{"id":11881,"date":"2014-01-10T16:53:18","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T22:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=11881"},"modified":"2014-01-10T17:10:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T23:10:54","slug":"uptown-btesh-chabad-house-formally-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/uptown-btesh-chabad-house-formally-named\/","title":{"rendered":"Uptown Btesh Chabad House formally named"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After years of planning, a move to another temporary location and the gutting and reconstruction of the Chabad House on Freret Street, the Chabad Lubavitch of Louisiana organization formally dedicated and named its new home on Tuesday night, January 7.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11882\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Chabad_naming.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11882\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11882 lazyload\" title=\"Chabad_naming\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Chabad_naming-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Chabad_naming-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Chabad_naming-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11882\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11882\" title=\"Chabad_naming\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Chabad_naming-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Chabad_naming-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Chabad_naming-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-11882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Rabbi Zelig Rivkin, Issac and Bety Btesh and Bluma Rivkin at the naming ceremony. (Photo by Alan Smason)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The new structure will be formally known henceforth as the Btesh Family Chabad House and was named in honor of the parents of Issac Btesh, Alberto Btesh and Pamela Farida, both of blessed memory. The house is located at 7037 Freret Street.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Zelig Rivkin and his wife Bluma, the original <em>schluchim<\/em> (&#8220;emissaries&#8221;) sent to New Orleans by the late Chabad Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, presented a special piece of art to Btesh and his wife Bety for their generous donation to the organization.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Rivkin explained how he first met Btesh as a young student almost 40 years ago and how Btesh had grown stronger in his faith and practice of Judaism as a result of his contact with the Chabad organization.<\/p>\n<p>A video showing the many facets of how the building will be utilized was also shown prior to the Rivkins&#8217; presentation to the Bteshes.<\/p>\n<p>A cocktail hour preceded the formal presentations and the evening began with words from Rabbi Mendel Rivkin, the Rivkins&#8217; oldest son.<\/p>\n<p>The younger Rabbi Rivkin thanked a number of people for their contributions to making the night successful, but bemoaned the horrible winter weather that kept slated musical entertainer Daniel Gale grounded and unable to attend the naming ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But the main ingredient is here,&#8221; Mendel Rivkin stated. &#8220;The honorees are here!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When Btesh ascended to the podium, he acknowledged the importance of the Chabad organization. &#8220;My first Pesach away from home was in New Orleans (at Chabad) and it was a very warm, spiritual experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As a young Tulane student with little religious background, Btesh spilled drops of wine during the seder in commemoration of the 10 Plagues. In a humorous aside, he recalled, &#8220;I ended up drinking the 10 Plagues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following the Btesh presentation, Mendel Rivkin sent everyone off with the thanks of the Chabad Lubavitch organization. &#8220;Every person is a note in the symphony,&#8221; he mused.<\/p>\n<p>Food was provided by Kosher Cajun Delicatessen and Grocery and several baked items were made by volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>To see photos of the event click on the thumbnails below or click on the slideshow function.<\/p>\n<p>ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Uptown%20Btesh%20Chabad%20House%20formally%20named\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11882,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4804,579,546,8790,8795,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11881"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11881"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11884,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11881\/revisions\/11884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}