| | 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.
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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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| | Hachnasas Sefer Torah in Baltimore | | |
Last week, a hachnasas Sefer Torah was held in Beis Moshiach, Baltimore MD. A Geulah caravan, traveling from Florida to 770, made a stop in Baltimore to join the festivities. The caravan joined the Hachnasas Sefer Torah parade amidst music, singing and rejoicing. During the hakafos, members of the local Jewish community as well as students of Mercaz Moshiach Florida were honored with holding the Torah and reciting pesukim.
After the Torah was brought in to Beis Moshiach Baltimore, a seudas Mitzva was held. The shliach R. Menachem Mendel Gafni and R. Mordechai Anati of Florida.
Gallery of pictures in full article.
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