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Updated: 10:33:PM Monday, Nov 23, 2009 An amazing story... By Chaya Sarah Silberberg on the Shluchos Network
The Rebbe my father told someone at yechidus: Ever since G-d told our father Avraham, "Go from your land etc." and it is then written "Avram kept travelling southward," we have the beginning of the mystery of birurim. By decree of Divine Providence man goes about his travels to the place where the "sparks" that he must purify await their redemption.
Tzadikim, who have vision, see where their birurim await them and go there deliberately. As for
Continue...Deputy Mayor Visits Chabad House Yesterday students of the Jewish Sunday school in Hanover, Germany, hosted Deputy Mayoress Mrs. Ingrid Lange, who paid a friendly visit.
Forty children learn Yiddishkeit and Hebrew at the Sunday morning classes. The visitor, who has supported the resurgence of Jewish life in Hanover, is a friend of shluchim Rabbi Binyamin and Sterna Wolf, and she will also emcee the central Chanukah lighting ceremony in Opera Square this year.
Mrs. Lange spoke to the children and took part in the Sunday School’s activities, preparing a bracelet with the letters of her name in Hebrew and English.
When the shlucha tied the bracelet on Mrs. Lange’s wrist, Mrs. Lange, who was very moved, spontaneously gave Mrs. Wolf her own personal bracelet.
During the visit, the children showed Mrs. Lange and their parents the play that they will perform on Chanukah, which was produced by teacher and shlicha Hadass Juri and the Sunday School staff.
After stepping into the classrooms, the staff and PTA sat down with Mrs. Lange for a light lunch and spoke to her about the importance of developing Jewish life in the city.
Mrs. Lange was very impressed by the children and the material they studied, and she promised to do what she could to facilitate the re-growth of Jewish life in Hanover.
The Rebbe's Advice #273 - STAY PUT Someone had written the Rebbe about a family relative who was not in the best of health, and desired to come to New York and spend some time in the Rebbe’s presence. He also wrote the Rebbe that the doctors said it was a revealed miracle that he feels better and is getting better from day to day. The Rebbe circled the words, “feels better and is getting better from day to day,” and wrote, “Therefore, he should not change his place [by coming to New York].“ Ibid. p. 36
Crown Heights: Beis Hamidrash Plans Get A Green Light 
Yagdil Torah has just signed an agreement which will allow for the opening of a full-time and full-service Beis Hamidrash!Yagdil Torah has reached an agreement with Chevra Shas to lease its second floor to serve as a Beis Hamidrash for the residents of Crown Heights.
Despite its attempts to sustain a similar model by joining with an existing Shul, Yagdil Torah has not succeeded in finding a location that would be able to provide the criteria needed.
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BORUCH DAYAN HAEMES - MRS. SYMA LEZEROWITZ With sadness we inform you of the passing of Syma Lezerowitz of Crown Heights at age 93.
The Nifteres is survived by her daughters Tibadlu Lechaim Tovim: Brana Weiss, Chaya Lewis & Esther Schenkman.
The Levaya will take place Tuesday November 24th, 10:00am @ Shomrei Haddas and passing by 770 @ lerech at 10:45am.
Shiva will be held at 1383 Union Street.
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SHMAIS.COM EXCLUSIVE: New Shul Opening in Crown Heights 
SHMAIS.com has learned that a brand new Shul is about to open in Crown Heights. The new Shul, to be located in the former store fronts occupied by Virtual Imaging on Albany Avenue between Empire & Lefferts is the result of many a Farbrengen between a group of Chaveireim, in their mid twenties and early thirties. The group recently resolved to open a Shul which will focus on Achdus, Chassidishkeit and Frumkeit. Thirty Yungeleit have already contributed $1200 each to cover the expenses of the renovations currently underway as well as the bills they will incur during the first year.
No opening date has been set for the Shul but look out for a Farbrengen on 14 Kislev when their lease goes into effect.
Thus far, the Shul has no name and no Rabbi.
Afula Celebrates New Sefer Torah Last night (Sunday), a new sefer Torah written in the memory of murdered shluchim Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg Hy”d was brought into the shul in Afula, Rivka’s home town.
The sefer Torah was generously donated by Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Samama. The last letters were written at the home of Rabbi and Mrs. Rosenberg, the parents of Rivka Holtzberg, after which the scroll was carried through the streets of Afula in a magnificent procession.
Present at the event were many leading Rabbis and public figures.
LIVING WITH MOSHIACH #1635 We see in recent years how the verse "Moshe gathered... the Jews" is occurring literally -- the ingathering of the exiles of Jews from all over the world, who are returning to the Holy Land. The current number of Jews ascending to the Land of Israel is incomparably greater than that of previous generations." (From a talk of the Rebbe, Shabbat Vayakhel, 5752-1992)(L'Chaim)
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From a Funeral to a Birth On Motzoei Shabbos, just after the funeral of the late Rabbi Yitzchok Ze’ev Wolpo from the Shamgar Funeral Home in Jerusalem, his grandson, Rabbi Zelig Wolpo, mashpia of the Chabad yeshiva in Ohr Yehudah, was called to a hospital in Netanya.
There, his newborn son was born at 2:30 a.m., and his family marveled at the hashgacha protis of the birth of a great-grandson so close after the funeral.
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(IsraelNN.com) In wake of the reports of a prisoner swap deal that may be finalized soon between Israel and the Hamas, Israel National News speaks with Rami Igra, who served as head of the Mossad's Prisoners and MIAs department.
In the following video, Igra estimates that, at this point the Hamas has many reasons to continue postponing and rejecting any deal. However, if the reports are accurate, Igra warns that the release of so many terrorists, and such prominent ones, will change the situation in the middle east.
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GOT YOUR TICKETS YET? Updated: 10:33:PM Sunday, Nov 22, 2009 'Army without weapons' fights back after Mumbai attacks Sify
The storming of a Jewish cultural and religious centre in Mumbai by Islamist gunmen one year ago left six people dead and a deep scar in the psyche of the Jewish outreach movement that ran the site.
Among the victims were Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, 29, and his pregnant wife, Rivki, 28, who had come to India's financial capital from New York five years earlier to establish an open house for visiting Jews and the local community.
"Their holy
Chabad provides free Thanksgiving dinners EAST HANOVER TWP. - Chabad of Southeast Morris County, NJ covering East Hanover will once again provide Thanksgiving dinners free of charge to individuals throughout Morris County who are alone or homebound during the holiday.
The catered dinners will be delivered by volunteers to the homes of those in need on Thanksgiving morning.
“Due to the current economic slowdown, we are doubling our efforts to reach every homebound individual during the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday,” said Rabbi Shalom
HASHOVAS AVEIDA... Full length black Men's coat. Went missing last Motzei Shabbos from the Ohel. There is/was identifying info including name and address inside. Please call/text: 917 474 6535
Small Blue WD external hard drive Lost in the JCM during the weekend of the Kinus November 11-16.
If found or anyone has seen this item please email: help@kinus.com or call (323)543-3687.Colorado Shluchim Mark 1st anniversary of Mumbai Terrorist Attack with Musical Tribute at Denver Art Museum 
Denver, CO. This past Thursday Nov 19th over one hundred people came together from the metro Denver area and beyond for a tribute concert in memory of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg who were murdered by terrorists a year ago at their Chabad House in Mumbai, India.The concert was held at the Denver Museum of Art and was a joint project of the Chabad Houses of Colorado.
Opening remarks were given by community member Aviva Kashuk,
Continue...The Rebbe's Advice #272 - HELPING THE ILL Whoever wants to truly help her in getting healed more quickly, should evaluate and improve his/her own kashrus standards. Ibid. p. 35
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Learning the Letters in Netanya On Friday the Chabad kindergartens in Netanya celebrated the entrance of 70 little boys, who were wrapped in talesim and carried into the classroom by their fathers.
Teachers Rabbi Aryeh Leib Cohen and Rabbi Yair Bernstein held parties for the children at the branches on Nordau Street and Rabbi Akiva Street. After a few words of welcome, the children licked honey from the letters aleph and beis from a copy of the Tanya. They did everything with great joy and song before their fathers carried them on their shoulders in a cheerful dance.
During the ceremony, the teachers emphasized the importance of learning with the children at a young age and the benefits of detecting and treating any developmental or learning problems. Also present at the parties were community Rabbi and director of Chabad institutions Rabbi Menachem Wolpo, deputy director of Chabad in Netanya, Rabbi Yitzchok Teichtel, and the director of the Chabad kindergartens, Rabbi Yair Mauda.
LIVING WITH MOSHIACH #1634 Our Sages teach: "Moshiach will come only when the mind is otherwise occupied."
In truth, this is the highest form of expecting Moshiach. We must await Moshiach regardless of our understanding of the benefit we will derive from his coming. We must cast aside all thought of material or spiritual gain, focusing on only one thing: With the coming of Moshiach, the Divine intent of creation -- that G-d will have an abode in this world -- will be fulfilled.
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Say you saw it on Shmais!School Bus Tragedy Miraculously Averted at Toras Emes On Friday a miracle occurred in Jerusalem’s Shikkun Chabad neighborhood, when a school bus almost fell into the yard of the Vizhnitz Talmud Torah while dozens of children were in the vicinity.
This incident occurred at around midday, when a school bus had arrived at the adjacent Chabad Talmud Torah (Toras Emes) at the end of the erev Shabbos learning day. The driver made a reverse but accidentally pressed on the accelerator. The bus shot backwards, damaging a fence, and was suspended in mid air above the schoolyard below.
A serious tragedy was just about averted, one of the teachers at the Talmud Torah later reported. If the vehicle had fallen into the yard, the consequences could have been disastrous.
Report: Shalit Deal 'Closer than Ever' (IsraelNN.com) Manager Meir Indor of the Almagor umbrella group of terror-victims associations said Sunday that a senior diplomatic source told him that deal for the release of abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was closer than ever. Families of terror victims oppose the release of hundreds of terrorists in exchange for Shalit.
Interviewed on Arutz Sheva's Hebrew news journal, the reserves lieutenant-colonel said the source told him, "Unfortunately for you, you can worry. This time it's serious. There's progress toward a deal." An estimated 1,400 security prisoners, including convicted murderers, stand to be released in three stages if the reports are true. Indor plans to petition the Supreme Court to overturn the deal or at least prevent the release of certain prisoners.
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Updated: 2:29:PM Sunday, Nov 22, 2009 NEW ENGAGEMENT
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Mendel Sharfstein (Crown Heights) to Dini Sirota (Denver, CO)LECHAIM IYH MONDAY NIGHT @ BLY 556 CROWN ST.VIDEO OF THE DAY: Benny Friedman sings songs from his debut album Orthodox views: Jewish community faces uncertain future in Postville By JOHN MOLSEED, john.molseed@wcfcourier.com
POSTVILLE - The Agri Star kosher meat processing plant offers a potential stabilizing force for the battered economy of Postville. Despite the promise of more jobs, members of the Orthodox Jewish community say they still face an uncertain future.
The plant may draw observant Jews to work at Agri Star as ritual slaughterers, known as shochtim, but members of the Orthodox Jewish community say they need more than employment to sustain their community. People who adhere to halakhah, Jewish religious law, find the cost of keeping their faith while living in Postville has risen since last year.
An immigration raid in May 2008 forced Agriprocessors, the predecessor to Agri Star, to shut down last year. Most members of Postville's Jewish community depended on the plant for their income.
Many Jewish families also relied on the plant's owner, Aaron Rubashkin, and manager, Sholom Rubashkin, for more than a paycheck.
"The generosity of the Rubashkins had created a company town atmosphere within the Orthodox Jewish community," said Aaron Goldsmith, a Postville business owner and member of the Orthodox Jewish community.
SHABBOS PARSHAS TOLDOS IN CROWN HEIGHTS IN SHORT REVIEW
On Friday night there were 4 Sholom Zochors k"ah. Shimon Herz Davened Shachris @ the Umud downstairs. There were 7 Chasanim. Chaim Tzvi Groner spoke before Mussaf. Sholem Ber Sanowicz Davened Mussaf @ the Umud.
In the Rebbe's room, Yossi Cheruff Davened Shachris @ the Umud. There were 6 chasanim. Meir Chaikin 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' Nachman Schapiro Chazzered a Maamer.
For Shabbos @ the Ohel there were lerech 60 people k"ah.
Chabad brings Jewish view to Flag A new course designed to help Jewish members of the community better understand the concepts life, death and beyond is currently being offered at the Chabad of Flagstaff, AZ.
SoulQuest, a series of seven classes designed by the national Jewish Learning Institute (JLI), helps students learn about their own mortality from a Judaic standpoint. The course focuses on the use of spirit in finding one’s ultimate purpose in life.
Rabbi Dovie Shapiro, who teaches SoulQuest at the Chabad, said the course is designed to answer the many questions people have concerning their humanity.
“The course focuses on who we really are,” Shapiro said. “Are we really more than our bodies? Can we access our souls to make a practical difference in the world around us? These classes help [us] understand that from a Jewish perspective.”
Originally a course written by Rabbi Yisrael Rice of the JLI, SoulQuest is currently taught in more than 300 Jewish communities throughout the country.
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Chaya Mushka Bas SaraA premature baby who is very sick R"LLetter to Rivky Read on Air In their weekly radio show on Israel Army Radio, reporters Yedidya and Sivan Meir spoke about Rabbi Gabi and Rivky Holtzberg on their first yahrzeit.
During their show, which is broadcast once a week at midday, the two often speak about Yiddishkeit and focus on Chabad. This week, they said that they felt that little Moishe Holtzberg had received enough media coverage with his upsheren and they wanted to focus on his parents.
They read out some of a letter to Rivky, written by her close friend Chani Lifschitz, shlicha in Nepal. The two used to speak almost every day about their shlichus, catering to Israeli tourists, educating their children, and more.
One year on, the letter is still as moving as ever …(SOURCE: COL.ORG.IL)
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The Rebbe's Advice #271 - MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS After improving your kashrus level and daily conduct of Torah and Mitzvahs, you should once again ask an expert doctor, and follow his instructions. Dvar Melech, p. 35
What stands out in this response is the Rebbe’s advice to again ask the doctor the same question after the person re-evaluates his kashrus standards and Torah and Mitzvahs observances.
Baby’s Miraculous Recovery in Kfar Chabad An 11-month-old baby from Kfar Chabad who lost consciousness last week has completely recovered and was sent home for Shabbos.
Contrary to the dire forecasts of the doctors, the little boy recovered very quickly. On Shabbos, his father even carried him to the bimah to bentsch gomel in shul. His parents attribute their baby’s miraculous recovery to the many chapters of Tehillim recited on his behalf around the world. (SOURCE: COL.ORG.IL)
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Updated: 8:27:PM Saturday, Nov 21, 2009 MAZEL TOV PLOTKINS SNS & SHMAIS.com would like to wish a hearty Mazel Tov to Mendel & Goldie Plotkin - Toronto, Ontario - on the birth of a son.
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A Melave Malka For Reb Leibush, Hy’d Tonight (Motzoei Shabbos), a melave malka was held in memory of Rabbi Aryeh Leib Teitelbaum, Hy’d, who was murdered at the Chabad House in Mumbai last year. Reb Leibush was visiting the Chabad House when the terrorists burst in and took it over. He and three other guests were brutally murdered, along with shluchim Rabbi Gavriel Noach and Rivka Holtzbergs. Reb Leibush is mourned by his wife and eight young children.
The melave malka took place at the Toldos Aharon Beis Medrash in Jerusalem, where Reb Leibush used to daven. Present were many Rabbis and Torah leaders, including Reb Leibush’s father-in-law, the Rebbe of Toldos Aharon Yitzchok, and his father, the Gaavad of Volover.
Reb Leibush’s family and friends will visit his final resting place on Har Hazeitim tomorrow (Sunday).
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LIVING WITH MOSHIACH #1633 The Tzemach Tzedek, Rabbi Menachem Mendel (the third Chabad Rebbe), once said that Moshiach will delight in the company of unscholarly, self-sacrificing Jews. A unique chamber will be set aside for them, and they will be envied by the greatest intellectuals.
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Judge denies bail for Rubashkin From Register staff and news services
A federal judge has denied Sholom Rubashkin's request for release on bail before he is sentenced on 86 financial fraud convictions.
U.S. District Judge Linda Reade ruled that Rubashkin, the former vice president at Agriprocessors Inc. poses a flight risk if released from custody.
Rubashkin should remain in jail because of the "powerful incentive to flee" in the wake of his convictions last week, she wrote, as well as his purported efforts to help another indicted manager, Hosam Continue...
Iran: We Will Send Missiles to Tel Aviv (IsraelNN.com) A senior member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatened Israel that if Iran is attacked, Iran would shoot missiles into the heart of Tel Aviv.
Iran is currently holding military exercises meant to protect its nuclear facilities in the event of an air raid.
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Updated: 4:49:PM Friday, Nov 20, 2009 Rubashkin seeks acquittal or new trial ASSOCIATED PRESS
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse manager convicted of financial fraud is asking for an acquittal or a new trial.
In a motion filed late Thursday, an attorney for Sholom Rubashkin says his conviction last week on 86 counts of financial fraud should be overturned because the prosecution was allowed to enter evidence regarding immigration charges.
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THIS WEEK'S SHOLOM ZOCHORS - updated! GOT MORE? E-MAIL US @ SHMAIS@AOL.COM, PLEASE INCLUDE A PHONE NUMBER WHERE WE CAN REACH YOU
Yankele & Shaina Ezagui @ 1227 President Street #2C
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Updated: 10:29:PM Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 From China to Illinois - Rosh Chodesh Kislev in Chicago 
Fresh off the inspiration of the International Kinus Hashluchim, Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois hosted a gala Rosh Chodesh Kislev Seuda and Farbrengen.The event was a combination of somber and simcha, as the yartzeit of the Mumbai Kedoshim was simultaneously observed.
Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, Head Shliach of the state of Illinois, welcomed the overflowing assemblage of men, women and children sharing some of the flavor of the Kinus.
A stirring video in tribute to the
Klal Yisroel, Where Are You? By Rabbi Yisroel Besser
It was the night before Yom Kippur. I made my way up the steps of many Montreal homes, accompanied by a new friend, Meir Simcha Rubashkin. Warmhearted Yidden welcomed us, understanding that we were there for a cause.
As soon as my companion, Meir Simcha, said his last name, they understood. That Rubashkin. Our hosts involuntarily squirmed when he said who his father is, confronted - despite themselves - with the deep discomfort engendered by the name.
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A local version of US online discount retailer 1saleaday.com has been opened by two Melbourne entrepreneurs, in a direct challenge to market rivals including Deals Direct and Catch of the Day. Founder and local operator Simon Mochkin says the company is able to offer better deals than Australian operators, such as Zazz, due to its relationship with the parent company in the US.
"We think we have a better deal because we've partnered with the US company. We have the advantage of sourcing products from overseas, and given the value of the Australian dollar, that's a good deal with prices you don't ever see."
Mochkin claims the US version of the site is the second-largest discount online retailer in the world, second to founder of the one-sale-a-day concept Woot.com, with a market value of about $US30 million. Like its rivals, the site sells only one product per day until sold out.
The Rebbe's Advice #270 - BLOOD DISEASE Be more careful in the kosher standards of what you eat and drink. Handwritten note 1984
New English song in honor of Rosh Chodesh Kislev In honor of Rosh Chodesh Kislev, a few Bochurim took upon themselves, with the kind help and sponsorship of Syncope Records, to release a song portraying the significance of this day.
Song composed by Hatomim Mendel Jacobs Adult vocal: Ari Raskin Child vocals: Yehuda Gorkin Music: Sholom Lieberman Guitar: Moshe Horenstein
Executive Producer: Zalman Schreiber
TTTO: Rachamono D’yonei
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE SONGThe year has reached its highest height,
The hall congests its late at night,
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The world aroundMumbai Doctor Smashed Idols and Became a Jew with Holtzbergs by Hana Levi Julian
(Israelnationalnews.com) In a powerful echo of the Biblical story of the patriarch Abraham, a Mumbai doctor smashed his father's idols and eventually decided to become a Jew in the Land of Israel.
Dr. Aharon Abraham, left his position as Director of the ICU Medical Center at British Kennedy in Mumbai, India after terrorists murdered his spiritual guide and his wife, Rabbi Gabi and Rivky Holtzberg one year ago.
Abraham was born Vagirds Frads to a Hindu cleric who worshipped idols, and a mother who prepared food for them. As did the Biblical Abraham, young Vagirds could not understand how his father could honor a man-made statue, nor why his mother would cook for them. "Sometimes I eat it in secret," he confided in an article that appeared in Hebrew in Sichat HaShavuah.
Unlike the patriarch, however, he waited until after graduating high school to confront his father, asking how he could believe "such nonsense." But when there was no reply, his anger led him to take a hammer and smash the idols, exactly as Abraham had done. "The gods are angry!" his father shouted at him, he recounted, and recalled his reply: "If they're angry, let them do something, reconstruct themselves..."
It was while studying medicine at the University of Mumbai that he first read a Bible, given to him by Christian students. Amazed, he read the story of Abraham and many others. "A new world opened before me," he said.continue...
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Litchfield Is Out of Chabad Suit LITCHFIELD-First Selectman Leo Paul Jr. announced Wednesday that all claims against the town have been dropped from the lawsuit in which Chabad Lubavitch of Litchfield County challenges the Historic District Commission's denial of its plans to renovate and expand a building on West Street for use as its headquarters.
"This groundless case against the town should never have been filed in the first place, and we are very pleased that our lawyers were able to secure the town's removal from it so quickly," Mr. Paul said in a release.continue...
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Armory for Hashem’s Army By Rabbi Eli Hecht for SHMAIS.com
This week over three thousand, five hundred Rabbis, Shluchim - emissaries, from the Lubavitcher Rebbe met in Brooklyn, New York. This is a yearly convention. Ideas were exchanged, lessons taught, and friendships renewed. Every Rabbi was given a schedule listing opportunities for 120 hours of learning, symposiums, and general ideas for spreading Yiddishkeit. The main highlight was a banquet held on Sunday night. There, all the Rabbis and laymen gathered together for a dinner and inspirational speakers. One speaker, Rabbi Aryeh Sufrin, represented the United Kingdom. He had just received a M.B.E. - Member of the British Empire - from Queen Elizabeth II. Rabbi Sufrin is one of the few people to receive such an honor for his work in drug intervention for over 47,000 students. His program is now being taught worldwide.
Another speaker was a leading educator, Dr. Luchins of the Touro College. He spoke about the tremendous influence Chabad held in the field of education. He showed how, in every place he visited, he met a Chabad Shaliach that was busy helping preserve Judaism. From his trips to Russia to Calcutta, India, to Israel and all over the United States, there was always an address where he was able to find a Shaliach and a spiritual oasis.
I had the pleasure of sitting with a group of Rabbis from Italy, Australia, Israel, Canada, and the U.S. It was fascinating knowing that we all spoke different languages and had different mannerisms but the common denominator was working for the Rebbe's ideals - that no Jew be left behind. That each Jew was to be considered a complete world of importance. continue...
LIVING WITH MOSHIACH #1632 Moshiach signifies the separation of the good from the evil. This is why he will come "only in a generation which is altogether meritorious or altogether sinful," i.e., at a time in which there will be no mixture of good and evil. So as long as Moshiach has not come, there is a mixture of good and evil in all the worlds: there is no good without evil and no evil without good. (Rabbi Shneur Zalman)
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SNS & SHMAIS.com would like to wish a hearty Mazel Tov to Nachman & Elkie (nee Rudolph) Abend - North Hollywood, CA - on the birth of a son. May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives & Klal Yisroel.
Record Number of Boys Join Chabad Cheder Chabad in the Israeli city of Holon continues to grow. This week, 46 new boys from diverse Jewish backgrounds joined the local Chabad cheder, Bnei Menachem Chabad, in the city with a special ceremony at which they first learned the letters.
The little boys were carried into the cheder by the fathers, wrapped in a tallis. It was a particularly moving ceremony, during which many parents shed tears of emotion.
When a representative of the parents spoke, he mentioned that the number of children joining the cheder always doubled every year.
The director of Chabad institutions in Holon, Rabbi Dovid Gurary thanked the staff of the Talmud Torah including teacher Alon Khakhshour, kindergarten teacher Tammy Saadon, and Rebbitzen Rivka Gurary, principal of the Chabad kindergartens and Talmud Torah.
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Poll: Most Israelis Want Obama to ‘Lay Off’ Israel (IsraelNN.com) A clear majority of two-thirds of Israelis wants U.S. President Barack Obama to stop pressuring Israel on the issue of a freeze on building for Jews in eastern Jerusalem, according to the “War and Peace Index.”
The poll, funded by the Evans Program for Conflict Resolution Research of Tel Aviv University, also revealed that the Israeli public is divided almost 50-50 on whether the demand for a building freeze is even an important issue.
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Shmully Stern and Mr. Landenheim @ the Kinnus Banquet Updated: 12:33:PM Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 MAZEL TOV BRACKMANS SNS & SHMAIS.com would like to wish a hearty Mazel Tov to Eli & Freidy Brackman - Oxford, UK - on the birth of a son.
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Government dismisses charges against Rubashkin Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Prosecutors have dismissed all 72 immigration charges against a former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse manager.
The move came after Sholom Rubashkin's conviction last week in federal court on financial fraud charges.
Prosecutors filed the motion Thursday morning, one day after a bail hearing for Rubashkin, the former manager of Agriprocessors, Inc.
Rubashkin was scheduled to go on trial for the immigration charges on Dec. 2 in Sioux Falls, S.D.
The Agriprocessors plant was the site of a massive immigration raid in May 2008.
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Merkos Chinuch Office Moving On Sunday 5 Kislev 5770, the Merkos Chinuch Office will moving to a new office suite at Lubavitch Headquarters 784 Eastern Parkway suite 304.
The new office will facilitate the expanding work of the Chinuch Office and its close proximity to the central Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch office will promote a greater of cross pollination of ideas and efforts with other Merkos branches. Phone numbers will remain unchanged so that there will be no interruption of service to the more than 300 educational institutions in the Chabad Lubavitch educational network.
Rabbi Nochem Kaplan, national director of the Chinuch Office also announced that the facility has been designed to accommodate the executive needs of school heads when they visit New York.
Thousands gather to mark anniversary of Mumbai Chabad House terror attack BEN HARTMAN , THE JERUSALEM POST
Chabad held a memorial dinner on Wednesday in honor of Rabbi Gavriel Holzberg and his wife Rivka, who were killed when terrorists raided the Chabad house in Mumbai a year ago on the Hebrew calendar.
A crowd of well over 2,000 guests filled a massive tent in Kfar Chabad set up outside the replica of the Rebbe's house in Brooklyn. A service manager said over 100 people worked the event, including at least 80 waiters. Organizers said the demand for tickets was "enormous" and that thousands of people who wanted to attend were turned away.
The event was a bittersweet celebration of sorts, as the Hebrew anniversary of the terror attack also fell on the third birthday of Moishe, Rabbi Holzberg's son, whose life was saved when he was spirited away from the attack by his Indian nanny Sandra Samuel. For Orthodox Jews, a boy does not cut his hair until his third birthday and the event is cause for a celebration.
Across a blue-grey curtain on the wall of the womens' section of the tent, dozens of blue and white balloons spelled out "Moishe, three years old." Moishe himself was carried in by Sandra shortly before the beginning of the event, and stood before a gaggle of reporters and cameras, calmly, even lazily, taking in the spectacle.
The celebration and memorial was organized by the Chabad Youth Organization, with their slogan "with all the love to everyone" splashed across banners throughout the tent, alongside silhouette drawings of the Holzbergs and Moishe. continue...
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One Year Later Good Deeds Pledged for Mumbai Victims by Staff Writer
(Lubavitch.com) Last year, the world watched in horror as a small, but organized group of terrorists hit Mumbai, India, with a series of coordinated attacks over the course of three frightening days. When the last bullet had been fired and the smoke finally cleared, the trail of blood and fire they left throughout Mumbai had claimed nearly 200 innocent lives, leaving scores of other maimed and wounded.
Among those so cruelly murdered were the Chabad-Lubavitch
The Rebbe's Advice #269 - OPERATION TIMING A yeshiva student asked the Rebbe about having an operation during the month of Menachem Av. The Rebbe advised him to have the operation during the month of Elul. Ibid. p. 31
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Moscow, November 18, Interfax - Chief Russian Rabbi Berel Lazar's wife Hanna has given birth to the daughter."The name appellation has taken place last Saturday. The girl was named Sheyna. According to the Jewish tradition the name was given to her during a prayer, after the Torah reading," Lazar's press secretary Andrey Glotser told Interfax-Religion.
The Chief Rabbi of Russia and his wife have got married in 1989. All of their children were born after Lazar has arrived in Russia. Nowadays they have 13 children - five boys and eight girls.
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Uri ben Ahuvaa 10-month-old in need of a Refua Shleima!Where are Gabi and Rivki? By Chava'le M. - EXCLUSIVE to SHMAIS.com
In late 2003, just before the holiday of Chanukah, Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg moved to Mumbai, India. This Chabad-Lubavitch couple, like thousands of their peers had done before them, relocated from their comfortable communities in New York and Israel, respectively, in order to spread the light of Judaism to a corner of the world that was still dim. Would life be easy in Mumbai? No. But, this move was in answer to the Lubavitcher Rebbe's call
View 9 CommentsPost CommentLIVING WITH MOSHIACH #271 One should not entertain the notion that the King Moshiach must work miracles and wonders, bring about new phenomena within the world, resurrect the dead, or perform other similar deeds. This is not true. (Maimonides, Laws of Kings, 4:3)
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Updated: 6:01:PM Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 Gniwisch's Ice.com online jewellry firm now does $50 million in sales By RICHARD ANDREWS, Special to The GazetteNovember
MONTREAL – "What was the best gift you ever gave your mother?" the rabbi asks a bemused member of Three Six Mafia.
"A house," the tough gangsta rapper answers. "But mama didn't want to move away from the 'hood."
No, that's not a Mother's Day joke. It's a cheeky video interview from Pinny Gniwisch, director of motivation at ice.com - an international online jewellery business based in Montreal.
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"We have a YouTube channel called Pinny's World. We use Twitter, Facebook and our blogs are the talk of the corporate world," said Gniwisch, 38. CONTINUE...
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OBNINSK, Russia – The Jewish community and Jewish charitable organizations of Obninsk, Russia, have been using renting premises for their vital work since 2004. This month, however, these organizations were evicted from their premises.
In October 2009, a Russian government agency had expressed readiness to extend the lease on the property that the Jewish community is currently leasing. However, they were demanding a price increase that would put the monthly rental fee at three times the
Continue...FM Lieberman: Gilo an Integral Part of Jerusalem (IsraelNN.com) Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, met Wednesday afternoon with France's Foreign Minister, Bernard Kouchner.
Minister Lieberman said at the meeting that the Gilo neighborhood is an integral part of Jerusalem and Israel, just like Tel Aviv and Herzliya.
Prosecutors say financial help from outsiders makes Iowa slaughterhouse manager likely to flee By Associated Press
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Prosecutors argued at a bail hearing for a former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse manager that an outpouring of financial support makes him a greater flight risk.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter Deegan noted at the Wednesday hearing that Sholom Rubashkin had raised money for his defense from supporters, and that money could be used to get Rubashkin and his family out of the country.
Rubashkin's attorneys have asked that Rubashkin be released on bail while he awaits sentencing for a fraud conviction.
Defense attorney Guy Cook says Rubashkin has "nowhere to hide" after the publicity surrounding the trial in Sioux Falls, S.D., and won't flee.
Judge Linda Reade says she will issue a ruling soon. Rubashkin is being held at the Woodbury County Jail.
Japan Bochur is being sentenced in Japan at 8 pm tonight. Please say Tehillim for him before then. His name is Yaakov Yosef ben Raizel.
NO RULING @ BAIL HEARING FOR SHOLOM MORDECHAI RUBASHKIN SHMAIS.com has learned that the outcome at today's long bail hearing for Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin was that Judge Reade refused to rule "from the bench" and said she will take everything into consideration and come back with a decision with regard to letting SMR out on bail. There was no time frame given for when she will have her decision.
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The Mission Statement: A short tribute to Rabbi Gavriel and Rivky Holtzberg on their 1st Yahrtzeit THE STORY OF ROSH CHODESH KISLEV - 32 YEARS Souvenir Journal - Rebbe's Shluchim South Africa
SHMAIS.COM EXCLUSIVE - 770 is jammed packed. Thousands of Chassidim from every corner of the earth, are here to celebrate with the Rebbe. All eyes focus on the Rebbe as the Hakofos begin. The Rebbe holds the Sefer Torah aloft. His face radiates the sheer joy of Yom-Tov as he dances with [his brother in-law,] the Rashag (o.h.), on the dais in the shul's centre. It is Shmini Atzeres, 5738.
The first Hakofoh ends. The Rebbe walks, slowly, back to his place at the south-eastern wall. The second and third Hakofos are completed and the Rebbe, looking tired, has clapped his hands only a few times.
Hakofoh Daled, the Rebbe turns to face the crowd. The singing stops. Silence engulfs 770. The Rebbe's face is white as chalk. The Hakofoh begins. The Rebbe strains to bring his hands together to clap. He asks for a chair and sits.
VIDEO OF THE DAY: Friends remember Rabbi Gabi Holtzberg HYD The following video was shown at the Oholei Torah Annual Dinner last year, which was dedicated to the memory of Rabbi Gabi Holtzberg HYD.
The presentaion has most personal interviews and thoughts of Gavriel from his classmates and teachers.
Moiradik! Inspiring remarks by Rabbi Yossi Lew - Atlanta, GA @ the Kinnus HaShluchim
Shluchim: It is time to rejoice!
Inspiring remarks by Rabbi Yossi Lew @ the Kinnus HaShluchim
When it comes to talk about “Hiskashrus” at the Kinnus, I wonder what to say: There are thousands of people assembled, all who have dedicated their 24 -7 to the Rebbe. What more and stronger Hiskashrus can there be?
It seems, then, that we are all need a reminder of what we are, what we have, and what we can do. I
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Call it a hate crime, Jewish lobby asks Bernie Farber, the head of the Canadian Jewish Congress, has written to Calgary's police chief demanding that officers investigate recent incidents of anti-Semitic graffiti as hate crimes.
Two southwest neighbourhoods, including a Holocaust memorial, the Calgary Jewish Centre and the Chabad Lubavitch centre, were spray-painted with swastikas and slogans including "kill Jews."
"This has all the makings of a hate crime," said Mr. Farber, who is concerned that investigators are being too cautious by describing the case as a mischief probe.
Also yesterday, police released photos of a man and a truck caught on surveillance video in the hope of generating tips from the public.
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Updated: 10:15:PM Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 Famous Lawyer Nat Lewin: Is Rubashkin The Victim In Agriprocessors Verdict? by Nathan Lewin - Special To The Jewish Week
Is the guilty verdict returned against Sholom Rubashkin by a jury of seven women and five men in Sioux Falls, S.D., the ultimate vindication of those who condemned Rubashkin from the time allegations against the kosher meat giant Agriprocessors were first publicized? Few will look beyond the word “guilty” and the seeming enormity of 86 counts to see whether Rubashkin actually committed acts that deserve criminal condemnation and imprisonment.
Although Americans have always been rightly proud of
The Rebbe's Advice #268 - HAPPINESS In memory of Rabbi Gavriel & Rebbetzin Rivkah Holtzberg HYD - Shluchim to Mumbai, India
Based on my information, a patient’s happy disposition helps him in his recovery. Dvar Melech, p. 30
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GRAVE situation for Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin There will be a court hearing for Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin, on Wednesday, 1 Kislev - 11/18/09, 10:15 AM Eastern Time for his release on bail.
Please increase in Torah, Tefilla, and Tzedaka until Wednesday afternoon b'zchus Sholom Mordechai Helevi ben Rivkah.
May he have a complete Geula in a revealed way, bikorov mamosh!
Attention parents, teachers, and administrators: Please include the children in adding zchusim for Shlolom Mordechai haLevi ben Rivka.
Opposition Leader Visits Beit Avraham The head of the Kadima Party, MK Tzipi Livni, paid a special visit to Beit Avraham, run by Chabad in Kiryat Malachi, which provides all types of assistance to children, whether emotional, academic, economic, or spiritual.
During her visit, one of the girls told Ms. Livni, “I thought you only spoke English …” Ms. Livni was very moved by her visit. “I was very impressed by my visit to this special place, especially when I saw how these people give themselves over to the community,” she said. “These children gave me a lot of inspiration.”(SOURCE: COL.ORG.IL)
JUSTICE IN MIDDLE AMERICA? BY BEREL JACOBS
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SOME THOUGHTS ON THE LAST DAY OF THE RUBASHKIN TRIAL IN SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA.
By this time, we are aware of the very saddening news that the Jury has returned a guilty verdict in Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin’s trial. Although this perhaps closes one chapter in this very sad story. Nevertheless, it also opens the next chapter which includes working to convince the court to allow Sholom Mordechai to be free on bail until sentencing and then
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Thousands flocked to the holy city of Hebron for Shabbos This week, thousands of people flocked to the holy city of Hebron for Shabbos. It was particularly significant because this was when Parashas Chayei Sara, which relates how Avraham purchased the Cave of Machpelah, was read.
The Chabad House in Hebron, which is run by shliach Rabbi Danny Cohen, prepared for this event, and Rabbi Cohen and his wife Batsheva opened their home to hundreds of extra guests from Anash.
Among the events that
Crown Heights: Shabbos Achdus for the entire community A Shabbos Achdus for the entire Crown Heights community will IYH take palce this Shabbos, Parshas Toldos.
Marking 1 year since the Mumbai Massacre,And the first Yartzeit of Rabbi Gavriel & Rivka Holtzberg.
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Post a Mazel Tov greeting or wishLIVING WITH MOSHIACH #1630 - WOMEN THIS ONE'S FOR YOU Our generation, the generation privileged to usher in the New Dawn of Moshiach, is the reincarnation of the generation of the Exodus. Now, as then, "in the merit of the righteous women" will the Redemption be realized. Now as then, the Jewish women's yearning for Moshiach -- a yearning which runs deeper than that of the men, and inspires and uplifts it -- will form the dominant strain in the melody of Redemption. (The Rebbe)
Wednesday: Children’s rally in honor of Gabi and Rivky’s Yahrtzeit Thousands of children from schools worldwide will gather for a children’s rally in honor of Gabi and Rivky’s Yahrtzeit.
The focus of this months missions is Shlichus. We are reflecting on true roll models: Gabi and Rivka, with practical ways of how we can emulate them.
This months program will be launched at a worldwide children’s rally on Rosh Chodesh Kislev, Wednesday at 1:00 pm EST.
Join us on Wednesday at 1:00 pm EST by logging on to TzivosHashem.org/rally
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May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives & Klal Yisroel.
A Sefer Torah for Rabbi Benzion Kroman, Hy”d A year after the terrorist atrocity at the Chabad House in Mumbai, in which six innocent Jews were brutally murdered, the Bobov community in Bat Yam held a hachnosas sefer Torah in memory of Rabbi Benzion Kroman, Hy”d, one of the victims.
Rabbi Kroman, a Bobover Chassid who lived in Bat Yam, traveled to India in the course of his work as a kashrus supervisor. He was due to return to Israel and on that fateful night he stepped into the Chabad House to daven Mincha and Maariv. Sadly, he would never return to his family alive.
Rabbi Shimon Rosenberg, father of Rivky Holtzberg, Hy”d, also attended the memorial event. As soon as he arrived at Ben-Gurion airport on returning from the International Shluchim Conference, he traveled straight to Bat Yam for the hachnosas sefer Torah.
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Bracha Basya Esther Bas Miriam LeoraHamas: Talks on Shalit Continuing Arutz-7
(IsraelNN.com) A Hamas spokesperson said Tuesday that negotiations with Israel for the release of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit were still ongoing, with ideas being exchanged through a German intermediary.
The spokesperson refused to divulge any details on the negotiations in an interview with PA news agency Ma'an, in order not to damage the negotiations, he said.
Canadian Prime Minister's wife shaken by visit to Mumbai Chabad House By Jane Taber - Theglobeandmail.com
Mumbai massacre revisited. Laureen Harper says she was “unprepared” for what she saw: the baby’s room. In an email this morning, Mrs. Harper reflected on her visit so far to India with her husband, Prime Minister Stephen Harper. This is the Prime Minister’s first visit to the country, an important one for trade for Canada. Yesterday, the couple visited Chabad House synagogue in Mumbai which was targeted by terrorists last year, resulting in the killing of Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife, Rivka. Their two-year son was spared.
“The trip to Chabad House was very sad indeed,” she wrote this morning from New Delhi, where they are now. “Everywhere you looked were bullet holes and damage from the attack. The rooms look so ordinary but the Rabbi who took us around would say two women were murdered in there.” She says that the only part “I was unprepared for was when we walked into the baby’s room … and how emotional it was. It was decorated like any baby’s room, multi-coloured walls, a very small bed and toys. I knew his parents probably were so excited to get it ready for him and they were both killed.”
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Elimelech Tzvi (ben R' Moshe Nissan) Wolvovsky (Crown Heights) to Chaya Mushka Chaikin (Johannesburg, South Africa)LECHAIM IYH TONIGHT-TUESDAY @ BLY 556 CROWN ST.An overflow crowd squeezed through more than a dozen metal detectors and into the garage-turned-gracious-lobby of the Troop C Armory in Brooklyn, New York. The drill hall, which boasts 100 foot ceilings, was decked in burgundy carpet and covered with 375 blue and ivory-colored tables. Guests would be forgiven for confusing the podium with the tree-lined blocks of Eastern Parkway on a balmy, fall night. Yellow street lamps and leafy trees cast a warm glow on the room.
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, Vice Chairman of Merkos, the Chabad-Lubavitch educational division, opened the banquet. “Not one emissary has left, not one Chabad center closed because of economic troubles,” he told a cheering audience which included many generous donors. In fact, he continued, several new couples have started communities this year.
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Rabbis Raices enjoying the Kinnus Updated: 10:36:PM Monday, Nov 16, 2009 Transcendent Joy, Transcendent Vision Celebrated at Chabad Conference Banquet by Dvora Lakein - Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters
(lubavitch.com) It was fitting that the staff and journalists present at last evening’s banquet in culmination of the 25th annual International Conference of Shluchim were seated on an upstairs balcony. The bird’s eye view of the proceedings downstairs was both moving and symbolic: most of the year, most of us are privy to these emissaries’ dealings from individual viewpoints, never quite seeing the full picture.
But at last night’s event, even from an elevated distance of 30 feet, the aerial view gave way to a rare experience of oneness, as the emotional charge wafted up the stairs.
> An overflow crowd squeezed through more than a dozen metal detectors and into the garage-turned-gracious-lobby of the Troop C Armory in Brooklyn, New York. The drill hall, which boasts 100 foot ceilings, was decked in burgundy carpet and covered with 375 blue and ivory-colored tables. Guests would be forgiven for confusing the podium with the tree-lined blocks of Eastern Parkway on a balmy, fall night. Yellow street lamps and leafy trees cast a warm glow on the room.
After 120 hours of endless inspiration in Crown Heights, the emissaries and lay leaders strolled up the Parkway for one more dose before returning to their outposts across the globe.
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, Vice Chairman of Merkos, the Chabad-Lubavitch educational division, coordinated the week-long convention and opened the banquet. “Not one emissary has left, not one Chabad center closed because of economic troubles,” he told a cheering audience which included many generous donors. In fact, he continued, several new couples have started communities this year.continue...
VIDEO OF THE DAY: You've got to see this Canadian Prime Minister Tours Mumbai Chabad House By Joshua Runyan
Touring the bullet-ridden shell of the Chabad House in Mumbai, India, one year after terrorists stormed the center and murdered six of its occupants, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper lit a candle Monday in memory of fallen Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, and the four Jewish guests who perished in the attack.
Walking alongside Rabbi Yosef Kantor, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Thailand; Rabbi Chaim Mendelsohn of the Canadian Federation of Chabad-Lubavitch; Rabbi Berel Gansbourg of Montreal, Harper described the visit as a show of solidarity and a chance to view first-hand the damage inflicted on the Mumbai center, as well as the resolve of Jewish leaders to continue its activities.
Canadian Minister of International Trade Stockwell Day, who had visited the damaged center once before, accompanied the prime minister on the tour.
“Of all the times that you could have chosen,” Kantor, who led the tour, told Harper, “that you chose now, one year after the attacks, to come and visit, strengthens our courage to move forward.”continue...
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Rechovot: Election Choice Still Unclear Upcoming mayoral elections in the Israeli city of Rechovot will prove to be exciting as the chareidi community will probably tip the balance. Chareidim form around 20% of the vote, and among the chareidi community Chabad has the majority, with 1200 votes, followed by Kretschnif with 800.
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World Media to Cover Memorial Ceremony in Kfar Chabad As the memorial ceremony for Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, shluchim in Mumbai and victims of last year’s savage terror attack there, draws closer, the world media is also preparing for this event. Various media representatives have contacted the Chabad Youth Organization to ask them to allow them to be present at the ceremony.
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MUMBAI: Memories of the tragedy at Nariman House still haunt Isaac Baagwan, the first police officer to reach the spot on 26/11. He regrets his men did not have advanced weapons which would have made their task easier. "All I had was a service pistol. The MRA Marg striking force comprising six policemen arrived with only SLR weapons in half an hour. The terrorists had AK-57s,'' he said.
As firing continued, Baagwan rushed to Colaba
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