Crown Heights, Brooklyn — After 22 years of directing the ‘Vaad Hakashrus in Crown Heights’, during which he endured endless criticism, Reb Yossi Brook announced his resignation yesterday at a meeting in the offices of the Vaad HaKohol in Crown Heights.
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Crown Heights, Brooklyn — This past Shabbos (Parshas Behar-Bechukosai) was the grand opening of a 2 new Shuls in Crown Heights. Bais Eliezer Yitzchok, in memory of Rabbi Lazer Levy OBM, is located at 394 Kingston Avenue, near the corner of Montgomery Street, and another Shul called Mishkan Menachem.
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CrownHeights.info received an exclusive interview and update from R. Sholom Ber Hecht and the Vaad of the Parade regarding the progress of the permits for the parade. R. Hecht detailed to CrownHeights.info the layout and maps that they are trying to secure permits for.
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Crown Heights, Brooklyn – With this years Lag BaOmer Parade just days away, parade organizers were forced to deal with an issue regarding the permits for the parade.
Police say that they feel that there isn’t any real interest in such events anymore and that the turnout doesn’t justify shutting down the entire parkway and the service lane would be enough.
Two months ago Hatzalahs new ambulance, CH1, was involved in an accident where a car struck the ambulance dealing a significant amount of damage to it. Erev Shabbos the ambulance has been retuned to service bringing our number of ambulances in service to three.
Deputy Inspector Frank Vega, commanding officer of the 71st precinct, is taking stock.
“I’ve been in the precinct for 18 months now,” the Inspector told the Crown Heights Chronicle before Pesach, “and during that initial period I was gauging things, getting a feel for the precinct and the community. Now, I want to reach out.”
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Crown Heights, Brooklyn — On the first anniversary of the elections for the Crown Heights Beis Din, the Vaad Hakohol of Crown Heights is proud to announce new leadership for the Vaad Hakashrus of the Crown Heights BaDaTz. Effective immediately Rav Yitzchok Zirkind, shlit”a and Rav Shlomo Segal, shlit”a, Rabbonim of the Beis Din, will be serving as co – Executive Supervisors of Kashrus under the esteemed leadership of Rav Osdoba, shlit”a.
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After allegations were raised by one of the websites that one of the employees at the Matzah bakery was not Jewish, the owners of the bakery went and made sure she was Jewish. This article was originally published on COL.org.il and was translated for the benefit of our readers.
The episode that has captivated Anash and Shluchim worldwide regarding the kashrus of the matzos after it had been suspected that one of the female workers in the Crown Heights Matzah Bakery was identified as a non-Jew, has now come to an end in light of recent sources of clarification from Belarus and Rabbinical response regarding the matter.
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The Crown Heights Bais Din released a statement a short hour ago regarding the suspicion that one of the women working in the bakery, rolling the dough, wasn’t Jewish. Here is a translation of the letter, the letter itself can be viewed in the Extended Article.
In answer to the question that many had regarding the Matzos sold at the bakery in Crown Heights that is under the ownership of R. Yitzchok Tenenbaum.
According to the Din the matzos are kosher, and those who want to be Mehader for the night of the Sader should get other Matzos.
This past Sunday, Crown Heights residents gathered for a breakfast thanking and saluting the New York Methodist hospital for its support of the Jewish Community. The event was arranged by ‘Ahavas Chesed’ under the directorship of R. Avrohom Leider, and was attended by doctors and directors of the hospital.
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Moshe Rubashkin, Chair of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council, hosted a brunch reception for community leaders at his President Streethome this morning, honoring newly elected New York State Senator Eric Adams.
At the brunch, Rubashkin welcomed Senator Adams to the community, who was joined by members of his staff. He told the audience how he looked forward to working in partnership with the Jewish community, which supported him in the November election.
Senator Adams, who recently retired from the NYPD as a captain, will represent CrownHeightsin Albany. The Senator remarked how he is fortunate to be elected at a time when the Democrats are only a mere few seats away from taking the majority in Albany.
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Back in 1995 Sholom Ber Goldstein contacted the Department of Transportation [DOT] and asked them if it was possible to upgrade the street lamps on Kingston Avenue with brighter light bulbs, at first they didn’t want to hear anything about it but after some work and persistent phone calls the DOT finally agreed but at a cost of the added electric bill of $32 per light pole per year and the maintenance fee.
The standard light fixtures installed by the DOT are built to maintain a 150 watt bulb which is normally installed as well was now upgraded thanks to efforts on R. Sholom Ber’s behalf to fixtures that can contain the new 400 watt bulbs.
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Sholom Aleichem is the way we greet each other because within that greeting is found the one thing human beings need most, peace. And when peace is not found in any relationship, one shudders to think of what takes its place.
Our holy community of Crown Heights amongst the entire Lubavitch community the world over is reeling from the violence that has crept into our Holy of Holies, Beis Chayeinu – 770. The Sitra Achara couldn’t beat us using his traditional weaponry of plain jealousy and hatred so he turned to righteous indignation. Imagine Jews, Chassidic Jews, Chassidim of our Rebbe, lifting their hands on one another and considering themselves to be righteous by doing so!
How many times did we hear the Rebbe instruct us not to fight, even when attacked?! The hands of Eisav have infiltrated Yaakov!! Indeed, the policy of our Rebbes and their Chassidim going back to the times of the Alter Rebbe has been not to fight back violently. Teach, inspire, lead! But to hit!! Gevald Gevald!! If we do not stop the craziness now, what will come next? The Aitra Achara is succeeding!!
Earlier this week Judge Ira Harkavy, justice in the State Supreme Court placed Yaakov Tahler in contempt of court and gave Merkos and Aguch a temporary restraining order denying him of stepping within 25 feet of 770 (including 784 and 788). This comes after the courts found Thaler and his cohorts guilty of deface and damaging 770 last year. The judge said that this was done “in order to protect its dignity” referring to Thaler violating the terms set forth in June of this year.
This judgment reaffirms what the Rebbe noted to the Hanhola of the Central Yeshiva in 5751: “Take their belongings and their hands and go to Bnei Brak or someplace else”. A hearing to determine the final verdict is set for later this month.
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The brutal pogrom that took place Sunday night in 770 after the Shluchim banquet in N.J. caused severe injuries to many of the people who happened to be at the site at the time. One of those whose leg was broken as a result of the melee was the new shaliach in Vietnam, Rabbi Menachem M. Hart-man.
Rabbi Hart-man was rushed to the hospital immediately where his leg was placed in a cast and now he walks on crutches. All this, a day before he is scheduled to return to Vietnam.
In an exclusive interview with Shturem.net he related what had transpired that night:
A moment of glory and pride turned to embarrassment and sadness on Sunday night. Over three and half thousand Schluchim and guests celebrated the banquet of the Kinus with pride and commitment to the Rebbe. Rabbi Moshe Kotlarksy recalled the first Kinus when Rabbi Sholom Posner asked each of us to introduce ourselves which became as time went on the famous roll call. For some like myself who has watched the evolution of the Kinus from a small group to the powerhouse it was a special moment of Chassideshe Nachas.
That moment of joy was shattered later that night by a group that has made violence and terror their symbol. When many of the Shluchim returned to 770 to farbreng. Some members of the Kvutza from Tzefas tried to interfere with the Farbrengen, the Shluchim continued ignoring them. Finally they attacked those who have spent decades as the Rebbe’s Shluchim. Throwing benches, sidurim and using fists. They broke the leg of a Baal Mesrias Nefesh who went recently to the remote country of Vietnam to spread Yiddiskiet.
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