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Jerusalem Post
Mordechai Tzivin
Bucharest, Romania — A haredi lawyer from Kfar Chabad is embroiled in a scandal in Romania that threatens to bring down the government, after he briefly represented a Syrian-born businessman who was indicted by Romanian authorities for terrorist activity and corruption.

A few days ago, attorney Mordechai Tzivin informed the Romanian legislature he was prepared to address its Parliamentary Control Commission for SRI (the Romanian Information Service) regarding alleged corruption in the country's secret services and government.

Israeli Lawyer Caught in Romanian Scandal

Jerusalem Post
Mordechai Tzivin

Bucharest, Romania — A haredi lawyer from Kfar Chabad is embroiled in a scandal in Romania that threatens to bring down the government, after he briefly represented a Syrian-born businessman who was indicted by Romanian authorities for terrorist activity and corruption.

A few days ago, attorney Mordechai Tzivin informed the Romanian legislature he was prepared to address its Parliamentary Control Commission for SRI (the Romanian Information Service) regarding alleged corruption in the country’s secret services and government.

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New Engagement!

Menachem Junik (Crown Heights) to Faigy Lieberow (London, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Motzei Shabbos, 9:15pm at The Simcha Hall 571 Albany Ave
Baby Boy!

Zalman and Brocho Friedman from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 860 Eastern Parkway, 2nd Floor
Baby Boy!

Eli and Chava Hecht from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Serebryanski (Melbourne, Australia) to Mussie Shemtov (West Bloomfield, MI)
Baby Girl!

Zalmy and Zeldie Laufer from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Tomer Ward (Victorville, CA) to Gimel Bentes (Brazil) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 7:30pm at The Lounge 556 Crown Street, Enter Building Left Turn
New Engagement!

Moishy Goldberg (Georgetown, NY) to Batsheva Gansburg (Coconut Creek, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at the JCM Upper Level
Baby Girl!

Moshe Yisroel Dovid and Estie Wolf from Chicago, IL had a baby girl!
New Enagagement!

Shmouel Nadjar (Charenton le pont S.Maurice, France) to Shirel Chaya Partouche (Creteil, France)
New Engagement!

Avremel Turen (Chicago, IL) to Brochie Reinetz (New Haven, CT) L’Chaim: Thursday, Oct. 15th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Baby Boy!

Moshe and Chanie Silman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Enagagement!

Mendel Matuf (Crown Heights) to Mushka Fajnland (Herndon, VA)
Baby Girl!

Eli and Ruty (nee Brand) Steinhauser from Fairlawn, NJ had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Shmuly and Geula (nee Katzman) Gniwisch from Houston, TX had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Memke Goldshmid (Valley Stream, NY) to Mushky Gancz (West Palm Beach, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at the JCM Upper Level
New Engagement!

Mendel Minkowics (Crown Heights) to Sara Fajnland (Herndon, VA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at The JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Sender Gurewitz (Lyon, France) to Malki Lipskier (S. Petersburg, Russia)

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Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
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AskMoses.com has scholars - rabbis as well as other qualified men and women - available 24/6 for one-on-one online conversations related to Judaism (They're not available on Shabbat and certain Jewish holidays).

Online advice from Moses

Jewish News of Greater Phoenix

Have a question related to Judaism that’s keeping you awake at night? There’s no need to wait until morning to schedule an appointment with your rabbi. Just ask Moses.

AskMoses.com has scholars – rabbis as well as other qualified men and women – available 24/6 for one-on-one online conversations related to Judaism (They’re not available on Shabbat and certain Jewish holidays).

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Chabad 1 Step Closer to Building Center

by Michael Gannon – The New Haven Register

Guilford, CT — Chabad of the Shoreline [under the direction of Rabbi Yossi and Rochel Baila Yaffe] cleared its first hurdle this week with revamped plans to establish a community center on Goose Lane.

Chabad’s revised application for dealing with drainage, waste water and storm runoff passed the Inland Wetlands Commission unanimously this week.

Shlichus
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Enduring hope: Utah honors Jews and other Nazi victims

Deseret News
Holocaust survivor Jerry Meents pins on the
original Star of David he wore as a 12-year-old boy
in Amsterdam in 1942.

Salt Lake City, UT — Wearing the same faded Star of David that identified him as a Jew under the Nazi regime, Jerry Meents, 76, recalled his last day at school.

Meents, who escaped the roundups of Jews in Holland because he was considered half-Jewish, had been allowed to remove the star and attend school. While playing during a recess, he saw an elderly Jewish woman hauled away on a stretcher.

“One boy, 12 or 13, started laughing,” he recalled, “He thought it was great that they took an old Jew away. I got mad, I got very mad and beat the hell out of him. I went home and never went back to school.”

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Levi Y Perman (Santiago, Chili) and Sheina Shusterman (Los Angeles, CA) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IY”H be Motzoi Shabbos at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany ave]

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Mazal Tov! – 15 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Berry and Gitty (nee Losh) Blachman.
IY“H at 644 Montgomery St [betweeen Brooklyn and Kingston aves].

Shmuly and Yael (nee Nagar) Brummel.
IY”H at 520 Midwood St, [betweeen Kingston and Brooklyn aves].

Yosef and Sinaya (nee Buchler) Kanofsky.
IY“H at Shain Shul, 390 Kingston Ave [between Crown and Montgomery St].

Chaim and Sarale (nee Freund) Schochet.
IY”H at 430 Crown St, [Between Kingston and Brooklyn aves].

Yossi and Kaily (nee Klein) Malamud.
IY“H at 668 Eastern Pkwy, [between Brooklyn and New York aves].

Shmully and Chanie (nee Hecht) Yudkin.
IY”H at 454 Montgomery St, [between New York and Nostrand aves].

Meir and Tziporah Fischer.
IY“H at 1509 Union St, [between Kingston and Albany aves].

Yisroel and Ruda Heller.
IY”H at 31 Balfour Pl, [between Empire Blvd and Lefferts Ave].

Shalom and Miriam (nee Spalter) Shomer.
IY“H at 6622 Fieldstone Ct, West Bloomfield, Michigan 48322.

Moshe and Elkie (nee Galprin) Wolf
IY”H at 6521 N Mozart St, [between W Arthur and W Albion aves] Chicago, IL

Yossi and Chanie (nee Reiber) Chein
IY“H at 1706 S Sherbourne Dr, Los Angeles, California 90035

Nachman and Deenie (nee Gottlieb) Perl.
IY”H at 155 N Meadow Crescent, Thornhill, ON, Canada.

Binyomin and Malka (nee Huberman) Bitton (Shluchim to Vancouver, Canada) .
IY“H at 943 Homer St, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Uri and Dina (nee Gammal) Yemini
IY”H at 4847 Avenue Carlton, Snowdon, QC, Canada

Reuvi and Menucha Rochel (nee Telsner) Cooper .
IY”H at 80 Hotham St, St Kilda East VIC 3183, Australia.

If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at mazaltov@crownheights.info! Thank You.

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The Jewish Week
Remembering a Crown Heights fixture who synthesized Jewish learning and secular knowledge in a singular way.

In the deepest early morning of March 7, on California’s Pacific Coast Highway, a gold Cadillac driven by a drunk ran a red light, hit a bus and then spun around until it smacked into a white rental car driven by a man named Gedaliah Shaffer. Shaffer had flown into California from Brooklyn that evening, and as an inveterate traveler began the journey to a professional conference with a little sightseeing on one of the country’s more scenic drives.

But when the Cadillac hit him, Shaffer was instantly killed.

An Extraordinary Ordinary Man

The Jewish Week

Remembering a Crown Heights fixture who synthesized Jewish learning and secular knowledge in a singular way.

In the deepest early morning of March 7, on California’s Pacific Coast Highway, a gold Cadillac driven by a drunk ran a red light, hit a bus and then spun around until it smacked into a white rental car driven by a man named Gedaliah Shaffer. Shaffer had flown into California from Brooklyn that evening, and as an inveterate traveler began the journey to a professional conference with a little sightseeing on one of the country’s more scenic drives.

But when the Cadillac hit him, Shaffer was instantly killed.

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Rabbi Yossi Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL
The Midrash records the story of when Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakai lost his son. Upon hearing the news his students all came to comfort him. Each one cited another great individual who had lost a child. To each he responded, “You are not comforting me. You are, instead, giving me more to grieve about.” In the end, Rabbi Eliezer ben Azaryah was the one who comforted him. He presented the following analogy:

A king once deposited a very special object with a trusted subject. Every day, the man would anticipate the moment when he could return the precious object and no longer have to bear the responsibility. He was apprehensive that he might not return it to the king in perfect condition. How happy was he when the awaited day arrived, and he was able to return a perfect item to the king.

“So too,” said Rabbi Eliezer, “Hashem gave you a precious deposit. You nurtured it; you taught him Torah, and he left this world sinless, a pious scholar who took leave of his earthly abode much in the manner that he arrived – perfect. You should feel good that you returned the 'King's' deposit in such exceptional condition.”

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Shemini – The Kiss Of Death

Rabbi Yossi Kahanov Shliach to Jacksonville, FL

The Midrash records the story of when Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakai lost his son. Upon hearing the news his students all came to comfort him. Each one cited another great individual who had lost a child. To each he responded, “You are not comforting me. You are, instead, giving me more to grieve about.” In the end, Rabbi Eliezer ben Azaryah was the one who comforted him. He presented the following analogy:

A king once deposited a very special object with a trusted subject. Every day, the man would anticipate the moment when he could return the precious object and no longer have to bear the responsibility. He was apprehensive that he might not return it to the king in perfect condition. How happy was he when the awaited day arrived, and he was able to return a perfect item to the king.

“So too,” said Rabbi Eliezer, “Hashem gave you a precious deposit. You nurtured it; you taught him Torah, and he left this world sinless, a pious scholar who took leave of his earthly abode much in the manner that he arrived – perfect. You should feel good that you returned the ‘King’s’ deposit in such exceptional condition.”

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The Post Gazette Online
Rabbi Ely Rosenfeld, the new chaplain for the Guyasuta Volunteer Fire Department in O'Hara.

Fox Chapel, PA — A routine errand for Rabbi Ely Rosenfeld put him on a path he wasn't anticipating: working in support of those who deal daily with the unanticipated.

Three months ago, Rabbi Rosenfeld became chaplain to the 35-member Guyasuta Fire Department, the largest of three firefighting units in O'Hara.

Firefighters Chaplain there for Victims and Volunteers

The Post Gazette Online
Rabbi Ely Rosenfeld, the new chaplain for the Guyasuta Volunteer Fire Department in O’Hara.

Fox Chapel, PA — A routine errand for Rabbi Ely Rosenfeld put him on a path he wasn’t anticipating: working in support of those who deal daily with the unanticipated.

Three months ago, Rabbi Rosenfeld became chaplain to the 35-member Guyasuta Fire Department, the largest of three firefighting units in O’Hara.

Shlichus
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With sadness we inform you of the passing of R. Mendel Clapman OBM of Flatbush.

He is survived by his wife Bina and his children, R. Yehuda Clapman (Crown Heights), Chana Leah Chaifetz (Flatbush) and R. Binyomin Clapman (Far Rockaway, NY).

The Levaya will be Today, Friday, from Shomrei Hadaas at 12:00pm.

Baruch Dayan Haemes

Baruch Dayan Haemes – R. Mendel Clapman OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of R. Mendel Clapman OBM of Flatbush.

He is survived by his wife Bina and his children, R. Yehuda Clapman (Crown Heights), Chana Leah Chaifetz (Flatbush) and R. Binyomin Clapman (Far Rockaway, NY).

The Levaya will be Today, Friday, from Shomrei Hadaas at 12:00pm.

Baruch Dayan Haemes

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