A letter released by the Crown Heights Beis Din Monday set halachik guidelines for Pesach related to COVID-19 outbreak in the community. Extending the ban on Minyanim, closing shuls, and making burning Chometz in groups prohibited.
An eighteenth update of guidelines for the Crown Heights Jewish community has been published with an advisory for measures that will keep the Crown Heights community safe over pesach.
With great sadness we report the passing of Reb Moshe Shmiel Klein OBM, a resident of Williamsburg who owned Klein’s Grocery in Crown Heights. He passed away over shabbos, the 10th of Nissan, 5780.
A seventeenth update of guidelines for the Crown Heights Jewish community has been published by the Gedaliah Society, with an update on social support services for the Crown Heights Jewish community.
Crown Heights Hatzalah made an extra stop Thursday with lunch for the staff at the Kingsbrook Jewish Hospital Emergency Room. The pre-made lunches from Holesome Bagels were donated by SGM Socher, and delivered by Crown Heights Hatzalah volunteers.
A sixteenth update of guidelines for the Crown Heights Jewish community has been published with an advisory for measures that will keep the Crown Heights community safe over pesach.
With the United States having surpassed Italy and China with over 100,000 coronavirus cases, SUNY Downstate Medical Center is answering Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s directive to prepare University Hospital of Brooklyn as a COVID-19 only facility.
As questions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and Pesach continue to persist, Dr. Rosen and the Gedaliah Society have released an open letter to the community to clear up any lingering questions regarding travel and social interactions over Pesach.
Watch the Levaya of Rabbi Asher Heber OBM taking place now in Crown Heights.
With Pesach just a week away, and in person sale of Chometz not possible this year, many are looking for other options to sell their Chometz. Here are some options for the sale through Lubavitch Rabbonim.
An fourteenth update of guidelines for the Crown Heights Jewish community has been published with an advisory for measures that will keep the Crown Heights community safe over pesach.
In a beautiful gesture, volunteers from Crown Heights Hatzalah delivered food packaged to the overworked staff at NYU’s Cobble Hill site in Brooklyn. The food was sponsored by SGM Socher, and was happily accepted by the staff.
The Levaya of Harav Yisroel Friedman OBM will be driving through the streets of Crown Heights this afternoon. A live feed is being provided for each person to bale to virtually attend.
Mr. Clean on Albany Ave on the corner of Union Street is giving away free medical face masks to families that would otherwise be unable to afford. Just come into Mr. Clean and ask for a pack.
An thirteenth update of guidelines for the Crown Heights Jewish community has been published with new recommendations as well as reminders for measures that will keep Crown Heights safe.
A conference call Lzchus the Refuah Sheleima of Crown Heights Rov, Rabbi Aharon Yaakov Shwei, will take place tonight titled “Preparing For The Bread of Faith.” The conference call is arranged by the Crown Heights Women’s Circle.
The wives of Crown Heights’s Hatzalah volunteers again received an appreciation gift this past erev shabbos for allowing their husbands to do the tireless work in combating the COVID-19 virus sweeping the community.
