COLlive Presents: Shabbos Night Live with Rabbi Shmuel Butman. Weekly Story: After 17 childless years, the Rebbe gives advise to a sad couple. 12-17 of Tammuz Episode: How often did the Previous Rebbe see his father while in Russian prison and the connection with the destruction of the temple. Video

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Remember that big Siddur the Chazzan used in Shul? Kehot gave it a makeover. The new pulpit-size Siddur is 7x11'' and has matching page numbers to the highly popular "blue Siddur." Full Story

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Iranian blogger Dr. Mehdi Khazali, who claimed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has Jewish roots, is being detained by authorities after being arrested this past week. Full Story

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Op-Ed By Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie: "Unfortunately, the conversation on COLlive.com between Rabbis Shmuley Boteach and Yoseph Korf fails on many counts to take a responsible approach to the questions that face us as a community." Full Story

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Camp Gan Israel of Montreal, now in its 53rd year, kicked off this week with close to 450 campers enjoying hiking, boating, swimming in an olympic size pool and a trip. Head Counselors Yosef Fine, Shua Goldstein and Berel Paltiel launched an innovative game show for learning competition as well. Photos

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The wedding of Yossi Spigler of Melbourne, Australia, and Dina Eliezrie of Yorba Linda, CA, took place on Tuesday in Irvine, California. Photos

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Approximately 300 people gathered last Sunday to welcome the Unity Sefer Torah, the very first Torah for Chabad of Downtown Vancouver, under the direction of Rabbi Binyomin and Malky Bitton. Full Story

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A Chabad convention aimed at empowering women was held at Tel Aviv's Nokia Stadium Thursday with 6,500 women and girls. Standup comedian Michal Levitin who performed: "I use my talent to convey important messages." Full Story, Photos

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The closed emergency meeting held on April 26, 2009 * Photo: COLlive

68-year-old Lubavitcher yeshiva school in Montreal has launched an "emergency" campaign as it faces a financial crisis. 60 teachers' salaries were delayed, administrator Linda Rosenblum acknowledged. Full Story

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The Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe's shul, under the leadership of Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky, formally dedicated its 18 new stained glass windows, 10 of which depict the steps of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson's mitzvah campaign. Full Story

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The wedding of Josh Gothelf of Miami, Florida and Sheera Davis of Passaic, NJ took place Thursday at Oholei Torah. Photos

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"If you didn’t know that the Torah has a sense of humor, you probably missed the story of Balak and Bilaam, a tale of two highly influential leaders, who, driven by fear and greed, team up against the perceived threat of a rising nation with G-d on their side," writes Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov. Full Article

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Close to 80 Shluchim and Shluchos, directors of Friendship Circle programs, participated this week in the fourth annual conference for Friendship Circle directors in New Jersey. Full Story

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With sadness we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of Menachem Mendel Sadon of France, at the age of 15.

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Campers of Oholei Torah Kiddy Camp in Crown Heights wait in their cubbies before they line up for the bus home. More

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More than two dozen Jewish organizations in Brooklyn, including yeshivas and the Jewish Children's Museum will receive funds in an effort to offset security costs at non-profit institutions considered particularly high-risk by officials.
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Hunter College student Vladimir Mikhlin, accompanied by Shliach Rabbi Boruch Sholom Jacobson, celebrated both his Bar Mitzvah and the baby naming ceremony of his daughter in 770 recently. Full Story

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Rabbi Korf (left) and Rabbi Boteach

Following a 3 Tammuz column by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach citing "the foremost issues that Chabad should commit to improving on this milestone occasion," Florida Shliach Rabbi Yoseph Korf writes to COLlive a counter back: "Once again he rears his head to hang Chabad's laundry." Full Story

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Participants at the graduation in Crown Heights, Wednesday * Photos: Yossi Percia / COLlive

13 graduates concluded their Teacher Training Program at the Menachem Education Foundation in Crown Heights. Among the speakers were Rabbis Don Yoel Levy, Zalman Leib Markowitz, Zalman Shnuer and Mendy Uzevitch. Full Story, Photos

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Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist Hershey Friedman, who bought the flailing Agriprocessors, spoke this week to Mishpacha magazine about his plans for the Postville meat plant and his take on the Rubashkin family. Full Story

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The Capital Region Friendship Circle, run by Rabbi Shimon and Liba Andrusier, noted the efforts of its 65 volunteers at a recent dinner, attended by over 180 friends and supporters. Full Story

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A new booklet by Rabbi Tzvi Aisenbach of Jerusalem aims to test the knowledge of the thousands of daily devout Rambam learners. Full Story

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South Florida's Lubavitch Education Center is on the verge of disappearing as Regions Bank is foreclosing on the large property. "The word 'threaten to disappear' I would disagree with because, G-d willing, we will never disappear," said director Rabbi Benzion Korf. Full Story, Video

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An article in the Jewish Week profiles Jewish life in the popular seaside summer resort The Hamptons. Shliach Rabbi Leibel Baumgarten recalls holding Shabbos services in Jewish homes, before Shul options existed. Full Story

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The L'Chaim of Lazer Labkowsky of Los Angeles and Luba Chein of Crown Heights took place recently in Crown Heights. Photos

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This week in JEM's Living Torah video: The Rebbe speaks about the importance of educating our youth, as "man is like the tree of the field." Video

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The L'Chaim of Mendy Morris of Crown Heights and Mushky Mendelsohn of N. Miami Beach, FL took place Wednesday at Lubavitch Yeshiva in Crown Heights. Photos

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