Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Nochum Labkowsky (Brunoy, France) and Malky Mochkin (Rochester, NY) on their engagement.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
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Several thousand Simcha Monicans lined Main Street Wednesday morning as some 750 residents of the beachside city took part in the biggest Fourth of July celebration in decades.
Local organizations were out in force, with members of the Simcha Monica Chabad advertising “Mitzvahs on the Spot for People on the Go”…
Picture of the Day – Chabad of Simcha Monica
Several thousand Simcha Monicans lined Main Street Wednesday morning as some 750 residents of the beachside city took part in the biggest Fourth of July celebration in decades.
Local organizations were out in force, with members of the Simcha Monica Chabad advertising “Mitzvahs on the Spot for People on the Go”…
1. In the beginning of this week's Torah portion Hashem tells Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) that Pinchas deserves a great reward for “zealously avenging My vengeance” and therefore Pinchas should now become part of the Kohanim (a holy sect within the Jewish people who served Hashem in the Beis Hamikdash). (See chapter 25, Verses 10 through 13).
The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Pinchas
The Rebbe says:
1. In the beginning of this week’s Torah portion Hashem tells Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) that Pinchas deserves a great reward for “zealously avenging My vengeance” and therefore Pinchas should now become part of the Kohanim (a holy sect within the Jewish people who served Hashem in the Beis Hamikdash). (See chapter 25, Verses 10 through 13).
Urals Jewish Community Inaugurates Summer Camp
Yekaterinburg, Russia – Summer camp season has commenced for 150 children from the Urals Region of Russia thanks to the initiative and organization of the Jewish community of Yekaterinburg, a member of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia. Together with their parents and family members, the youngsters gathered in the Jewish Community Center for the opening ceremony of the ‘Gan Israel’ Day Camp, the camp is sponsored by the Ohr Avner Foundation headed by Mr. Lev Leviev.
Mazal Tov! – 9 Sholom Zochors this Week!
Moishy and Rivky (nee Lepkivker) Goldman.
IYH at 1574 Carroll St, [bet Troy and Schenectady Ave].
Mendy and Devorah Leah (nee Kanar) Angyalfi.
IYH at 565 Crown St, Apt 3G, [corner Albany Ave].
Yossi and Chani (nee Hecht) Okunov.
IYH at 656 Crown St, [bet Troy and Schenectady Ave].
Shmeilach and Chanie (nee Gutnick) Schapiro.
IYH at 827 Montgomery St, [bet Troy and Albany Ave].
Yochanon and Chani Gordon.
IYH at 16 Charlotte Dr, Spring Valley, NY 10977.
Yeshoua and Bracha Leah Greenberg.
IYH at 212 Exeter Rd, Buffalo, NY 14221.
Dovber and Shayna Marcus.
IYH at 5931 Douglas St, Pittsburgh, PA 15217.
Avrohom and Golda Litvin.
IYH at 3706 Dutchmans Ln, Louisville, KY 40205.
Yechiel and Hanna Rosenblum.
IYH at 33 Chemin Cleve, Montreal, Canada.
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.
Following the tremendous success of its program last year, this year, Anash.com will once again offer a series of inspirational Shiurim on Inyonei Beis Habchira, delivered by world-renowned Lubavitcher lecturers. The Shiurim will be held on weeknights from Thursday Yud Tes Tammuz (July 5th) to Sunday Zayin Av (July 22nd), from 8:45 p.m. until approximately 9:30 p.m. EST.
Schedule in the Extended Article!
Online Now: Daily Live Shiurim in Inyonei Beis Ha’bchira
Live Webcasting makes keeping Rebbe’s Three Weeks hora’ah easier than ever!
Following the tremendous success of its program last year, this year, Anash.com will once again offer a series of inspirational Shiurim on Inyonei Beis Habchira, delivered by world-renowned Lubavitcher lecturers. The Shiurim will be held on weeknights from Thursday Yud Tes Tammuz (July 5th) to Sunday Zayin Av (July 22nd), from 8:45 p.m. until approximately 9:30 p.m. EST.
Schedule in the Extended Article!
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Sholly Cousins (London, England) and Chevie Moskovits (Chicago, IL) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Tonight, Thursday night at 1342 Union St, [bet New York and Brooklyn Aves].
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Moishy and Rivky (nee Lepkivker) Goldman (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
Highland Park, IL — Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois sponsors The Friendship Circle program to bring playmates into the lives of special needs children to provide them with social and Judaic experiences they can not otherwise easily obtain.
Friendship Circle Draws Volunteers Who Help Kids With Special Needs
Highland Park, IL — Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois sponsors The Friendship Circle program to bring playmates into the lives of special needs children to provide them with social and Judaic experiences they can not otherwise easily obtain.
While the Jewish community regularly upholds their commitment by maintaining the cemetery, this new initiative will take that idea one step further by publishing and further developing a website dedicated to the historic Jewish cemetery. In the first stage, this site will feature photographs of each grave stone, and the biography of the Jew who is buried there.
Siberian Jews Initiate Project on Historic Cemetery
Omsk, Russia – The Jewish community of Omsk has just introduced a new initiative that will help its members better fulfil the mitzvah of honouring the deceased. This most recent project entails the collection of information and photos of the historic Jewish cemetery in this major west Siberian population center.
While the Jewish community regularly upholds their commitment by maintaining the cemetery, this new initiative will take that idea one step further by publishing and further developing a website dedicated to the historic Jewish cemetery. In the first stage, this site will feature photographs of each grave stone, and the biography of the Jew who is buried there.
This weeks Living Torah, titled “Campers Visit the Rebbe - 1988” (Volume 37, Episode 148).
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 “Campers Visit the Rebbe – 1988” (Volume 37, Episode 148).
Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org
Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.
Every Jewish home received a brochure explaining the mitzvah of mezuzah with an invitation to make an appointment for the Rabbi to personally visit their home and install their first mezuzah free-of-charge. The response was overwhelming, the Jewish Community Center soon receiving dozens of calls from interested persons. Currently, over 100 doorposts proudly display a beautiful mezuzah, and there is a long waiting list!!
100 Mezuzah Affixed to Homes in Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk, Russia – The Jewish community of Ulyanovsk has received good news regarding sponsorship of this year’s “Mezuzah for Every Jewish Home”, introduced some time ago by Chief Rabbi of Ulyanovsk Yossi Marozov.
Every Jewish home received a brochure explaining the mitzvah of mezuzah with an invitation to make an appointment for the Rabbi to personally visit their home and install their first mezuzah free-of-charge. The response was overwhelming, the Jewish Community Center soon receiving dozens of calls from interested persons. Currently, over 100 doorposts proudly display a beautiful mezuzah, and there is a long waiting list!!
Melbourne Australia — Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner, the spiritual head of Melbourne's Lubavitch community, has been released from hospital after receiving treatment for fluid on his lungs.
Rabbi Groner out of Hospital
Melbourne Australia — Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner, the spiritual head of Melbourne’s Lubavitch community, has been released from hospital after receiving treatment for fluid on his lungs.
The Kinus Hashluchim is Months Away, but Preparation Has Already Begun
Brooklyn, NY — Every year long before the shluchim from around the world come together in Crown Heights for the Kinus Hashluchim there is allot of time and effort that has to go into the planning and arranging the success of what has become the greatest conference in the world in many ways.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
Please Say Tehillim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Gabriela Shira bas Rochel Shlomit
She is a 2 month old baby girl who is having transplant sugery.
Ida bas Leah
She had a stroke Sunday night and is in critical condition.
Columbus, OH — The Friendship Circle of Columbus, Ohio has been awarded a grant from the State of Ohio in the amount of $125,000 a year, for the next 2 years. According to the source, the grant money will enable the Friendship Circle to help an estimated 2500 children with special needs in the greater Columbus area.
Friendship Circle Receives a Major Grant
Columbus, OH — The Friendship Circle of Columbus, Ohio has been awarded a grant from the State of Ohio in the amount of $125,000 a year, for the next 2 years. According to the source, the grant money will enable the Friendship Circle to help an estimated 2500 children with special needs in the greater Columbus area.
