Things to Note: Elul Updates...

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A GREAT DAY FOR ALL OF ISRAEL
Mazal Toff to Reb Zechariah Ahron on his engagement to Rebbetzin Peninah Yafah.
May you be zoche to all great things and one day live in Rwanda.

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We'd like to thank the great people at (R') Machlis Presents for all that they do every week, to congratulate them on a great year of R' Judah sponsored videos, and for this outstanding Rosh Hashana 5771 video. The rebbe is in his element.

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We wish a tzeischem li'shalom to all of our members heading east for the holidays, both those who will merit to sit in the lap of their mother in Eretz Yisrael and to those who are heading to the Ukraine (Pres. Srulii Rapps, Gaby, Noach, Yehoshua Machlis, Moshe Lorenzo and the Lorenzo Brothers, and many more.)

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My roomate left today for Uman.

He was so nervous as he was packing his one bag. His intense nervousness was making me nervous which in turn was making me nauseous. He wasn't sure if he was packing too much, taking too many seforim which were going to way his bag down. He took his small Likutei Moharan out of his bag and put it back on his shelf, the logic being that they would probably have a few Likkutei Moharan's to go around in Uman. He zipped up his bag, paused, and then exclaimed:

"But how can you not bring Rebbe Nachman to Rebbe Nachman," taking the sefer back off the shelf and stuffing it back into his bag.

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Erev Rosh Hashana Announcements

Night Selichos - It's the long one. We did it by R' Zev in Englewood last year. Their shul is under construction and unavailable. Anyone have any other ideas? Or first, is anyone interested? At the Friedmans for those in Teaneck?

FIRST TIME EVENT: Vasikin/Kevarim Trip - With Stollel Mid-East surrounded by kivrei tzaddikim in Yerushalayim, and Stollel Ukraine hitting up the tzaddikim of Eastern Europe, we at Stollel N.A. felt left out and so as mentioned at (Sunday night) selichos, plans are underway for the first Stollel erev Rosh Hashana trip to kevarim of the tzaddikim in our neck of the woods. We have to work out travel patterns, driver/s, and schedule in order to make it work but hopefully we'll be able to visit: The Rebbe (shlit"a), R' Shlomo'le and R' Naftali Bobover, R' Avraham Pam, R' Yaakov Yosef, R' Yaakov Kamentezky, R' Moshe Soloveitchik, R' Shlomo Heiman, the rebbetzin of the Chafetz Chaim, and maybe more. Comment below if you're interested in being involved.

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And finally...this.

Haddasah Epstein with her new Israeli look.
You might remember her when she looked like this...

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We'll work out details for Aseres Yimei Teshuva selichos if we make it to the Aseres Yimei Teshuva. Also in the works: Adam Peretz is offering a tour of Brooklyn as he searches for the perfect Esrog. More good things to come. Until then, a kesiva vi'chasima tovah and a shana tovah u'mesuka to one and all.