Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmuli and Chani (nee Ladayov) Kozlovsky (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to their parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
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Rally at the Ohel
This Monday, Tes vov Chesven, November 6th there will be a rally at the Ohel for children ages 5 to 12.
Busses leave 770 at 5:00 and return at 7:45, ($2 for bus).
Free umbrella for all attendees!!
For more information call (718) 773 1688.
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Mazal Tov!! – New Engagement!!
We would like to wish a very very BIG Mazal Tov to Shmulik Brand (Lud, Israel) upon his engagement to Tzini Bas Meir Hershkop (Crown Heights) !!
“We are calling it a pilot program,” said Chanie Zaklikovsky, the school’s director and wife of the Chabad rabbi, Eliezer Zaklikovsky. “We have eight children enrolled, ages eight to 11,” for the Sunday morning classes. “If we get more children or younger children, we will open the school to them as well.”
Despite the area’s reputation as a haven for retirees, the Zaklikovskys predict there is a need to be filled among Jewish families who have moved into the housing developments that have blossomed in Monroe Township in the past few years.
Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe Opens its Own School
Monroe, NJ — The Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe has opened a religious school for elementary-age pupils, only the second in Monroe Township.
“We are calling it a pilot program,” said Chanie Zaklikovsky, the school’s director and wife of the Chabad rabbi, Eliezer Zaklikovsky. “We have eight children enrolled, ages eight to 11,” for the Sunday morning classes. “If we get more children or younger children, we will open the school to them as well.”
Despite the area’s reputation as a haven for retirees, the Zaklikovskys predict there is a need to be filled among Jewish families who have moved into the housing developments that have blossomed in Monroe Township in the past few years.
Mazal Tov!! – Matisyahu – Its A Boy!!
We would like to wish a BIG Mazal Tov to Matisyahu and Tahli (nee Silverman) Miller (Crown Heights) on the birth of a baby boy.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to their parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
Asheville, NC — “I go to the grocery store, and I know people are curious,” says Susskind, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and head of The Western North Carolina Chabad Lubavitch Center for Jewish Life, referring to the beard and traditional Orthodox Jewish clothing he wears.
Susskind and his wife, Chana, were raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. They came to Asheville earlier this year to reach out to Jews and non-Jews alike, to teach them about Judaism.
Rabbi Brings Awareness of Orthodox Judaism
Asheville, NC — “I go to the grocery store, and I know people are curious,” says Susskind, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and head of The Western North Carolina Chabad Lubavitch Center for Jewish Life, referring to the beard and traditional Orthodox Jewish clothing he wears.
Susskind and his wife, Chana, were raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. They came to Asheville earlier this year to reach out to Jews and non-Jews alike, to teach them about Judaism.
So Abraham tells Lot (1): "Let there be no arguments between the two of us or between our shepherds, because, after all, we are brothers.” Abraham suggests that they part ways. “If you go left then I will go right, and if you go right then I will go left.” Immediately agreeing to Abraham's proposal, Lot chooses the Jordan plain and Abraham settles in the Land of Canaan. They separate.
The story seems straightforward. Yet sensitive, as always, to subtle nuances in the biblical narrative, our sages exposed another dimension to the story.
Start With Your Own Brother – Live and Let Live
Chapter 13 of Genesis, this week’s portion, describes Abraham’s disengagement from his nephew Lot. The background to this development is clear. Both Abraham and Lot have become quite wealthy, their flocks have become numerous; the grazing lands are no longer large enough to meet their needs. Disputes brake out between the shepherds of Abraham and Lot.
So Abraham tells Lot (1): “Let there be no arguments between the two of us or between our shepherds, because, after all, we are brothers.” Abraham suggests that they part ways. “If you go left then I will go right, and if you go right then I will go left.” Immediately agreeing to Abraham’s proposal, Lot chooses the Jordan plain and Abraham settles in the Land of Canaan. They separate.
The story seems straightforward. Yet sensitive, as always, to subtle nuances in the biblical narrative, our sages exposed another dimension to the story.
On March 1, 1994, A terrorist gunman in a car opened fire on a van carrying more than a dozen Lubavitcher Bochurim as it began to cross the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan... Get the whole story at AriHalberstam.com
Video – Faith to Faith – Ari Halberstam and Terrorism
On March 1, 1994, A terrorist gunman in a car opened fire on a van carrying more than a dozen Lubavitcher Bochurim as it began to cross the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan… Get the whole story at AriHalberstam.com
– Genesis 12:1
“Go for yourself” For your own benefit and for your own good.
– Rashi Genesis 12:1
During his monthly visits to the market in Krakow, a wealthy merchant took note of an extremely pious woman.
The woman; a widow, would huddle near her basket of bread reciting Psalms. She would only lift her eyes from her worn prayer book to sell a roll. After each sale, she would immediately return to the frayed pages that were moistened with teardrops, but not before thanking her customers and showering them with blessings.
The Weekly Sedra – Lech Lecha
– Genesis 12:1
“Go for yourself” For your own benefit and for your own good.
– Rashi Genesis 12:1
During his monthly visits to the market in Krakow, a wealthy merchant took note of an extremely pious woman.
The woman; a widow, would huddle near her basket of bread reciting Psalms. She would only lift her eyes from her worn prayer book to sell a roll. After each sale, she would immediately return to the frayed pages that were moistened with teardrops, but not before thanking her customers and showering them with blessings.
Eight new Talmidim Hashluchim Arrive to Sydney
The Chabad Yeshiva of Sydney, Australia, has just celebrated the arrival of eight additional Talmidim Hashluchim. The Bochurim, who were forced to spend Shabbos in San Francisco due to a problem with one of the planes fuel tanks, were hosted by the Shliach Rabbi Gedaliah Potash, who himself is a former Shliach to the Sydney yeshiva, Farbrengen with the stranded Bochurim.
When the Bochurim arrived at Sydney, they were greeted at the airport by the Rosh Yeshiva and Rabbi of the Lubavitcher community in the city, Rabbi Pinchas HaCohen Feldman, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Feldman director of the yeshiva and head of the Semicha Institute of Sydney, Rabbi Dovid Slavin, executive director of the yeshiva and Rabbi Sholom Feldman a member of the yeshiva’s administration.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Please Say Tehillim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Shaina Bracha bas Chana Chaya
She is fifteen-month-old baby, who will be undergoing surgery on Monday. We are praying that this surgery will help her hear and have a healthier life.
Jewish Congregation Celebrates New Meeting House
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Members of the Jewish faith are celebrating the dedication of their new house of worship today. Members of the group Chabad Lubavitch of Utah simply outgrew their meeting house, but their Rabbi has had his eye on this building for many years.
The long-anticipated dedication day for one Jewish congregation has arrived. Rabbi Benny Zippel shows us the sanctuary.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
Mazal Tov!! – New Engagement!!
We would like to wish a very hearty Mazal Tov to Moshe Reichman (Tel Aviv, Israel) upon his engagement to Golda Rosenstein (Detroit, MI) !!
The Lechaim will IY”H be on Motzoai Shabbos Parashas Vayera in ULY on Crown and Albany!
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish a BIG Mazal Tov to Mendy and Brocha (nee Gottlieb) Rendler (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son!
The Sholom Zochor will IY”H be at 778 Montgomery St. between Albany and Troy.
We would also like to wish BIG Mazal Tov to Shimy and Devorah Leah (nee Rodal) Heidingsfeld (Westlake Village, CA) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborns be a source of Nachas to their parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
his brother Shane at a bar mitzvah
“His desire and pleasure was to help people,” said Bradley’s parents, Michael, 52, and Michele, 49, in a statement to the Advocate. “He touched and enriched our lives beyond comprehension.”
Bradley, a Middleton native, lost control of his 2004 Toyota Matrix on Amherst Road in Pelham when his car careened into an embankment and then flipped over, according to Pelham Police Department Chief Edward Fleury. Skikne, who was not wearing a seatbelt, died instantly, Fleury said. Police are still investigating whether speed was a factor.
UMass Student Killed in Car Crash After Rescuing Driver
his brother Shane at a bar mitzvah
Amherst, MA — Bradley N. Skikne, a 22-year-old student at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an emergency medical technician, lost his life Sunday after rescuing another just a half hour before, police said.
“His desire and pleasure was to help people,” said Bradley’s parents, Michael, 52, and Michele, 49, in a statement to the Advocate. “He touched and enriched our lives beyond comprehension.”
Bradley, a Middleton native, lost control of his 2004 Toyota Matrix on Amherst Road in Pelham when his car careened into an embankment and then flipped over, according to Pelham Police Department Chief Edward Fleury. Skikne, who was not wearing a seatbelt, died instantly, Fleury said. Police are still investigating whether speed was a factor.
At around 7:15pm a minivan rear ended a SUV on Carroll St between Troy and Schenectady. The incident took place as a Jewish woman was double parked waiting for someone when all of a sudden she was rear ended by the minivan, both drivers got out and the driver of the minivan was being incoherent and had slurred speech. Police were called and did a field sobriety test which he failed and was arrested for DUI [Driving Under the Influence].
B”H There was no reported injuries.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
Drunk Driver Rear Ends Parked Car
At around 7:15pm a minivan rear ended a SUV on Carroll St between Troy and Schenectady. The incident took place as a Jewish woman was double parked waiting for someone when all of a sudden she was rear ended by the minivan, both drivers got out and the driver of the minivan was being incoherent and had slurred speech. Police were called and did a field sobriety test which he failed and was arrested for DUI [Driving Under the Influence].
B”H There was no reported injuries.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
New Program for Children of ‘Mekurovim’
Napierville, Canada — A unique program for children of Chabad associates was just launched in the Or Menachem Yeshiva.
This new successful program was carried out by a devoted and the professional staff that arranged a curriculum designed to the individual level of every student and includes weekly trips. The learning sessions are held in a beautiful and large building, with comfortable bedrooms and basketball court, etc.
