Shabbos Times for Parshas Vayeira

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Shliach to Russian Resort Town Welcomes PM

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Israeli Prime Minister, Mr. Naftali Bennett, arrived on Friday morning at the Russian city of Sochi for a formal meeting with Russia’s President Mr. Vladimir Putin. At the airport, he was welcomed by Rabbi Shalom Lazar, the city’s Chief Rabbi, who blessed him with success on behalf of the country’s entire Jewish population • Full Story, Photos

For Your Shabbos Table: To See the Divine

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From the desk of Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Director of the Meaningful Life Center: Watch a beautiful sunset. Listen to a stirring symphony. Smell a delicate fragrance. Taste a delectable wine. Touch the soft cheek of a child. Those are our five senses at work – taking in and experiencing the aesthetics of our universe. But what else enters through our sensory doors? • Click to Read

Large Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Onions

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“Throw away any whole red, white, or yellow onions you have at home that do not have a sticker or packaging,” the CDC said, noting some may have packaging indicating ProSource as the brand and that they were grown in Mexico. “If you can’t tell where the onions are from, don’t buy or eat them” • Full Story

Israel to Allow Tourists Starting Nov. 1

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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz and Tourism Minister Yoel Razvozov approved a plan on Thursday allowing vaccinated and recovered tourists to enter the country beginning on November 1. Tourists will have to have either received two shots of an approved vaccine, or have recovered from COVID in the last six months • Full Story

Shluchim Facilitate Largest Jewish Wedding in the UAE

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Wednesday evening, Rabbi Berel Lazar, Senior Shliach and Chief Rabbi of Russia, officiated at a wedding that took place in the heart of the vast, sandy desert outside of Dubai. The young couple, alumni of Chabad mosdos in Russia, celebrated their marriage with the participation of over 600 young Jews who are currently enjoying a special trip to Dubai, organized by Yahad, Russia’s young adult community, along with a number of shluchim and rabbis from the Former Soviet Union • Full Story, Photos

Missionary ‘Sleeper Cell’ in U.S. Exposed

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A father and son practising as Orthodox rabbis in the U.S. have been accused by anti-missionary investigators of being secret evangelical Christians. The two have been accepted and welcomed in a number of Orthodox Jewish communities in locations across the US.The claims over Michael and Calev Isaacson — who have changed their family name from Dawson — would cause disastrous halachic problems for the Jewish community if true • Full Story, Photos

Small Town Russian Shluchos Gather for Unique Conference

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Shluchim in Russia’s smaller cities face unique challenges the likes of which their colleagues living in larger cities like Moscow or Petersburg usually do not experience. It was with this in mind that a special conference was arranged last week for these shluchos, many of whom are the only observant family in their city. The Conference took place in the city of Kazan, capital of Russia’s Muslim republic of Tatarstan • Full Story, Photos

Nicaragua: Locally Slaughtered Meat Becomes Available to Thousands

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For the first time in history, a strictly kosher shechita took place in the Central American country of Nicaragua. The country, home to a local Jewish community, is also a popular destination for tourists, among them thousands of Jews. Shochet Rabbi Eliyahu Ezagui arrived from New York to conduct the shechita under the supervision of local Shliach Rabbi Dovid Atar • Full Story, Photos

How Hate Crime Opened Road to Redemption for Canadian Teen

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In early April, a mother was walking her toddler to her daycare in Victoria’s Jewish community centre when she spotted fresh graffiti scrawled on the building’s sign. As the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors who fled a Nazi concentration camp in Poland, the antisemitic messages “kill Jews” and “gas Jews” struck her hard • Full Story, Photos

N’Shei Chabad Paris Marks Yahrtzeit of Mrs. Batia Azimov

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N’Shei U’bnos Chabad of Paris, France held a special evening of learning in honor of the 10th yahrtzeit of beloved Shlucha Mrs. Batia Azimov, wife of legendary Shliach Rabbi Shmuel ‘Muleh’ Azimov. The couple were crucial to the immense growth of Jewish life in France. The event was held in the city’s Beth Chaya Mouchka Center. Attendees enjoyed meaningful learning, a beautiful concert, and tasty refreshments. Images captured by photographer Mordechai Lubecki • Photos

Shluchim Make History in Aubervilliers, France

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For the first time ever, masses have gathered in the central square of Aubervilliers, France to celebrate the Grand Kiddush Levana ceremony, as per instruction of the Rebbe exactly 30 years ago • Full Story, Photos

Why Was It The 1st Time He Donned Tefillin In His Life?

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A moving event took place in the Hyper Lipskar supermarket in Kfar Chabad last week. The store’s owner, Reb Zami Lipskar, explained that he called a technician he never used before to repair their bread machine. “Reb Yisrael Feldman, who works in our office, asked him if he wants to put on tefillin,” Reb Lipskar said. “The technician answered: ‘I’ve never put on tefillin in my life and I won’t start now. At my age, I don’t make changes” • Full Story

Yad L’Achim Petitions to Remove Missionary IDF Soldiers from Duty

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An internal missionary publication that has reached the hands of Yad L’Achim reveals that Christian organizations are training their members who are IDF soldiers in how to get their Jewish comrades to convert. Due to the seriousness of the matter, Yad L’Achim sent an urgent letter to Defense Minister Benny Gantz calling on him to removes active missionaries from the ranks of the army and to stop drafting cult members • Full Story

Kinus Banquet to be Held in Massive Tent

Is Kindness Genetic?

Shabbos Times for Parshas Vayeira

Shliach to Russian Resort Town Welcomes PM

New Engagement

Mendy Tratner – Miami to Riki Woonteiler – Crown Heights

New Engagement

Chaim Lisbon – Los Angeles to Mushka Wolowik – Toronto

Photos: This Week in 770

Is a Teachers Strike Legitimate?

L’Chaim: Bastomski – Goldschmidt

For Your Shabbos Table: To See the Divine

Niggun Time – Yeilchu Michayil El Chayil

New Engagement

Yonah Bastomski – Los Angeles to Leah Goldschmidt – Dallas, TX

L’Chaim tonight at JCM downstairs

Delve Into Dvar Malchus with Rabbi Greenberg

Large Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Onions

Israel to Allow Tourists Starting Nov. 1

In One Week: Kinus Hashluchim 5782

Shluchim Facilitate Largest Jewish Wedding in the UAE

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Baby boy to Sholom Ber and Muka (nee Groner) Pewzner – Manalapan, NJ

Don’t Be An ‘Only Child’

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Baby girl to Yossi and Mushka (nee Reiter) Bernstein – Crown Heights

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Baby boy to Mendel and Gitty (nee Altein) Cohen – Baltimore

Missionary ‘Sleeper Cell’ in U.S. Exposed

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This World Is Not A Free-For-All!

Small Town Russian Shluchos Gather for Unique Conference

Nicaragua: Locally Slaughtered Meat Becomes Available to Thousands

How Hate Crime Opened Road to Redemption for Canadian Teen

N’Shei Chabad Paris Marks Yahrtzeit of Mrs. Batia Azimov

Shluchim Make History in Aubervilliers, France

Mrs. Shula Hartstein, 86, OBM

Why Was It The 1st Time He Donned Tefillin In His Life?

R’ Sholom Simon, 83, OBM

Yad L’Achim Petitions to Remove Missionary IDF Soldiers from Duty

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Baby boy to Mendy and Shaina (nee Marazow) Kirszenberg – Crown Heights

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