Rabbi Shea Hecht, Chairman of the NCFJE, has announced that Rabbi Dovid Fisher and Mr. Morris Gad will be subsidizing the cost of Kaporos chickens for Crown Heights Community. The chickens will cost only $10.
Unforgettable to those that were there, and relivable today via video (in extended article), in the first sicha spoken by the Rebbe, with Herculean physical effort, after the devastating “episode” of Shemini Atzeret, 1977, the Rebbe reminded his Chasidim to continue keeping his directives: Chitas, Keren Hashana and the mivtzoim.
Subsidized chickens for the traditional Kaporos ritual will once again be provided for Crown Heights residents by the NCFJE.
A new speeding camera has been installed at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Bedford Ave. The camera joins an existing red light camera at the intersection.
A blood drive will take place Tuesday, September 10 (6 Tishrei) from 1:00pm to 9:00pm at Ahavas Chesed, 271 Kingston Ave. [between Lincoln and St. Johns Place]. Refreshments will be served. Please bring identification.
Jewish Educational Media (JEM) has announced that all videos on their new Living Torah mobile app will be accessible for free for the full 24 hours of Vov Tishrei.
As we are all making our final preparations to usher in the new year, we – the staff at CrownHeights.info – would like to wish our loyal readers, fans, contributors and tipsters a happy and healthy sweet new year, K’siva Vachasima Tova, Leshono Tova Tikosaivu V’Tichosemu and a Gut Gebentched Yohr.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Thursday and Friday, September 5-6, for Rosh Hashana. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
With the High Holidays quickly approaching and too many people feeling the pinch of the economic downturn, more women than ever have been calling the Pesha Leah Shaitel Gemach, desperate for what is likely to be the only new item they’ll acquire for Yomtov.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Due to the annual West Indian American Day Parade on Labor Day in Crown Heights there will be a slew of driving and parking regulation changes.
This Sunday the CH Shaimos truck will be parked on Kingston and President from 11:00am to 8:00pm. Have Sheimos and can’t wait for Pesach? Here is your chance to get it out of your house before Yom Tov!
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Chaim Schochet will lead a discussion on the topic: The gift of transformation.
As multitudes of guests from around the world flock to Crown Heights for the High Holidays, the police officers at the 71st Precinct’s Community Affairs Division have requested that we inform the visitors of the following basic safety tips to adhere to during their stay:
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima for: Faiga Sima bas Leah and Yosef Sholom ben Pricha Fraida
With Rosh Hashana coming in so early, it seems we we have less time than ever to get the kids settled from camp, ready for the school year, purchase Shul seats and plan meals – let alone have the opportunity to give proper thought and preparation to the spiritual side of the upcoming Yomim Tovim.
The Crown Heights community is cordially invited to join in the celebration of the completion of a Sefer Torah, dedicated in memory of Kazi Benjamin, OBM, which will take place this Sunday, August 25.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Tuvia Simon, a Sofer Stam, will lead a discussion on topic: the sound of one hand clapping.
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