| | Poona Chabad House Back in Swing for RH | | |
The extreme summer temperatures in India keep all but the hardiest tourists away from the country. The shluchim in Poona, India take advantage of the summer months to refresh their energies in Eretz Hakodesh. A number of bachurim remain in Poona to cater to the small number of tourists. Now that Rosh Hashana is approaching, the Chabad House is back to its full schedule of activities. The Kupchik family is back and have already begun with mivtza tefillin and shofar. A welcoming farbrengen was held on Thursday, Chof Hei Elul, the birthday of the world. Picture gallery in full article.
For a video of Mivtza shofar in Poona, click here. For a video of the Chof Hei Elul farbrengen, click here.
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| | Tefilin Donated to Orphans in France | | |
A number of pairs of tefillin were donated for orphans and needy people at a benefit dinner that took place on Motzei Shabbos in Brunoy, France, in memory of the child Mordechai Menachem Mendel Azulai A"H. Participants in the dinner included Mordechai's father R. Chaviv Azulai, R. Itche Nemanov, and Yechiel Kalmanson. The evening was chaired by R. Rachamim Baruch.
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| | Alma Ata: Kosher Meat for Yom Tov | | |
The assistant chief rabbi of Kazakhstan, the shochet R. Elchonon Cohen, shechted a large quantity of chickens and beef for the upcoming holidays. The chickens are for the local community as well as the Gershuni-Ohr Avner school, which ordered 300 kilo of chickens from the Beis Menachem Jewish center, lead by Kazakhstan chief rabbi Yishaya Elazar Cohen.
R. Cohen shechted two tons of chicken, two tons of beef and 700 kilo of lamb. The beef and chickens will be kashered before Yom Tov. R. Yeshaya Cohen reports that "Despite the great demand for Kosher meat in the communities of Alma Ata, Paweldor and Astana, the shluchim also make an effort to provide meat to other Jewish organizations such as Ohr Avner, the Joint, etc."
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| | New English Mivtzayim brochures | | |
In addition to the recently published Tishrei Guide, more English language brochures have been produced for use by shluchim around the world. The new brochures are on Mivtza Neshek, on the identity of Melech Hamoshiach, and how to write to the Rebbe via the Igros Kodesh.
The brochures can be obtained at the mivtzayim center on the ground floor of 770, or by emailing chabadusa@gmail.com.
To view the brochures, enter full article.
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| | No Charge for Union Mikveh During Tishrei | | |
Good news for Tishrei guests and Crown Heights residents: During Tishrei, there will be no charge for using the Union Street mikveh adjacent to 770. The Vaad Hakohol, who have taken responsibility for maintaining the mikveh, announced that the maintainance of the mikveh for the month of Tishrei will be in memory of Harav Hachassid R. Schneur Zalmen Gurary A"H, whose yahrtzeit is Rosh Hashana.
It is important to not that the expenses of the mikveh during Tishrei are much higher than usual, as the number of users increases two- or three-fold.
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| | New Torah for the Pentagon | | |
For the man who sponsored the first Torah for the Pentagon, it was a way to say thanks to this country.
“There is no better way for Jews to express their gratitude to America than to place a Torah in the Pentagon, which has preserved our freedom,” said Hank Sopher, a prominent New York real estate magnate and owner of Quik Park garages.
Sopher sponsored the writing of the Pentagon Torah, a first for the home of the U.S. military establishment.
Sholom Lipskar, a Lubavitch rabbi from Bal Harbour, Fla., and founding chairman of the Aleph Institute, presided over Monday’s Torah dedication in the Pentagon chapel. The scroll was placed in an ornate Israeli-built ark whose steel door is secured by a safe lock.
The ark rests in the spot where the 9-11 terrorists crashed the plane.
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“Torah is perceived as a source of power and strength,” Rabbi Lipskar said. “We bring the Torah to this chapel, a holy place in the Pentagon, itself a center of power.”
Dozens of personnel from all branches of the military watched in fascination as the scribe, Rabbi Shmuel Wolfman of Jerusalem, completed the last letters of the scroll.
“The Torah is the source of all monotheistic faiths,” said Dov Zakheim, former undersecretary of Defense. “That’s where we all began.”
Rabbi Jacob Goldstein, the New York chaplain of the Secret Service, also attended the celebration. He had returned the day before from hurricane-stricken New Orleans, where he served for three weeks in a tent city at the airport.
In the past two years, Sopher has sponsored two other Torahs, also written by Rabbi Wolfman. One was for The Shul of Bal Harbour, Fla., the other for the Chasam Sopher Synagogue on Clinton Street on the! Lower East Side.
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| | Grand Siyum HaRambam Motzei Shabbos | | |
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The Siyum HaRambam committee invites the entire Jewish community to participate in a worldwide celebration of the completion of the 23rd cycle of Rambam study. The Grand siyum will be held IY"H on Motzei Shabbos Parshas Nitzavim, 27 Elul, in the Oholei Menachem ballroom. The head of the Siyum HaRambam committee, R. Shmuel Menachem Mendel Butman, reports that many Admorim, rabbanim and roshei yeshiva from around the world will participate with words of Torah and chiddushim on Rambam. The evening is sponsored by Rabbi and Mrs. Meir Gutnik of Crown Heights.
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In the capital of Japan, activities continue to bring Jewish souls closer to their source. On Tuesday, a ceremony was held to affix a mezuzah to the home of one of the Mekuravim of Chabad of Tokyo, lead by the shluchim R. Binyamin Edrei and R. Yossi Kleiman.
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