Brooklyn, NY — A bris, a death, a bar mitzvah. Here’s a story about a Russian Jewish family, and an organization that holds their hands, walking them them through life cycle events, the Jewish way.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Levi and Chana (nee Chazanov) Wolosow (Manalapan, NJ) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
Cancun, Mexico — From the day they arrived in Cancun three weeks ago, Lubavitcher Rabbi Mendel Druk and his wife, Rachel, have stood out from the crowd.
Bearded men wearing wide-brimmed hats, white shirts and black suits are a rare sight in the noted Mexican resort.
“A lot of people stop us and ask where we’re from. We say, ‘New York.’ They say, ‘Oh, very nice,’” Druk said.
With their 8-month-old daughter Mushka in tow, the Druks left Crown Heights to open the Chabad Lubavitch Jewish Center of Cancun.
The transition has had its challenges, Rabbi Druk said in a telephone interview.
Bangkok, Bangkok — Cut off shorts, t-shirts, flip-flops: Israeli backpackers in Thailand don’t shed their travel uniforms when they join Chabad for the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, and that suits Rabbi Yosef Kantor just fine.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi and Chaya (nee Kamensky) Cohen on the birth of their baby boy.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
Sitting on the floor and turned over benches Mispalelim recite Megilas Eicha in 770.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Sitting on the floor and turned over benches Mispalelim recite Megilas Eicha in Bais Rivkah.
More pictures by Mendy Bleier in the Extended Article!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovid and Miriam (nee Palace) Schmukler (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Rabbi Yossi and his wife Rochie (nee Leider) Tiefenbrun of Crown Heights will IYH be moving on Shlichus to Pacific Beach, California where they will establish a new Chabad House serving the needs of the local Jewish residents.
The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Yonah Fradkin director of Chabad of S. Diego.
The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail at chabad.pb@gmail.com or (646) 402-4498.
CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Batya and Yaacov Fredlender (Toronto, Canada) on the birth of their baby girl.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
Melbourne, Australia — Over five hundred community members recently celebrated the completion of a new Sefer Torah donated to the Rabbinical College of Australia & New Zealand (Yeshivah Gedolah) in memory of the late Mr John Slater by his wife, Mrs Elizabeth Slater, together with their son and daughter-in-law, Joe and Batia Slater.
More pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos by Roei Chemny)
On Sunday, 7th of Menachem Av, a Kinus haShluchim took place on Long Island.
Under the direction of Head Shliach Rabbi Tuvia Teldon, the Shluchim were hosted by Rabbi A.L. Konikov of Roslyn, NY.
The fast of Tisha b’Av, the saddest date on the Jewish calendar, is the day which saw the destruction of both Holy Temples, as well as many other tragic events throughout our nation’s tear-soaked galut (exile). A mournful mood is carefully created. We read Jeremiah’s Book of Lamentations and a lengthy collection of elegies which vividly describe all these tragedies, and throughout the day we follow many mourning practices.
Live feed from the Kotel in the Extended Article!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yoseph and Rochel (nee Nutovics) Nerenberg (Melbourne, Australia) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Yehudit bas Chana
She is in urgent need of tehilim!
Monday – 8th of Menachem Av, Erev Tisha B’Av
After Chatzos (midday), only things that are permissible to learn on Tisha B’Av should be studied, such as Iyov, Yirmiyahu’s prophecies about the destruction, and Midrash Eicha.
Learning the daily portions of Chitas: Primarily before midday, but may be done until Shkiyah (sunset) if that was not possible.
Learning Rambam: Only before midday (catching up may only be done on Motza’ei Tisha B’Av).
Studying the Laws of the Beis Hamikdosh: As Chitas above.
During Mincha, Tachanun is not recited. [1]
Continued in the Extended Article
Brooklyn, NY — More than 100 Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis gathered in Atlanta, Ga., earlier this month to inspire each other, discuss plans for the future and return to their communities – stretching from Texas to Puerto Rico – reenergized towards the task of reaching out to every single Jew.
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