Over 500 Families have Food this Yom Tov
Thank you for partnering with CSSY and ensuring over 500 families had food for Rosh Hashanah and before and after Yom Kippur.
Thank you for partnering with CSSY and ensuring over 500 families had food for Rosh Hashanah and before and after Yom Kippur.
We present an enjoyable activity for children that can be printed for each each day of Sukkos. The activity includes a poem each day for that day’s ushpizin.
Mendel Telsner (Crown Heights) and Tonia Minkowicz (Crown Heights)
Chesed Of Williamsburg has released their annual Hospital Sukkah Guide for 5784, with updates and corrections since last year.
I am posting the first part of a Sukkos farbrengen that I had heard from Reb Yisroel Friedman Sukkos 5771 (1990) and published a year later. Bezras Hashem for Chol Hamoed and then for Shemini Atzeres, Simchas Torah and Shabbos Bereishis, I will post additional sections of that farbrengen.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) is suspended on Thursday-Friday, October 17-18 for Succoth (2 Days). Meters remain in effect.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman walks us through the progression of the high holidays and the ultimate joy of Simchas Torah.
As of October 10th, there are approximately 6,500-6,800 registered Anash voters in Crown Heights, a historic high. In the 2020 Presidential Election, about 4,438 Anash voters participated.
It is forbidden on a holiday to do any act in preparation for the following day, even if the following day is Shabbat. However, the sages created a halachic device, called an eruv tavshilin, which allows one to cook food on a holiday day for use on a Shabbat that immediately follows it.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced a $4 million penalty against Lufthansa for discriminating against Jewish passengers who were traveling from New York City through Frankfurt to Budapest in May 2022.
As in past years, the Girls’ Mivtza Lulav Center will be open this Chol Hamoed, making Mivtzoim supplies available for girls, women, and families. Locals and guests are encouraged to get involved!
As we celebrate Succos – the “Season of our Rejoicing” – the Rebbe’s timely letter reminds us to permeate this joy – year round, into our of Torah and mitzvos.
Dancing on Kingston Ave is hardly a novel thing during Tishrei, but dancing to Israeli singer Itzik Dadya in person and LIVE on Kingston Ave most definitely is.
The campaign, which kicked off with a virtual launch event attended by CYP Ambassadors worldwide, aims to empower young Jews to inspire others to affix mezuzahs on their doorposts, a powerful statement of resilience and pride.
Famed singer Benny Friedman is Thinkin’ about Thankin’ in his newest music video release.
Clifton Park Rest Area, a popular rest stop on the Thruway, has the only NYSDOT approved Sukkah for travelers between NYC and Montreal, arranged by legendary askan and New York State Police Chaplain Rabbi Berish Freilich.
In a year of unprecedented challenges, over 10,000 Jewish children in 300 communities worldwide began 5785 with renewed enthusiasm for their Jewish heritage, thanks to innovative holiday programs designed to build proud, confident young Jews.