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The crowd that attended at last years convention and Farbrengen (Illustration Photo)

Like every year, Yeshivas from across America and beyond prepare to travel to the Rebbe’s court for Yud Shevat. The growing number of Lubavitcher Bochurim is estimated at 1500 from 40 different Yeshivas.

For the third year now, the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim has announced the “Kinus Hatmimim Haolami”. The International Conference of Tmimim.

Third Annual International Convention for Tmimim

The crowd that attended at last years convention and Farbrengen (Illustration Photo)

Like every year, Yeshivas from across America and beyond prepare to travel to the Rebbe’s court for Yud Shevat. The growing number of Lubavitcher Bochurim is estimated at 1500 from 40 different Yeshivas.

For the third year now, the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim has announced the “Kinus Hatmimim Haolami”. The International Conference of Tmimim.

Farbrengens
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New Engagement!

Nathaniel Cohen (Neuilly, France) to Raquel Illouz (Paris, France)
Baby Boy!

Leiby and Mushka Brikman from Montreal, Canada had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chaya (nee Laber) Shepard from Albany, NY had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Mendel Mergui (Paris, France) to Chani Galperin (Winsor, Ontario) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Rubashkins 1349 President street
New Engagement!

Arik Deren (Greenwich, CT) to Elkie Havlin (Dresden, Germany) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Albany Manor 641 Rutland Rd
New Engagement!

Mendel Sternberg (New London, CT) to Devora Lea Amar (Seine Et Marne, France) L’Chaim: Thursday, Nov. 5th, 8:00pm at Anshei Lubavitch 578 Albany Ave
Baby Girl!

Uriel and Mushky (nee Dubov) Hillel from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Dovid and Chaya (nee Gordon) Drizin from Los Angeles, CA had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shmuel Helman (Brazil) to Stella Washingston (Alpharetta, GA)
New Engagement!

Doniel Preston (Edgware, UK) to Chayale Russel (Edgware, UK)
New Engagement!

Dovi Borochov (Crown Heights) to Mirel Vogel (London, UK)
New Engagement!

Binyomin Beilin (Boston, MA) Rivkah Bracha Ross (Waterbury, CT)
Baby Girl!

Menachem and Sari (Nee Gottlib) Forer from Crown Heights/Hillside had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Dovi Zaetz (Crown Heights) to Hanni Ladayov (Paris, France)
New Engagement!

Levi Smith (N. Miami Beach, FL) to Chana Singer (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at 1349 President Street
Baby Girl!

Shui and Sheva (nee Tennenhaus) Kastel from Hollywood, FL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Menahem Mendel Bredoire (Paris, France) to Haya Mouchka Sebag (Paris,France)
Shmais.com
Rabbi and Mrs. Yossi Geisinsky of Crown Heights will IYH be going on Shlichus to Coral Springs, Florida where they will serve as Program/Youth directors, offering an array of new and exciting projects and activities for this fast growing Jewish community.

The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi's Yossie Denburg & Avrohom Friedman.

HATZLOCHA RABBA!

The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail @ RabbiYossiG@Gmail.com

New Shluchim To Florida

Shmais.com

Rabbi and Mrs. Yossi Geisinsky of Crown Heights will IYH be going on Shlichus to Coral Springs, Florida where they will serve as Program/Youth directors, offering an array of new and exciting projects and activities for this fast growing Jewish community.

The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi’s Yossie Denburg & Avrohom Friedman.

HATZLOCHA RABBA!

The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail @ RabbiYossiG@Gmail.com

Shlichus

Mazal Tov! – 3 New Engagement!

We would like to wish a hearty Mazal Tov to Yisroel Melamed (Rechovot, Israel) and Devorah Landorfer (Miami, FL) on their engagement!

The L’Chaim will IY”H be Tonight, Monday at FREE, 1383 President St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves]

And we would like to wish a hearty Mazal Tov to Sendy Dubrawsky (Vancouver, Canada) and Frumie (bas R Yossi) Simpson (Crown Heights) on their engagement!

The L’Chaim will IY“H be Wednesday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva [On the corner of Crown and Albany]

And we would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yonason Kahanovitch (Winnipeg, Canada) and Esther Grossman (S. Paulo, Brazil) on their engagement!

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First It Was a Brighter Kingston and Now Its Albany Too

A much brighter Albany Ave.

Back in 1995 Sholom Ber Goldstein contacted the Department of Transportation [DOT] and asked them if it was possible to upgrade the street lamps on Kingston Avenue with brighter light bulbs, at first they didn’t want to hear anything about it but after some work and persistent phone calls the DOT finally agreed but at a cost of the added electric bill of $32 per light pole per year and the maintenance fee.

The standard light fixtures installed by the DOT are built to maintain a 150 watt bulb which is normally installed as well was now upgraded thanks to efforts on R. Sholom Ber’s behalf to fixtures that can contain the new 400 watt bulbs.

More in the Extended Article!

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Burglary at F.R.E.E.

Earlier this afternoon there was a burglary in the offices of F.R.E.E. [Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe] on President Street between Kingston and Brooklyn. The incident took place between 4:00pm and 4:20pm.

The Shul was locked at 4:00pm after Mincha and was reopened at 4:20pm for Maariv when one of the people inside noticed a largely built male Black estimated in his 30’s exit the building. He asked the other person if they were expecting any deliveries to which he answered to the negative and immediately ran upstairs to check on the offices upstairs where he saw the door to the library was kicked in and one of the offices ransacked.

More in the Extended Article.

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Chabad.edu

At first glance, there was no telling which of the students in the study hall of the Rabbinical College of America in Morristown, N.J. were newcomers. All the men in the room sat in pairs, known as chavrusas, deep in their studies, reading from religious texts. For Jews, there is no language barrier; everyone understands, or does their best to comprehend, the Hebrew language.

English Takes a Back Seat in Morristown – South Americans Get a Month-Long Taste of Yeshiva

Chabad.edu

At first glance, there was no telling which of the students in the study hall of the Rabbinical College of America in Morristown, N.J. were newcomers. All the men in the room sat in pairs, known as chavrusas, deep in their studies, reading from religious texts. For Jews, there is no language barrier; everyone understands, or does their best to comprehend, the Hebrew language.

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Mazal Tov! – 3 Sunday Night L’Chaim’s!

Erez Handler (Silver Springs, MD) and Nechama Dina (bas R’ Aron) Baitz (Crown Heights) .
IY“HBeis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St. [Entrance on Albany].

Boruch Dovid Leider (Crown Heights) Tzippy Astulin (Crown Heights) .
IY”H at Lubavitcher Yeshiva [On the corner of Crown and Albany]

Ariel Hess (Lomita, CA) and Sara Naparstek (Agoura hills, CA) .
IY”H at Lubavitcher Yeshiva [On the corner of Crown and Albany]

Mazel Tov's
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The Acorn
An alternative route for the controversial Oak Park wire is being considered. In the meantime, a committee is forming to consider an eruv for Westlake Village and Thousand Oaks.

Oak Park, CA — Fishing line recently installed above streets in Agoura Hills, Oak Park and part of Westlake Village is intended to enhance the Sabbath for local Orthodox Jews.

But some other residents are unhappy with the nylon filament that crisscrosses about three square miles of the community.

Residents Draw The Line Over New Religious Marker

The Acorn
An alternative route for the controversial Oak Park wire is being considered. In the meantime, a committee is forming to consider an eruv for Westlake Village and Thousand Oaks.

Oak Park, CA — Fishing line recently installed above streets in Agoura Hills, Oak Park and part of Westlake Village is intended to enhance the Sabbath for local Orthodox Jews.

But some other residents are unhappy with the nylon filament that crisscrosses about three square miles of the community.

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South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Tamarac, FL — The first high school in this city is scheduled to open later this year — a private, orthodox Jewish school for girls.

The local Chabad Lubavitch community has agreed to pay $4 million for an old, three-story bank building on 8100 N. University Drive, south of Northwest 82nd Street. Classes are set to begin in the fall, pending a city permit for remodeling.

Many of the students are expected to come from Coral Springs, home to one of the largest Chabad Lubavitch communities in Broward County. Chabad Lubavitch is an ultra-orthodox, Hasidic branch of Judaism that has several synagogues in the county, including ones in Coconut Creek, Plantation and Weston, two in Fort Lauderdale and three in Hollywood.

Private school for Jewish girls planned in Tamarac

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Tamarac, FL — The first high school in this city is scheduled to open later this year — a private, orthodox Jewish school for girls.

The local Chabad Lubavitch community has agreed to pay $4 million for an old, three-story bank building on 8100 N. University Drive, south of Northwest 82nd Street. Classes are set to begin in the fall, pending a city permit for remodeling.

Many of the students are expected to come from Coral Springs, home to one of the largest Chabad Lubavitch communities in Broward County. Chabad Lubavitch is an ultra-orthodox, Hasidic branch of Judaism that has several synagogues in the county, including ones in Coconut Creek, Plantation and Weston, two in Fort Lauderdale and three in Hollywood.

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Jacob Tarica-Lechter - Chabad.edu

According to Jewish thought, life is a spiritual journey that leads individuals through moments of pleasure and pain, inspiration and struggle, enlightenment and confusion in order to build a better relationship with Hashem. A Jew should never feel comfortable with his current position in the physical and spiritual worlds, but instead must constantly evaluate his actions and philosophies to better align with what G-d desires of him.

A Soul in Crown Heights – A Student Challenges Himself by Exploring His Roots

Jacob Tarica-Lechter – Chabad.edu

According to Jewish thought, life is a spiritual journey that leads individuals through moments of pleasure and pain, inspiration and struggle, enlightenment and confusion in order to build a better relationship with Hashem. A Jew should never feel comfortable with his current position in the physical and spiritual worlds, but instead must constantly evaluate his actions and philosophies to better align with what G-d desires of him.

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The Coloradoan
Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik introduces Rabbi
Bentzion Kravitz, director of Jews for Judaism,
during a lecture Thursday at Lory Student
Center at Colorado State University. Jews for
Judaism is a counter-missionary group which
counters groups that target Jews for conversion.
Kravitz, rear, spoke to the audience about the
Messianic Christian movement and also how
Jews can respond to missionary Christians.
Ft. Collins, CO — A lecture Thursday at Lory Student Center drew a crowd of curious students and community members interested in learning about Christian missionary efforts to convert Jews.

Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz, author of the “The Jewish Response to Missionaries” and founder of Jews for Judaism, was invited by the Chabad Jewish Student Alliance to speak at the university. Jews for Judaism, which plays on the name of a Christian missionary organization Jews for Jesus, is a counter-missionary group focused on Christian efforts to target Jews for conversion.

Kravitz outlined what he considers to be deceptive tactics of Messianic Christian organizations such as Jews for Jesus and Chosen People Ministries, who claim Jews can believe in Jesus as the Messiah and remain Jewish.

He said Jews are concerned about Christians who misquote Jewish texts or adopt Jewish objects such as wearing yarmulkes, or skull caps, and talleisim, or prayer shawls.

Rabbi Stands Strong on Beliefs – ‘Deceptive’ Practices Outlined

The Coloradoan
Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik introduces Rabbi
Bentzion Kravitz, director of Jews for Judaism,
during a lecture Thursday at Lory Student
Center at Colorado State University. Jews for
Judaism is a counter-missionary group which
counters groups that target Jews for conversion.
Kravitz, rear, spoke to the audience about the
Messianic Christian movement and also how
Jews can respond to missionary Christians.

Ft. Collins, CO — A lecture Thursday at Lory Student Center drew a crowd of curious students and community members interested in learning about Christian missionary efforts to convert Jews.

Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz, author of the “The Jewish Response to Missionaries” and founder of Jews for Judaism, was invited by the Chabad Jewish Student Alliance to speak at the university. Jews for Judaism, which plays on the name of a Christian missionary organization Jews for Jesus, is a counter-missionary group focused on Christian efforts to target Jews for conversion.

Kravitz outlined what he considers to be deceptive tactics of Messianic Christian organizations such as Jews for Jesus and Chosen People Ministries, who claim Jews can believe in Jesus as the Messiah and remain Jewish.

He said Jews are concerned about Christians who misquote Jewish texts or adopt Jewish objects such as wearing yarmulkes, or skull caps, and talleisim, or prayer shawls.

Chabad News
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