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FJC.ru
Kien, Ukraine — Chief Rabbi of Ukraine Azriel Chaikin held a press conference, together with Meir Stambler, the President of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine, and Chief Rabbi of Zhitomir and Western Ukraine Shlomo Wilhelm. This meeting addressed charges by state archive representatives that the Jewish community of Zhitomir had intentionally damaged 17 Torah scrolls it had received from state archives. Despite the absurdity of these allegations, state officials advised Jewish leaders to wait for the results of the investigation.

Click here to go to the Original Article of the Torahs taken away.

Jewish Community of Ukraine Demands Torah Scrolls Be Returned

FJC.ru

Kien, Ukraine — Chief Rabbi of Ukraine Azriel Chaikin held a press conference, together with Meir Stambler, the President of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine, and Chief Rabbi of Zhitomir and Western Ukraine Shlomo Wilhelm. This meeting addressed charges by state archive representatives that the Jewish community of Zhitomir had intentionally damaged 17 Torah scrolls it had received from state archives. Despite the absurdity of these allegations, state officials advised Jewish leaders to wait for the results of the investigation.

Click here to go to the Original Article of the Torahs taken away.

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New Engagement!

JJ Cohen (Boca Raton, FL) to Nechama Solomon (Montreal, Canada)
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Dovid Ezagui (Brooklyn, NY) to Chava Sorkin (Brooklyn, NY)
New Engagement!

Hushi Kot (Tallinn, Estonia) to Chani Wilhelm (Morristown, NJ) L’Chaim: Today, Monday, 8:30pm at F.R.E.E.
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Velvel Reikhtman (Montreal, Canada) to Channah Kagan (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tuesday, June 10th, 8:30pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
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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)
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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)
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Mendel Saaks (Chicago, IL) to Leeba Grossbaum (Paramus, NJ)
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Yisrolik Keselman (London, UK) to Shaina Keller (Crown Heights)

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Ya’akov Silverman (Tysons Corner, VA) to Chaya Raizel Michaelson (Glastonbury, CT)
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Yitzchak Minkowitz (Fort Myers, FL) to Shani Silver (Mequon, WI)
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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

4 Pedestrians and 3 Passengers injured in yet another Violent Collision

Crown Heights, Brooklyn – At around 4:10 Thursday afternoon an SUV and a sedan collided with great force, lost control, and plowed into a sidewalk full of pedestrians. The incident took place in the intersection of Lefferts Ave and Schenectady Ave and the vehicles were a BMW X5 SUV driven by a woman with one passenger and a Toyota Corolla driven by a man with two passengers.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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Mazal Tov! – 8 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Dovid and Miriam (nee Palace) Schmukler.
IYH at 518 Montgomery St, [bet New York and Brooklyn Ave].

Yaakov and Rochie (nee Tauber) Paley.
IYH at 536 Crown St, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

Yossi and Chaya (nee Kamensky) Cohen.
IYH at 84 Eastland Ave, Rochester, NY 14618.

Levi and Chana (nee Chazanov) Wolosow.
IYH at the Chabad House, 26 Wickatunk Rd, Manalapan NJ 07726.

Benjamin and Devorah (nee Yess) Smadja.
IYH at 6787 Avenue Mountain Sights, Montreal, Canada.

Yoseph and Rochel (nee Nutovics) Nerenberg (Melbourne, Australia) .

Boruch and Rachel (nee Harkham) Kluwgant (Sydney, Australia) .

Yossi and Miriam (nee Moss) Raskin.
IYH at 74 Bellevue Rd, Sydney, NSW 2023, 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.

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Herón Márquez Estrada - Star Tribune
Minneapolis, MN — Last week, they were in Iowa and South Dakota. Next week, they'll be in Texas and Kansas.

And this week, Rabbis Moishe Raksin and Shneur Pruss are in Minnesota traveling to prisons as part of the group's quest to visit every Jewish prisoner in the United States this summer.

The two rabbis, along with two dozen other volunteers with the nonprofit Aleph Institute, will visit 450 prisons to advise, console or listen to an estimated 5,000 Jewish inmates in state and federal prisons.

Bringing the light to the darkest of places, across 50 states

Herón Márquez Estrada – Star Tribune

Minneapolis, MN — Last week, they were in Iowa and South Dakota. Next week, they’ll be in Texas and Kansas.

And this week, Rabbis Moishe Raksin and Shneur Pruss are in Minnesota traveling to prisons as part of the group’s quest to visit every Jewish prisoner in the United States this summer.

The two rabbis, along with two dozen other volunteers with the nonprofit Aleph Institute, will visit 450 prisons to advise, console or listen to an estimated 5,000 Jewish inmates in state and federal prisons.

Merkos Shlichus
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The Rebbe says:

1. In this week’s Torah portion Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) recounts what happened at Mount Sinai where the Yidin (the Jewish people) received the Ten Commandments/ the Torah.

During this repetition of the Ten Commandments, Moshe Rabbeinu reminds the Yidin that throughout the giving of the Ten Commandments the voice of Hashem was “a great voice which did not stop” .

2. The Rebbe now quotes the Midrash which brings three possible meanings for “it was a great voice which did not stop” :

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Va’eschanan

The Rebbe says:

1. In this week’s Torah portion Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) recounts what happened at Mount Sinai where the Yidin (the Jewish people) received the Ten Commandments/ the Torah.

During this repetition of the Ten Commandments, Moshe Rabbeinu reminds the Yidin that throughout the giving of the Ten Commandments the voice of Hashem was “a great voice which did not stop” .

2. The Rebbe now quotes the Midrash which brings three possible meanings for “it was a great voice which did not stop” :

Something Jewish

Charlotte, NC — This past Sunday a regional conference was held for the Chabad Shluchim to the Carolinas. The conference was held in the Lubavitch Educational Center of Charlotte and was attended by over 40 shluchim and shluchos with their families.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

North Carolina Regional Kinus Hashluchim

Charlotte, NC — This past Sunday a regional conference was held for the Chabad Shluchim to the Carolinas. The conference was held in the Lubavitch Educational Center of Charlotte and was attended by over 40 shluchim and shluchos with their families.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Shlichus
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Rabbi Tzali and his wife Rivkie (nee Matusof) Wilchanski will be IYH be moving out on Shlichus to Kenosha, Wisconsin where they will establish a new Chabad House to serve the needs of the local Jewry.

The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Yisroel Shmotkin director of Lubavitch of Wisconsin

The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail at rabbitzali@gmail.com

CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

New Shluchim to Kenosha, Wisconsin!

Rabbi Tzali and his wife Rivkie (nee Matusof) Wilchanski will be IYH be moving out on Shlichus to Kenosha, Wisconsin where they will establish a new Chabad House to serve the needs of the local Jewry.

The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Yisroel Shmotkin director of Lubavitch of Wisconsin

The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail at rabbitzali@gmail.com

CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

Shlichus
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Rabbi Sholom Ber Levitin
Rabbi Sholom Ber Levitin, head Shliach to the state of Washington was recently elected on to the board of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch.

The last time there were new members elected to the board of Merkos was in the summer of 2004. At that time Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan, head Shliach in Maryland and Rabbi Zev Katz, Gabbai of 770 were the two new members.

The need for new members comes after the passing in recent years of Rabbi Berel Junik and Rabbi Sholom Marazov who were both on the board.

New Shliach Elected on Merkos Board

Rabbi Sholom Ber Levitin

Rabbi Sholom Ber Levitin, head Shliach to the state of Washington was recently elected on to the board of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch.

The last time there were new members elected to the board of Merkos was in the summer of 2004. At that time Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan, head Shliach in Maryland and Rabbi Zev Katz, Gabbai of 770 were the two new members.

The need for new members comes after the passing in recent years of Rabbi Berel Junik and Rabbi Sholom Marazov who were both on the board.

Chabad News
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Chabad’s Jewish Learning Institute Comes to the University

Lubavitch.com

Vienna Austria — It was developed as an educational program that would provide adults in Jewish communities the essentials of Jewish literacy. Since its establishment several years ago, the Rohr JLI (Jewish Learning Institute) has become the largest adult learning program of its kind, operating multi-lingually in over 200 cities and around the world.

Shlichus
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Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yaakov and Rochie (nee Tauber) Paley on the birth of their firstborn son.

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

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This weeks Living Torah, titled “Charity for the King of Morocco” (Volume 38, Episode 151).

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 “Charity for the King of Morocco” (Volume 38, Episode 151).

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

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

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