Shluchim Worldwide Join the Chalukas HaShas

The entire Shas has been completely distributed in less than 48 hours!

As the family of Shluchim worldwide mourns the passing of Mrs. Sarah Rohr, wife of Yibadlu Lechaim Tovim Reb Shmuel Rohr and mother of Mr. George Rohr, all Shluchim unify in a joint commemorative endeavor.

All Shluchim are invited to partake in a global Chalukas Hashas to be completed during the shloshim period.

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Mazal Tov! – 6 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Schneur and Devorah (nee Baumgarten) Weingarten.
IYH at 468 Malbone St. Apt I (Map This).

Tuvia and Sara Simon.
IYH at 506 Lefferts Ave, Apt 1B [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Menachem M and Raizy (nee Kazen) Krinsky.
IYH at 1450 President St. [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].

Yosef and Chani (nee Korolitzky) Pontos.
IYH at 658 Crown St. [bet Troy and Schenectaday Ave].

Moshe and Leah Shemtov (Shluchim to Stamford, CT) .
IYH at 770 High Ridge Rd. Stamford CT 06905

Yossi and Rivka (nee Levin) Roth.
IYH at 136 S Highland Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036.

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.

Matriarch of Philanthropic Rohr Family, 78

Joshua Runyan – Chabad.org

Mrs. Charlotte Rohr

Mrs. Charlotte Rohr, a devoted mother and grandmother who nurtured a family with philanthropic interests spanning the globe, died in her hometown of Bal Harbour, Fla., on Monday after a long illness. She was 78.

Known equally for her beauty and charm, Mrs. Rohr had a disarming penchant for displaying an inordinate amount of care and attention to friends and those who came to her for advice. Those who were close to her described a regal figure with an infectious laugh who paid great attention to the details of the lives of those around her.

Picture of the Day! The Rebbe Studying in his Room

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The Rebbe studying in his room in the winter of 1967, Special Thanks Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum.

To see pictures from previous weeks Click Here!

Bringing Judaism to Guantanamo Bay Entails Doing Whatever’s Necessary

Dovid Zaklikowski- Chabad.org

Affixing the first mezuzah ever at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Last month, Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Jacob Goldstein planted the seeds of a Jewish infrastructure in a location most people don’t think of a home to Jews: the U.S. military installation at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The expectation, said the Army colonel and chaplain, is that Jewish life there will only expand.

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Vayeira – What’s Up With Lot

Rabbi Yossi Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL

How long will you vacillate between two opinions – 1 Kings 18, 21

We’ve all heard the saying “you can’t have your cake and eat it too,” or better said, “you can’t eat you cake and have it too.” Well Lot, it appears, had missed this lesson.

On the surface Lot seems like a real pious guy. He does everything right. He says all the right things and makes all the right moves. When the Angels show up at the gates of Sodom, Mr. Lot is right there to greet them, just like his uncle Avraham was wont to do. Much as Avraham ran towards the strangers, Lot too runs towards them. . . Avraham bowed, Lot bows.

Dr. Ira Weiss, the Rebbes Cardiologist to Speak to Shluchim

In Tishrai 1977 (5738) when the Rebbe suffered his first heart attack, Dr. Ira Weiss from Skokei, IL came to Brooklyn to treat the Rebbe. From then on a very close relationship formed between the Rebbe, the Rebbetzin and Dr. Weiss.

CrownHeights.info has learned that Dr. Weiss will be speaking to the Shluchim at this year’s convention at the Motzoai Shabbos Sessions of the Kinus Hashluchim chaired by Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky the vice chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch.

Rabbis Nourish Crews With Food, Lessons

by Martha Mendoza – The Associated Press

Rabbi Chaim Cunin waves at a helicopter as it loads up on water at the Chabad Kiryas campus in Running Springs, Calif., to fight a wildfire Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

CHI ED: Massive Kiddush Hashem made by Chabad Shluchim of California recognized by the AP!

RUNNING SPRINGS, CA — Dark beards blowing, black felt fedoras flying off their heads, the four Hasidic rabbis clapped their chests with open palms and cheered as the firefighting helicopter dipped its bucket into their camp swimming pool.

At the Camp Gan Israel, crews fighting devastating blazes in the mountains east of Los Angeles have found more than a source of water. The rabbis have been serving kosher meals, spiced with a dollop of their own spiritual musings.

More in the Extended Article!

Thank You, Shomrim!

From the Inbox

Shomrim at the scene of an incident. Illustration Photo.

I was mugged at the Kingston Avenue subway station, just steps away from 770 and the Jewish Children’s Museum. While paying for a MetroCard two black teenagers approached me, tried to divert my attention and ran off with my wallet and the money in my hand.

I ran after them screaming “Chaptzem! Chatzem!” and people in the area began to chase them, including my brother who happened to be there just then. Immediately, I called Shomrim (it’s the first number listed on my cell phone – thanks to a tip from CrownHeights.info) and members responded within seconds. The Shomrim members were immediately recognizable with their caps and ID tags. They took the information from me and stayed with me the entire time to help me out. They came with me in the police car so I could try to ID the perpetrator at the scene and followed me and the cops to the station to fill out a report.

Continued in the Extended Article.

In the Spirit: A deeper Insight into Common Life

Record Online

Rabbi Pesach Burston scoops out matzo ball soup Tuesday in his Monroe home during his weekly “Kabbalah and Chicken Soup” classes.
For the Times Herald-Record/MIKE RICE

MONROE, NY — Rabbi Pesach Burston was driving on Route 17M a few weeks ago with his 5-year-old son when they passed a cement truck. “Why is it turning?” his son asked about the rotating drum.

Burston told him that the cement has to keep mixing so it can remain moist.

Pilot takes Jewish insurance to Antarctica

Dan Goldberg – JTA.org

Rabbi Levi Wolff gives David Wakil, a pilot who will spend the next six months flying scientists around the South Pole, a $1 bill given to him by the late Lubavitcher rebbe.

SYDNEY, Australia — When David Wakil departs for Antarctica this weekend, he will be leaving behind his girlfriend, his family and his home — but not his Judaism.

The 39-year-old Australian pilot will live in subzero temperatures for the next six months flying scientists around bases in the South Pole as they research the effects of global warming.