CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – This past Friday New York State Senator Eric Adams (D, Brooklyn) visited Crown Heights’s Yeshivas Darchai Menachem. Mr. Adams first met with the school’s principal Rabbi Eyal Bension who explained to him what makes Darchai Menachem such a unique school.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Rabbi Yisroel Brod will be giving a series of lectures, starting today, Sunday, 8 PM, for 4 consecutive nights at the Kollel. He will give a general overview and detail direction to help participants develop their fundraising skills.
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HALLANDALE BEACH, FL [CHI] — Thursday 24 Shvat, on the 120th Yahrzeit of Rebbitzen Menuchah Rochel, zy”a, Elana Leah bas Sheindel Rochel Kasle was Boruch Hashem safely flown on an ambulance jet to Michigan, where she is now in a “interim” rehab center in Southfield, Michigan, minutes away from her home.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Frieda Rappoport mother of Yibodel Lechaim Tovim R’ Moshe Rappoport of Zurich, Switzerland.
The Levaya took place on Thursday, 24 Shvat.
Nichum Aveilim till Wednesday morning at 1467 54th Street, Brooklyn NY 11219 (Boro Park).
Phone: 718 438 1320
E-mail: merap@econophone.ch
Shachris – 7:30 am (Sunday – 8:00 am)
Mincha – 5:10 pm
Maariv – Bizmanoi
Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
TARZANA, CA [CHI] — Chabad of the Valley’s regional Kinus Hashluchim took place last night, Motzai Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Mishpotim, in attendance were multitude Shluchim (Kein Yirbu), representing the 21 Mosdos Chabad under its banner.
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Jeremy Aouizerat (Lyon, France) and Beyla Coen (Paris, France)
IYH at 706 Eastern Pkwy, Apt 1C, [bet Brooklyn and Kingston Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
MANCHESTER, England [CHI] — Once again the ladies of Nshei Chabad, Manchester, excelled themselves, both in the ruchnius and gashius aspect of their Chof Beis Shvat Evening. Beis Menachem was transformed into a very feminine pink and cerise setting, with the buffet consisting of ‘scrumptious salads’ ‘delectable desserts and a fantastic fruit table.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Jacob Goldstein, the longtime chairman of Community Board 9 and the unofficial mayor of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, was driving his little red Ford Contour through the neighborhood the other day, honking at acquaintances. Several times on every block, he braked and gestured at a newly risen, salmon-colored apartment building, or a plywood fence protecting a construction site.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shimi and Freydi Traurig (Montreal, Canada) on the birth of their daughter, Chaya Miriam.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
I first met Ilan Ramon at an almost clandestine gathering in my hometown of Satellite Beach, Florida. NASA personnel and Israeli Security teams had taken extra security precautions to ensure that nothing would go wrong. Even the location had been kept secret until the very day of the meeting.
LOS ANGELES, CA — This February, the picturesque campus of Chabad at Running Springs will welcome hundreds of Chabad representatives and Jewish community leaders from across California and Nevada as they join together for the 2008 West Coast Chabad convention.
MOSCOW, Russia — Nine adolescents were arrested for drawing swastikas on a Jewish cultural centre in Ulyanovsk – in the Volga region – announced Russia’s Jewish community Wednesday.
On Tuesday “youths gathered in front of the centre drew swastikas and shouted anti-Semitic slogans”, said Andrei Glotser, representative of Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berl Lazar, according to the Interfax agency.
The nine arrested are aged 14 and 15, he said.
A letter sent by the Mayor Bloomberg of New York City, to Rabbi Benjaminson Executive Director of the Jewish Children Museum, thanking him for sending a copy of the Kids Magazine.
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Mendel Hoffer (Hillside, NJ) and Bracha Bard-Wigdor (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St, [bet New York and Nostrand Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
KIEV, Ukraine — Many times in life you may find yourself with opportunities that spark your interest. When a spiritual pilgrimage to Ukraine was presented to our school, the response was filled with enthusiasm and excitement. This trip would include a variety of Lubavitch girls from all corners of the earth and together returning to their Chassidic roots. The trip too, would consist of visits to all the holy Tzadikim from the small city of Haditch, Kiev, and the small town of Mezibush, the resting place and synagogue of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov.
The following article is being published in honor of the the Yohrtziet of Reb Avrohom HaRofe – Dr. Seligson on the 25th of Shavt (1989-2008).
Reb Avrohom HaRofe – Dr. Seligson Our Sages tell us (Tractate Shekalim chapter 5) that there were people who were responsible for certain daily functions in the Bais Hamikdosh. The Mishna gives us the names of those who held these positions. The Rebbe asks (Likutei Sichos vol.22 pg. 147) how is it possible that for 420 years, over the course of many different generations, all the appointed people had the same personal name? The Rebbe explains that the name they had was actually the title of their specific function.
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LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA [CHI] — Chabad of Laguna Niguel Community Lecture Series presented Mr. Leon Leyson, the youngest survivor of “Schindler’s List”. 200 people turned out to hear Mr. Leyson tell his moving story about his life inside the factory of Oscar Schindler, the man who kept the SS out and 1,200 Jews alive.
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