The Rebbes Car Repaired in Time for Gimmel Tammuz

Gimmel Tammuz in the early afternoon R. Binyomin Klein stopped by Everything Automotive [our advertiser] on East New York Ave in order to pick up his Cadillac, the one in which he drove the Rebbe to the Ohel for a number of years.

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Video of the Day – Weekly Living Torah Clip

This weeks Living Torah, titled “A Song that Strengthens.” (Volume 37, Episode 146).

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

Op-Ed: How Much of My Income Should I Be Spending on Tuition?

Followed by:
Practical Ideas to Solve the Tuition Crisis

Since my last article on the tuition crisis, many people have stopped me in the street, called or e-mailed me to discuss their pain and their ideas on this issue.

In order to deal with this problem it is imperative that we all, as a community, understand and agree on some basics. One key to our children’s success is proper Chinuch. Without education our children are missing the foundation to success in life. Education is a responsibility of both parents and the community. The community has an obligation to make sure education is affordable to every parent. Likewise, parents must know that they have to do whatever they can so their children can have the best education.

Once we agree that it is a personal and communal obligation, we must deal with the realities of life. What can we do about the cost of education? How do we deal with the expense?

Students Get School Credit at Jewish Center

OC Register
Rabbi Zalman Marcus, 37, gives a lesson on the secrets of the Hebrew Language using the letters at Chabad Jewish Center in Mission Viejo.

Mission Viejo, CA — Rabbi Zalman Marcus, a lanky man with glasses and a long beard, addresses his students on their last day of class at the Chabad Jewish Center.

Mazal Tov! – 3 Thursday Night L’Chaims!

Yisroel Newman (London, UK) and Yocheved Bialestock (New Haven, CT) .
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves].

Koppel Vogel (Crown Heights) and Dini (bas Avraham) Gutnick (Melbourne, Australia)
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].

Dovid Friedman (Crown Heights) and Henya Lieberman (Crown Heights) .
IYH at 724 Eastern Pkwy, [Bet Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.

To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!

Gimmel Tammuz Farbrengen in Bais Rivkah

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — The central Gimmel Tamuz Farbrengen at Campus Chamesh on Lefferts Avenue organized by the International Agudas Chassidei Chabad was joined by a huge crowd of over 3000 Anash and Tmimim, many of whom arrived especially from abroad to spend this auspicious day in the ‘Daled Amos’ of the Rebbe.

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Chaya Aydel Seminary Offers Community Outreach and Academic Excellence

Florida Jewish News

Chabad-sponsored teacher training program makes inroads worldwide in Jewish education

They come from all over the world, beckoned by the promise of a toasty, warm winter and the opportunity to study Judaism in a unique environment.

Every year, around 25 girls are trained at the Chaya Aydel Seminary in Hallandale Beach, a Lubavitch school that focuses on rigorous, diverse academics and community involvement and outreach. Located in a separate building next to the Chabad of South Broward, Chaya Aydel is the only Lubavitch teachers’ seminary for females in the United States outside of New York.

New Shluchim to Town of Mont-Royal, Canada!

Rabbi Zalmy and his wife Esther (nee Pinson) Rader will be moving out on Shlichus to the Town of Mont-Royal, Canada.

They are being brought out as Shluchai Torah and will be under Rabbi Moishe Krasnanski. A Special thanks to Rabbi Yoni Katz of the JLI for helping in arranging this Shlichus

The new Shluchim can be reached via email at Zalmy62@hotmail.com

CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!

The New Shluchim Center Inaugurated

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — After an extensive building and renovation project that took place in stages over several years, the final two floors of The Shluchim Office, 816 Eastern Parkway, were completed just in time for the 13th anniversary of Gimmel Tammuz.

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MyShliach: Big Brothers Meet for Elite Training Program

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What better a way to honor the Rebbe the day after Gimmel Tammuz, than a meeting of bochrim from across the globe, training as mentors to shluchim’s children. These elite bochurim gathered at the Levi Yitzchak Library over bagels and lox, to discuss their mentoring experience

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Koppel (Yanky) Vogel (Crown Heights) and Dini (bas Avraham) Gutnick (Sydney / Melbourne, Australia) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be Thursday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany ave].

Shoplifted a Vacuum Cleaner and Escaped VIA a Mikvah!?

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — In a bizarre shoplifting incident a woman got away with a vacuum cleaner in her bag! The incident took place in Sterling Electronics, owned by Mendel Brikman. At around 1:00 PM the Shomrim hotline received numerous calls from bystanders, store owners and store workers reporting the incident while Mr. Brikman reported the incident to the police.

More in the Extended Article.

Last Bell for Jewish Students of Donetsk

FJC.ru

Donersk, Ukraine –- There are few things more touching in the life of a school than the final ceremony for its graduating students. On this occasion, senior pupils of the ‘Ohr Menachem’ Jewish Day School took this opportunity to bid farewell to their native and beloved school. The Donetsk Jewish community is proud of its graduates, many of whom will go on to pursue higher education at prestigious universities in Ukraine and various institutions abroad.

The event, which involved schoolchildren, their families and other members of the Donetsk Jewish community, was a joyous and interesting occasion for all participants. Like all schools in the Former Soviet Union, the last day of school involved the ringing of the ‘Last Bell’, signifying the end of yet another academic year.