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Vorchheimer’s Attackers Plead Guilty

Michael Benjamin – Australian Jewish News
On the left Menachem Vorchheimer after the assault. On the right Simon Christian, one of three men charged over an alleged race hate attack leaves court.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Two more footballers have pleaded guilty to verbally assaulting Menachem Vorchheimer as he walked home from synagogue in October last year.

After a number of lengthy adjournments, James Dalton and Matthew Cuthbert appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Monday morning to answer a range of charges. They will return to court for sentencing on Thursday.

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Nathaniel Cohen (Neuilly, France) to Raquel Illouz (Paris, France)
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Leiby and Mushka Brikman from Montreal, Canada had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chaya (nee Laber) Shepard from Albany, NY had a baby girl!
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!
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Menahem Mendel Bredoire (Paris, France) to Haya Mouchka Sebag (Paris,France)
The Rebbe says:

1. This week’s Torah portion begins with saying, “And Yakov (Jacob) left Be’er Sheva and went to Charan” .

To be sure, this verse is actually repeating something we already knew from the end of last week’s Torah portion .

2. The Rebbe points out that the Torah must be teaching us something by telling us this twice:

In the Torah everything is exact. In fact, our Sages learn out many Halachas (Laws) from one extra letter in the Torah. Therefore, if the Torah repeats this story twice, it must be teaching us something that we can implement into our daily life. Let us find out what the Torah is teaching us:

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Vayeitzei

The Rebbe says:

1. This week’s Torah portion begins with saying, “And Yakov (Jacob) left Be’er Sheva and went to Charan” .

To be sure, this verse is actually repeating something we already knew from the end of last week’s Torah portion .

2. The Rebbe points out that the Torah must be teaching us something by telling us this twice:

In the Torah everything is exact. In fact, our Sages learn out many Halachas (Laws) from one extra letter in the Torah. Therefore, if the Torah repeats this story twice, it must be teaching us something that we can implement into our daily life. Let us find out what the Torah is teaching us:

Something Jewish

This weeks Living Torah, titled “Anatomy of a Miracle” (Volume 42, Episode 166).

Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org

Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.

Video of the Day – the Weekly Living Torah Clip

This weeks Living Torah, titled “Anatomy of a Miracle” (Volume 42, Episode 166).

Living Torah is a member supported project Become a member today at LivingTorah.org

Available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article.

Videos
Tonight, Thursday November 15, at 7:30pm, there is a Police Council Meeting which is held once a month and is open to all residents to come and voice any concern or complaint they you may have to Deputy Inspector Frank Vega.

The meeting takes place in the IS 61/MS 61 (the public school) which is located on Empire and New York (diagonally across from the police station).

Make your voice heard, attend the meeting!

Police Council Meeting TONIGHT!

Tonight, Thursday November 15, at 7:30pm, there is a Police Council Meeting which is held once a month and is open to all residents to come and voice any concern or complaint they you may have to Deputy Inspector Frank Vega.

The meeting takes place in the IS 61/MS 61 (the public school) which is located on Empire and New York (diagonally across from the police station).

Make your voice heard, attend the meeting!

Communal Matters
Goldy Cohen - Chabad.org

Lay leaders from Chabad Houses across the world gather at a New York hotel for a session in conjunction with last weekís International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries. Photo Israel Bardugo.

NEW YORK, NY — “My rabbi is magic,” exclaimed Wirley Weiler at the lay leadership portion of the International Conference for Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries on Sunday.

Lubavitch Lay Leaders Gather in New York for Their Own Conference

Goldy Cohen – Chabad.org

Lay leaders from Chabad Houses across the world gather at a New York hotel for a session in conjunction with last weekís International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries. Photo Israel Bardugo.

NEW YORK, NY — “My rabbi is magic,” exclaimed Wirley Weiler at the lay leadership portion of the International Conference for Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries on Sunday.

Chabad News

A Journalist View of Chabad at the Banquet

Jonathan Mark – The Jewish Week

NEW YORK, NY — There is an old joke that Orthodox Jews tell: “What is the closest religion to Judaism?” Chabad-Lubavitch is the punchline. Everyone “gets it.” Everyone thinks they know about Chabad’s messianism, that a few Chabadniks believe that the rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who died in 1994, is still alive.

In fairness, the rebbe’s messianism or divinity is not advocated in any of Chabad’s official literature; it’s even reprimanded. But fairness has nothing to do with it.

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Courier News Online

The Chabad Jewish Center in the Basking Ridge of Bernards is building its annual Dreidel House. The structure is the world's largest dreidel, according to temple staff. Children learn about the holiday inside the Dreidel House, where a Hanukkah party will be held Dec. 9.

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — The largest Hanukkah dreidel in the world stands 18-feet tall in front of the Chabad Jewish Center in Basking Ridge, generating stares and smiles from passers-by.

The dreidel has become a local landmark during the holiday season, rising over the busy intersection of Valley Road and King George Road.

World’s Largest Dreidel at Chabad of Somerset County

Courier News Online

The Chabad Jewish Center in the Basking Ridge of Bernards is building its annual Dreidel House. The structure is the world’s largest dreidel, according to temple staff. Children learn about the holiday inside the Dreidel House, where a Hanukkah party will be held Dec. 9.

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — The largest Hanukkah dreidel in the world stands 18-feet tall in front of the Chabad Jewish Center in Basking Ridge, generating stares and smiles from passers-by.

The dreidel has become a local landmark during the holiday season, rising over the busy intersection of Valley Road and King George Road.

Shlichus
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Join all of N’shei U’Bnos Yisroel worldwide as we launch Project CHAI, a project of increasing in the areas of Torah, Tefillah, and Tzedakah with the goal of bringing a speedy recovery to the Cholim in our communities and worldwide.

Project CHAI will be launched on Rosh Chodesh Kislev and will conclude on Yud-Tes Kislev. Let us unite for 18 days of action to bring healing, good health, and Geulah during this auspicious time for Refuah and Geulah.

Flyer and more info in the Extended Article

Announcing Project CHAI

Join all of N’shei U’Bnos Yisroel worldwide as we launch Project CHAI, a project of increasing in the areas of Torah, Tefillah, and Tzedakah with the goal of bringing a speedy recovery to the Cholim in our communities and worldwide.

Project CHAI will be launched on Rosh Chodesh Kislev and will conclude on Yud-Tes Kislev. Let us unite for 18 days of action to bring healing, good health, and Geulah during this auspicious time for Refuah and Geulah.

Flyer and more info in the Extended Article

PSA
Dovid Zaklikowski - Chabad.org

7 Villa Robert Lindet, Paris, 15th District: The Rebbe's residence was on the third floor before he left the French capital.

BROOKLYN, NY — To many followers, admirers and historians, much of the life of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, of righteous memory, prior to his arrival in the United States in 1940 is a mystery. In a new documentary DVD featuring interviews and documents that cover the years 1938-1940, however, some details of this previously unexplored Paris chapter of the Rebbe's early years are brought to light.

New DVD Reveals Details About Rebbe’s Life Before New York

Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org

7 Villa Robert Lindet, Paris, 15th District: The Rebbe’s residence was on the third floor before he left the French capital.

BROOKLYN, NY — To many followers, admirers and historians, much of the life of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, of righteous memory, prior to his arrival in the United States in 1940 is a mystery. In a new documentary DVD featuring interviews and documents that cover the years 1938-1940, however, some details of this previously unexplored Paris chapter of the Rebbe’s early years are brought to light.

Chabad News
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – A Bochur was accosted while walking on New York Avenue between Carroll and President Streets yesterday, Tuesday, at around 4:00 PM, by a group of what appeared to be Black teens, who hurled anti-Semitic slurs and profanities at him. The group was composed of around 10 youths all of whom appeared to be on their way home from school.

When the Bochur passed the group, they began to shout “Heil Hitler” and “Run away Jew, Hitler’s coming to kill you all”, along with other profanities. The Bochur crossed the street, approached the youths and asked them if they were aware “that Hitler killed 6 million Jews.” Seeing that the youths appeared shocked, the Bochur continued, “did you know that he hated and killed Blacks just the same?”

More in the Extended Article.

Youths Yell Racial Slurs at a Bochur

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – A Bochur was accosted while walking on New York Avenue between Carroll and President Streets yesterday, Tuesday, at around 4:00 PM, by a group of what appeared to be Black teens, who hurled anti-Semitic slurs and profanities at him. The group was composed of around 10 youths all of whom appeared to be on their way home from school.

When the Bochur passed the group, they began to shout “Heil Hitler” and “Run away Jew, Hitler’s coming to kill you all”, along with other profanities. The Bochur crossed the street, approached the youths and asked them if they were aware “that Hitler killed 6 million Jews.” Seeing that the youths appeared shocked, the Bochur continued, “did you know that he hated and killed Blacks just the same?”

More in the Extended Article.

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NEW YORK, NY [JTA] — Speaking in Hebrew before some 4,500 Chabad rabbis and their supporters in New York Sunday evening, Leviev, a Chabad benefactor, celebrated the shluchim, or emissaries, who he said work “behind enemy lines” building Jewish communities in the farthest reaches of the globe. The six-day conference concluded Monday.

Lev Leviev Addresses the Shluchim at Banquet

NEW YORK, NY [JTA] — Speaking in Hebrew before some 4,500 Chabad rabbis and their supporters in New York Sunday evening, Leviev, a Chabad benefactor, celebrated the shluchim, or emissaries, who he said work “behind enemy lines” building Jewish communities in the farthest reaches of the globe. The six-day conference concluded Monday.

Videos
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A Rosh Chodesh Kislev Farbrengen in Tzfas

TZFAS, Israel [CHI] — A Rosh Chodesh Kislev Farbrengen took place in Yeshivas Tzeirei Hashluchim, Tzfas, and was addressed by Rabbi Chaim Kaplan, Head Shliach of Tzfas and Rabbi M. Schurder, Mashpia of Shiur Bais.

We all know more or less why we celebrate Rosh Chodesh Kislev, however Rabbi Kaplan explained to the Bochurim a practical way of how to celebrate it in our day to day lives. The main Yom Tov is that the Rebbe finally went home from 770.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Farbrengens
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