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Hebrew teacher Rishi Wilhelm greets Havah Ruth Anovitz as she shows off leaves she brought for a class project, as fellow student Alex Abrams, left, arrives. The children attend the Stanford Eisenberg Knoxville Jewish Day School, a Montessori-style school with a religious twist.

Knoxville, TN - On a recent morning, Yakov Drumm quietly worked on a multiplication lesson as a classmate a few feet away pulled on her cheeks in an effort to correctly pronounce the Hebrew alphabet.

Learning their Alef, Bet, Gimels…

Knox News
Hebrew teacher Rishi Wilhelm greets Havah Ruth Anovitz as she shows off leaves she brought for a class project, as fellow student Alex Abrams, left, arrives. The children attend the Stanford Eisenberg Knoxville Jewish Day School, a Montessori-style school with a religious twist.

Knoxville, TN – On a recent morning, Yakov Drumm quietly worked on a multiplication lesson as a classmate a few feet away pulled on her cheeks in an effort to correctly pronounce the Hebrew alphabet.

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New Engagement!

Shmuel Rosenblatt (Brooklyn, NY) to Devora Twersky (Chicago, IL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Dovid Lifchitz (Boise, Idaho) to Mussie Moscowitz (Bucktown, IL)
New Engagement!

Yossi Kalman (Riverdale, NY) to Roizy Krausz (Lakewood, NJ) L’Chaim: Tuesday, Oct. 20th, 7:30pm at Rubashkin’s 1349 President Street
New Engagement!

Shlomo Zeilig Kupfer (Boro Park, Brooklyn) to Moussia Cooper (Melbourne, Australia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Alon Nussbaum (Johannesburg, South Africa) to Devorah Leah Edelkopf (Podgorico, Montenegro) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 7:30pm at The Shul 481 Albany Ave
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)
Most people, even Gentiles, are familiar with the opening sentence of the Torah: “IN THE BEGINNING G-D CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH”

But at first glance it has no practical importance.

What do we care how the world got created. or if it was created at all? In any case it happened thousands (maybe millions!) of years ago! Why can't the Torah just be like the other religions and say that G-d rewards and punishes whoever doesn't follow the rules? Who cares how the world got here?

But the teachings of Chassidut and Kabala reveal several vital messages here.

First of all, the Torah is telling us what the world is made of: that the basic element of creation is neither atoms nor quarks of energy or even spirit... all these are themselves creations.

The Weekly Sedra – Bereshis

Most people, even Gentiles, are familiar with the opening sentence of the Torah: “IN THE BEGINNING G-D CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH”

But at first glance it has no practical importance.

What do we care how the world got created. or if it was created at all? In any case it happened thousands (maybe millions!) of years ago! Why can’t the Torah just be like the other religions and say that G-d rewards and punishes whoever doesn’t follow the rules? Who cares how the world got here?

But the teachings of Chassidut and Kabala reveal several vital messages here.

First of all, the Torah is telling us what the world is made of: that the basic element of creation is neither atoms nor quarks of energy or even spirit… all these are themselves creations.

Something Jewish
Wanstead And Wood Ford Guardian
London, England - A Buckhurst Hill Rabbi has been touring the area in his Sukkah Mobile to bring home the message of a Jewish festival.

This week the Jewish community has been celebrating the festival of Tabernacles, which commemorates the Jewish Exodus from Egypt.

The exiled Jews built huts in the desert and Jewish people all over the world build their own replica huts to remember the occasion.

Because not all Jewish people are able to build their own huts Rabbi Odom Brandman, of the Chabad centre, Russell Road, has been touring schools and Jewish families in the area with his Sukkah Mobile - a hut on the back of a pick-up truck.

Giving Sukkah On Four Wheels

Wanstead And Wood Ford Guardian

London, England – A Buckhurst Hill Rabbi has been touring the area in his Sukkah Mobile to bring home the message of a Jewish festival.

This week the Jewish community has been celebrating the festival of Tabernacles, which commemorates the Jewish Exodus from Egypt.

The exiled Jews built huts in the desert and Jewish people all over the world build their own replica huts to remember the occasion.

Because not all Jewish people are able to build their own huts Rabbi Odom Brandman, of the Chabad centre, Russell Road, has been touring schools and Jewish families in the area with his Sukkah Mobile – a hut on the back of a pick-up truck.

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Jewish Silicon Valley

Matthew Miller, a self-described “white suburban teenager,” grew up in White Plains, New York, to Reconstructionist Jewish parents. He describes his teenage years as being filled with drugs and treif, (non-kosher food) and listening to hip-hop and reggae.

Today, Matthew Miller is Matisyahu Miller, an observant Chassidic Jew and top-selling artist on the Sony-BMG label. He performs across the country to Jews and non-Jews alike. His most popular song, “King Without a Crown,” made it to number seven in the Billboard charts.

From White Suburban Teenager to Chassidic Reggae Star

Jewish Silicon Valley

Matthew Miller, a self-described “white suburban teenager,” grew up in White Plains, New York, to Reconstructionist Jewish parents. He describes his teenage years as being filled with drugs and treif, (non-kosher food) and listening to hip-hop and reggae.

Today, Matthew Miller is Matisyahu Miller, an observant Chassidic Jew and top-selling artist on the Sony-BMG label. He performs across the country to Jews and non-Jews alike. His most popular song, “King Without a Crown,” made it to number seven in the Billboard charts.

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Hummer Parade! – Sukkah Hopping in Style!

Boca Raton, FL – Chol Hamoed Sukkos, four stretched hummers pulled out of the Chabad of Boca Raton’s parking lot with over 75 excited children ready to go sukkah hopping all over the town in style. A special sukkah scavenger hunt was arranged for the children by the youth director, Rabbi Shmuly Gutnick and Tami Cohen. The children followed the clues that lead them to many exciting activities.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Sukkah Street Fair

Boca Raton, FL – On Thursday Chol Hamoed Sukkos, Chabad of Boca Raton had a specatacular Street fair. A few hundred children and parents attended. They were met by bochurim (Yossi Denburg, Shimmy Korolitzky, Yisroel New, and Sholom Kotlarsky, who benched lulav and esrog with every single person.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Chabad Conquers Southwest Florida With Mitzvah Lulov and Etrog

Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida under the leadership of Rabbi Yitzchok and Nechamie Minkowicz hosted five Bochrim, Mendy Bronstein, Leibel Greenbaum, Dovid Rachmani, Dov Ber Lewis & Shmuly Karp for Sukkot. The five Bochrim went on Mitzvah Lulov everyday of Chol Hamoed to Offices and Homes. The people were very moved by the dedication, commitment and Joy that the Bochrim brought to them.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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The Australian
Melbourne, Australia — An Australian Rules football club has apologised for an alleged assault on a Jewish man by players who removed his traditional headwear then punched him.

Menachem Vorchheimer, 33, said he was walking with his young children in Melbourne on Saturday when men from the Ocean Grove Football Club who had been at the nearby Caulfield Guineas race meeting yelled taunts including “F... off Jews” and “Go the Nazis”.

Two of the players grabbed his hats before he was punched in the face.

Ocean Grove Football Club president Michael Vines said he did not know the circumstances of the attack but apologised and said the club took the allegations seriously.

Club Sorry for Attack on Jewish Man

The Australian

Melbourne, Australia — An Australian Rules football club has apologised for an alleged assault on a Jewish man by players who removed his traditional headwear then punched him.

Menachem Vorchheimer, 33, said he was walking with his young children in Melbourne on Saturday when men from the Ocean Grove Football Club who had been at the nearby Caulfield Guineas race meeting yelled taunts including “F… off Jews” and “Go the Nazis”.

Two of the players grabbed his hats before he was punched in the face.

Ocean Grove Football Club president Michael Vines said he did not know the circumstances of the attack but apologised and said the club took the allegations seriously.

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish a hearty Mazal Tov to Yitzchok Bogomilsky (Maplewood, NJ) upon his engagement to Etty (Bas Mendel) Pinson (Crown Heights) !

The L’chaim will IY”H be Sunday night at Chovevei Torah 885 Eastern Parkway between Albany and Troy.

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On the hompage of the Washington Posts website there is the following story!

Click here to veiw the photos!

Illustrating That Looks Aren't Everything

NEW YORK — Sometimes, all it takes to make good art is to point a finger — or a camera — at our world's most telling peculiarities. That, at least, is how many leading artists feel these days: They believe that content, presented as transparently as possible, is what ought to matter most; artsy form can only interfere. Photographers Andrea Robbins and Max Becher have made a career of such telling transparency. Their razor-sharp photographs seem like nothing more than windows open on the strangeness in the world. It's an effect that in itself demands an artful eye.

The Washington Post on 770’s Around the World

On the hompage of the Washington Posts website there is the following story!

Click here to veiw the photos!

Illustrating That Looks Aren’t Everything

NEW YORK — Sometimes, all it takes to make good art is to point a finger — or a camera — at our world’s most telling peculiarities. That, at least, is how many leading artists feel these days: They believe that content, presented as transparently as possible, is what ought to matter most; artsy form can only interfere. Photographers Andrea Robbins and Max Becher have made a career of such telling transparency. Their razor-sharp photographs seem like nothing more than windows open on the strangeness in the world. It’s an effect that in itself demands an artful eye.

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By Aliza Karp
The Arba Minim represent Jews with different characteristics all coming together. On Simchas Torah we put down the Arba Minim, signifying that our differences have now become nullified, and we dance together as one. But once inside 770, the people dancing together are people who are similar. How is the unity that transcends the Arba Minim applied to Jews who are not in 770?

TAHALUCHA! Tahalucha is Ahavas Yisroel. Tahalucha is Achdus. Tahalucha is Shlichus on Yom Tov. And most of the guys walking for hours hardly realize it. They go on Tahalucha because the Rebbe said to go. They make no Cheshboynos. And yet they are walking for hours to reach their destination, and then walking back. And they are doing it for Jews they have never met.

Simchas Torah Shlichus from Crown Heights

By Aliza Karp

The Arba Minim represent Jews with different characteristics all coming together. On Simchas Torah we put down the Arba Minim, signifying that our differences have now become nullified, and we dance together as one. But once inside 770, the people dancing together are people who are similar. How is the unity that transcends the Arba Minim applied to Jews who are not in 770?

TAHALUCHA! Tahalucha is Ahavas Yisroel. Tahalucha is Achdus. Tahalucha is Shlichus on Yom Tov. And most of the guys walking for hours hardly realize it. They go on Tahalucha because the Rebbe said to go. They make no Cheshboynos. And yet they are walking for hours to reach their destination, and then walking back. And they are doing it for Jews they have never met.

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With all the good news over Yom Tov we have been publishing many news items, due to this articles got moved over into the archives sooner then normal. We added a feature in which you no longer need to browse the archives, you just scroll to the bottom of the page and you can go back pages!



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Check Out the Archives!

With all the good news over Yom Tov we have been publishing many news items, due to this articles got moved over into the archives sooner then normal. We added a feature in which you no longer need to browse the archives, you just scroll to the bottom of the page and you can go back pages!

As you can also see we have added a few new ads in order to support the site, please support them by clicking their ads. If you are interested in advertising with us you can email sales@crownheights.info. To submit news items please email news@crownheights.info.

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Gaithersburg, MD — Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum, Chaplain of the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department assists the President of the RVFD, Eric Bernard with the shaking of the Lulav. Mr. Bernard and Fire Chief Lenny Chornock participated in Hakofos on Simchas Torah at Chabad of Upper Montgomery County.

Mivtza Lulav with the President of the Fire Dept.

Gaithersburg, MD — Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum, Chaplain of the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department assists the President of the RVFD, Eric Bernard with the shaking of the Lulav. Mr. Bernard and Fire Chief Lenny Chornock participated in Hakofos on Simchas Torah at Chabad of Upper Montgomery County.

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From the Inbox
Melbourne, Australia — I want to share a story with you that just happened.

On Shmini Atzeres after Mincha, I walked down to a small suburb called Elwood together with my good friend Eli G. Elwood was once a large Jewish epicenter. It has a beautiful Shul with over 1400 seats, but people have long moved out to other suburbs, and aside for Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur, its usually pretty empty expect for a few old men and woman. That being said, we were eager to follow the Chabad custom to go on Tahalucha and bring some life and joy to the few remaining people there.

As Shabbos finished and Yom Tov came in, Eli was craving for a cigarette. Not that I condone smoking, but he asked me to help him look for an existing flame to light his cigarette off, and we looked all over, but couldn't find one. We also looked for the non-Jewish caretaker to help us out, but we couldn't find him either. By this point Eli was getting a bit desperate so he went out to the street to see if he could find a passer by to light his cigarette.

A Tahalucha Story!

From the Inbox

Melbourne, Australia — I want to share a story with you that just happened.

On Shmini Atzeres after Mincha, I walked down to a small suburb called Elwood together with my good friend Eli G. Elwood was once a large Jewish epicenter. It has a beautiful Shul with over 1400 seats, but people have long moved out to other suburbs, and aside for Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur, its usually pretty empty expect for a few old men and woman. That being said, we were eager to follow the Chabad custom to go on Tahalucha and bring some life and joy to the few remaining people there.

As Shabbos finished and Yom Tov came in, Eli was craving for a cigarette. Not that I condone smoking, but he asked me to help him look for an existing flame to light his cigarette off, and we looked all over, but couldn’t find one. We also looked for the non-Jewish caretaker to help us out, but we couldn’t find him either. By this point Eli was getting a bit desperate so he went out to the street to see if he could find a passer by to light his cigarette.

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Photo Feature: Sukkot Round the World

Lubavitch.com
Children at the Brenenson Orphanage in Ukraine, with the lulav and etrog in the Sukka

In most of the world, Sukkot comes just as the leaves are turning and early autumn chills prompt us to pull our sweaters out of winter storage. It’s still usually pleasant enough to enjoy sitting around the table in the Sukkah. Not so in Siberia or Alaska, where outside temperatures are well below the freezing mark.

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