Hillsborough, NJ — An antique Austrian Torah that survived the Holocaust has been repaired, resanctified and given a new home at the Chabad Jewish Center.
More pictures in the Extended Article
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Sholom Ber (ben Shmuel) Langsam (Crown Heights) and Ruchama Levin (Montreal, Canada) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Thursday at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany ave].
Pittsburgh, PA — Chabad of the South Hills will be on the move in a few months.
Chabad, which is known as the Jewish Center for Living and Learning, currently rents space on Bower Hill Road at the Bower Hill Swim Club, but has purchased its own building in Mt. Lebanon, with plans to move by fall.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Nussen Ainsworth (Melbourne, Australia) and Sara Susskind (Melbourne, Australia) on their engagement.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
1-3: From twenty years old and upwards, all who are fit to go out to the army in Israel, you shall count them by their legions you and Aaron.
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Alternate side parking regulations is suspended on on Thursday, May 17 for Holiday Observance. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Click here for the 2007 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar.
Crown Heights, Brooklyn — Today, Wednesday at around 6:30 PM, a visibly agitated Black male around 6’ 2” walking around without a shirt in the vicinity of East New York and Kingston muttering and mumbling to himself, suddenly smashed the window of a parked vehicle right in front of a number of Shomrim members.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
The Rebbe says:
1. This week we begin a new Book in the “Five Books of Moses” called Chumash Bamidbar or as it is referred to as “The Book of Numbers”.
The first portion in Chumash Bamidbar is called Bamidbar, and we read this Torah portion every year on the Shabbos before the festival of Shavous (which is the anniversary of the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai).
2. The simple reason why we read Parshas (the portion of) Bamidbar before Shavous is to make a separation between the curses which we read in the previous week’s Torah portion of Bechukosai and the giving of the Torah (Shavous). However since everything in Torah is perfectly exact (indeed our Sages learn out numerous Laws from one letter in the Torah), we must say that there is a reason why the portion of Bamidbar was specifically chosen to be the portion which we read before the festival of Shavous and not any other portion.
Brooklyn, NY — Crown Heights resident Eli Toron works for the Nickelodeon company, producers of children’s shows. On Thursday night the company is hosting a grand opening party for Little Airplane Productions and asked their artist employees to share some of their artwork to hang in the room.
The Beautiful Drawing is in the Extended Article.
This weeks living Torah clip titled ‘The Rebbe Recalls his Daily Walk to Cheder. (Volume 36, Episode 141).
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Also available in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Expended Article.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendel Kalmenson (New Haven, CT) and Chanale (bas Yosef Yitzchok) Katzman (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Sunday night at the Jewish Children’s Museum 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].
Crown Heights, Brooklyn — Tuesday at 4:30 PM, the Talmidim at Oholei Torah Mesivta had a special Shiur given by Rabbi Chaim Miller, editor of the Gutnick Chumashim.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
Roseville, CA — Roseville’s Jewish population might not rival those of New York or Los Angeles, but that doesn’t mean local Jews shouldn’t have access to enriching educational opportunities, one Roseville rabbi says.
The Placer County Jewish Learning Academy is the latest offering from Chabad of Roseville, and Rabbi Yossi Korik hopes it goes a long way toward explaining key tenants of the faith to those of all levels of familiarity with Judaism.
“The most important thing is education; that’s what keeps people with the traditions,” he said. “It’s very important in any religion to be educated and Chabad wants to provide to the community education at all levels.”
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovid and Becky (nee Stein) Brownstein (Kingston, PA) on the birth of their baby girl!
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Jupiter, FL — Abacoa residents got a first glimpse of the Chabad Jewish Center of Jupiter on Monday night, and there were more questions than answers.
The 25,000-square-foot center will be located on a 1 1/2-acre parcel at the corner of Marlberry Circle and University Drive, directly behind the new SunTrust Bank and Regions Bank under construction.
It will contain a sanctuary area, as well as classrooms, a kitchen, social hall, library and offices, and a small, third-floor study area for Jewish FAU students.
Tallinn, Estonia — Jewish leaders and politicians from Estonia and Israel celebrated the opening of the Baltic country’s first and only synagogue Wednesday, six decades after previous houses of worship were destroyed in World War II.
Click here for a video of this event (Real Player Required).
More pictures in the Extended Article.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mordechai and Nina (nee Barnett) Simons (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
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