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Updated: 11:27:PM Saturday, Nov 07, 2009 SHABBOS PARSHAS VAYEIRA IN CROWN HEIGHTS IN SHORT REVIEW
On Friday night there were 8 Sholom Zochors k"ah. Chezky Herz Davened Shachris @ the Umud downstairs. There was 1 Choson. Betzalel Kupchik spoke before Mussaf. Mendy Herz Davened Mussaf @ the Umud.
In the Rebbe's room, Fishel Edelkopf Davened Shachris @ the Umud. There were 4 chasanim. Dubi Rabinowitz Davened Mussaf @ the Umud.
The regular Kiddushim including those for the Chasanim were held both upstairs & downstairs in 770 and went on all afternoon long.
Downstairs in 770 before the end of Shabbos, R' Chaim Serebryanski Chazzered a Maamer.
For Shabbos @ the Ohel there were lerech 80 people k"ah.
Mumbai Torah Dedicated in Waterbury, CT 
On Nov. 1 the Chabad Lubavitch of Northwest Connecticut transformed the one-year anniversary of the Mumbai tragedy into a celebration of the couple's legacy and life's work with the dedication of a Torah and a gala dinner honoring Rabbi Holtzberg's parents, who joined the celebration, as well three local community service veterans. The event was held at the Waterbury Holiday Inn.
"It's a blessing for the community," said Rabbi Joseph Eisenbach, who with his wife, Mina,
Chumash Celebrations in Romania Second-graders at the Ohr Avner-Chabad School in Romania celebrated beginning to study the Chumash this week.
The party was held at the Amzei Shul, where the children sang songs, played music, and put on a show. Each child then received a Chumash, after which they read out certain verses with great emotion. Many parents shed a tear of joy at the thought that their children would now study Torah from their own Chumash.
The party was the final stage of a week of special activities about the Torah. These included meeting a sofer, trying to write using a feather and ink, arts and crafts, competitions, and quizzes.
Veterans Day 2009 By Rabbi Eli Hecht - EXCLUSIVE to Shmais.com
During the month of November we celebrate Veterans Day. Our newspapers and media are full of advertisements for the best deals of the day. From electronics to clothing, to health care and insurance, car sales, there are Veterans Day specials. Ironically most people who take advantage of Veterans Days sales may not veterans. The veterans are busy dealing with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to one or more traumatic events that threatened or caused great physical harm. It may be a result of shell shock, battle fatigue etc. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) which occurs when outside forces like car bombings and the like traumatically injures the brain.
Then there are physical handicaps like broken bones, backs and families. Amputees are busy learning how to live their lives in a normal fashion and physiological training is a must while suicides are at its highest rate. With the recent tragedies of the killing of innocent soldiers by traumatized soldiers is an example of the mayhem caused by war and experienced by the veterans.
It was November 11th, 1919 when U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed an Armistice Day. In 1953 the Board of Educations supported closing their doors on November 11 to honor veterans. President Dwight Eisenhower signed it into law on May 26th, 1954.
“Loaves of Love” at the University of Connecticut 
A “Challah” is often braided of many strands. It is no surprise, then, that it was the baking of hundreds of Challahs that brought dozens of students together. On a recent night at the Storrs campus of the University of Connecticut, students of all stripes joined forces for an evening of fun, food, and community service.
Spearheaded by Mrs. Shaindel Hecht, Program Director of Chabad @ UConn, the event was a true collaboration
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The Rebbe's Advice #261 - RABBI SHMUEL DOVID RAICHIK Surely you are watching your health appropriately, as we discussed when you were here. Please notify me of your health condition, and it should be without covering up any information. You write that you would like to come to New York for Yud Shevat. It is only proper if your wife is in agreement. Ibid. p. 143
Chabad on Campus Draws 800 College Students To Retreat in Brooklyn by Dvora Lakein - Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters
(lubavitch.com) They are trading Harvard Square and College Hill for Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue. For an entire weekend, their course schedules and term papers will be relegated to the bottommost regions of their backpacks. Cafeteria food will be replaced by fine Shabbat dining, and Ipods will be out-sung by local bands and friendly sing-alongs. It is the annual International Student Shabbaton, and 800 of the world’s Jewish collegians will be there.
Every autumn, for the last three decades, university students leave dorm life behind for a weekend of Jewish exploration and companionship. This Friday night, November 6, 2009, representatives from 100 schools around the world will break challah together in the neighborhood of Crown Heights in Brooklyn, New York.
“The weekend represents a chance for students, from schools large and small, to recognize that they are part of a broad social movement,” explains Rabbi Moshe Chaim Dubrowski, director of operations for Chabad on Campus.continue...
Chabad House of Hadera Meets Its End The Chabad House of Hadera, run by Rabbi Yochanan Butman, has been serving the local Jewish community for many years. During that time, it was in a central location, donated by the owners of the land for a low rent. However, it now has to move because the land was sold to a building contractor who wishes to develop the area.
The Chabad House was given an opportunity to purchase the land for the sum
LIVING WITH MOSHIACH #1621 Presiding over the trial on the "Day of Judgement" will be Moshiach himself... He will weigh and consider the bleak life that Jews have lived in exile. He will intercede on their behalf and seek out their merits, pointing out that they did not want to sin: they were unable to overcome their Evil Inclination. Moshiach will see everyone's virtues. (Likutei Diburim of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn)
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Chai on learning in West Houston By MICHAEL C. DUKE
In what started out as a mere lunch-n-learn program nearly a decade ago, today, has become West Houston’s newest full-fledged Jewish education institution, complete with children’s Hebrew school, adult-learning classes and, of course, Shabbat and holiday events.
The Chai Learning Center of West Houston, located at 14133 Memorial Dr., one block west of Kirkwood Dr., is the product of a growing and spiritually hungry Jewish community on the city’s west side, explained the center’s founder and director, Rabbi Dovid Goldstein.
“We’re calling the institution the Chai Learning Center – chai meaning ‘life’ – because we want to ignite people’s lives through learning,” Rabbi Goldstein said.CONTINUE...
Young Chabad Man Tragically Killed in Petach Tikva A young Chabad Chassid who worked at the Yachin Center compound in Petach Tikvah tragically lost his life last week when throwing out some garbage into a crusher.
Unfortunately, he somehow got caught by the machine and was sucked inside. Emergency service and rescue workers called to the scene pronounced him dead on the spot. The young man, aged 24, was a ger from Yaffo who had become close to Chabad.
Jewish community Meets with Mayor TAMBOV, Russia – For the Day of National Unity, celebrated in Russia on November 4, the Jewish community of Tambov, headed by Chairman Arkady Farba, met with Tambov mayor Petr Chernoivanov. The gathering also involved representatives of the Armenian, Tatar, Kurdish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian communities and religious denominations of the region, as well as foreign students studying in Tambov.
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IDF Thwarts Gaza Bomber; 2 Wounded (IsraelNN.com) An IDF tank unit foiled an attempted attack on Friday night by firing on a terror suspect as he attempted to plant a bomb along the security barrier. The incident took place near Nahal Oz.
A tank opened fire on the would-be bomber. According to Arab media, two Gaza residents were lightly wounded in the incident.
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Chabad campaign: Messages from Rebbe at basketball court Kobi Nahshoni
The Chabad movement and the Hapoel Jerusalem basketball club have launched an advertising campaign to disseminate Jewish and Hassidic messages at the team's home court in Malha. Famous sayings attributed to the Lubavitcher Rebbe will appear on the large billboards that line the court.
Since last week's game against French club Roanne during Eurocup qualifiers, messages such as "Your one good deed does good for everyone" and "You want to change the world? The power is in your hands" will be shown during home games at Malha.
The messages are projected on a 32-meter (yard) long digital billboard before the eyes of tends of thousands of spectators at the court and watching at home.
In addition, the messages will also be printed in the team's pamphlets distributed in the thousands as well as on a banner on the team's internet site. The objective: "to encourage love of Israel and to increase Jewish identity."
Ukrainian Ambassador Tours Jewish Children’s Museum By Shalom Klein
Ambassador Yuriy A. Sergeyev, Ukraine’s permanent representative to the United Nations in New York, visited the Jewish Children’s Museum in Brooklyn Thursday to view first-hand its efforts at educating children of all backgrounds.
Led by Rabbi Mendel Spalter, director of development at the museum, the tour was an outgrowth of an ongoing relationship between the institution and Ukraine’s Mission to the UN. Joined by Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, the educational arm of Chabad-Lubavitch, Sergeyev first viewed the museum’s temporary exhibition on the Holocaust.
During a walk through of the facility’s hands-on exhibits describing the Jewish holidays and Shabbat, the diplomat – whose country is home to one of the largest re-emerging Jewish communities in the world – noted the importance of children being able to experience Jewish customs in an entertaining setting.
Following the tour, Spalter and Kotlarsky briefed the ambassador about Chabad-Lubavitch activities around the globe, specifically those of the children’s organization Tzivos Hashem, a sister institution of the museum. CONTINUE...
Little Shula Remembered in Argentina When the girls in the seventh-grade class of a Chabad school in Argentina heard about the tragic death of little Shula Swerdlow in a road accident in Jerusalem, they and their teacher Rivka Plotke decided to honor her memory.
The girls set up a table with Shabbos candle lighting kits, which they distributed, and a special book of good resolutions. Each girl wrote down the good resolution that she personally made to honor the memory of Alta Shula bas Yosef Yitzchok and to bring about the Geula. (SOURCE: COL.ORG.IL)
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Some employees of the famous Spotlight Design firm in Crown Heights Updated: 9:55:PM Thursday, Nov 05, 2009 Chabad Center Vandalized, Community Pulls Together by Dvora Lakein - Hyannis, Massachusetts
PHOTOS BY FRANK F. PAPARO / Lubavitch.com(lubavitch.com) Three youths will be arraigned Friday morning in connection with Tuesday’s break-in at the Chabad Jewish Center of Cape Cod. The local teenagers are accused of vandalizing the synagogue, pulling a charity box off the wall, smashing doors, and throwing phylacteries on the floor. Especially disturbing to the center’s rabbi and the broader community was the overt message the teens
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The Rebbe's Advice #260 - SPONSOR PRINTING OF REBBE’S SEFER In memory of Rabbi Gavriel & Rebbetzin Rivkah Holtzberg HYD - Shluchim to Mumbai, India
I was notified by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Hecht that you requested we arrange for you the saying of kaddish and mishnayos, the study of Mishna after one hundred twenty years of your life. Someone in Eretz Yisrael can do it for you (the price is somewhere around $300-$400).
My father-in-law says it is better to be involved with living matters while alive, I suggest you take upon yourself the financial responsibility to pay for the printing of one of the sefer hasichos of my father-in-law. We will print, right in the beginning of the sefer, that you and your wife paid for its printing. Both of you will have a partnership in the mitzvah of all those who will learn in this sefer. Ibid. p. 125
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A 770 Bar Mitzvah for the Shliach’s Son Hundreds of residents of Zichron Yaakov celebrated the bar mitzvah of Tomim Meir Freiman, son of local shliach Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Freiman, this week.
The celebrations were held in the local Chabad House, a replica of 770, in the neighborhood of Chalomot Zichron. The leader of the local council Eli Aboutboul thanked Rabbi and Mrs. Freiman for the many activities that they run throughout the year.
Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin takes the stand and insists he never intentionally violated federal fraud or immigration laws By GRANT SCHULTE
Sioux Falls, S.D. – Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin insisted today that he never intentionally violated federal fraud or immigration laws as the head of an eastern Iowa kosher meat plant, but acknowledged that he “made mistakes.”
The former top executive at Agriprocessors Inc. attributed his plant’s questionable financial practices to his own oversights or actions by other employees. He said he was “trying hard to comply with the law” at the plant, but he grew visibly annoyed when grilled by a federal prosecutor.
“I made mistakes,” he said. “I’m a human being. I took the information people gave me and sort of went with it without really drilling down to see if it was for real or not.”
...Rubashkin told jurors he never read the agreement for a $35 million credit line to the plant, which he signed.continue...
Netanya Residents Protest Chabad Yeshiva Move Residents of Macdonald Street in Netanya, who protested three years ago against the opening of the religious Shuvu school on their block, were surprised to see that a Chabad yeshiva had opened at the site last week.
One resident told the ynet website, “Over the past few days, I noticed a stream of chareidi men going into the campus. When I left the house early in the morning, I saw young men carrying towels on Continue...
LIVING WITH MOSHIACH #1620 Rav said, "The world was created only for [King] David." Shmuel said, "The world was created only for Moshe." Rabbi Yochanan said, "The world was created only for Moshiach." (Talmud Sanhedrin 88b)
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Halacha of the Day: Lefties and Righties in Halacha (12) Compiled by Rabbi Eliezer Wenger for SHMAIS.com
There is a halachic ruling that “ein maavirin al hamitzvos” that one cannot bypass a mitzvah that he can do at that moment. Therefore, since one must put on his Tefillin shel yad before the one on the head, when he replaces the Tefillin after Shacharis the day before he places the shel yad on the right side of the bag, so that when he puts forward his stronger hand, the right one, it will
Special Shiur Marks Hall’s “Conversion” to Kashrus and Shabbos Last night, dozens of residents of Yehud, near Tel Aviv, attended a special session of Rabbi Shmuel Wolf’s weekly shiur. This time, it was held at the exclusive Event Hall to celebrate the hall’s management turning it into a kosher establishment that will be closed on Shabbos from now on.
The shiur opened with Tehillim on Chanukas Habayis, recited by Chabad House director Rabbi Shimon Weiner. Afterwards, Rabbi Wolf gave a special shiur on the theme, “From the Akeida to Al-Qaeda,” on the inner significance of Akeidas Yitzchok in the eyes of Chassidus.
At the end of the evening, the hall’s owner announced that he wanted to host the Chabad House’s annual latkes party this year, which is always held on one of the nights of Chanukah.
Netanyahu Ready for Temporary Construction Reduction Arutz-7
(IsraelNN.com) The Prime Minister's Office issued a statement Thursday night which said that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, "will be ready to reduce the extent of building in Yesha (Judea and Samaria) for a limited period of time in order to set the the peace process in motion with the Palestinians." The announcement was in response to a report by Arutz Sheva that United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had received a promise from Netanyahu that he had stopped construction in the area.
The statement added that the prime minister had expressed himself on the matter a number of times and that he was committed to continuing the normal lifestyle of the residents of Judea and Samaria.
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Updated: 11:20:PM Wednesday, Nov 04, 2009 The Rabbi-To-Be Gets A Title Shot by Steve Lipman
The verbal sparring starts as soon as Yuri Foreman begins his training session.
Foreman, a native of Belarus who moved with his family to Israel at age 10 to escape anti-Semitism, and then to New York City at 19 alone to prepare for a boxing career, is a fighter with a rare pedigree — a top-ranked light middleweight contender and a rabbinical student. As perhaps befits a guy who pores carefully over religious texts, he is a ring tactician so cautiously methodical that critics call him Yuri “Boreman.”
He’s careful about his training regimen, too, and on a recent morning at Gleason’s Gym he picks up a jump rope to get himself warmed up. Wearing black shorts and black T-shirt, he hops vigorously in place, whirring the rope past his head and toes, hardly breaking a sweat. “You’re not a real rabbi,” taunts a bystander. “He’s a real rabbi,” the heckler continues, jabbing a finger in the direction of a nearby boxer who is shadow boxing.
Foreman nods, but doesn’t miss a beat. The other boxer, 22-year-old Shmuli Gross, actually is a rabbi, a Brooklyn student at Touro College with rabbinical ordination. But as an amateur, he’s not in Foreman’s league — in the ring, that is.
Jewish day school showcased in Reno BY DAVID JACOBS
The start of the Jewish new year this fall ushered in a new educational era for the Northern Nevada community.
Aleph Academy, a day school, opened its doors in the new Chabad Regional Center off West Moana Lane.
"It is based a lot on respect of the child, it's a community-based philosophy," educational director Sarah Cunin said of the school's mind-set. "Parents are very involved in the way that the school goes, the families are very involved. We just don't work with the child in isolation. There is a give and take between teacher, child, family, which is very special."
The school serves about 20 students ranging in age from preschoolers to some of elementary school age. About half are ages 2 to 5 with the other half in the first through fourth grade.
The Rebbe's Advice #259 - MENTIONING REBBE AT GRAVESITES IN ERETZ YISRAEL MENTIONING REBBE AT GRAVESITES IN ERETZ YISRAEL Thank you very much for mentioning me at the holy grave sites throughout Eretz Yisroel. Ibid. p. 118
Ukraine Closes Schools Nationwide For Fear of Swine Flu Lubavitch.com
(lubavitch.com) In a drastic measure adopted to combat the swine flu virus, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko ordered a three-week closure of Ukraine's schools.
"From today, all the school establishments in Ukraine -- be they private or public -- will be put on three weeks of holiday," she told her cabinet in comments carried on Ukrainian television last Friday.
Rabbi Shmuel Kaminzki, Chief Rabbi of Dnepropetrovsk, told lubavitch.com that in compliance with these orders, beginning this week, “all of the Ohr Avner Chabad schools in Ukraine have been closed.”
With 35 Ohr Avner schools and some 50 kindergartens in the networks, there are about 1000 children in the Chabad school network.
The measure, which also includes a ban on public gatherings, comes after 30 people have died of unexplained causes in The Ternopil region in Western Ukraine.
Ontario Jewish Communities Honor Infant’s Memory By Tamar Runyan
Following an infant’s untimely passing, his family is honoring the memory of their departed son and nephew by strengthening Jewish education in their communities, unveiling programs in two cities in Ontario, Canada, during the week of what would have been his first birthday.
Meir Shlomo Zaltzman, the son of Rabbi Mendel and Chanie Zaltzman, passed away at the age of seven months on May 25, just a few days before the holiday of Shavuot. For the parents of young Meir Shlomo, the loss understandably came as a shock. But in the following months, they responded to the tragedy by approaching their activities at the Jewish Russian Community Center of Yonge and Clark with a renewed vigor.
“I’d like to redirect the energy I would have given to Shloime’le to the young children of our community who are the continuation of the Jewish people,” said Chanie Zaltzman, who co-directs the Toronto-based JRCC and also teaches at its Hebrew School.
Rubashkin trial: Informant had been rejected as employee due to fake papers Sioux Falls, S.D. – A federal informant who infiltrated an eastern Iowa meat plant five months before a massive immigration raid applied to work at the slaughterhouse but was twice rejected because of fake work papers, a top agent testified today.
The Cedar Rapids-based special agent was called to testify by lawyers for Sholom Rubashkin, the plant’s former vice president, who is on trial for 91 financial fraud charges.
The informant, “S.A. 007,” was hired on the third
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Nobel Prize Winner Visits Argentina The Chabad House in Rosario, Argentina, hosted the winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Economics, Professor Yisrael Aumann of Israel this week.
The professor told the crowd about the Kiddush Hashem that resulted from his winning the prize. He also recalled the preparations that took place in Sweden before the presentation and his determination to adhere to the laws of the Torah. The professor also praised the activities of Chabad shluchim around the world.
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FJC Visit to North and South Ossetia FJC.RU
VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia – On October 26-28, Rabbi Aaron Gurevich, head of FJC Russia’s Department for Cooperating with the Military, Ministry of Emergency Affairs and Law Enforcement Agencies visited the republics of North Ossetia (Russia) and South Ossetia (Georgia).
Rabbi Gurevich visited part of the 58th Army of the North Caucasus Military District, which is located in a state of high alert. Rabbi Gurevich talked to the army commanders and with the Jewish soldiers serving there. During his
LIVING WITH MOSHIACH #1619 In the time to come it will be apparent in every entity that it is the handiwork of G-d's creation. People will be able to perceive how the true nucleus of each particular entity, with its distinctive features and characteristics, is the Word of G-d -- that is -- the particular Divine Utterance which suffuses it with vitality and grants it life. (Likutei Sichot, 29)(L'Chaim)
Visit to 770 Highlight of Chumash Party Hundreds of second-graders have been enjoying their Chumash parties, which have ended with a special visit to the 770 building in Kfar Chabad. The children were joined by their teachers and some of their parents.
In the 770 building, they heard a brief talk given by its director, Rabbi Menachem Lattar and watched a video of the Rebbe. Afterwards, the children gathered in the Rebbe’s room, where they recited Tehillim, gave tzedakah, and made good resolutions. Some of the children wrote panim that were sent to the Ohel. At the end of their visit, the children posed for a group photograph at the entrance of the building.
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Video: Huge Arms Shipment Seized by IDF by Gil Ronen
(IsraelNN.com) Brigadier-General Rani Ben-Yehudah, Head of Navy Staff, said Wednesday that the ship apprehended in a raid by an elite IDF unit was carrying “ten times and more” than the amount of weapons that was on the Karine A when that ship was apprehended in 2002.
Videos from IDF Spokesman's Unit: IDF forces discover munitions hidden inside the ship (1), ship brought to dock (2), unloading and unpacking weapons (3).
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200 people participated at Lubavitch Chabad of Northbrook 10th anniversary dinner and celebration on Sunday, November 1st.Karen Jossel received the 'Kindness Award' and Philip and Illana Weintraub received the "Lamplighter Award".
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First Israeli Real Estate Trade Fair Held in Moscow by S. Fridman - Moscow, Russia
(www.lubavitch.com) Among the guests joining Chabad of Moscow’s Israeli community for Shabbat services and dinner last Friday night, were a group of Israeli realtors, bankers and lawyers who had come to participate in the city’s first real estate fair.
Representatives from over a dozen top Israeli realty developers, Israel Discount Bank and a leading Israeli law firm participated in last week’s two day fair.
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Scrolling through Jewish history By Kendall Hatch/Daily News staff
NATICK, MA - Members of MetroWest's Jewish community gathered yesterday to celebrate a tradition thousands of years old - the writing of a Sefer Torah scroll.
"We have been doing this for 3,000 years," said Yitzchok Cohen of Natick. "These traditions have been going on for centuries."
About 100 congregants, rabbis from other synagogues and members of the community met at the Chabad Center for the dedication ceremony of the new scroll. Families who had sponsored the writing of a book, section, verse, word or letter of the Torah were called on to assist Rabbi Moshe Klein of New York, the commissioned scribe.
"It's a very proud moment because it's a continuation of the Jewish faith," said Rachel Bornstein, a former congregant at the Chabad Center. "It represents unity. Each letter, each person, each contribution goes to the completion of the Torah."
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Chabad School Goes on Strike The PTA at the Chabad school in the southern Israel city of Netivot declared a students’ strike today. The reason for this is that the Education Ministry has decided to reinstate the principal who ran the school for six years even though many parents believe that her mismanagement caused difficulties to the students and badly affected the learning program.
The Education Ministry originally allowed the principal to be transferred elsewhere at the beginning of the year. However, it then reinstated her despite strong objections from the teachers and the parents, who found it impossible to work with her.
The Ministry had even appointed a replacement, who was doing well in her new position, but who may well lose her job.
The Education Ministry does not deny that there are problems, but due to various technical reasons and legal considerations it decided nonetheless to reinstate the former principal.
Lessons will be on strike until a solution is found, enabling the transfer of the principal and the reinstatement of her replacement. (SOURCE; COL.ORG.IL)
The Rebbe's Advice #258 - PRINTING REBBE’S SEFORIM I took half of the leftover money which you sent, and used it for printing and publicizing, sending the yud beis-yud gimmel Tammuz pamphlet all over. I dedicated it anonymously, for the strengthening of hiskashrus. I specially did so because I do not know what is happening with your hiskashrus to the Rebbe (please forgive me for saying so). Ibid. p. 105
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Reshet Bet Reports on Flourishing Chabad Houses in China On the “Netiv Olami” show, broadcast by the Israeli radio station Reshet Bet, a couple of backpackers spoke about their intention to tour China. They asked if the Chabad Houses there sold kosher food that could be purchased on site.
“Chabad Houses are flourishing in China,” said the show’s presenters.
“I was there on Friday night, exactly a week and a half ago,” said Dr. Chen Baram. “It’s wonderful to see what goes on there. There’s a very energetic Rabbi, who is also very open. There are even a Chabad minyan and a Sephardi minyan over there,” he added.
Halacha of the Day: Lefties and Righties in Halacha (11) Compiled by Rabbi Eliezer Wenger for SHMAIS.com
The Debreciner (Shut Be’eir Moshe Vol. 2,3:19) cites the Minchas Pittim regarding which hand a right-handed person should use when holding items which do not involve the actual performance of a mitzvah, but it is a means to do the mitzvah (hechsher mitzvah), a preparation for the mitzvah, or the like, such as holding the chometz which needs to be burned, the shechita or milah knife or the sand, etc for covering the blood of a chicken (kisu hadam). According to the Minchas Pittim, one would be able to do it with his left hand as well. Nevertheless the Debreciner is of the opinion that the left-handed person should use his left hand. (Although it would appear that he could also use his right hand according to the Minchas Pittim).
When it comes to remove the Tefillin from the head, one should remove it with his left hand to show that they are reluctant to remove their Tefillin. Thus a left-handed individual would use his right hand (which is his weaker hand) to show his reluctance in removing his Tefillin. (Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch O.C. 28:5)
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Details of negotiations and phone conversations between terrorists at Nariman House in Mumbai and the Israeli Embassy
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Updated: 6:34:PM Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009 LIVING WITH MOSHIACH #1618 About the coming of Moshiach, Rabbi Shneur Zalman (the first Rebbe of Chabad) said that it will be written in the newspapers. That is just an expression. The actual meaning is that every single Jew will be ready for the coming of Moshiach exactly as if it were written in the newspaper that Moshiach is already on the way! (Torat Sholom of the Rebbe Rashab)(L'CHAIM)
Details of negotiations and phone conversations between 26/11 terrorists at Nariman House in Mumbai and the Israeli Embassy Mumbai: Details of negotiations and phone conversations between 26/11 terrorists at Nariman House in Mumbai and the Israeli Embassy in Washington were revealed at the Mumbai special court on Tuesday.
The court heard a CD of telephone conversations between the terrorists who attacked Mumbai in November 2008 and Israeli officials. So was Israel negotiating or buying time?
The court heard clear evidence that Israeli officials had tried to negotiate for the release of several hostages inside the Jewish Chabad House during the 26/11 attacks.
So almost a year after the November 26, 2008, terrorist attack in Mumbai it was officially established that that the Israeli Embassy officials in Washington DC had initiated negotiations with the terrorists at Nariman House.
In an audio clip of the telephonic conversation played before the special court at the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai, two things were clear. Firstly the Embassy wanted to ensure the safety of captive Jews and secondly the officials were trying to buy time, perhaps to strategise their next move.
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Family shares tale of escape from Nazis His family’s story was revealed by the major motion picture, “Defiance,” and yet Zvi Bielski continues to travel the world to tell others how his father and uncles saved more than 1,000 Jews in World War II.
Chabad of SCV will host Bielski as a guest speaker at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11. Tickets costs $15 in advance, $18 at the door.
Tuvia, Asael and Zus Bielski fled to the woods to escape the Nazis while they were living in the Soviet Republic of Belarussia. The Russian brothers built an elaborate village for Jews.
Official: Lod and Kfar Chabad Are in the Firing Line The worst fears of the residents of Central Israel appear to have been realized. Until now, talk of the possibility of Hamas missiles landing in the center of the country has only been rumors. However, today these fears became official.
At a government meeting today, Gen. Amos Yadlin, head of Aman (the Israeli intelligence bureau), reported that a new missile fired by Hamas into the sea has a range of 60 km. It was smuggled into the country from Iran through underground tunnels in Sinai.
This means that the new missiles now in the hands of Hamas can reach the suburbs of Tel Aviv and the cities of Beit Shemesh, Rishon Letzion, and even Modi’in. According to the general, Hamas possesses as many missiles as it did prior to Operation Cast Lead, or possibly even more.
In response, MK Michael Ben Ari of the National Union Party remarked that “this is the result of the expulsion from Gush Katif.”
New Sunday School in S. Petersburg S.PETERSBURG, Russia – In Russia’s northern capital, Jewish youngsters will be able to receive the basics of Jewish education with the opening of a new Sunday school. A celebration took place to mark its opening at the Maor Jewish Community Center, located on Novolitovskaya Street, where classes will take place.
The Sunday school is called "Ani v’Ata" ("Me and You") and will offer children ages 6-13 years old, five hours of classes each week.. The youngsters
Eichler: Murderers Must Be Kept Out of Israel Arutz-7
(IsraelNN.com) Speaking to Israel National News, Hareidi Religious media personality Yisrael Eichler said that Israel has turned into "a haven for criminals." Eichler was speaking on the arrest of the Dmitri Krilik, who confessed to murdering the six members of the Oshrenko family in Rishon Lezion several weeks ago. Krilik had a record as a violent criminal before he immigrated to Israel.
Eichler said it was difficult to understand how Krilik was able to move about freely in Israel, when he was wanted for crimes in his native Russia. "Russia filed an extradition request, because he was a robbed and murdered. But apparently if an extradition request is filed for someone other than a Jew or a settler, there is no publicity value in it, so the prosecution does not rush to fulfill it," Eichler said. "This should concern us, because there are other murderers in our midst and the country remains open to anyone who wants to immigrate here."
Aaron Rubashkin, Agriprocessors' founder, testifies in son's trial By GRANT SCHULTE
Sioux Falls, S.D. — The man who founded Agriprocessors Inc. testified today that he spent “every penny” he could gather to keep his kosher meat plant afloat after it was raided by immigration agents.
Abraham Aaron Rubashkin, who opened the Postville slaughterhouse in 1987 to process kosher meat, told jurors that he mortgaged his home, two buildings that he owned and his store in Brooklyn, N.Y after the May 2008 raid.
The effort ultimately failed, as the plant run by his two sons slipped into bankruptcy the following November. Rubashkin spoke during his son’s 91-count financial fraud trial in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Sholom Rubashkin, Aaron's son, is charged with mail, wire and bank fraud, money laundering and failing to pay livestock providers on time. Sholom Rubashkin has pleaded not guilty.
Defense lawyers called the elder Rubashkin, who goes by “Aaron,” to contest the charges.
Aaron Rubashkin said he managed to gather between $4 million and $5 million from his personal assets after the raid. “We tried to get all the help we could,” he said.continue...
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Updated: 10:24:PM Monday, Nov 02, 2009 Construction on Chabad School in Lod Picks Up Pace Three months ago, construction began on the Beis Menachem school in Ganei Aviv, a suburb of Lod. Work has been moving forward, and the second floor is already under construction.
The school, which is known for its high academic standards, will be housed in a 2,000 sq. meter campus, with 18 classrooms, computer and science labs, and conference halls. The complex will house separate schools for boys and girls, providing a welcome change to the caravans that have been home to these institutions for the past 11 years. The building project was launched by Minister Meshulam Nahari during his tenure as deputy minister under the Shas Party.
Slaughterhouse Worker: Manager Was Incompetent SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) ? A former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse manager accused of defrauding a bank was incompetent and in over his head, a plant employee testified Monday.
Chaim Abrahams, a purchasing manager at Agriprocessors Inc., testified for the defense during Sholom Rubashkin's federal fraud trial in U.S. District Court in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Abrahams, who still works at the Postville, Iowa, plant, also testified that understaffing led to sloppiness in the plant's operation.
Rubashkin is charged with 91 counts of financial fraud. His attorneys argue the alleged fraud at the former Agriprocessors Inc. plant was the result of incompetence, not corruption.
The defense began its case after the prosecution rested Monday morning.
The Rebbe's Advice #257 - READING NAMES IN REBBE’S ROOM AND THE OHEL Your name and the names of your children that you write in your letter were mentioned at my father-in-law’s gravesite and in his holy room, which we go into for yechidus, private audiences and pidyoinus, submitting handwritten reqests. Ibid. p. 103
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SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK @ SIMONE'S PLACE "You Will All Be Listening To Him One Day . . ." In Conversation: Dr. David Luchins on The Rebbe
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Dr. David Luchins is chair of the political science department at Touro College in Manhattan. Luchins, aide to both former Vice-President Hubert Humphrey and New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, is a vociferous presence in political and Jewish spheres. He is a national officer for the Jewish Council of Public Affairs (JCPA) and a national vice-president of the Orthodox Union.
A popular speaker at Jewish functions worldwide, Luchins has been selected to present the keynote address at the banquet concluding the 25th annual International Conference of Shluchim. Lubavitch.com spoke with him this week, to discuss his achievements and his connection with the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, and the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
As a former student of yours at Touro’s Lander College for Women, I remember the large photo of the Rebbe prominently displayed in your office. What is your connection with Chabad? My parents were very close with the Previous Rebbe (also called the Frierdiker Rebbe). My father, who was born in America, was a psychologist teaching at a New York school when the Previous Rebbe arrived here.
In many of the 20 books he published, my father cites a “wise friend,” who is the Frierdiker Rebbe, with whom he often consulted about his work.CONTINUE...
Radio Listener Reports Flood at Herzliya Chabad House During a broadcast on the Kol Berama radio station, a listener from Herzliya called in to say that his local Chabad House was flooded during the recent heavy rain in Israel.
“You can’t go daven there without boots,” he said. “Everything is absolutely flooded at the Chabad House’” Presenter Dudi Schwammenfeld showed his considerable knowledge of the subject when he answered, “The shliach in Herzliya, Rabbi Reli Halperin, is a former commando of the General Staff, so everything will be ok.”
The conversation then moved on to the anti-Chabad campaign in Ramat Aviv. At one point, Schwammenfeld remarked, “Chabad gains its victories through love and embracing others. I think that’s the way and that’s the basis. It should be everyone’s approach.” (SOURCE: COL.ORG.IL)
New Classrooms for Migdal Haemek Yeshiva This morning, the students of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim in Migdal Haemek entered new classrooms in their recently built campus.
They were pleased to see how beautiful and spacious the new premises are. “Broadening physical space like this simply leads to broadening our knowledge,” remarked one of the students.
“These classrooms signal the completion of the first stage of construction on the new campus. We hope that by the end of the present academic year, this entire project will have concluded,” principal Rabbi Levi Wilmovsky reported.
Rabbi Wilmovsky added that, “This important project came about in the merit of some very generous donors, and especially Victor Pintschuk, with the help of shliach Rabbi Shmuel Kaminetzky.” (SOURCE COL.ORG.IL)
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Chabad of Bonita Springs and Estero to host kosher Cuban dinner By Christina Cepero
Florida - Chabad of Bonita Springs and Estero will serve kosher Cuban food at its next monthly ethnic community Sabbath dinner.
The event will begin with a candle lighting and services at 5:15 p.m., followed by dinner at 6, Nov. 20 at the Chabad Jewish Center, 24850 Old 41 Road, Suite 20, at the corner of U.S. 41 in Bonita Springs.
Admission is $18 for adults, $9 for children and $40 for families. Advance reservations are required. R.S.V.P. at 949-6900, rsvp@jewishbonita.com or jewishbonita.com. Sponsors interesting in making future Sabbath dinners even more successful are asked to contact Chabad.
In addition, Chabad of Bonita Springs will offer a Hebrew Reading Crash Course to all members of the Jewish community beginning Nov. 18. The course is designed to teach those with little or no basic knowledge of the Hebrew language how to read it.
Distinctly Religious Offerings Earn Praise at Israeli Film Festival By Chana Kroll
The sixth annual Jewish Eye, which bills itself as a World Jewish Film Festival, marked a cinematic milestone this week when it served as the venue for the official Israeli premiere of “A Light for Greytowers,” a full-length strictly by-women, for-women production developed under the guidance of rabbinical authorities.
Directed by Hollywood filmmaker Robin Garbose, the film, which is based on the novel of the same name, tells the story of a young Jewish girl orphaned in
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LIVING WITH MOSHIACH #1617 In time to come, Divinity will be revealed in this world at a level more sublime than the level at which it is revealed in the Higher Garden of Eden. This is why even the loftiest tzadikim [righteous people] such as Avraham and Moshe, whose abode is at the zenith of the Higher Garden of Eden, will become vested in corporeal bodies and will arise at the Resurrection of the Dead. (Likutei Torah)
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An Alternative Way to Remember Rabin The Eretz Yisrael Movement held an alternative ceremony to remember the memory of murdered Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin – along with 1,000 victims of the Oslo “Peace Process” that he spearheaded during his lifetime.
Emcee Shai Geffen said, “We lit 1,000 candles today in the memory of those who were killed as a result of Oslo, and one candle in the memory of Yitzchak Rabin. We don’t agree to the annual Rabin carnival that takes place every year as a way to incite against the Right.”
Baruch Marzel said, “We don’t think that problems with public issues should be solved with guns, power, and violence, or murder. We don’t kill our political rivals. We need to remember that Rabin did a lot for the State of Israel.”
Rabbi Sholom Dov Wolpo stated, “Rabin’s way was bankrupt. They promised peace and only received blood, fire, and pillars of smoke, and Yizkor in the cemeteries.” (SOURCE: COL.ORG.IL)
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(IsraelNN.com) A Kassam rocket launched by terrorists in the northern part of Hamas-controlled Gaza touched down in an open area of the Shaar Hanegev Council region outside of Sderot on Monday evening.
No injuries or damage were reported.
What were they doing in Crown Heights? 
CLICK HERE FOR Photos by: Baruch EzaguiThis past Shabbos, the Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch CteeN National Shabbaton rolled through New York. Anyone who may have been walking in Crown Heights may have seen an energized group of Teens cruising on Kingston, enjoying the shchunah, and their time with their amazing Shluchim and Coordinators.
Comprised of teens from New York, New Jersey, Florida, and Canada, this action-packed weekend was nothing short of insanely Continue...
Rubashkin to present his side in federal trial By GRANT SCHULTE, gschulte@dmreg.com
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. --- Sholom Rubashkin's lawyers will start calling witnesses as early as today to counter allegations that the former Iowa slaughterhouse manager cheated a bank, laundered money and failed to pay livestock providers on time.
The list of possible defense witnesses includes the plant's former bankruptcy trustee, Joe Sarachek; Postville schools guidance counselor Ron Wahl, who worked extensively with the town's immigrant population; and Aaron Rubashkin, the family patriarch who founded Agriprocessors, Inc. to produce kosher meat.
Sholom Rubashkin also will take the stand on his own behalf, defense lawyer Guy Cook said during opening statements. So might his wife, Leah, and at least one of their 10 children.
His brother, Heshy Rubashkin, who helped run the slaughterhouse, is another likely possibility because lawyers have mentioned his name several times in court.
This morning marks week four of Rubashkin's financial fraud trial in Sioux Falls, S.D. Federal prosecutors are expected to conclude their case today after 10 days, 47 witnesses and scores of internal company records.continue...
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Yosef Chaim Sufrin (Leeds, UK) To Chaya Baron (Columbia, MD)@ LUBAVITCH YESHIVALeviev's Africa Israel Gains Most in Week on Debt Agreement Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Africa Israel Investments Ltd. increased the most in a week in Tel Aviv trading after the real- estate developer said it reached an agreement with bondholders to restructure 7.5 billion shekels ($2 billion) of debt.
Africa Israel jumped as much as 6.05 shekels, or 12 percent, to 55.55 shekels, the biggest advance since Oct. 25. The shares traded at 51.85 shekels at 1:39 p.m. in Tel Aviv.
The agreement involves Africa Israel exchanging its existing bonds with new notes, stock, or a combination, while owner Lev Leviev also will inject 750 million shekels into the company and cut his stake to 52.8 percent from 75 percent.
“The signed settlement allows Africa to survive,” Yuval Ben Zeev, an analyst at Clal Finance Brokerage Ltd., wrote in an e-mailed report today. “The debt reduction and restructuring will allow the company to focus on its business operation after almost a year of battle to survive.”
Mumbai terror attacks: And then they came for the Jews The Sunday Times
It is a sticky monsoon day in Mumbai, and Rabbi Avraham Berkowitz walks through the shell of Nariman House. Today, the ruined five-storey structure is testament to the ferocity of the terrorists’ incursion and their battle with Indian commandos. It seems impossible that anyone could have come out alive. All its window frames are empty. The lift is slumped at the bottom of its shaft, and giant, jagged chunks of the internal stairway and handrail are
MAZEL TOV SHAPIROS SNS & SHMAIS.com would like to wish a hearty Mazel Tov to Boruch & Nechama Shapiro - Melbourne, Australia - on the birth of a daughter.
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The Rebbe's Advice #256 - GOOD FRIEND I received your letter. Your words are outrageous. I have already told another Chasid that being a Rebbe is an issue of dinei nefoshos, life and death. One must judge oneself many times before undertaking this issue, and even after one does this required introspection, it still does not mean it is for him. Yet, they persist and continue to write letters demanding I take the mantle of leadership of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Their intent is good; however; it is not for me.
The argument some put forth, that I agreed to mention certain Chasidims’ names at the gravesite of my holy father-in-law, does not justify their demand. I did this only as a good friend, as a favor. I did what I normally would do during the lifetime of my saintly father-in-law: go into his holy chamber and mention the names of people who needed blessings. Ibid. p. 99
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Learning About the Power of the Jewish Woman on Har Choma On Wednesday, around 200 women attended a fascinating evening organized by the Chabad House of Har Choma in Jerusalem, which is run by Rabbi Menachem Brand. The theme of the evening, which celebrated the memory of Rochel Imeinu, was the power of the Jewish woman. Shluchim Rabbi Menachem Asher and Tehilla Turkoff organized the event, which was held in the local shul.
When the women arrived, they were greeted by a delicious refreshments buffet. Each woman received Continue...
Is Elad A Chassidic Town? Will Elad officially become a “Chassidic” town, scoring a victory for Chassidic communities in determining its image?
Deputy Mayor Yisrael Porush, who represents the Chassidic communities, raised during a council session the possibility of changing Elad’s official emblem so that it will be called “the city of Torah and Chassidus.”
Unfortunately, this idea raised such a stormy reaction that the mayor halted the meeting until everyone settled down. The deputy mayor claims that this was done in Bnei Continue...
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SNS & SHMAIS.com would like to wish a hearty Mazel Tov to Shmuli & Chani (nee Minsky) Kirsh - Crown Heights - on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
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Popack drops generous donation on residents of Lod Last week, Yossi Popack of New York kindly gave a generous donation to the residents of the Chabad neighborhood in Lod, to be distributed via Colel Chabad.
Popack was in Israel two weeks ago, and he was very impressed by the Chabad community in Lod, reported Dovid Horowitz, gabbai of the Simchas Shabbos Veyom Tov Organization. “We would like to thank him for his generosity and wish him a successful New Year,” he added.
MAZEL TOV DERENS - TWINS!!
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SNS & SHMAIS.com would like to wish a very hearty DOUBLE Mazel Tov to Chezky & Dina Deren - Rechovot, Israel - on the occasion of the birth of their twin boys k"ah! View 11 Comments View 1 Comments
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SNS & SHMAIS.com would like to wish a hearty Mazel Tov to Yossi & Chaya Sara Mandel - Morristown, NJ
- on the occasion of the birth of twin girls k"ah! May the newborns be a source of Nachas to their parents, older siblings, grandparents, relatives & Klal Yisroel.
Yonatan Menachem Boaz ben Natalie ChavaYoel
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Updated: 5:57:PM Sunday, Nov 01, 2009 LIVING WITH MOSHIACH #1616 In the days of Moshiach, the body too will change. It will be like the body of Adam before the sin of the Tree of Knowledge, clear of any evil. As the Midrash states, "His heel threw a shadow on the orb of the sun." That is to say, his body was nullified to the Divine Will even more than was the inanimate sun. (Derech Chaim)(L'Chaim)
Yoni Reider (Sharon, MA) to Devorah Leah Jedwab (Melbourne, Australia)
N’SHEI UBNOS CHABAD 48TH WINTER CONVENTION RETREAT HILTON STAMFORD HOTEL, Stamford, Connecticut 
N’SHEI UBNOS CHABAD 48TH WINTER CONVENTION RETREAT
HILTON STAMFORD HOTEL, Stamford, Connecticut 17-19 Kislev, 5770 - December 4-6, 2009 All Jewish Women Cordially Invited! “Jewish Global Warming – Spreading the Radiance of Torah”Program Highlights: Renowned Speakers, Musical Entertainment, Gourmet Cuisine – Exquisite Catering, Swim and Gym, Workshops, Discussions and Farbrengens.
Connect with dynamic Jewish women from across the country.
Treat yourself to a fabulous, refreshing weekend for body and soul.
Keynote Speakers: Rabbi Eli Wolf and Mrs. SaraRabbi Asst Needed in Manhattan Chabad House Chabad Loft in Manhattan looking for an administrative asst.(about 25 hrs week) who is: a)outgoing with a pleasant personality b)able to speak & write English well c)does well under pressure d)efficient and well organized e)Knowledge of basic computer skills and Microsoft word and excel etc. Please send emails and resumes to: chabadloft@gmail.com
MAZEL TOV ROZENFELDS - IT'S A FIRST! SNS & SHMAIS.com would like to wish a hearty Mazel Tov to Elad & Sarah Leah (nee Sarosario) Rozenfeld - Crown Heights - on the birth of their firstborn son.
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SNS would like to wish a hearty Mazel Tov to Yossi & Chaya Sara Mandel - Morristown, NJ
- on the occasion of the birth of twin girls k"ah! May the newborns be a source of Nachas to their parents, older siblings, grandparents, relatives & Klal Yisroel.
PLEASE SAY TEHILLIM 4 MAY IT BE G-D'S WILL THAT THIS LIST ONLY GETS SMALLER WITH A REFUA SHLEIMA KROVA FOR ALL THOSE IN NEED!
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Shoshana Etta Bas MashaBrocha Mazel bas Sarah chaya basya bas alta nechama Chiyena bas FrumaYosef ben SimchaChaya Leah bas YentaChaya Rochel bas Devora Mindel Chay Sarah Rachel bas FechkeAidel Gittel bas Mariasha Risha
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Leora Pearl bas Gila Shulamit
Yoel Ben Nessie
Nachman Moshe ben Brachah
YisroelPalestinians accuse U.S. of killing peace prospects By Jeffrey Heller
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Pointing an accusing finger at the United States, the Palestinians on Sunday said Washington's backing for Israeli refusal to halt Jewish settlement expansion had killed any hope of reviving peace negotiations soon.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, buoyed by new-found support from the Obama administration, urged the Palestinians to "get a grip" and drop their settlement freeze precondition for restarting talks suspended since December.
On a one-day Middle East visit on Saturday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorsed Israel's view that settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank should not be a bar to resuming negotiations -- contradicting the Palestinian position.
Netanyahu has proposed limiting building for now to some 3,000 settler homes already approved by Israel in the West Bank. He does not regard building in occupied East Jerusalem, annexed in defiance of international opposition, as settlement.continue...
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Gedalia Lieberman - Edgware, UK to Chanie Halperin - Meron
LECHAIM IYH TONIGHT @ FREEMAZEL TOV ZAETZS- IT'S A FIRST! SNS & SHMAIS.com would like to wish a hearty Mazel Tov to Chaim & Mindle (nee Raigorodsky) Zaetz - Crown Heights - on the birth of their firstborn son.
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Mendy Lazarus (Capetown / Summerlin, NV) to Sossie (bas R' Moty) Scheinfeld (Crown Heights)
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