Mazal Tov! – Its a Girl!
I would like to wish a very hearty Mazal Tov! Mazal Tov! to a good friend Shmuli and his wife Chanie (nee Lasker) Turk (Crown Heights) on the birth of their first born baby girl!
May the newborn be an endless source of Nachas to her parents, grand parents and Klal Yisroel!
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Rosh Chodesh Kislev Farbrengen in 770
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Anash, Shluchim and Bochurim packed in to downstairs 770 to partake in the annual Chodesh Kislev Farbrengen which is arranged by Reb Meir Harlig.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
From the Banquet to 770 – Farbrengen
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — From the pinnacle of the Kinus, the Banquet on Pier 94 in Manhattan, Shluchim made their way back to Crown Heights, to 770 where Shluchim and Bochurim gathered in the big Zal upstairs and Farbrenged well into the night.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal tov to Eli and Zeldi {nee Hazan} Fradkin {S Diego, CA} on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!.
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended TODAY
Alternate side parking regulations will be suspended Today, Monday, November 12 for holiday observance. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Click here for the 2007 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar.
The three-day Islamic feasts of Id al-Fitr and Id al-Adha thrill them, too. They aren’t Muslims, either.
They are, in the main, Christians and Jews. Most of them are not the sort to be found in church or synagogue every Sunday or Saturday morning. But they derive enormous satisfaction from holy days like the Feast of the Assumption or from a days-long Jewish festival like Passover.
Getting Religious About Street Parking
Friday was Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, celebrating the triumph of good, represented by Lord Rama, over the forces of evil. It is a holiday that thrills some of my friends. Not that they are Hindus themselves.
The three-day Islamic feasts of Id al-Fitr and Id al-Adha thrill them, too. They aren’t Muslims, either.
They are, in the main, Christians and Jews. Most of them are not the sort to be found in church or synagogue every Sunday or Saturday morning. But they derive enormous satisfaction from holy days like the Feast of the Assumption or from a days-long Jewish festival like Passover.
Mazal Tov! – Monday Night L’Chaim!
Akiva Danzinger (Toronto, Ontario) and Ruti York (Ottawa, Ontario) .
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!.
NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — Live from the Banquet — One of the high points in each years banquet is the roll-call which the Vice Chairman of Merkos Linyonei Chinuch Reb Moshe Kotlarsky announces all the states and countries which Chabad currently has Shluchim.
Seven New Shluchim Announced at the Roll Call
NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — Live from the Banquet — One of the high points in each years banquet is the roll-call which the Vice Chairman of Merkos Linyonei Chinuch Reb Moshe Kotlarsky announces all the states and countries which Chabad currently has Shluchim.
As in years past, the Vaad HaKinus will be making a live feed of the banquet available here online. Starting at 6 PM. This enables those who are not able to make it in person to still be able to participate in this monumental event.
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NOW LIVE Kinus HaShluchim Banquet
As in years past, the Vaad HaKinus will be making a live feed of the banquet available here online. Starting at 6 PM. This enables those who are not able to make it in person to still be able to participate in this monumental event.
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Photo Gallery: Shluchim Preparing for Picture
More pictures in the Extended Article!
The Largest Jewish Army in the World!
The following is the complete speech the Dr. Ira Weiss gave to the Shluchim on Motzoai Shabbos. Video taken by Mendy Lewis.
Video of the Day! – Dr. Ira Weiss’s Speech
The following is the complete speech the Dr. Ira Weiss gave to the Shluchim on Motzoai Shabbos. Video taken by Mendy Lewis.
Thousands of Shluchim at the Melava Malka
Before the main session of the Kinus, the thousands of Shluchim sat down in the ballroom of Oholei Torah for a Seudas Melava Malka. The evening was opened by Reb Yoel Kahan with a Dvar Malchus followed by a speech from R. Dovid Raskin. The event was emceed by R. Naftali Rot.
More pictures in the Extended Article! (Pictures by Meir Dahan)
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy Ezagui (Montreal, Canada) and Mayta Malamed (Pittsburgh, PA) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim wil IYH be at FREE, 1383 President [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
A Melava Malka with the Tzeirai Hashluchim!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – A weekend packed with special programs and entertainment went by for the ‘Young Shluchim’ who came to New York with their fathers who are attending the International Conference of Shluchim. The young Shluchim are attending a camp with over 500 campers.
More pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos by: Eli Kahan)
Amidst the International Kinus Hashluchim we received the sad news of the passing of Reb Shlomo Matusof OBM, who merited to be the Rebbes first Shliach in the year 5710 (1949). Reb Shlomo, 91, was born on Yom Kippur 5677 (1916) to his father HaChosid Reb Yitzchok Izik Matusof A”H. He was sent by the Rebbe to Casablanca, Morocco where he established the Mosdos of “Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch”, a network which included 70 branches of Talmudai Torah throughout Morocco, who’s graduates count the chief rabbi of israel Rabbi Shlomo Amar among them. In recent years he lived in Crown Heights with his wife.
He leaves behind his was Mrs. Pessia and children, R. Yosef Yitzchok, Shliach in Toulouse, France, R. Yehuda Leib, Shliach in Cannes, France, R. Eliyahu, a staff member of ‘Otzar Hachasidim’, R. Yona, Shliach in Madison, Wisconsin, R. Reuven Reuven, Shliach in the Lishka Paris, France, R. Shmariyahu, Mrs. Baila Palatinski, New Jersey, R. Menachem Mendel, Shliach to Alberta, Canada and Mrs. Aidaleh Nemenov, Crown Heights.
The Levaya will take place Tomorrow, Sunday and will be leaving the Shomrei Hadaas Chaple at around 10:15 and will be passing by 770 at around 11:00pm.
Baruch Dayan Hoemes
Baruch Dayan Hoemes – R. Shlomo Matusof OBM, The Rebbes First Shliach
Amidst the International Kinus Hashluchim we received the sad news of the passing of Reb Shlomo Matusof OBM, who merited to be the Rebbes first Shliach in the year 5710 (1949). Reb Shlomo, 91, was born on Yom Kippur 5677 (1916) to his father HaChosid Reb Yitzchok Izik Matusof A”H. He was sent by the Rebbe to Casablanca, Morocco where he established the Mosdos of “Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch”, a network which included 70 branches of Talmudai Torah throughout Morocco, who’s graduates count the chief rabbi of israel Rabbi Shlomo Amar among them. In recent years he lived in Crown Heights with his wife.
He leaves behind his was Mrs. Pessia and children, R. Yosef Yitzchok, Shliach in Toulouse, France, R. Yehuda Leib, Shliach in Cannes, France, R. Eliyahu, a staff member of ‘Otzar Hachasidim’, R. Yona, Shliach in Madison, Wisconsin, R. Reuven Reuven, Shliach in the Lishka Paris, France, R. Shmariyahu, Mrs. Baila Palatinski, New Jersey, R. Menachem Mendel, Shliach to Alberta, Canada and Mrs. Aidaleh Nemenov, Crown Heights.
The Levaya will take place Tomorrow, Sunday and will be leaving the Shomrei Hadaas Chaple at around 10:15 and will be passing by 770 at around 11:00pm.
Baruch Dayan Hoemes
Main Session of the Kinus Hashluchim
The huge Zal of Oholei Torah was packed on Motzoai Shabbos with thousands of Shluchim attending the main session of the Kinus Hashluchim that followed the Melave Malka.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
