Motzei Shabbos: Lag Ba’omer Bonfire
Marking the beginning of Lag Ba’omer, a communal bonfire will be lit once again on Kingston Avenue in front of the Wingate High School – located at 600 Kingston Avenue – beginning at 9:45pm.
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All New Entertainment at the Great Parade
The Great Lag Ba’omer Parade has ramped up its street entertainment for this year, with a first-ever BMX stunt show to hit the Eastern Parkway parade.
Shabbos at the Besht: Why March in the Streets?
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Dovid Zaklikowski will lead a discussion on the topic: why march in the streets?
Suddenly They Don’t Have a Mother
All of the sudden, without any warning, Shlucha Mrs. Rochel Kelman passed away, leaving behind a husband and 7 orphans. Now they need your help.
Parade Fair Moves to New Location
The children’s fair following the Eastern Parkway parade, always a highlight of the Great Parade, will move this year to Troy Ave. and Maple St., parade organizers have announced. The new location will provide additional room for the many rides, performers and food vendors that will feature at this year’s fair.
Last year's ULY-Ocean Parkway Chinese Auction
Star Nutritionist Coming to Crown Heights
Can you eat muffins, cheesecakes, or join your friends in a restaurant and still lose weight? According to nutritionist Tanya Rosen, “Yes.”
Shabbos at the Besht: The False Virtue of Skepticism
This Shabbos at the Besht, renowned author and lecturer Rabbi Manis Friedman will lead a discussion on the topic: The false virtue of skepticism.
Tonight at 8:00pm: Roundtables for Raising Kids with Special Needs
As your friends worry about their children’s teachers, after school clubs and social activities, parents of children with special needs have worries that extend way beyond these concerns. Constantly changing insurance policies, planning for the future, bills piling up for specialized toys and therapies; the list is endless.
Shabbos at the Besht: Kashrus Standards
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yitzchak Hanoka, Rabbinic Coordinator at OK Kosher Certification, will lead a discussion on the topic: Kashrus Standards.
Alternate Side Rules Suspended Monday-Tuesday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Monday and Tuesday, April 17-18, for the second days of Passover. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Please Say Tehillim For…
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehilllim for Mordechai Nissim ben Miriam, who was injured in an accident and is need of our tefillos.
Alternate Side Rules Suspended Tuesday-Friday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Tuesday through Friday, April 11-14, for Passover and other holidays. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
CHK Releases List of Kosher L’Pesach Products
CHK, the Kashrus division of the Beis Din of Crown Heights, headed by Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba, released a list of products that are under its supervision for Pesach this year.
Shabbos at the Besht: Laws of Pesach, Pt. 2
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shuchat, Dayan on the Beis Din of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the USA and Canada, will deliver part two of his lecture on the laws and customs of Pesach: Peeling vegetables, oil or shmaltz etc.
Non-Kosher L’Pesach Product Slips Through the Cracks
A product that is not certified as kosher for Pesach was erroneously stocked on the shelves of The Marketplace’s Pesach store by a non-Jewish employee, CrownHeights.info has learned.
PSA: Extra Garbage Pickup on Erev Pesach
As in previous years, the New York City Department of Sanitation will be doing an extra garbage and recycling pickup on Erev Pesach in Crown Heights.
Did You Say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Yud Nissan)
From the Safer Haminhagim: Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, one reads the passage that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. Yehi Ratzon in the Extended Article.
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