B"H Friday, 24 Elul 5770 | September 03 2010
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From the Press
 Rabbi Yitzchok Ginzburg Detained 
Photograph: Haaretz/ Eyal Warshavsky
The police's Unit of International Crime Investigations on Thursday detained Rabbi Yitzhak Ginsburg, the president of the Od Yosef Chai yeshiva in the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar in connection to a book that condoned the killing of non-Jews ■ more
    
 
Attention Anash & Tmimim
 Please Say Tehillim and Give Tzedoko 
Attention Anash: Please say tehillim and give tzedoko l'zchus Rabbi Adin ben Rivka Leah Steinzaltz, who is in surgery at this time, for a refuah shleimo ■ more
    
 
Moach Shalit al Haleiv
 The Rebbe's Commando in Training 
Photograph: Shturem
The room went quiet; the atmosphere became intimidating. Twenty Shluchim sat anxiously, waiting. Their eyes, blindfolded. Stressed and unable to see, the Shluchim struggled to follow the given instructions. Their minds occupied with one question: what will happen next ■ more
    
 
32 Annual Kinus
 Shluchim to Eretz HaKodesh to Convene 
The Shluchim, 5769
The Shluchim, 5769 | Photograph: Shturem
The Rebbe's Shluchim to Eretz HaKodesh will hold their annual Kinus in Moshav Tzafaria, adjacent to Kfar Chabad.  The Shluchim are convening for the 32nd time, since their arrival in three groups after being hand-picked for this unique Shlichus by the Rebbe ■ more
    
 
 Annual N'shei U'Bnos Chabad Convention 
Photograph: Meir Alfasi, Shturem
The annual N'shei U'Bnos Chabad of Eretz Yisroel Convention is taking place today in Yerushalayim.  The attendees, coming from all corners of Eretz Yisroel, look forward to this yearly event ■ more
    
 
Boruch Dayan HoEmes
 Mrs. Shaindel Goldberg, OB"M 
With sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Shaindel Goldberg, ob"m, of Yerushalayim, this morning.  Mrs. Goldberg is a seventh generation descendant of the Alter Rebbe, and a grandaughter of the Rebbetzin Menucha Rochel ■ more
    
 
Yerushalyim, Last Night
 Lubavitcher Shul, Meah Shearim 
Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg
Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg | Photograph: Chadrei Charedim
In Yerushalayim the longing for the Geulah is felt more than any other place in the world.  Avi Segal of the Chadrei Charedim website, paid a visit to the Lubavitcher Shul in Meah Shearim last night ■ more
    
 
770 Kfar Chabad
 Learning about the Bais HaMikdosh 
Photograph: Shturem
In 770 in Kfar Chabad Rabbi Menachen Lattard taught groups of visitors about the Beis HaMikdosh, as per the Rebbe's horoa for bein hametzorim ■ more
    
 
From the Press
 Rabbi Chaim Kaplan Sues Al- Jazeera 
Rabbi Chaim Kaplan
Rabbi Chaim Kaplan | Photograph: Ynet
One of the plaintiffs, Haim Kaplan, said, "The first city to be hit was Safed, and I was hit twice on the first day of the war. In the first incident a rocket landed a few meters from my house; shrapnel entered the house, and it was a miracle no one was hurt. Later that day a rocket landed near my car ■ more
    
 
 Rabbi Moshe Ben Tov, OB"M 
Rabbi Yoel Kaplan at Levaye
Rabbi Yoel Kaplan at Levaye | Photograph: Yossi Furmanski/ B'chadrei Chareidim

With sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Moshe Ben Tov, ob"m,  of Yerushalayim.  Rabbi Ben Tov passed away shortly before Shabbos, and the levaye took place last night ■ more 

    
 
Are You Safe?
 Turkish Hackers Invade Chabad Website 
Turkey shel Maalo
Turkey shel Maalo | Photograph: Shturem Archives
Wolf said that Turkish hackers have been able to use the information to penetrate Israeli bank accounts, use Israeli credit cards and open accounts on different websites. Wolf has contacted numerous Israeli websites about the information breach and also informed Israeli police ■ more
    
 
Urgent Tehillim Needed
 Please Say Tehillim and Give Tzedoko 
Please say Tehillim and give tzedoko l'zchus and refuah shleimo of Devorah Hinda bas Bella- a three month old infant in need of our tefillos, and Rabbi Chai Moshe ben Itu ■ more
    
 
Isrealinks
 Learning and Volunteering 
Photograph: Berele Scheiner

"A unique trip like this has a powerful effect on every one of the students who participate," says Rabbi Yossy Gordon, Executive Vice-President of Chabad on Campus. "In the last three years, close to 300 students participated in this project. For more than 90% of them, the trip strengthened their ties with Judaism on many levels ■ more 

    
 
Rechovot Train Station
 81Years: Reliving an Historic Moment 
Rechovot Train Station, 81 Years Later
Rechovot Train Station, 81 Years Later | Photograph: Shturem
One of the most important events that occurred at the Rechovot Train Station in its entire history, was relived this morning at 6:30 am ■ It was 81 years since the Frierdike Rebbe's train stopped at this very station, on his way from Alexandria, Egypt, to Yerushalayim ■ more
    
 
Minister Eli Yishai:
 Sandra Samuels to Recieve Citizenship 
Moishi and Zeide Holtzberg
Moishi and Zeide Holtzberg | Photograph: Yisroel Bardugo
Israel will grant citizenship to the Indian woman who saved the life of a 2-year-old boy whose parents were murdered in the terrorist attack on the Chabad House in Mumbai in Kislev, 5768 ■ She risked her life in order to save Jews and we are obligated to take care of her ■ more
    
 
Boruch Dayan HoEmes
 Mrs. Chaya Nechama Kasdan, OB"M 

With sadness we report the untimely passing of Mrs. Chaya Nechama Kasdan, ob"m, of Yerushalayim.The levaye will be leaving tonight at midnight from the Shamgar Funeral Home, and continuing to Har Hazeisim ■ more

    
 
Attention Anash & Tmimim
 Have You Seen this Bochur? 
A Lubavitcher bochur is missing from his home in Maale Adumim since last Motzoei Shabbos, at 10:30 p.m ■ If you have seen him or have any information about his whereabouts, please call the Maale Adumim Police at 02-5358444 or dial 100 for Police ■ more
    
 
25 Rabbonim Sign:
 "Don't Rent to Them" 
Rabbi Chanania Leviev of the Chabad House in Kiryat Shalem told The Jerusalem Post to "walk around the streets here, and see what it's like - it's impossible to live like this ■ The rabbis quote the Talmud as saying "do not have mercy on them," and cite the Shulchan Aruch, a major halachic source, to justify their actions ■ more
    
 
Yad L'Achim Press Release
 Yad L'Achim Unmasks Missionary Center 
A recently renovated building in the heart of Tel Aviv that claims to be a soup kitchen and free coffee shop for down-and-outers is a front for missionaries, Yad L’Achim has learned ■ Yad L’Achim chairman Rabbi Dov Lifschitz expressed outrage at the audacity of the missionaries operating under false pretenses in the heart of Tel Aviv ■ more
    
 
Maayanot Birthright
 Mega Bar Mitzvah at the Kosel 
While on his 10 day trip to Israel with Mayanot-Birthright,  Berel Zak pulled off 3 bar mitzvah's and 1 bas mitzva at the Kosel Maarovi ■ more
    
 
Leben Mit der Tzeit
 "As if It was Built in His Days" 
Photograph: Meir Alfasi, Shturem
Rabbi Yisroel Ariel, director of Machon HaMikdosh, hosted Meir and explained each object in detail.  Join us on a virtual tour, in the hope that today, we will be zoche to see the originals in the Beis HaMikdosh, with Moshiach NOW ■ more
    

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