Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yitzchok and Rivky (nee Weinberg) Gurary (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!
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Keeping it Kosher
Conejo, CA – Kosher Awareness Week at Chabad of the Conejo means discovering how to preserve cucumbers in brine
It was a real pickle — about 400 of them — when some 75 men, women and even teenage boys munched on store-bought gherkins before making their own kosher dills.
This weeks Sholom Zochors!
Moishe & Sara Feiglin
Aliya 525-527 E New York Ave. (btw Brooklyn & Kingston)
Mendy & Yocheved Wilhelm
609 Empire Blvd. (btw Kingston & Albany)
Mordechai & Atara Roth
506 Lefferts Ave. (btw Kingston & Brookyn)
Yisroel & Fraidy Taichman
Rayim Ahuvim Carroll (corner Schenectady)
Gershy & Frumie Avtzon
2395 Twigwood Lane – Cincinnati, OH
Eli & Chanie Serebryanski
7 Esther Crescent – Thornhill, ON (Toronto)
If you know of any other Mazal Tovs please email us at MazalTov@crownheights.info!
A moment of glory and pride turned to embarrassment and sadness on Sunday night. Over three and half thousand Schluchim and guests celebrated the banquet of the Kinus with pride and commitment to the Rebbe. Rabbi Moshe Kotlarksy recalled the first Kinus when Rabbi Sholom Posner asked each of us to introduce ourselves which became as time went on the famous roll call. For some like myself who has watched the evolution of the Kinus from a small group to the powerhouse it was a special moment of Chassideshe Nachas.
That moment of joy was shattered later that night by a group that has made violence and terror their symbol. When many of the Shluchim returned to 770 to farbreng. Some members of the Kvutza from Tzefas tried to interfere with the Farbrengen, the Shluchim continued ignoring them. Finally they attacked those who have spent decades as the Rebbe’s Shluchim. Throwing benches, sidurim and using fists. They broke the leg of a Baal Mesrias Nefesh who went recently to the remote country of Vietnam to spread Yiddiskiet.
The Tragedy in 770
A moment of glory and pride turned to embarrassment and sadness on Sunday night. Over three and half thousand Schluchim and guests celebrated the banquet of the Kinus with pride and commitment to the Rebbe. Rabbi Moshe Kotlarksy recalled the first Kinus when Rabbi Sholom Posner asked each of us to introduce ourselves which became as time went on the famous roll call. For some like myself who has watched the evolution of the Kinus from a small group to the powerhouse it was a special moment of Chassideshe Nachas.
That moment of joy was shattered later that night by a group that has made violence and terror their symbol. When many of the Shluchim returned to 770 to farbreng. Some members of the Kvutza from Tzefas tried to interfere with the Farbrengen, the Shluchim continued ignoring them. Finally they attacked those who have spent decades as the Rebbe’s Shluchim. Throwing benches, sidurim and using fists. They broke the leg of a Baal Mesrias Nefesh who went recently to the remote country of Vietnam to spread Yiddiskiet.
Perhaps you yourself were sold on E-bay©®™ as a child.
Or perhaps you’re one of those conceited individuals that are simply too stubborn or too proud to take advice from someone else. Or perhaps you just simply believe that your fate – despite the penetrating astrological insights of others – isn’t determined by the workings of the zodiac but by the consequences of your actions; that YOU control your destiny. AKA free-choice.
But even if, for whatever reason, that happens to be the case, doesn’t it sometimes seem that there are some things that are just out of your hands? Certain things which seem to have been determined for you, without so much as a telegram consultation? What exactly happened to your choice?
No Title Yet, But that’s Ok…
Ever read your horoscope? Ever follow what it says? Ever base your life on it? Ever sell your child on E-bay©®™ because of it? No? Why not?
Perhaps you yourself were sold on E-bay©®™ as a child.
Or perhaps you’re one of those conceited individuals that are simply too stubborn or too proud to take advice from someone else. Or perhaps you just simply believe that your fate – despite the penetrating astrological insights of others – isn’t determined by the workings of the zodiac but by the consequences of your actions; that YOU control your destiny. AKA free-choice.
But even if, for whatever reason, that happens to be the case, doesn’t it sometimes seem that there are some things that are just out of your hands? Certain things which seem to have been determined for you, without so much as a telegram consultation? What exactly happened to your choice?
2 Alarm Fire in a Home on Eastern Pkwy
At around 12:00pm this afternoon a fire broke out in a home on Eastern Pkwy between New York and Nostrand. FDNY responded to the call and immediately began battling the fire, which was upgraded right away to a 2nd alarm and more units reasponded.
The fire was placed under control soon thereafter. Damage to the home was mostly to the top floor, which bystanders described as a burning Matzah Oven. The home does not belong to any Yidden.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
The Press Was There
Dozens of reporters, photographers and television crews covered the kinus, it was an amazing Kidush Lubavitch. After some research Crownheights.info has learnt that it was the Staff of Chabad.org that organized that the journalist come and work with them once they came. We would like to extend to them a Hartzege Yasher Koach!
List of articles in the Extended Article!
Mazal Tov! Its A Girl!
On behalf of myself and the staff here at CrownHeights.info we would like to wish a very hearty Mazal Tov to a dear friend Schneur Zalman and his wife Esti (nee Greenbaum) Levine (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn baby girl!
May the newborn girl be an endless source of Nachas to her Parents, Grand Parents, Relatives and Klall Yisroel!
To all appearances, the Chabad representatives in the group photo—an annual rite at the Conference of Shluchim—look very much alike. About 3,000 men, similarly dressed, convening under the banner of one vision, inspired by the Rebbe for the promise of a shared ideal of a Jewish future, cut a strikingly uniform picture.
But as is evident in the stories featured on Lubavitch.com, these requisite, self-effacing factors that would seem to dissolve all individual differences towards a common objective, in fact yield a vital experience where Shluchim are individually and variously engaged in the particulars of their own communities for the purpose of a dynamic Jewish present.
Patent Pending
To all appearances, the Chabad representatives in the group photo—an annual rite at the Conference of Shluchim—look very much alike. About 3,000 men, similarly dressed, convening under the banner of one vision, inspired by the Rebbe for the promise of a shared ideal of a Jewish future, cut a strikingly uniform picture.
But as is evident in the stories featured on Lubavitch.com, these requisite, self-effacing factors that would seem to dissolve all individual differences towards a common objective, in fact yield a vital experience where Shluchim are individually and variously engaged in the particulars of their own communities for the purpose of a dynamic Jewish present.
The Eizicovics' were appointed by Rabbi Mottel Friedman, under the umbrella of Upper Midwest Merkos-Chabad Lubavitch and Rabbi Moshe Feller.
HATZLOCHA RABBA!
The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail at chamtza@yahoo.com
New Shluchim To Minnesota
Rabbi & Mrs. Yosef Eizicovics have recently moved on Shlichus to Cottage Grove, Minnesota, where they will be part of the new Yeshiva High School of the Twin Cities.
The Eizicovics’ were appointed by Rabbi Mottel Friedman, under the umbrella of Upper Midwest Merkos-Chabad Lubavitch and Rabbi Moshe Feller.
HATZLOCHA RABBA!
The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail at chamtza@yahoo.com
The Bruk’s will serve the Jewish communities of Montana, as well as the Jewish tourists at Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks and Big Sky Skiing resort.
Special thanks to Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky for making this Shlichus a reality.
HATZLOCHA RABBA!
If you know any Yidden that live in or will be visiting Montana, the new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail @ RabbiChaim@Gmail.com
New Shluchim To Montana
Rabbi & Mrs. Chaim Shaul Bruk of Crown Heights will IYH be moving very shortly on Shlichus to Bozeman, Montana where they will establish Chabad Lubavitch of Montana.
The Bruk’s will serve the Jewish communities of Montana, as well as the Jewish tourists at Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks and Big Sky Skiing resort.
Special thanks to Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky for making this Shlichus a reality.
HATZLOCHA RABBA!
If you know any Yidden that live in or will be visiting Montana, the new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail @ RabbiChaim@Gmail.com
Amazing response and alert Shomrim members stop the new car thief dead in his tracks. A veteran member driving down Brooklyn Ave. at around 9:15pm spotted a male Black who seemed very suspicious and was hanging around a parked Minivan on the corner of Carroll St. He called for backup and some 20 members responded and spread out in order to be able to catch the perp in case he runs.
2 members made sure to keep an eye on the perp who was waiting around for the coast to clear when he made his move and punched in the window which made an audible pop but muffled. Members then proceeded in and surrounded the perp who attempted to flee the scene but the members restrained and held him until police arrived, which was moments after the call placed by Shomrim.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Shomrim Apprehend Car Thief!
Amazing response and alert Shomrim members stop the new car thief dead in his tracks. A veteran member driving down Brooklyn Ave. at around 9:15pm spotted a male Black who seemed very suspicious and was hanging around a parked Minivan on the corner of Carroll St. He called for backup and some 20 members responded and spread out in order to be able to catch the perp in case he runs.
2 members made sure to keep an eye on the perp who was waiting around for the coast to clear when he made his move and punched in the window which made an audible pop but muffled. Members then proceeded in and surrounded the perp who attempted to flee the scene but the members restrained and held him until police arrived, which was moments after the call placed by Shomrim.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
If anyone had their car broken into and had the bag with the two baby outfits stolen, please contact Shomrim to reclaim your lost property, and to also complain against this perp for breaking into your car. The more comlaints the longer he stays off the streets.
The number for the Shomrim Hotline is (718) 774-3333
Hashovas Aveida: In Regards to the Apprehension of the Car Thief
If anyone had their car broken into and had the bag with the two baby outfits stolen, please contact Shomrim to reclaim your lost property, and to also complain against this perp for breaking into your car. The more comlaints the longer he stays off the streets.
The number for the Shomrim Hotline is (718) 774-3333
Minivan Rear ends Another Minivan on Eastern Pkwy.
At around 9:00pm a yiddisher driver made a right turn from Eastern Parkway onto Brooklyn Ave. when he was rear ended by another minivan driven by a goy. Airbags deployed on the minivan in the rear.
Hatzalah and EMS responded to the call, the driver was taken to a local hospital as well as passengers from the yiddishe car as well. B”H none of the injuries were serious or life threatening.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
1. The first verse in this weeks Parshah says “V’Eyleh toldos Yitzchok ben Avraham, Avraham holid es Yitzchak – And these are the children of Yitzchak the son of Avraham, Avraham was the father of Yitzchak”.
2. Q: The question that begs to be asked here is obvious: Why does the verse say that Avraham was the father of Yitzchak after it already told us that Yitzchak was the son of Avraham?!?
3. Answer number 1: Rashi tells us that although the verse already mentioned that Yitzchak was the son of Avraham it still found it necessary to stress that Avraham fathered Yitzchak to tell us something: There were cynics of that generation saying “Avraham is not the father of Yitzchak, really Avimelech the king of the Plishtim is the father. Look, for many years Avraham and Sarah were married and Sarah did not give birth, only now after Sarah was with Avimelech in his palace did she give birth”. Hashems response to this was that He made Yitzchaks facial features exactly like Avrahams and therefore everyone saw without a doubt that Avraham Avinu was really Yitzchaks father. Therefore the verse says “Avraham fathered Yitzchak” to tell us that there was clear evidence that really Avraham Avinu was Yitzchaks father.
The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Toldos
The Rebbe says:
1. The first verse in this weeks Parshah says “V’Eyleh toldos Yitzchok ben Avraham, Avraham holid es Yitzchak – And these are the children of Yitzchak the son of Avraham, Avraham was the father of Yitzchak”.
2. Q: The question that begs to be asked here is obvious: Why does the verse say that Avraham was the father of Yitzchak after it already told us that Yitzchak was the son of Avraham?!?
3. Answer number 1: Rashi tells us that although the verse already mentioned that Yitzchak was the son of Avraham it still found it necessary to stress that Avraham fathered Yitzchak to tell us something: There were cynics of that generation saying “Avraham is not the father of Yitzchak, really Avimelech the king of the Plishtim is the father. Look, for many years Avraham and Sarah were married and Sarah did not give birth, only now after Sarah was with Avimelech in his palace did she give birth”. Hashems response to this was that He made Yitzchaks facial features exactly like Avrahams and therefore everyone saw without a doubt that Avraham Avinu was really Yitzchaks father. Therefore the verse says “Avraham fathered Yitzchak” to tell us that there was clear evidence that really Avraham Avinu was Yitzchaks father.
When the Maccabees! Come Marching in…
The Jewish Children’s Museum is proud to announce the debut of Maccabees, the Museum’s original live Chanukah adventure. Dazzling special-effects, elaborate sets and humorous dialogue unite to create the ultimate interactive Chanukah experience.
From its very first show, Maccabees created an unprecedented excitement in the Museum. Children, parents and educators say: Maccabees is “very moving”, “hilarious” and “so informative…I can’t think of a better way to experience Chanukah!”
A beautiful gallery of pictures in the Extended Article!
Saluting the Rohr Family
On the morning following the Shluchim banquet a special ceremony took place to express appreciation and gratitude to the philanthropy of the Rohr family and their magnanimous support of the shluchim worldwide.
On the morning following the Shluchim banquet a special ceremony took place to express appreciation and gratitude to the philanthropy of the Rohr family and their magnanimous support of the shluchim worldwide. It was a birthday party in honor of Reb Shmuel Rohr’s 80th birthday.
More in the Exteneded Article!
