Tenafly, NJ — Construction of the new Chabad House for Palisades will begin soon on the same plot of land the previous Chabad House was on. The new Chabad House will be three times bigger then the one its replacing.
This is the project of Rabbi Mordechai and Malka Shain shluchim in Tenafly with the help of shliach Rabbi Chaim and Yocheved Boyarsk.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Brooklyn, NY — Dovid Taub has learned a lot since hand-sewing his first puppet four years ago to entertain a bunch of young summer campers.
“It looked very bad. It was five feet tall and cumbersome to use,” Taub, now 25, recalled.
Today, the Brooklyn rabbinical student makes 30-inch puppets that are featured in a video program he produces for www.chabad.org, the Web site of the international Chabad Lubavitch Movement headquartered in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights section.
UPDATE: Newspaper clipping in the Extended Article!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Srully and Toby (nee Miller) Menkes (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!
Brooklyn, NY — The passing of 106-year old Maryasha Garelik was reported in news outlets internationally. Survivor of Czarist, Soviet and Nazi persecution, Maryasha was an exemplar of the Chasidic spirit, and leaves four generations of descendants, numbering around 1000, many of whom are serving in leadership positions in Jewish communities worldwide. In Brazil, Australia, China, England, Canada, and in numerous cities in the United States, her grandchildren carry the torch of Chasidic devotion she kept aflame. The following is from a photo essay under the title, Keeper of the Flame, published 12 years ago, in the Wellsprings journal.
Alternate side parking regulations will be suspended on Monday, January 15 for holiday observance. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Click here for the 2007 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yudi and Sarah (nee Spangenthal) Dukes (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!
Morristown, NJ — Adult education assumes a significant place in the outreach activities of Chabad centers around the world. But it’s not quite the same as the total immersion yeshiva variety, which many have never experienced. Towards that end, the Rabbinical College of America developed a six-week steeped-in-the-texts program that gave South American Jews a taste of the experience.
We would like to wish a hearty Mazal Tov to Mendy Goldshmidt (Lud, Israel) and Sarale Chitrik (Tzfat, Israel) on their engagement!
Pinchas Levy (Randolph, MA) and Rochel Goldenberg (Montreal, Canada) .
IY“H at Rayim Ahuvim, 1614 Carroll St, [corner Schenectady Ave]
Levi Yitzchok Fuss (Crown Heights) and Devorah Leah Karp (Cincinnati, OH) .
IY”H at Khal Chassidim (Baumgarten Shul) , 1612 Carroll Street [corner Schenectady Ave].
30 Years ago today, a Mitzvah Tank full with 13 Bochurim were on their way home from doing Mivtzoim in Manhattan, they crossed the Williamsburg Bridge and headed back to Crown Heights through Lee Avenue, when they reached Rodney Street. They were attacked my a large mob of Chassidishe Jews, their tires were slashed, and they were barred from making their way home, all the while getting yelled at and cursed, in the middle of which a massive stone came through the windshield of the Mitzvah Tank and landed very close to one of the Bochurim.
Then, after asking two Rabonim they were told that they need to Bentch Gomel, since they were in great danger. Ever since that a Farbrengen takes place on this day in R. Mordechai Nagel’s house.
The original article of the story was printed in the Algemainer Journal in Yiddish. You can see the article in the Extended Article, along with a rough translation, and pictures of the Farbrengen.
The founder of Chabad Chassidism, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812), passed away on the eve of the 24th of Tevet, at approximately 10:30 pm, shortly after reciting the Havdalah prayer marking the end of the Shabbat. The Rebbe was in the village of Peyena, fleeing Napoleon’s armies, which had swept through the Rebbe’s hometown of Liadi three months earlier in their advance towards Moscow. He was in his 68th year at the time of his passing, and was succeeded by his son, Rabbi DovBer of Lubavitch.
A brief biography in the Extended Article.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Eli and Morikie (nee Perets) Stiefelmann (S. Paulo, Brazil) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
Atlanta, GA — The first test for students of the Atlanta Semicha Program took place last week at Chabad of Georgia headquarters, in Atlanta, Georgia. The students were tested on laws of milk and meat by Rabbi Dovid Schochet, President of the Toronto Rabbinical Council, and a member of Vaad Rabbonei Lubavitch. Rabbi Schochet is world renowned for his genius Torah knowledge and his great depth in Torah learning, and is the ordaining Rabbi for the bochrim in the program.
Sydney, Australia — In just one week, Sydney Jews have had to face the brutal reality of a grisly murder and an alleged assault – with both victims in the heart of the bagel belt. Although there is no proof yet that either was racially motivated, Jewish officials are nonetheless concerned.
Wednesday afternoon, December 27, 2006: An elderly lady feels unwell, calls her doctor at around 3.30pm, and returns to bed.
That evening, at around 7.15pm, Katherine Schweitzer, an 81-year-old Holocaust survivor, is found dead, murdered, strangled to death.
Her body is dumped in a wheelie bin and left on the fifth floor of her Bellevue Hill apartment block.
With great sadness we report the passing of HaRav HaChossid, Rabbi Moshe Ashkenazi, one of the prominent elderly Chabad Rabbis, Rabbi of the Chabad community of Tel Aviv, and member of “Agudas Chassidei Chabad” of Israel.
Rabbi Ashkenazi passed away at the age of 86 at 3:00 PM in the Rivkah Ziv hospital in Tsfat with a severe case of pneumonia. His condition deteriorated in the past week when he had a heart attack which rendered him unconscious.
Rabbi Ashkenazi was born in Vladivostok, Russia and made Aliya to Israel when he was a bochur.
He is survived by four children: Rabbi Nosson Ashkenazi A”H and Yibadu L’Chaim Tovim: Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi (Rov of Kfar Chabad), Rabbi Chaim Ashkenazi (Lod), Mrs. Malka Wilschanski (Tsfat) and Mrs. Esther Twersky (Crown Heights).
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy and Tzippy (nee Lehr) Weiss (Shluchim to MIami Lakes, FL) on the birth of their new Baby Boy!!
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Alter Aryeh Leib Reuven ben Simma
Jemilleh bat Sheindel Rivka
Manya bas Ettel also please say Kapitel Ayin
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