Zev Eagle is getting married this week in Crown heights >>> Schneur Hayes celebrates his Birthday at the ALIYA Yeshiva in CH >>> Happy Birthday Heshie and Avrumie Goldfein >>> Meir Lieblech gets interviewed by YAMLIVE >>> Berel Zak is an uncle for the 17th time >>> YOSSEL RAICHIK has moved to a new place and opened up a NEW CHABAD HOUSE! Please donate >>> BENNY HERSHCOVICH is fundraising for his new Chabad House in CABO, Mexico. Please donate >>> Yankee Pearson & Nussy Levilev arrange a Yud Shvat breakfast with Jackie Mason >>> SPOTTED: Sholom Ber Shuchat, Avrohom Mishulovin, Yossel Raichik, Schneur Hayes CAME IN to NY for YUD SHVAT >>> Yanky Kopfstein is interviewed by YAMLIVE and claims that if not for OTTAWA he wouldn't be married to his sweetheart...

Monday, July 20, 2009

Interview with a Yammer: Nussy!

WILL YOU MISS OTTAWA IN ANY WAY?

No

WOULD U GO BACK TO VISIT THE CITY EVER?

Only to visit my dear brother yankee P

WHAT WAS YOUR BEINUNI JERSEY # AND WHY DID U CHOOSE THAT ONE?

I bought 2 beinuni jerseys and never ever wore them in my life... A waist of 95 bucks. and yeah I don't know what number is on it, so ill have to dig through storage to find it

WHERE WAS YOUR PLACE TO SHOP IN OTTAWA?

The small mall, i forgot what it was called

WHERE, SHOOPERS?

No, its like a mall with gap and blah


HOW MANY COLDS DID U CATCH IN OTTAWA?

3 and 1/2

WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD WHEN U ARRIVED AT 812 KIRKWOOD FOR THE 1ST TIME?

whats 812 Kirkwood? I was like, hmm, not bad I was like, now Its not a problem to trash this place.. Ok whatever, screw it ...No take that back !

DO YOU MISS LORENNA'S FOOD?

NO I DON'T miss her food....But I do miss her!!! I eat cereal all day

WHAT WOULD U CHANGE IF YOU WERE IN CHARGE OF THE DAMN SCHOOL?

I would Go Green.. Put solar on it,and throw the retards down the drain.. OK zak...

DID VOCATIONAL HELP YOU IN ANY WAY SHAPE IR FORM?

Yes it did, it let me let out my air on a dam computer.. besides I discovered how to use some useful programs

Did you know? That over 500 movies were filmed in the city of Sedona, AZ!

Photo by BZ

Friday, July 17, 2009

Video: Itzik Tifenbrun the chazzen!

Kington ave today...empty!

Berel zak says "I wait a whole year for summer when crown heights empties out". He looked very serious when he said that today.

Rabbi benny's weekly message n' dvar torah

Shalom a todos,

The summer heat is starting to hit us in a big way. What makes things worse, is that the wonderful community members keep assuring us that it's only going to get hotter. Hooray!

Stay tuned, next week Shabbat should be a real kicker. We are planning a full Shabbat program. Beginning with our first Kidz Shabbat program (as seen above) on Friday afternoon. The Kidz will get together just before Shabbat and enjoy an educating and exciting Shabbat experience. Afterward, at the usual time (8:15pm), the rest of the community will have the regular Shabbat services and tasty meal.
We are also planning our first Shabbat day Minyan. We're trying to do this once a month, so please help us make this a success by attending.
We will begin prayer services next Shabbat day at 10:30am. We will have Shacharit (Shajarit), the Torah reading and the Mussaf prayer, followed by another delicious 'Sonia style' Shabbat meal - Cholent, Jamin and all the good stuff!! So bring a friend, bring the kids and have a wonderful experience.
We are starting this "once a month Minyan" in preparation of our brand new Torah which we hope to welcome within the next couple of months. Our community owning our very own Torah will be a great honor, as well as a huge responsiblity. We will need to spiritually grow together with the Torah's arrival. Beginning a Minyan on Shabbat morning is a huge step forward and the perfect way to begin.

While the beautiful praying, delicious food and wonderful atmosphere is so appreciated by everyone in the community I'm sure. We also need to remember that having a community center and all of these programs comes with lots of financial strain.
In these sad('dish) weeks ahead, we remember the destruction that was brought upon our people so many years ago.

Our sages tell us that the holy temple was destroyed because of 'baseless hate' between Jews. If separation between Jews is what brought about the destruction, then surely the rebuilding of our Holy Temple will be accomplished through 'baseless love' of our fellow Jew. By acting with absolute love for each other, for no other reason, than the fact that the other person is a Jew, our brother or sister... Through this we will witness the rebuilding of our nation and our freedom, with the third Holy Temple and the redemption in Jerusalem.

Thus, it is especially important for us to work on our togetherness as a community in these times.
And so, while it is extremely important for everyone to actively be involved with the community. Attending classes, joining in the services and participating in events and functions, it is equally important to ensure that the Center be able to financially continue to exist and grow

This is able to be accomplished only with the help of each and every member of our community. On the side of this email, there is a donate button. Please click it and give a generous contribution for our Center to be able to continue. With the struggling economic situation, everyone was hit. But that just makes it all the more important for us to stick together as a community and a family. Please donate today.

With blessings for only the best of everything. May G-d almighty shower upon you health, wealth and happiness physically, materially... And perhaps more importantly, an abundance of spiritual health, wealth and happiness.


Shabbat Shalom
Benny

Dude torches up his BMW because he 'hates it'!

Police: NY teen torches BMW because he 'hates it'

FREEPORT, N.Y. - Most drivers who don't like their car either trade it in or sell it. Police on New York's Long Island said a teenager set his BMW on fire "simply because he hated the car." Nassau County police didn't offer additional details on the alleged motive.

Police say a surveillance camera recorded the 18-year-old torching the 1992 BMW on July 10. At the time, it was parked about 2 1/2 feet feet from his apartment building.

The defendant was awaiting a court appearance Friday in First District Court in Hempstead. The charges include arson and reckless endangerment.

- The Associated Press
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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Sedona the beautiful

Berel zak was just in Sedona, AZ and sent in a pic

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

a real cool name for a gas station!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

check ou hudi!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] –- Sunday afternoon Shomrim retrieved a bike which was stolen from a Jewish boy in Lefferts Park. Shomrim received the call from the victim stating that young black boy without a shirt stole the bike a fled from the park.

Shomrim members who were nearby the park went out in search for the bike, and with assistance from neighbors, both Jewish and non-Jewish the kid was spotted with the bike on Midwood Street and Kingston Avenue.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Pic of the day

Hatomim mendy kaye came to Nagila Pizza shop on Pico blvd. last night to say "hello" to berel zak and his wife who were in LA for shabbos

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Sign on a shul in LA!

Playdough- Make it, dont buy it


Check out this Playdough Recipe from frugal village. Why spend money on half ounce jars, when you can make it in your own kitchen!

Combine:
1 cup Flour
1 cup Water
1/2 cup Salt
2 tablespoon Cream of tartar
1 tablespoon Oil

Cook until ingredients start to clump together. Turn out onto a plate or piece of wax paper, and knead in food coloring if you wish.

If the mix starts drying out, knead in a splash of water or whip up a new batch.

Bottled Water VS Tap Water - Think Again


I fund this Article over at Consumerist, and being as the summer is now really being felt, and Camp is starting up, this might be a useful thing to start thinking about.

Bottled water isn't any safer than tap water, and could actually be more dangerous, according to a report from the Government Accounting Office. The big difference lies in the government regulator: tap water is covered by the Safe Water Drinking Act, administered by the aggressive and powerful Environmental Protection Agency, while bottled water falls under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act overseen by the powerless anything-goes industry-lovers over at the Food and Drug Administration.

In fact, bottled water makers are not required to disclose even as much information as your local municipality. If you live in a city of 10,000 residents or more, you probably receive a copy of a water report each year. The Solid Waste Disposal Act requires that public water systems test tap water for various contaminants using certified laboratories and issue a water-quality report, called the consumer-confidence report (CCR), once a year. (For particularly toxic contaminants, the SWDA requires results to be reported within 24 hours.) The CCR summarizes local drinking water quality, information about the water source, levels of detected contaminants, whether any of the detected contaminants exceed federal levels, as well as information on the potential health effects of certain contaminants. (If you live in a smaller town, consult the EPA's Web site.)

In contrast, bottled water manufacturers don't have to use certified laboratories nor report the results of any water quality testing to the FDA, even if the contaminants exceed federal standards. The GAO study also found that only a small percentage of the 83 bottled water labels looked at, companies contacted, or company Web sites reviewed contained information comparable to that required of tap water.

Consumer Reports tested bottled water in 2000 and found that it was safe when it met FDA standards, which wasn't always the case. All water should be regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency, but since it isn't, we'll stick with tap water, thank you very much.

Is tap water safer than bottled? [Consumer Reports]

happy birthday zev!

We would like to wish a hearty mazel tov to our newlywed friend zev eagle on the celebration of his (facebook) birthday today. Mazel tov!

We wish srul'ke much blessings of luck and success in all of his studies in the coming year and beyond!

Friday, July 10, 2009

Zak in Malibu, CA!

Top Ten Rules to Jewish Summer Camp

10.    There must be a fat kid who brings a trunk full of the greatest kosher snacks you have ever seen

9.   A "Summer Fling" meant going on a shabbos walk or getting a shabbat-o-gram;  serious relationships meant knitting a kippah

8   Raiding a Girls bunk must involve the following:  A. sneaking out of your bunk really late (like almost 11:30pm)   B. Your heart beating like your are escaping Auschwitz C. Getting to a girls bunk and having absolutely no idea what to do D. Whispering and giggling with girls you talk to everyday   E. Getting busted by some bitchy girl counselor who doesn't want you to see her without makeup  F. Crying to a camp director not to, G-d forbid, suspend your canteen!  G. Treasuring that raid as probably the most exhilarating moment of your life for the next 30 years

7.   Sports teams must be divided by  Shirts Vs. Tzizit Skins

6.   The most traumatizing day of camp (and probably your life): Visiting Day 

5.   If someone doesn't A. cry  B. lose their voice C. have a nervous breakdown  -  it wasn't really Color War

4.   Boys popularity must be based solely upon basketball talent;  girls popularity must be based strictly on who "develops earlier"

3.  The songs you learn during Zimriya will likely be the only pasukim you ever remember for the rest of your life

2.  There must be one kid with a weird nickname, whose real first name you only learn on the last day of camp

1.  Communal Bathrooms -  still your greatest fear
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Happy b-day sruly!

We would like to wish a hearty mazel tov to hatomim sruly weiss on the celebration of his (facebook) birthday yesterday. Mazel tov!

We wish srul'ke much blessings of luck and success in all of his studies in the coming year and beyond!
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Pic of the day - "what ever"

A name of a store here in San Diego
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Goldfein bro's are now "shochtim"!

We would like to wish a big time mazel tov to our dear friends and long time members of the yamlive team, the bochurim heshie and avrumie goldfein upon the news they just heard that they passed their tests and their now a "shoichet"!

We understand they worked very hard to reach this milestone, for the last 7 months they spent in CRC in J-lem tens of hours was dedicated to complete this. We once again wish them a big mazel tov and many more mileatones to come!


Monday, July 6, 2009

"some homeless loser stole my socks that were drying outside....I am not even mad i think its hilarious" - Avrumie Goldfein

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Maness and Limee take to the roads


Last week wednesday two old yammer buddies moshe maness and reuven overlander took to providence rhode island to do merkos shlichus through out the state. Their going to be based at the shliach's home and every single day they will be reaching out to as many Jews as possible. It looks like their gonna be doing this work for a month then will be heading back to NY.

We wish them much luck and success in their holy work!

Friday, July 3, 2009

Rabbi Benny's weekly message


Shalom all,

It's real good to be back in Cabo after our busy week in the States.
It's nice to be with family and friends, especially when it's not every day that you have a chance to see them... But being back with the community here in Cabo is real nice too and we're pleased to be here again. We really missed it all while we were away.

Upon our arrival, The CJC got right into the swing of things. We had a wonderfully deep discussion during this past weeks CABO'lah class on Tuesday night, just four hours after we arrived back in Cabo. Then on Wednesday, Sonia arranged a beautiful Challah baking class for the Jewish women of Cabo, which was enjoyed by all.
While in New York last week Thursday, I had the opportunity to visit the grave of the Rebbe as I promised I would. I placed all the letters and requests that were handed to me before I left, by the Rebbe's resting place. I also asked him for his blessing on our continued growth and success as a community at large and to bless each and every individual of the Cabo Jewish community with health, happiness and prosperity.

This coming week, the fun will end for a little while in the Jewish calendar. As of this coming Thursday, the 17th of the Hebrew month of Tammuz, the Jewish people enter into three weeks of mourning and sadness.

On the 17th of Tammuz, the Roman's breached the wall surrounding Jerusalem in the year 69CE and began their horrible and bloody conquest of our holiest city, eventually culminating with the saddest time in our History - The destruction of our holy Temple three weeks later on the 9th day of the Hebrew month of Av.
We fast on both the 17th of Tammuz (this Thursday) and on the tragic day of Tisha B'Av (9th of Av).

During these three weeks the Jewish people are in a state of mourning. We don't listen to music, take haircuts or do any other forms of leisure or pleasuresome activities.

During these three weeks we try and put in an extra effort to act in manners that would help rebuild our holy Temple and restore our religious freedom and glory. Increasing in our love of a fellow Jew... increasing in our studies, especially with regard to studying about our Holy Temple which was destroyed... Increasing in fulfilling as many Mitzvot as we are capable of fulfilling during these sad days.

We hope and pray that we will need not be saddened this coming Thursday and we will feast instead of fasting, as the world will be able to rejoice together with the speedy arrival of our promised redemption and the coming of the Mashaich (Messiah) speedily in our days, so that by this Thursday, we will already be dancing together in the third Holy Temple in our 'safe and peaceful' homeland and home city of Jerusalem.

Looking forward to seeing you this coming Shabbat,

Shabbat Shalom to all.
Benny

Pic of the day - yossel in kollel!

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Happy anniversary to yanky and mrs kopfstein


we would like to wish a big mazal tov to our good friend and fellow yammer yanky kopfstein and his wife upon the celebration of their 1st anniversary today (friday). Looks like their celebrating their special day in the miami area where they have been living since their wedding.

We wish the couple many many more happy years together, and may they have much luck and blessings in all they do with many happy and healthy children.

bennys evening for yammers - part II

New yamlive policy: to give as much privacy as we can to all yammers, we will not be adding names or captions of info about the photos here and future posts (conditions apply, not available in all states)

last saturday night benny schmidt threw a party for all yammers at his kallah's home on Montgomery st. We present you with the final gallery









Thursday, July 2, 2009

Line of the day

I sincerely hope that when the president goes in for his annual check-up, the doctors at Bethesda will do a brain scan. Surely something must be terribly wrong with a man who seems to be far more concerned with a Jew building a house in Israel than with Muslims building a nuclear bomb in Iran.

-----Burt Prelutsky (columnist)
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

video: yossel raichik speaks out!

video

this video should give you guys some good memories of yossel's farbrebgens in the good ole' yam days

SPOTTED last night in crown heights

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

some more laz

photo gallery: benny's evening for yammers - part I

This past saturday night benny schmidt invited all yammers to come to his kallah's house for a special party and melava malka. A mass crowd showed up, including some out of town guys like yossel raichik avremy klein, vince lefton, simcha bloom, sruly weiss were there too. Enjoy the pix









(coming soon...part II)

Monday, June 29, 2009

The dude that don't stop learning!