| | 'Nadir' Band Visits Crown Heights | | |
 | | R. Avichzer makes Havdalah |
31 youths, members of the 'Nadir' band, spent an inspiring Shabbos in Crown Heights, organized by the Mercaz Shiurei Torah Organization, which serves as a Beis Chabad for Israelis.
The group contacted Mercaz Shiurei Torah only a few days before Shabbos to let them know of their desire to spend Shabbos in Crown Heights. Mercaz Shiurei Torah, not wanting to let down even a single Jew, worked tirelessly around the clock to make all the arrangements for the group.
A full program was prepared: A tour of the Tzivos Hashem Museum, which was opened especially for the group by R. Yerachmiel Benjaminson, director of Tzivos Hashem. (The museum is generally closed on Fridays.)
The group then toured the women's mikvah with Mrs. Henya Laine, who explained the Jewish concept of purity and the holiness of a Jewish marriage.
The Friday Night meals were hosted by two families, the Poppers and Winners, and the Shabbos day meal was hosted by the Waitman family. Mrs. Molly Resnick of Manhattan was the guest speaker.
Of course no Shabbaton would be complete without a tour of 770, and the group was shown all the places where the Rebbe would daven, farbreng, give out dollars, and answer his heavy correspondence.
All members of the group left Crown Heights spiritually satisfied and inspired by their first up-close encounter with Chabad.
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חדשות חב"ד
| | R. Wilschansky Farbrengs in 770 | | |
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Wilschansky, Rosh Yeshiva of Chabad Yeshiva of Tzefas, who is now visiting Crown Heights, farbrenged with his students, alumni of the Tzefas Yeshiva, who are now learning in 770. During the Farbrengen, R. Wilschanski urged them to make maximum use of the time remaining of their Kvutza year, and to "grab" as much as they can.
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חדשות חב"ד
| | Campaign to Locate Jews Hidden in Shoah | | |
60 year after the end of World War II, the Yad L'Achim organization has begun working on identifying over 2,000 Jews who were hidden as children in convents and monestaries and with Christian families across Europe. According to information received by the organization, after the war the church refused to allow baptized children to be returned to the Jewish community, even in cases where the parents demanded them back.
The church also did not allow any information about these children, such as names or addresses, to be released to Jewish organizations who sought to locate them. Therefore, only a small number of Jewish children were returned to their families. Yad L'Achim has set up a base in Holland, where over 1,000 of these "hidden children", now well into old age, are believed to be found. They are also making efforts to locate hidden Jews in France, Belgium and Italy. A team of investigators, detectives, psychologists and lawyers is assisting Yad L'Achim in its search.
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