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The Rebbe says:

1. The Talmud tells us that, “The Mitzvah of the day (of Rosh Hashanah) is blowing the Shofar”.

2. The Rebbe now quotes the Baal Shem Tov who explains the Shofar’s meaning:

The Baal Shem Tov explains the Shofar with a parable: Blowing the Shofar is like a child crying to his father and saying, “Father, father, save me”.

3. The Rebbe now quotes the previous Chabad Rebbe’im (leaders) who clarify and define this explanation of the Shofar:

Rosh Hashanah – The New Year

The Rebbe says:

1. The Talmud tells us that, “The Mitzvah of the day (of Rosh Hashanah) is blowing the Shofar”.

2. The Rebbe now quotes the Baal Shem Tov who explains the Shofar’s meaning:

The Baal Shem Tov explains the Shofar with a parable: Blowing the Shofar is like a child crying to his father and saying, “Father, father, save me”.

3. The Rebbe now quotes the previous Chabad Rebbe’im (leaders) who clarify and define this explanation of the Shofar:

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New Engagement!

Mendel Mergui (Paris, France) to Chani Galperin (Winsor, Ontario) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Rubashkins 1349 President street
New Engagement!

Arik Deren (Greenwich, CT) to Elkie Havlin (Dresden, Germany) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Mendel Sternberg (New London, CT) to Devora Lea Amar (Seine Et Marne, France) L’Chaim: Thursday, Nov. 5th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
Baby Girl!

Uriel and Mushky (nee Dubov) Hillel from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Dovid and Chaya (nee Gordon) Drizin from Los Angeles, CA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shmuel Helman (Brazil) to Stella Washingston (Alpharetta, GA)
New Engagement!

Doniel Preston (Edgware, UK) to Chayale Russel (Edgware, UK)
New Engagement!

Dovi Borochov (Crown Heights) to Mirel Vogel (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Binyomin Beilin (Boston, MA) Rivkah Bracha Ross (Waterbury, CT)
Baby Girl!

Menachem and Sari (Nee Gottlib) Forer from Crown Heights/Hillside had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Dovi Zaetz (Crown Heights) to Hanni Ladayov (Paris, France)
New Engagement!

Levi Smith (N. Miami Beach, FL) to Chana Singer (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street
Baby Girl!

Shui and Sheva (nee Tennenhaus) Kastel from Hollywood, FL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Menahem Mendel Bredoire (Paris, France) to Haya Mouchka Sebag (Paris,France)
Baby Boy!

Menachem and Rivka (nee Kamnitzer) Rotenberg from East Flatbush had a baby boy! Sholom Zachor: 663 Lenox Rd
New Engagement!

Mendel Kamman (Toronto, Canada) Miriam Prus (Doylestown, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Shmuel Rosenblatt (Brooklyn, NY) to Devora Twersky (Chicago, IL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
NY Times

The prayer room in the basement of the Community Synagogue on East Sixth Street fills up when Rabbi Simon Jacobson gives his weekly class.

To find the 10th man for a minyan, the quorum required in Orthodox Jewish services, some rabbis on the Lower East Side of Manhattan have been known in recent years to step into the street and stop passers-by. Are you Jewish? they ask.

Synagogue, and ‘Spiritual Starbucks’

NY Times

The prayer room in the basement of the Community Synagogue on East Sixth Street fills up when Rabbi Simon Jacobson gives his weekly class.

To find the 10th man for a minyan, the quorum required in Orthodox Jewish services, some rabbis on the Lower East Side of Manhattan have been known in recent years to step into the street and stop passers-by. Are you Jewish? they ask.

Chabad News
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With sadness we inform you of the passing early today, Sunday of Mr. Sam (Shmuel) Sultan of S. Diego, California - Eldest brother of Mrs. Chana Bongart of Crown Heights.

Nichum Aveilim: Now through Erev Rosh Hashanah (tomorrow) afternoon at 1488 Carroll Street (between Albany and Troy Avenues)

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Mr. Sam (Shmuel) Sultan OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing early today, Sunday of Mr. Sam (Shmuel) Sultan of S. Diego, California – Eldest brother of Mrs. Chana Bongart of Crown Heights.

Nichum Aveilim: Now through Erev Rosh Hashanah (tomorrow) afternoon at 1488 Carroll Street (between Albany and Troy Avenues)

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Notices
Globes

Google Inc. has the followed the recent launch of the Hebrew version of its Gmail service with the launch of its new translation service Google Translate, which supports translations of texts to and from 30 languages including Hebrew. The program also aligns paragraphs to the left or right margins of the page depending on the direction of the language.

Google Launches Hebrew Translation Service

Globes

CrownHeights.info translated into Hebrew

Google Inc. has the followed the recent launch of the Hebrew version of its Gmail service with the launch of its new translation service Google Translate, which supports translations of texts to and from 30 languages including Hebrew. The program also aligns paragraphs to the left or right margins of the page depending on the direction of the language.

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CrownHeights.info comments crack me up. Or make me mad. Or sad. Or proud. Or embarrassed. Or happy. Usually makes me snort.

They all go something like this:

First you get a set of:
“Well said”
“Thanks for finally speaking up”

Then you get some:
“I disagree....”

Then comes the heat:
“It's all because of those wacko flag wavers”

Op-Ed: Comments, Comments and more Comments!

CrownHeights.info comments crack me up. Or make me mad. Or sad. Or proud. Or embarrassed. Or happy. Usually makes me snort.

They all go something like this:

First you get a set of:
“Well said”
“Thanks for finally speaking up”

Then you get some:
“I disagree….”

Then comes the heat:
“It’s all because of those wacko flag wavers”

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Shomrim Apprehend Youth for Racial Graffiti

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Shomrim received a call earlier today, Sunday, alerting them to 2 Black youths spraying graffiti in an alleyway, a responding member spotted the two while still ‘tagging’ two garages, and called for backup and gave chase.

While fleeing one of the teens attempted to discard a can of spray paint, and was apprehended by a number of Shomrim members and a resident on Union Street between Albany and Troy Avenues. Shomrim member’s recovered the spray paint can, and found a second one in his possession.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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With sadness we inform you of the passing of R. Sholom Dovid Kreiman of Flatbush.

R. Sholom Dovid is survived by his children, Yibadlu Lechaim Tovim: Mrs. Rochel Lapidus (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Rabbi Yankel Kreiman (Shliach to Palm Springs, CA), Rabbi Nachman Kreiman – (Los Angeles, CA), Eli Kreiman (Crown Heights) and Mrs. Seifa Brown (Elizabeth, NJ)

The Levaya will pass by 770 today, Sunday at around 2:00pm.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – R. Sholom Dovid Kreiman OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of R. Sholom Dovid Kreiman of Flatbush.

R. Sholom Dovid is survived by his children, Yibadlu Lechaim Tovim: Mrs. Rochel Lapidus (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Rabbi Yankel Kreiman (Shliach to Palm Springs, CA), Rabbi Nachman Kreiman – (Los Angeles, CA), Eli Kreiman (Crown Heights) and Mrs. Seifa Brown (Elizabeth, NJ)

The Levaya will pass by 770 today, Sunday at around 2:00pm.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Notices
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Chabad.org took the world of viral media up a notch with the release this week of a High Holiday greeting featuring Rabbi Itchy Kadoozy, the lead character from the highly popular “Itchy Kadoozy” cartoon featured on the Web site.

The Rabbi Gram, produced in cooperation with Varitalk, is hailed by the site as a “breakthrough in computer-preachology!”

High Holiday Greeting Utilizes Popular Cartoon Character

Chabad.org took the world of viral media up a notch with the release this week of a High Holiday greeting featuring Rabbi Itchy Kadoozy, the lead character from the highly popular “Itchy Kadoozy” cartoon featured on the Web site.

The Rabbi Gram, produced in cooperation with Varitalk, is hailed by the site as a “breakthrough in computer-preachology!”

Chabad News

NEW YORK, NY [NYDN] — Most Americans are rooting for oil prices to plunge, but Mayor Bloomberg isn't one of them.

“My great fear is that the cost of energy will come down rapidly and so low that we will forget the lessons we should have learned, and we'll walk away from the environmental challenges,” the mayor said during a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative in Midtown.

Bloomberg: Costly Oil Is Good

NEW YORK, NY [NYDN] — Most Americans are rooting for oil prices to plunge, but Mayor Bloomberg isn’t one of them.

“My great fear is that the cost of energy will come down rapidly and so low that we will forget the lessons we should have learned, and we’ll walk away from the environmental challenges,” the mayor said during a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative in Midtown.

NYC News
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La Jolla Light

A group of concerned neighbors stops to
check out the planned site for Chabad.
Photo by: Danielle Vinland
LA JOLLA, CA — A proposal by conservative Jewish group Chabad was roundly rejected by a second planning group committee Thursday.

The proposal calls for demolishing an existing single-family home at 2466 Hidden Valley road and replacing it with a two-story, 11,666-square-foot structure to include a synagogue, a rabbi's residence, a social hall with attendant kitchen and a small preschool.

Panels reject Chabad plan

La Jolla Light

A group of concerned neighbors stops to
check out the planned site for Chabad.
Photo by: Danielle Vinland

LA JOLLA, CA — A proposal by conservative Jewish group Chabad was roundly rejected by a second planning group committee Thursday.

The proposal calls for demolishing an existing single-family home at 2466 Hidden Valley road and replacing it with a two-story, 11,666-square-foot structure to include a synagogue, a rabbi’s residence, a social hall with attendant kitchen and a small preschool.

General
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Missing Girl B”H Found by Shomrim

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A girl visiting Crown Heights for Tishrei was found after going missing for close to 10 hours. Shomrim received the call for the missing girl an hour after Shabbos ended from the girl’s sister.

Over 30 Shomrim members mobilized and executed a search for the missing spanning across a number of neighborhoods including Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, Sun Set Park and Boro Park.

More in the Extended Article.

Crown Heights News
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With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Miriam bas Chaim Yaakov Gruber of Brooklyn, mother of Rabbi Yosef Baruch Wircberg of Crown Heights.

The Levaya will take place today, Sunday and will be leaving from the Shomrai Hadaas Chapel at around 1:00pm and passing by 770 at around 2:00pm.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Boruch Dayan Haemes – Mrs. Miriam Gruber OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Miriam bas Chaim Yaakov Gruber of Brooklyn, mother of Rabbi Yosef Baruch Wircberg of Crown Heights.

The Levaya will take place today, Sunday and will be leaving from the Shomrai Hadaas Chapel at around 1:00pm and passing by 770 at around 2:00pm.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Notices
by Jill Kassander for the Jewish Light
Rabbinic students Michael Kind (left) and Zalman Medalie (right) prepare materials with Rabbi Yosef Landa, director of Chabad of Greater St. Louis at Chabad's Lazaroff Center on Delmar. Chabad works with Aleph Institute to organize visits by rabbinic students to Jewish inmates in jails around the country. Kind and Medalie have been working since the summer to visit inmates in prisons in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma and South Dakota. Photo: Jill Kassander
 
ST LOUIS, MO — They are the forgotten Jews: Jews in prison. Visiting them is not the prettiest work or the most glamorous rabbinic responsibility.

“Yet connecting with them goes to our core idea of a spark of Jewishness being in every single Jew,” said Rabbi Yosef Landa, Regional Director of Chabad of Greater St. Louis.

Chabad partners with Aleph to visit Jews in prison

by Jill Kassander for the Jewish Light
Rabbinic students Michael Kind (left) and Zalman Medalie (right) prepare materials with Rabbi Yosef Landa, director of Chabad of Greater St. Louis at Chabad’s Lazaroff Center on Delmar. Chabad works with Aleph Institute to organize visits by rabbinic students to Jewish inmates in jails around the country. Kind and Medalie have been working since the summer to visit inmates in prisons in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma and South Dakota. Photo: Jill Kassander
 

ST LOUIS, MO — They are the forgotten Jews: Jews in prison. Visiting them is not the prettiest work or the most glamorous rabbinic responsibility.

“Yet connecting with them goes to our core idea of a spark of Jewishness being in every single Jew,” said Rabbi Yosef Landa, Regional Director of Chabad of Greater St. Louis.

Shlichus
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By Getzy Markowitz
The era of the mob has come to a close. Once the fixtures of the back alley and in-your-face sudden attacks, the Capones and Gotiis have been relegated to movie screenings. The mafia still exists, but like bad Hollywood take-offs, they are generally try-hard copycats.

However, many would argue that a new brand of mobsters have become legitimate criminals. Drive-by shootings are replaced by character assassinations in the drive-by media. A refusal of their demands will welcome impossible ones. Their wars have become deadlier and dirtier. Although wrong and offensive, they are backed by legal authority.

A nation once united by a union force is now hostage to a fierce union movement that is more of a confederacy. The land of the free has been placed in shackles with the exception of the few resistant brave. These labor unions will twist their victims' arms until they cry mercy, and finally yield. Claiming to protect workers' rights, the union offends the freedoms granted them in the Bill of Rights. It is their way or the highway, and they are eager to take the low road to suit their interests.

Op-Ed: The New Gangster

By Getzy Markowitz

The era of the mob has come to a close. Once the fixtures of the back alley and in-your-face sudden attacks, the Capones and Gotiis have been relegated to movie screenings. The mafia still exists, but like bad Hollywood take-offs, they are generally try-hard copycats.

However, many would argue that a new brand of mobsters have become legitimate criminals. Drive-by shootings are replaced by character assassinations in the drive-by media. A refusal of their demands will welcome impossible ones. Their wars have become deadlier and dirtier. Although wrong and offensive, they are backed by legal authority.

A nation once united by a union force is now hostage to a fierce union movement that is more of a confederacy. The land of the free has been placed in shackles with the exception of the few resistant brave. These labor unions will twist their victims’ arms until they cry mercy, and finally yield. Claiming to protect workers’ rights, the union offends the freedoms granted them in the Bill of Rights. It is their way or the highway, and they are eager to take the low road to suit their interests.

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Mazal Tov! – 9 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Bery and Chenchie (nee Tiefenbrun) Schmukler.
IYH at 1523 Union St, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

Shua and Elkie (nee Zavdi) Piekarski.
IYH at 1349 Union St, [bet New York and Brooklyn Ave].

Zevy and Miriam Tenenbaum.

IYH at 1513 President St, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].

Shimon and Margula Roumani.
IYH at 1350 Carroll St. [bet Brooklyn and Kingston Ave].

Yehuda and Liba Goldman.
IYH at 525 Albin St, Teaneck, NJ 07666.

Mendy and Sarah (nee Maaravi) Djian.
IYH at 4793 Glengyle Ave, Baltimore, MD 21215.

Baruch and Chaya Susman (Shluchim to Louisville, KY) .
IYH at 3706 Dutchmans Ln, Louisville, KY 40205

Yair and Chanie (nee Greisman) Yelin.
IYH at 1739 Turnberry Dr, San Marcos, California 92069.

Reuven and Rochie (nee Raskin) Garbarchik.
IYH at 2 Elm Park Ave, Haringey, London N15, UK.

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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