After receiving rave reviews for the Tu’B’shvat, Purim and Yud-Aleph Nisan programs the need to continue creating and organizing such events was apparent. In The Heights will be hosting two events for Lag Baomer.
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Marking the beginning of Lag Baomer, a communal Bonfire will be lit on Kingston Avenue in front of the Wingate Highschool – 600 Kingston Avenue – starting at 9:45pm on Motzai Shabbos.
A group of Kollel Yungerleit arranged a Pesach Sheini farbrengen with Rabbi Efraim Piekarsky.
I don’t remember how old I was, maybe thirteen years old, when I caught a very bad case of bronchitis. There was a danger of pneumonia and my parents and grandparents were terrified. I guess in Europe, if someone coughed, it meant tuberculosis or worse, and they were beside themselves.
“May G-d bless you with increased wealth and much nachas from your children. California is a warm place. Warm it up spiritually as well, with Judaism.” 15 Kislev, 5751 · December 2, 1990
Many are hard at work, putting the final touches on what is sure to be the greatest Lag Baomer Parade yet. From the organizers, to the stage builders, including the talented ‘float’ designers and builders. CrownHeights.info’s photographer captured some of the preparations in photos.
This morning my sister called to ask what she should do about the parade on Sunday. Her children were so excited about it but considering the recent bombings, she was reconsidering whether it was wise to go. Having two little children of my own I didn’t know what to say.
Assistant Chief Thomas Chan, the current commanding officer of Patrol Borough Brooklyn South, was promoted today to serve as the new chief of the NYPD Community Affairs Bureau. Replacing him will be Assistant Chief Owen J. Monaghan, coming from the Transit Bureau where he served as the executive officer.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Levi Kaplan will lead a discussion into the Rashb”i and Pesach Sheini.
In honor of Lag Baomer, CrownHeights.info and the Lubavitch Archives presents a special photo gallery of the Parade with the Rebbe in 1980.
It’s hard to say what the best part was of the Midwest Shabbaton, held April 19-21, 2013 at the Chabad Center of Jewish Life at the Univeristy of Illinois. Just spending Shabbat with over 300 fellow college students representing 10 universities at the largest Jewish gathering in the Midwest was pretty exceptional.
Police are on the hunt for a man who they say is stealing personal information by looking over victims’ shoulders at a Crown Heights bank.
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