Mazal Tov! – 10 Sholom Zochors this Week!
Binyomin and Blumshi (nee Segelman) Dubroff.
IYH at 738 Lefferts Ave, 1st Floor, [bet Troy and Schenectady Ave].
Osher and Rivka Karnowsky.
IYH at 738 Lefferts Ave, 2nd Floor, [bet Troy and Schenectady Ave].
Itche (Yisroel Yitzchak) and Nechomie (nee Paris) Zalmanov.
IYH at 531 Crown St, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].
Levi and Tzippy (nee Marosov) Israel.
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
Nisson and Nechoma Dina (nee Engel) Brenenson.
IYH at 711 Eastern Pkwy, Apt 1, [bet Brooklyn and Kingston Ave].
Chananel and Tzivia (nee Brook) Pizem.
IYH at 512 Montgomery St, [bet New York and Brooklyn Ave].
Yehuda and Chany Sosonkin.
IYH at 1417 Carroll St, 1st Floor [bet Kingston and Albany ave].
Chaim and Deenie Lipskar.
IYH at 4565 N Michigan Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33140.
Yitzi and Yehudis Geisinsky.
IYH at 4360 Myrtle Ave, Long Beach, CA 90807.
Chaim and Shaina (nee Raskin) Moss.
IYH at 19 Nachlat Tzadok, Jerusalem, Israel.
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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The Weekly Comic
1. In this weeks Torah portion the Torah says “Because the man, tree of the field”.
2. The Rebbe brings two opinions on how to understand this verse:
The first opinion: In the Sifri (Halachic Midrash on the books of Numbers and Deuteronomy) our Sages understand that this verse is telling us that man is only sustained from trees.
The second opinion: In the Talmud , our Sages understand that this verse is telling us that man is compared to a tree.
3. The Rebbe now begins explaining each opinion and shows how they are actually not arguing:
The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Shoftim
The Rebbe says:
1. In this weeks Torah portion the Torah says “Because the man, tree of the field”.
2. The Rebbe brings two opinions on how to understand this verse:
The first opinion: In the Sifri (Halachic Midrash on the books of Numbers and Deuteronomy) our Sages understand that this verse is telling us that man is only sustained from trees.
The second opinion: In the Talmud , our Sages understand that this verse is telling us that man is compared to a tree.
3. The Rebbe now begins explaining each opinion and shows how they are actually not arguing:
Ghetto Victims get Jewish Reburial
Kharkov, Ukrine — The remains were discovered last year in this western Ukrainian city when construction of a new apartment complex began at the site of the former ghetto. Construction was halted after local Jews protested, and a sample dig turned up the human remains along with what appeared to be a siddur, or prayerbook.
Organized at the initiative of the Jewish community of Lugansk and under the leadership of Chief Rabbi of Lugansk Region Shalom Gopin and his wife Chana, the camp has gradually expanded from involving youngsters from this east Ukrainian region to also including kids from communities across the country.
Jewish Camp Unites Youngsters From Across Ukraine
Lugansk, Ukraine — The ‘Gan Israel’ Camp has wrapped up its 2007 season in Ukraine’s Lugansk Region. This is the seventh year in a row that children have had the opportunity to take part in this educational and spiritual health retreat.
Organized at the initiative of the Jewish community of Lugansk and under the leadership of Chief Rabbi of Lugansk Region Shalom Gopin and his wife Chana, the camp has gradually expanded from involving youngsters from this east Ukrainian region to also including kids from communities across the country.
The Rohr JLI has just launched a worldwide marketing campaign for its upcoming course, entitled “The Land and the Spirit: Why We All Care about Israel”, scheduled to run after Tishrei in over 250 cities around the world.
JLI Launches New Groundbreaking Course on Israel in 250 Cities Worldwide
The Rohr JLI has just launched a worldwide marketing campaign for its upcoming course, entitled “The Land and the Spirit: Why We All Care about Israel”, scheduled to run after Tishrei in over 250 cities around the world.
Camp Hamidbar’s Farewell Banquet … Awesome!
Tzfas, Israel — “What? Rabbi, are you serious that it’s already the banquet! It seems like camp just started and it is already over! Wow! Camp was great! It was the best summer I ever had!”
More pictures in the Extended Article!
visitors (from left) Rabbi Mendel Stein, Rabbi Avrohom
Simmonds, Shraga Putter and Rabbi Levi Herzog.
Chabad of Oregon hosted three teams participating in the 60-year-old Rabbinical Student Visitation Program, also known as the “Jewish Summer Peace Corp,” according to local Rabbi Chayim Mishulovin. The educational arm of the Lubavitch movement, Merkos L'inyonei Chinuch, sends pairs of rabbinic students to small Jewish communities around the globe each summer.
Outreach Finds Many Jews
visitors (from left) Rabbi Mendel Stein, Rabbi Avrohom
Simmonds, Shraga Putter and Rabbi Levi Herzog.
Portland, OR — Pairs of rabbinic students and recently ordained rabbis traveling in Oregon are finding so many Jews, that they aren’t covering as much ground as they expected to this summer.
Chabad of Oregon hosted three teams participating in the 60-year-old Rabbinical Student Visitation Program, also known as the “Jewish Summer Peace Corp,” according to local Rabbi Chayim Mishulovin. The educational arm of the Lubavitch movement, Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch, sends pairs of rabbinic students to small Jewish communities around the globe each summer.
The Tzivos Hashem Kids Magazine Arrives!
Over 250,000 Kids Magazines arrived yesterday to the Jewish Children’s Museum, in Brooklyn, NY. The sea of boxes, featuring the Tishrei Edition, is scheduled to arrive in Shluchims’ hands just in time for the High Holidays. Shipped all over the world, the Kids Magazine features 28 glossy pages of interactive information and fun.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Please Say Tehillim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Ilana bas Malka
She is having surgery today.
Chayim Nachman Yosef ben Feiga Yuta
He has a serious head injury and is in intensive care.
Cuzco, Peru — Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in Peru are working around the clock to locate 150 Israeli backpackers following a devastating 8.0-magnitude earthquake Wednesday night that left more than 450 people dead and at least 1,500 injured.
150 Israeli Backpackers Left Unaccounted For Following Peru Quake
Cuzco, Peru — Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in Peru are working around the clock to locate 150 Israeli backpackers following a devastating 8.0-magnitude earthquake Wednesday night that left more than 450 people dead and at least 1,500 injured.
Princeton, NY — Princeton, Hofstra, Cambridge. At two of these universities, the 2007 Fall semester begins with the Chabad center in a new, larger space. At one, the rabbi will be dressed up like a chicken. Can you guess which one?
Makes Its Relevance Known To A New Crop of Students
Princeton, NY — Princeton, Hofstra, Cambridge. At two of these universities, the 2007 Fall semester begins with the Chabad center in a new, larger space. At one, the rabbi will be dressed up like a chicken. Can you guess which one?
The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Kantor and Rabbi Yisroel Deren.
The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail at shlamelanda@gmail.com
CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!
New Shluchim to Connecticut
Rabbi Shlame and Mrs Miriam Landa of Crown Heights will IYH be moving on Shlichus to Fairfield, CT where they will establish a new Chabad House serving the needs of the local Jewish Community.
The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Kantor and Rabbi Yisroel Deren.
The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail at shlamelanda@gmail.com
CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!
Picture of the Day! Camp F.R.E.E. Group Picture!
Photo by: Eli Kahan
1. Beginning from Rosh Chodesh Elul (the first day of the Hebrew month of Elul) until Rosh Hashanah (the New Year) [1] we blow the Shofar [2] everyday to arouse us to repent and bring ourselves closer to Hashem (G-d).
More specifically, the Shofar awakens a fear of Hashem in our hearts.
2. The Rebbe now points out the difference between the blowing the Shofar during the month of Elul and on Rosh Hashanah:
The Weekly Sedra – The Shofar
The Rebbe says:
1. Beginning from Rosh Chodesh Elul (the first day of the Hebrew month of Elul) until Rosh Hashanah (the New Year) [1] we blow the Shofar [2] everyday to arouse us to repent and bring ourselves closer to Hashem (G-d).
More specifically, the Shofar awakens a fear of Hashem in our hearts.
2. The Rebbe now points out the difference between the blowing the Shofar during the month of Elul and on Rosh Hashanah:
Siberian Jewish Community Honors Heroes
Omsk, Russia — This week in Omsk, the ‘Achdut’ Newspaper issued by the local Jewish community held a meeting involving local Jews and 18 of their ‘heroes’. These individuals all seem to be familiar to local residents since these admirable individuals were all featured, one at a time, in the pages of ‘Achdut’ in the section “Interview of the Month” over the past two years.
Harriet Evanter, a fixture in her Crown Heights neighborhood, was hit in a crosswalk on Nostrand Ave. about 8:49 a.m. Tuesday, police and witnesses said.
Truck crushes legs of beloved Brooklyn woman
Crown Heights, Brooklyn — A 16-wheeler struck an 84-year-old widow – crushing her legs – as she crossed a Brooklyn street pushing her shopping cart.
Harriet Evanter, a fixture in her Crown Heights neighborhood, was hit in a crosswalk on Nostrand Ave. about 8:49 a.m. Tuesday, police and witnesses said.
