| | Elul: Mivtza Shofar and Checking Tefillin | | |
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In light of the horaos of the Rebbe, MH"M, to make a campaign to check tefillin and mezuzos and also to arrange mivtza shofar, Chabad Houses around the world are putting great energies into these two projects. Among other things they are arranging visits to Jewish schools, old age homes and army bases in Israel. They are also advertising that Tefillin and Mezuzos can be dropped off at the Chabad House for inspection by a sofer.
The hora'ah of the Rebbe is to check the tefillin if they have not been checked in the past 12 months, preferably during Chodesh Elul.
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| | New Building in B. Shemesh Affixes Mezuzot | | |
A number of days before the new school year began, the Chabad educational institutions in Beit Shemesh were granted a new school building for their Talmud Torah. In honor of the new school year, the mezuzot were affixed today in the presence of the students, who rejoiced at the opportunity to participate in this unusual educational opportunity.
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| | 800 Jews Lay Tefillin in France! | | |
 | | Mivtza Tefillin in Brunoy |
In Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim of Brunoy, France, the students had a short one-week vacation. The students utilized their vacation to do mivtza tefillin, and laid tefillin with over 800 Jews!
May we all learn from their example!
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Sichos in English has issued a new book as a follow-up to the carrying out of the expulsion. The sefer includes many sichos of the Rebbe on Shleimus Haaretz and the need to protest the compromise of Israel's security. The sefer has been translated by R. Yankel Koncepolsky.
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| | Chabad New Orleans Aids Hurricane Victims | | |
The Shluchim of the Rebbe in New Orleans, R. Zelig Rivkin and R. Yossi Nemes, who have recently escaped the onslaught of Hurricane Katrina, are now devoting their days and nights to providing assistance to hurricane victims. They have set up "Command Centers" in Chabad Houses in nearby cities, and are helping survivors contact family members, find lodging and employment, and aiding them in resettlement.
R. Chaim Lazaroff, shliach in Houston, Texas, and R. Levi Klein of Memphis, TN, have also been very active in hurricaine aid. These two cities have become absorption centers for the many people left homeless by the storm.
To find out how you can help Chabad in its hurricane relief efforts, enter their website: http://www.jewishhurricane.com.
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| | Chof Av Protest Rally at Israeli Consulate | | |
Thursday evening, Chof Av, hundreds of Lubavitchers gathered across from the Israeli Consulate in Manhattan under the banner ‘When Silence is A Sin.’ Three powerful speakers broke the silence following the Churban Aza/Northern Shomron: Rabbi David Hollander, Rabbinic Activist, Spiritual Leader and Columnist; Rabbi Yehoshua Hecht, Spiritual Leader of Beth Israel Westport/Norwalk, Connecticut; and Rabbi Sholom B. Kalmanson, Director of Chabad of Southern Ohio. The Master of Ceremonies was Rabbi Tzvi Lang, Vice Chairman, Crown Height Jewish Community Concil.
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Rabbi Hollander opened the program by screaming “Why are we here? It already happened, it’s over.” After decades of being a leader with staunch Jewish values – and a staunch follower of the Rebbe – Rabbi Hollander’s spirit and sharp wit has only strengthened with time. “The answer is in the Chumash,” answered Hollander. He went on to explain how when Yaakov was shown the bloodied shirt that made him draw the conclusion that Yosef was no more, Yaakov mourned but he did not accept consolation. Because Yosef was still alive.
“We are mourning, but we are not allowed to accept consolation for that which is still alive. We are not giving up on those people in the consulate. One day they will do Tshuva and recognize the evil of their deeds. And the land will come back to us.”
Rabbi Hollander warned the Americans, “The Arabs are already saying, ‘Today Aza, Tomorrow Jerusalem. Soon they will be saying, Today Jerusalem,! Tomorrow America, G–d forbid. Americans take note while there is still time.”
Following Rabbi Hollander, Rabbi Hecht also addressed the consulate: “When will the people who are across the street realize the truth of what has transpired?” asked Rabbi Yehoshua Hecht, “They fly the flag with such joy, yet they do not realize that the events of last week were a debacle of horror for all decent people, a nefarious and terrible plan of rewarding terrorists.
“There are those who claim that American Jews should be silent, but the Shulchan Orech tells us differently. We are obligated to be concerned for Jews wherever they are… including Jews in Eretz Yisroel.
“This time the major Jewish organizations were co-opted into silence and approval. We cannot let that happen again.”
Rabbi Kalmanson explained many details about the folly and tragedy of the eviction of Jews from their homes; the obstruction of justice and democracy that led to this scenario;! and the clarity of the Rebbe throughout it all. He stressed t! hat all is not lost, we must still try to prevent the evacuated areas from being handed over to the enemies.
“Everything the Rebbe forecast is a reality. If the Rebbe said giving land is a mistake, it is a mistake,” said Kalmanson. “The Rebbe was asked by right wingers why he did not use the name Israel. ‘This is not Medinas Yisroel,’ the Rebbe answered, ‘it is Eretz Yisroel.’ Four thousand years ago G–d made a covenant with Avraham, Yitzchok and Yaakov, giving them this land. The term Medina is only since 1948. It was given by the UN and it can be taken back by the UN. Eretz Yisroel is permanent and not dependant on the UN.”
The program also included a presentation by Rabbi Mendel Morozov, Shliach of Brooklyn College; Tehilim led by Rabbi Yekutiel Rapp; and the 12 Posukim led by a group of children.
The event was a coalition effort by www.truepeace.org, Crown Heights Vaad HaKohol, Americans For a Safe Israel and Chabad Chassidim to Ensure the Safet! y of Jews in Eretz Yisroel.
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חדשות חב"ד
| | 800 Jews Lay Tefillin in France! | | |
| | | Mivtza Tefillin in Brunoy |
In Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim of Brunoy, France, the students had a short one-week vacation. The students utilized their vacation to do mivtza tefillin, and laid tefillin with over 800 Jews!
May we all learn from their example!
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 | | הרב ליברוב בהתוועדות |
In accordance with the directive of the Rebbe MH"M on Parshas Korach, 5750 (Sefer Hasichos 539), to make a farbrengen every Rosh Chodesh, a farbrengen was held in the Lubavitch shul in Montreal together with many members of Anash. R. Alexander Sender Lieberow, a respected chassid of Manchester, England, inspired the crowd to strengthen their hiskashrus to the Rebbe through fulfilling his directives without compromise.
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| | Hachnasas S"T for Beis Chaya Mushka, Paris | | |
Yesterday, a Hachnasas sefer Torah was held for Beis Chaya Mushka of Paris. The Torah was entered into the shul with great ceremony and was greeted by all the other Torahs. The congregation said L'chaim and rejoiced for many hours.
Gallery of pictures in full article, by R. Yakov Getz, Chassidous.org.
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 | | לחיים |
 | | הרב שמואל אזימוב |
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חדשות חב"ד
| | Chof Av Protest Rally at Israeli Consulate | | |
Thursday evening, Chof Av, hundreds of Lubavitchers gathered across from the Israeli Consulate in Manhattan under the banner ‘When Silence is A Sin.’ Three powerful speakers broke the silence following the Churban Aza/Northern Shomron: Rabbi David Hollander, Rabbinic Activist, Spiritual Leader and Columnist; Rabbi Yehoshua Hecht, Spiritual Leader of Beth Israel Westport/Norwalk, Connecticut; and Rabbi Sholom B. Kalmanson, Director of Chabad of Southern Ohio. The Master of Ceremonies was Rabbi Tzvi Lang, Vice Chairman, Crown Height Jewish Community Concil.
Continued in full article
Rabbi Hollander opened the program by screaming “Why are we here? It already happened, it’s over.” After decades of being a leader with staunch Jewish values – and a staunch follower of the Rebbe – Rabbi Hollander’s spirit and sharp wit has only strengthened with time. “The answer is in the Chumash,” answered Hollander. He went on to explain how when Yaakov was shown the bloodied shirt that made him draw the conclusion that Yosef was no more, Yaakov mourned but he did not accept consolation. Because Yosef was still alive.
“We are mourning, but we are not allowed to accept consolation for that which is still alive. We are not giving up on those people in the consulate. One day they will do Tshuva and recognize the evil of their deeds. And the land will come back to us.”
Rabbi Hollander warned the Americans, “The Arabs are already saying, ‘Today Aza, Tomorrow Jerusalem. Soon they will be saying, Today Jerusalem,! Tomorrow America, G–d forbid. Americans take note while there is still time.”
Following Rabbi Hollander, Rabbi Hecht also addressed the consulate: “When will the people who are across the street realize the truth of what has transpired?” asked Rabbi Yehoshua Hecht, “They fly the flag with such joy, yet they do not realize that the events of last week were a debacle of horror for all decent people, a nefarious and terrible plan of rewarding terrorists.
“There are those who claim that American Jews should be silent, but the Shulchan Orech tells us differently. We are obligated to be concerned for Jews wherever they are… including Jews in Eretz Yisroel.
“This time the major Jewish organizations were co-opted into silence and approval. We cannot let that happen again.”
Rabbi Kalmanson explained many details about the folly and tragedy of the eviction of Jews from their homes; the obstruction of justice and democracy that led to this scenario;! and the clarity of the Rebbe throughout it all. He stressed t! hat all is not lost, we must still try to prevent the evacuated areas from being handed over to the enemies.
“Everything the Rebbe forecast is a reality. If the Rebbe said giving land is a mistake, it is a mistake,” said Kalmanson. “The Rebbe was asked by right wingers why he did not use the name Israel. ‘This is not Medinas Yisroel,’ the Rebbe answered, ‘it is Eretz Yisroel.’ Four thousand years ago G–d made a covenant with Avraham, Yitzchok and Yaakov, giving them this land. The term Medina is only since 1948. It was given by the UN and it can be taken back by the UN. Eretz Yisroel is permanent and not dependant on the UN.”
The program also included a presentation by Rabbi Mendel Morozov, Shliach of Brooklyn College; Tehilim led by Rabbi Yekutiel Rapp; and the 12 Posukim led by a group of children.
The event was a coalition effort by www.truepeace.org, Crown Heights Vaad HaKohol, Americans For a Safe Israel and Chabad Chassidim to Ensure the Safet! y of Jews in Eretz Yisroel.
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