CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – The culmination of the Annual Beis Rivkah Bnos Chabad Inter School Convention was marked last night with a supercharged gala banquet in the Oholei Torah ballroom. Nearly 2000 Bnos Chabad packed in to the hall for a special program which included speakers, videos, stories and dancing.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — In an unprecedented event, the Jewish Children’s Museum plans to reveal the entire process of creating a Hebrew Torah scroll to the public and allow visitors to try it themselves. An expert scribe handwrites 304,805 individual letters in a Torah scroll in a process that lasts one year on average.
While perhaps unconventional, the event – dubbed “Torah Unwrapped” – is ripe for the times and is a tradition that should be shared. A museum spokesman said this is a “chance to unite all people of very different interests and familiarity in a rich and stimulating journey.”
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Binyomin Silberstein (Crown Heights) and Miriam Brum (New Orleans/Brooklyn).
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
Chaim Benjaminson (Crown Heights) and Rochi Rapoport (Toronto, Canada) .
IYH at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy, [corner Kingston Ave].
Zalmen Aharon Shuchat (Montreal, Canada) and Tamar Greenspan (St. Paul, Minnesota).
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
Yosef Yitzchak (Ya Ya) Wilhelm (Portland, OR) and Devorah Krasnianski (New York, NY) .
IYH at Chabad of the Upper East Side, The Schneerson Center for Jewish Life, 419 East 77th St, [between 1st and York Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
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We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Chanoch and Shainy (nee Adelman) Peysin (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
BROOKLYN, NY — Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson, of righteous memory, led an intensely private life. Even as thousands of Lubavitch women emissaries gather in Brooklyn, N.Y., for a conference held every year around the anniversary of her passing, many of them know little of the wife of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi and Menucha (nee Rosenthal) Burston (Los Angeles, CA) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
The five day-long International Conference of Chabad Lubavitch Emissaries reaches its crescendo at a gala banquet this Sunday, January 27, 6:00 PM, at the Brooklyn Marriot. Over two thousand Chabad Lubavitch emissaries — leaders of Jewish communities and dedicated catalysts of Jewish renaissance worldwide — and lay leaders are participating in this extraordinary event.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yehoshua Dubinsky (Morristown, NJ) and Rochi Weber (Jerusalem, Israel) on their engagement.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — There were hundreds of Shluchos in Crown Heights this weekend, for the annual Kinus Hashluchos Haolami. They gathered Thursday night and Farbrenged, in a Farbrengen hosted in the Shluchim Office, were there were three Farbrengens held simultaneously.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Large numbers of Police and Shomrim foot patrols flooded the streets of Crown Heights this Shabbos, and thank g-d there were no incidents.
Shomrim in collaboration with the NYPD and the organizers of the Kinus Hashluchos had foot posts on various corners and escorted woman to and from their destinations.
LITCHFIELD, CT — A recent published report on a plan to expand a West Street building into a synagogue and community center for Chabad Lubavitch called the project “a secret.”
But the plans are no secret, and the organization, led by Rabbi Joseph Eisenbach, has every intention of pursuing its plans for the project. Whether it can and will sue the historic district commission on its ruling to deny the plan, or comply with its suggestion to reduce the size of it, remains to be seen.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Eli and Dini (nee Cohen) Goldman (Los Angeles, CA) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
RUNNING SPRINGS, CA — Over this upcoming Presidents Day weekend, an important spiritual event will take place in the magnificent S. Bernardino mountain range. People from all over the Western United States will join together at Chabad’s beautiful mountaintop getaway to participate in the West Coast Chabad Jewish Retreat.
DONETSK, Ukraine — Not long after Jews worldwide marked their New Year, the Jewish community of Donetsk gathered to celebrate the holiday Tu Bishvat. The gala, which aimed to engage entire families, was a big hit with local residents. Gathered in the ‘Jerusalem’ Hall of the Donetsk Jewish Community Center on January 20th, the festivities involved children of all ages, their parents and grandparents.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendel and Yaffie Begun (Shluchim to S Paulo, Brazil) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two pedestrians were struck by cars over this weekend. The first incident took place Erev Shabbos on President and Brooklyn Ave, where a girl was crossing and a driver of a van struck her, Hatzalah responded and treated her on the scene.
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