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Second Annual International Convention for Tmimim - Illustration Photo

The Annual Kinnus Hatmimim Haolomi (the International Convention of Tmimim) and Farbrengen at Rosa Hall Campus Chomesh, now live, click below to watch!!

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Watch the Kinnus Hatmimim Haolomi now LIVE!!

Second Annual International Convention for Tmimim – Illustration Photo

The Annual Kinnus Hatmimim Haolomi (the International Convention of Tmimim) and Farbrengen at Rosa Hall Campus Chomesh, now live, click below to watch!!

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New Engagement!

Mendel Baumgarten (Buenos Aires, Argentina) to Gitty Lishner (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Menachem Nelson (Tzfas, EY) to Rivky Popack (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at The JCM
Baby Girl!

Meir and Dini (nee Marmulszteyn) Gewirtz from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Mendel Raitport (Brooklyn, NY) to Devora Haskelevich (Philadelphia, PA) L’Chaim: Thursday, Dec. 11th, 8:00pm at the JCM 2nd Floor

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New Engagement!

Chaim Bass (Postville, IA) to Menucha Botnick (Ottawa, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 7:30pm at Beis Avrohom Aaron 1349 President Street (Upstairs)
New Engagement!

Eli Cagen (Houston, TX) Shayna Zalmanov (Munster, IN) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at 1394 President Street
New Engagement!

Binyomin Winterfeld (Montreal, Canada) to Rivka Levertov (Aubervilliers, France) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Yechiel Vogel (Crown Heights) to Shterni Gershowitz (Tenafly, NJ) L’Chaim: Wednesday, Dec. 10th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Mendel Weiss (Antwerp, Belgium) to Chana Cohen (Toronto, Canada) L’Chaim: Tuesday, Dec. 9th, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Meir Touaty (Paris, France) to Hanna Canarutto (Rome, Italy)
New Engagement!

Dovi Levy (Long Beach, CA) to Rikki Magalnick (Palos Verdes, CA)
New Engagement!

Yisroel Yehuda Sirota (Coral Springs, FL) to Batsheva Konikov (Fort Lee, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Baby Girl!

Katz and Katz (nee Chaya) Dov from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yisroel Benjaminson (Glenview, IL) to Liba Wilansky (Portland, MN)
New Engagement!

Eliyahu Rosenbluh (Monsey, NY) to Yocheved Deutch (Samara, Russia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Dov Yehuda and Mushky (nee Silberberg) Steinmetz from Morristown, NJ had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Chein (S. Cruz, CA) to Mushka Gorowitz (Redondo Beach, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva

CATSKILL MOUNTAINS, NY [CHI] — Seventy years of oppression and indoctrination can wipe out a lot of memories…. For some kids of parents who left the former Soviet Union for America, even words like “Jewish” and “Torah” and Shabbos may be shrouded in mystery.

But during a week in the Catskills, a group of boys aged 10-14 created their own Jewish memories even as they enjoyed a dream winter vacation filled with skiing, snow-tubing, and other winter sports at Camp FREE-Gan Israel’s winter camp.

Lighting a Fire in the Snow – Judaism the Gentle Way at Winter Camp FREE

CATSKILL MOUNTAINS, NY [CHI] — Seventy years of oppression and indoctrination can wipe out a lot of memories…. For some kids of parents who left the former Soviet Union for America, even words like “Jewish” and “Torah” and Shabbos may be shrouded in mystery.

But during a week in the Catskills, a group of boys aged 10-14 created their own Jewish memories even as they enjoyed a dream winter vacation filled with skiing, snow-tubing, and other winter sports at Camp FREE-Gan Israel’s winter camp.

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The Rebbe says:

1. The Rebbe begins talking about his father-in-law, the Previous Rebbe, who’s day of passing we commemorate on Yud Shvat:

The Previous Rebbe writes in his diary that when he was a baby of eight days old and was receiving his Bris Mila (circumcision) he began to cry. His grandfather the Rebbe Maharash then said to him, “Why are you crying? When you grow up you will be a…(the Previous Rebbe left a blank spot here) and will say Chassidus in a clear fashion”.

Chassidim have told me that the missing word from the Previous Rebbe’s diary is “Rebbe”; the Rebbe Maharash said, “When you grow up you will be a Rebbe and will say Chassidus in a clear fashion”. This of course sheds light on why the Previous Rebbe left a blank spot (he did not feel it would be becoming to write that).

A Yud Shvat Sicha

The Rebbe says:

1. The Rebbe begins talking about his father-in-law, the Previous Rebbe, who’s day of passing we commemorate on Yud Shvat:

The Previous Rebbe writes in his diary that when he was a baby of eight days old and was receiving his Bris Mila (circumcision) he began to cry. His grandfather the Rebbe Maharash then said to him, “Why are you crying? When you grow up you will be a…(the Previous Rebbe left a blank spot here) and will say Chassidus in a clear fashion”.

Chassidim have told me that the missing word from the Previous Rebbe’s diary is “Rebbe”; the Rebbe Maharash said, “When you grow up you will be a Rebbe and will say Chassidus in a clear fashion”. This of course sheds light on why the Previous Rebbe left a blank spot (he did not feel it would be becoming to write that).

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Dovid Zaklikowski - Chabad.org

Rabbi Leibele Rodal, right, of the Friendship Circle of Montreal, assists a child with special needs light the Chanukah menorah. (Photo: Menachem Serraf)

NEW YORK, NY — The release this week of a series of letters penned by the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, has shed new light on the Rebbe's focus on the special qualities of each and every individual.

Correspondence Reveals Rebbe’s Focus on Individual’s Innate Potential

Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org

Rabbi Leibele Rodal, right, of the Friendship Circle of Montreal, assists a child with special needs light the Chanukah menorah. (Photo: Menachem Serraf)

NEW YORK, NY — The release this week of a series of letters penned by the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, has shed new light on the Rebbe’s focus on the special qualities of each and every individual.

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CH] — The Rofe Cholim Chayim Society, Crown Heights Chapter, invites you to a lavish Melava Malka, this Motzoei Shabbos, Parshas Beshalach, January 19th 2008 at 7:30 PM, at the Razag Ballroom, 739 E New York Ave, [between Albany and Troy Ave].

More info and full flyer in the Extended Article!

Motzoei Shabbos A Tribute to those in Need of Recovery

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CH] — The Rofe Cholim Chayim Society, Crown Heights Chapter, invites you to a lavish Melava Malka, this Motzoei Shabbos, Parshas Beshalach, January 19th 2008 at 7:30 PM, at the Razag Ballroom, 739 E New York Ave, [between Albany and Troy Ave].

More info and full flyer in the Extended Article!

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Adapted from “Timeless Patterns” by Sichos In Engish

The Previous Rebbe in Poland, 1934. Photo: col.org.il.

Yud Shvat (the Tenth of Shvat) is the Previous Rebbe's yahrzeit, the anniversary of his passing. On the day of a tzaddik's passing, “all his effort... for which he toiled throughout his life... becomes revealed and radiates downward... at the time of his passing.”Accordingly, Yud Shvat is an appropriate day to focus on the message of the Previous Rebbe's life, for every year, these same spiritual qualities are revealed on this anniversary.

This revelation affects all of “his children, the work of his hands,” those who “will walk in his paths for eternity.” This is particularly true in regard to the yahrzeit of a nasi, a leader of the Jewish people. For a nasi is connected to every member of his generation; as Rashi states, “The nasi is the entire people.”

Continued in the Extended Article.

The Previous Rebbe: a short biography

Adapted from “Timeless Patterns” by Sichos In Engish

The Previous Rebbe in Poland, 1934. Photo: col.org.il.

Yud Shvat (the Tenth of Shvat) is the Previous Rebbe’s yahrzeit, the anniversary of his passing. On the day of a tzaddik’s passing, “all his effort… for which he toiled throughout his life… becomes revealed and radiates downward… at the time of his passing.”Accordingly, Yud Shvat is an appropriate day to focus on the message of the Previous Rebbe’s life, for every year, these same spiritual qualities are revealed on this anniversary.

This revelation affects all of “his children, the work of his hands,” those who “will walk in his paths for eternity.” This is particularly true in regard to the yahrzeit of a nasi, a leader of the Jewish people. For a nasi is connected to every member of his generation; as Rashi states, “The nasi is the entire people.”

Continued in the Extended Article.

Something Jewish

Photo Gallery: Hachnasas Sefer Torah

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Wednesday afternoon the community celebrated a Siyum and Hachnasas Sefer Torah, in honor of Rebbitzin Cherna Ushpol and HaRav HaChossid Yitzchok Dovber Ushpol OBM. The Sefer Torah was led in a traditional procession, with an escort from the CPU division 71st Precinct to 770, where hakafos was held.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Picture Description: the Rebbe Davening at the Ohel in the winter of 1964. Special Thanks Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum. Click here to see previous weeks pictures.

Picture of the Day – The Rebbe at the Ohel

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Picture Description: the Rebbe Davening at the Ohel in the winter of 1964. Special Thanks Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum. Click here to see previous weeks pictures.

Picture of the Day

JERUSALEM, Israel [CHI] — Jerusalem's Meorot Chabad becomes first Chabad School in Israel for niche demographic.

It's almost an official tradition among many Jewish high-school graduates throughout the worldwide Diaspora: going to Israel for studies almost immediately after high school.

The Chabad Response to Diaspora Teens “Year in Israel”

JERUSALEM, Israel [CHI] — Jerusalem’s Meorot Chabad becomes first Chabad School in Israel for niche demographic.

It’s almost an official tradition among many Jewish high-school graduates throughout the worldwide Diaspora: going to Israel for studies almost immediately after high school.

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A Place for Special Taste

Dan Scanlan – My Mandarin Sun

A customer picks up a lunch order on Jan. 9 at the Epicurian Delight kosher bakery and delicatessen.

JACKSONVILLE, FL — Jacksonville’s Jewish community has received some manna from heaven, thanks to the new Epicurean Delight kosher bakery and delicatessen.

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