Rabbinical students Ephraim Oster and Yisroel Sternbach just completed an intense 2 week visit to Town of Mont Royal, Montreal. Under the guidance of Chabad TMR director Rabbi Moshe Krasnanski they divided their day between appointments with local Jewish businessman and family visitations.
- Author: CrownHeights.info
- Published: Aug 27th, 2010
- Category: Merkos Shlichus
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Roving Rabbis in Montreal
Rabbinical students Ephraim Oster and Yisroel Sternbach just completed an intense 2 week visit to Town of Mont Royal, Montreal. Under the guidance of Chabad TMR director Rabbi Moshe Krasnanski they divided their day between appointments with local Jewish businessman and family visitations.
- Author: CrownHeights.info
- Published: Aug 26th, 2010
- Category: Merkos Shlichus
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Merkos Shlichus: Chess, Cows and Some Chocolate

By Dovber Grunblatt & Levi Shemtov
Meet Gabi, champion of “chess sub-18” in South America. He's only 11 years old, and he has beaten professional chess players 7 years his senior. He's a bright boy. And he's Jewish too.
- Author: CrownHeights.info
- Published: Aug 24th, 2010
- Category: Merkos Shlichus
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Merkos Shlichus in Surrey Comes to an End

Roving Rabbis Yosef Schtroks and Yaakov Kotlarsky, are coming to the end of there two weeks of Roving out in Surrey, BC, Canada. Over the last two weeks they have encountered Jews of all stripes and colors.
- Author: CrownHeights.info
- Published: Aug 22nd, 2010
- Category: Merkos Shlichus
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Roving Rabbis Pay Visit to Marquette

Following the commandment to visit and share their faith with other Jewish people, rabbis in training Aharon Kupfer, left, and Boruch Gancz, both of New York City, visited Marquette this week as part of the outreach required by their religious training. They will also be visiting Mackinac City and Traverse City before returning to school.
Many students in high school or college might consider studying abroad, using that period of travel to explore the world and enhance their educations.
- Author: CrownHeights.info
- Published: Aug 18th, 2010
- Category: Merkos Shlichus
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The Prime Minister Wants Tefillin
by Dovid Kotlarsky & Shua Greenspan
We were in Aruba, a small Caribbean island that is home to about 35 Jewish people. Sunday morning, we started with calling the “Jew of the island.” Tony is his name. He knows everyone and everything and waits a whole year for the Roving Rabbis to come.
- Author: CrownHeights.info
- Published: Aug 16th, 2010
- Category: Merkos Shlichus
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Roving Rabbis Spread Jewish Awareness
Moscow-Pullman Daily News

Rabbis Zalmon Popack (left) and Shimon Sabol visited with members of the city?s Jewish community last week.
Washington — The Moscow-Pullman area had a special visit by two young roving rabbis last month.
- Author: CrownHeights.info
- Published: Aug 16th, 2010
- Category: Merkos Shlichus
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Stu Laying Tefillin for the First Time Ever

Surrey, Canada — After a long, tiring day of searching for Jewish people on the White Rock coast, we met a Jewish man named Stu, who was delighted to meet us!
- Author: CrownHeights.info
- Published: Aug 12th, 2010
- Category: Merkos Shlichus
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A Special Story on the Merkos Shlichus Trail
Roving Rabbis Yosef Schtroks and Yaakov Kotlarsky, are on Merkos Shlichus in Surrey BC, Canada, and have spent the last few days reaching out to Jewish people all around the Surrey/White Rock/Delta/Langley areas, and are dedicated to kindling a flame of Jewish pride and Jewish Life within each and every Jew they meet.
- Author: CrownHeights.info
- Published: Aug 12th, 2010
- Category: Merkos Shlichus
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A Special Story on the Merkos Shlichus Trail
Roving Rabbis Yosef Schtroks and Yaakov Kotlarsky, are on Merkos Shlichus in Surrey BC, Canada, and have spent the last few days reaching out to Jewish people all around the Surrey/White Rock/Delta/Langley areas, and are dedicated to kindling a flame of Jewish pride and Jewish Life within each and every Jew they meet.
- Author: CrownHeights.info
- Published: Aug 10th, 2010
- Category: Merkos Shlichus
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A Double Bar Mitzvah…
By Mayer Gurkov and Mendel Jacobs. Merkos Shluchim to Vernon Hills, IL
A most extraordinary and moving encounter awaited us earlier this afternoon as we entered the seemingly regular law firm in Libertyville, Illinois, where we?ve been spending the past week and a half, searching for Jewish homeowners and business people, seeking to awaken their Jewishness a bit.