At 11:00 the sky was still murky and it was raining, preventing the annual Lag BaOmer rally to take place in front of 770, instead over 1000 children from the 3rd Thru 5th Grade grade packed into the Bais Medrash of Oholei Torah Zal for a fun filled program including music and stories with Chaim Fogelman and a Magic Act by a talented Illusionist.
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The rain cleared up just in time for the parade, which was on 18th Ave ending at Gravesend Park where the rally took place. The event, which was organized by Rabbi Aaron Ginzburg from Chabad of Boro Park, had singing, dancing, an amazing acrobat show and dancing Rabbis. There was also a live hook up to the Lag BaOmer festivities in Miron.
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Due to heavy rain Tuesday morning the rally was moved from Lefferts Park to 770 where two thousand kids packed into the main shul.
The Rally, which was emceed by Shimon Hecht, was a great success, with music played by Chaim Fogelman along with Chony Meleky.
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Normally, snakes scare Myles Natenzon, 5. But, yesterday, when Chabad of Staten Island hosted a Lag B’Omer community celebration at the local zoo, Myles was among the 200 community members who worked up the courage to stroke the corn snake, held by the zookeeper. “Slippery,” he said and quickly withdrew his hand.
Bochurim gathered together in honor of Lag BaOmer and hosted Farbrengens around Bon Fires in Crown Heights. Groups of Bochurim sat down with their Mashpiim and Farbrenged into the wee hours of the morning.
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A federal judge gave leaders of a Hollywood synagogue the green light to continue their legal showdown against city officials who want the orthodox Jewish group out of a residential neighborhood.
In a 62-page order signed last week, U.S. District Court Judge Joan Lenard rejected the city’s motion to dismiss a discrimination lawsuit filed by the Hollywood Community Synagogue Chabad Lubavitch.
The group claims city officials violated their constitutional rights to exercise religion and their right to assemble when they denied the Chabad a zoning variance based on religious denomination.
Richmond Hill, Ontario — Chabad Lubavitch of Richmond Hill will break ground for a new building on June 4.
It’s evident that larger quarters are needed as director Rabbi Mendel Bernstein gives a visitor a tour of the current 3,000-square-foot storefront at Bathurst Street and Elgin Mills Road on a recent weekday morning.
As preschool children are happily occupied with arts and crafts projects, Rabbi Bernstein opens a door into a modest-sized adjacent storage room. “On Shabbos, all the preschool stuff goes in here, and we take out the tables and chairs [for services],” he said.
The city has agreed to drop a lawsuit seeking huge financial penalties against individual members of the city’s main transit union, while the union has accepted terms for payment of $2.5 million in fines assessed against it for its 60-hour strike in December.
The deal did not appear to bring Local 100 of the Transport Workers Union or the Metropolitan Transportation Authority any closer to the bargaining table, or to a settlement of their stalled contract. But it tied up legal loose ends for a union that is already under financial duress, and had been threatened with more fines.
Michael A. Cardozo, the city’s corporation counsel, appeared in court on Dec. 13, before the transit strike, and said the city would seek $25,000 in fines from each Local 100 member on the first day they walked off the job, and that the amount would double on each day of a strike.
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