Plainview, NY — There was a great ceremony in Plainview, Long Island, today. Congregants of the Plainview Synagogue and the community witnessed in awe the writing of the final letters of the Torah written in honor of their Rabbi, Rabbi Gutman Baras, of blessed memory.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
A special Shavuot feature just added to the Chabad.org Tzivos Hashem Jewish Kids Zone is “Live The Challenge: Take it to the Top”.
Kids can complete their special Shavuot mission that includes fulfilling some or all of the special Shavuot observances and have a chance at winning fantastic prizes!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Sruly Nurkin (Sao Paulo, Brasil) and Rachel Leah Sobel (Sao Paulo, Brasil) on their engagement.
UPDATE: The L’Chaim will IYH be Tonight, Monday at R. Bela Cintra, 1867 Jardim Paulista, São Paulo, 01415-002, Brasil.
Yisroel Hyams (London, UK) and Chana Feigel (bas R Shalom) Gurewicz (Chicago, IL) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany ave].
Sruly Nurkin (Sao Paulo, Brasil) and Rachel Leah Sobel (Sao Paulo, Brasil) .
IYH at R. Bela Cintra, 1867 Jardim Paulista, São Paulo, 01415-002, Brasil.
Rabbi and Mrs. Yitzchok Naparstek of Crown Heights have recently moved on Shlichus to Fort Lauderdale, FL where Rabbi Naparstek is serving as Director of Adult Education and Mrs. Naparstek as Director of the Youth Department and Women’s Programs.
The Naparsteks were appointed by Rabbi Moshe Meir Lipszyc of Chabad Lubavitch of Fort Lauderdale, in connection with the Shluchei Torah Project headed by Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky with the support of the Rohr Family Foundation.
HATZLOCHA RABBA!
The new Shluchim can be reached via email at rabbiyfl@gmail.com
Bozeman, MT — Shavuot, the holiday that celebrates G-d’s gift of the Torah to the Jewish people at Sinai, should be a pivotal, standing-room-only holiday. Yet when the two-day holiday begins this Tuesday at sundown, only a smattering of Jews will take part in the festivities.
Crown Heights, Brooklyn — Today, Sunday at 10:30 AM, the Hachnosas Sefer Torah in memory of Hatomim Chaim Dovid Shlomo Reiber AH, started the parents home on Empire Blvd, where the final letters were completed.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Arik and Tzippy (nee Greenwald) Lipsker (Rechovot, Israel) on the birth of their Firstborn Son!!
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Philadelphia, PA — As the first groups of Chabad on Campus students return home this week from their 10-day free trips to Israel, all courtesy of Taglit-birthright Israel and Mayanot, another slew of plane-loads are gearing up to take the next batch. All told, a full 2,500 students and alumni will make the trek to Israel this summer, Mayanot’s largest contingent ever.
We would like to wish Maza Tov to Berel Goldberg (Toronto, Ontario) and Shprintza Shulman (Pittsburgh, PA) on their engagement.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
Oklahoma City, OK — A new Jewish community center planned for northwest Oklahoma City is a sign of growth and diversity for the metro area, Jewish leaders said this week.
A groundbreaking ceremony for the Chabad Community Center for Life and Learning is set for Sunday at 3000 W Hefner Road. Rabbi Ovadia Goldman said the site is west of May Avenue and Hefner Road.
“The city is growing, and the Jewish community is growing,” said Stephen Tanenbaum of Oklahoma City.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Avi and Aviva (nee Hoffinger) Tatarka (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn daughter
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
As the holiday of Shavuot approaches Shluchim seem to be taking the opportunity to welcome a new Sefar Torah into their Shuls and Chabad Houses.
Today, Sunday nine of the ten events will be taking place in Chabad Houses in Franklin Lakes, NJ, Allentown, PA, Hollywood, FL, Santa Fe, NM, Camarillo, CA, Plano, TX, Redondo Beach, CA and Plainview, Long Island along with one more dedication here in Crown Heights.
More details in the Extended Article!
Mendel Kalmenson (New Haven, CT) and Chanale (bas Yosef Yitzchok) Katzman (Crown Heights) .
IYH at the Jewish Children’s Museum 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].
Shneur Hirsch (Crown Heights) and Devorah Leah Gitlin (Toronto, Canada) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany ave].
At around 2:00am on Friday night the Shomrim hotline received a call from a frantic mother saying that her son who’s 30 years old with a history of mental heath issues did not return home since leaving to Shul at 8:00pm.
A number of members responded and began grid searching the neighborhood on foot, and after a short 20 minutes they found him roaming the streets in the vicinity of 770. A Shomrim member wrapped him in his jacket and notified the other units that he had been found, and together they walked him home.
State police and hundreds of other law enforcement agencies across New York are about to launch a two-week seat belt enforcement blitz.
State police officials say their troopers and officers from more than 500 police agencies will be setting up safety restraint checkpoints throughout New York starting Monday and running through June third.
The enforcement measures are timed to coincide with the Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovid Kanarfogel (Teaneck, NJ) and Hindy (bar Mendel) Krinsky (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
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