Meyer and Chaya (nee Engelberg) Shushan from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Boruch and Adeli Zimmerman from Oro Valley, AZ had a baby girl!

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Six young men who set out from Montauk for a two-hour excursion in a rented boat Tuesday afternoon spent the night lost in heavy fog until they were rescued Wednesday morning by the Coast Guard.

A crew from Coast Guard Station Montauk located the 18-foot Sea Fox bowrider-style boat at 6 a.m., two miles northeast of Gardiners Island.

The six boaters, identified as [omitted] who are from Brooklyn and Israel and are in their early to mid-20s, rented the boat from Uihlein's Marina on Lake Montauk. They left a brief outline of their boating plans with a rabbi, Leib Baumgarten, director of Lubavitch of the Hamptons, and with the marina.

Miracle: Six Yeshiva Boys Helping Chabad Lubavitch Of The Hamptons Rescued After Stranded In Boat Overnight

Six young men who set out from Montauk for a two-hour excursion in a rented boat Tuesday afternoon spent the night lost in heavy fog until they were rescued Wednesday morning by the Coast Guard.

A crew from Coast Guard Station Montauk located the 18-foot Sea Fox bowrider-style boat at 6 a.m., two miles northeast of Gardiners Island.

The six boaters, identified as [omitted] who are from Brooklyn and Israel and are in their early to mid-20s, rented the boat from Uihlein’s Marina on Lake Montauk. They left a brief outline of their boating plans with a rabbi, Leib Baumgarten, director of Lubavitch of the Hamptons, and with the marina.

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Mazal Tov! – Its a Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi and Esty (nee Gurevitch) Zaklikofsky (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.

Mazel Tov's
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With great sadness and pain we inform you of the extremely untimely passing of HaBochur HaTomim Yisroel (Izzy) Woonteiler of Los Angeles, CA at the young age of 23.

Yisroel was getting out of his car last week when he was hit by a passing truck who fled the scene of the accident, suffering critical injuries which later claimed his life.

Yisroel is survived by his parents Reuven and Basya Woonteiler along with his brothers and sisters.

UPDATE: The Levaya will be on Thursday [Aug. 9] and will be passing by 770 at around 10:45am

Baruch Dayan Hoemes

Boruch Dayan Haemes – HaBochur Yisroel Woonteiler OBM

With great sadness and pain we inform you of the extremely untimely passing of HaBochur HaTomim Yisroel (Izzy) Woonteiler of Los Angeles, CA at the young age of 23.

Yisroel was getting out of his car last week when he was hit by a passing truck who fled the scene of the accident, suffering critical injuries which later claimed his life.

Yisroel is survived by his parents Reuven and Basya Woonteiler along with his brothers and sisters.

UPDATE: The Levaya will be on Thursday [Aug. 9] and will be passing by 770 at around 10:45am

Baruch Dayan Hoemes

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Alarm Scares off Burglar

The Back Broken Window

Crown Heights, Brooklyn – In a brazen attempt to burglarize a Crown Heights home in broad daylight, an unknown number of perpetrators broke into the home on Eastern Parkway and Albany Avenue.

They broke a window leading into a laundry room in the back of the home, and 20 seconds later the alarm went off, apparently chasing them away.

The incident took place sometime around 3:00 in the afternoon when the alarm sounded and one of the residents came home to see the house slightly disturbed and immediately called 911 and Shomrim, who arrived on scene within moments and secured the house until police showed up.

Crime

Challenge is an inspiring selection of public talks and private meetings with the Rebbe, in which he edifies growth, responsibility and love. In all matters of life, the Rebbe teaches, one must never cease to strive ever higher.

The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, spearheaded a Jewish revolution in the 20th century. The Rebbe's message was as old as the Torah itself, yet his approach was as rousing as dawn. He urged each person, in personal and in communal life, to never be satisfied with yesterday's achievements or today's successes, but to soar to even greater heights.

This DVD is now available on the web JemStore.com

Available in Hebrew in the Extended Article!

VIdeo of the Day – Excerpt fom Challenge, Now on DVD

Challenge is an inspiring selection of public talks and private meetings with the Rebbe, in which he edifies growth, responsibility and love. In all matters of life, the Rebbe teaches, one must never cease to strive ever higher.

The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, spearheaded a Jewish revolution in the 20th century. The Rebbe’s message was as old as the Torah itself, yet his approach was as rousing as dawn. He urged each person, in personal and in communal life, to never be satisfied with yesterday’s achievements or today’s successes, but to soar to even greater heights.

This DVD is now available on the web JemStore.com

Available in Hebrew in the Extended Article!

Videos
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Deborah Elovic - Chabad.edu
You don’t need to travel to Tibet, take up meditation or contemplate a sunset for a spiritual experience. Just log on to Facebook.com, join your local Chabad-Lubavitch group and add some nifty Jewish applications to your profile; soon, you will be surfing in a fascinating land of Jewish thought, pondering the meaning of life all while attending to your Jewish social schedule.

Programming Campus Rabbis Put a Jewish Face on Facebook

Deborah Elovic – Chabad.edu

You don’t need to travel to Tibet, take up meditation or contemplate a sunset for a spiritual experience. Just log on to Facebook.com, join your local Chabad-Lubavitch group and add some nifty Jewish applications to your profile; soon, you will be surfing in a fascinating land of Jewish thought, pondering the meaning of life all while attending to your Jewish social schedule.

Shlichus
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By Jamie Schram - New York Post
TRAFFIC AGENTS WROTE FAKE VIOLATIONS

CHI Ed: The most hated city employees give reason to hate even more


New York, NY — Four NYPD traffic agents were busted yesterday after they were caught writing bogus summonses in Manhattan, police said.

Davey Griffin, 30, Raheem King, 26, Julian Fisher, 24, and Gregory Baird, 56, were slapped with a slew of charges, including forgery, official misconduct, falsifying business records and offering a false instrument, police said.

NYC BOGUS TICKET BUST

By Jamie Schram – New York Post
TRAFFIC AGENTS WROTE FAKE VIOLATIONS

CHI Ed: The most hated city employees give reason to hate even more

New York, NY — Four NYPD traffic agents were busted yesterday after they were caught writing bogus summonses in Manhattan, police said.

Davey Griffin, 30, Raheem King, 26, Julian Fisher, 24, and Gregory Baird, 56, were slapped with a slew of charges, including forgery, official misconduct, falsifying business records and offering a false instrument, police said.

NYC News
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Kfar Chabad, Israel – Bochurim from the Yeshivas Kayitz – Tzeirai HaShluchim, under the directorship of Rabbi Chaim Kaplan, pose for a group picture in front of 770 in Kfar Chabad.

Photo by: Israel Bardugo

Picture of the Day! Yeshivas Kayitz Tzeirai Hashluchim!

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Kfar Chabad, Israel – Bochurim from the Yeshivas Kayitz – Tzeirai HaShluchim, under the directorship of Rabbi Chaim Kaplan, pose for a group picture in front of 770 in Kfar Chabad.

Photo by: Israel Bardugo

Picture of the Day
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By Vanessa Weber for The Saratogian

Saratoga Springs, NY — Despite the small boy on his shoulders, the young girl in his arms and two other small chil­dren Hutching his shirt, Rabbi Abba Rubin of the downtown Saratoga Springs Chabad Lubavitch Synagogue managed to pause and chat with vendors, musicians and those who came to Congress Park for the fourth- annual Shalom Festival Sunday,

More in the Extended Article!

Saratoga Chabad says ‘Shalom’ in Congress Park

By Vanessa Weber for The Saratogian

Saratoga Springs, NY — Despite the small boy on his shoulders, the young girl in his arms and two other small chil­dren Hutching his shirt, Rabbi Abba Rubin of the downtown Saratoga Springs Chabad Lubavitch Synagogue managed to pause and chat with vendors, musicians and those who came to Congress Park for the fourth- annual Shalom Festival Sunday,

More in the Extended Article!

Shlichus
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CBS2

Slaotsburg, NY — Every summer there's an interesting sight on the New York State Thruway: dozens of men gathering to pray on public property in Sloatsburg.

Which leads some to wonder, Is there more than meets the eye? And why are state officials concerned?

Prayer Gathering On Thruway Concerns Officials

CBS2

Slaotsburg, NY — Every summer there’s an interesting sight on the New York State Thruway: dozens of men gathering to pray on public property in Sloatsburg.

Which leads some to wonder, Is there more than meets the eye? And why are state officials concerned?

Upstate News
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