Members of the Crown Heights Council were hosted by leaders of the Democratic Party in New York. The participating council members from Crown Heights were, Reb Chanina Sperlin, Dr. Zvi Lang, and a resident from Crown Heights, Reb Eliyahu Slavin.
On Monday, 10th of Nissan, a farbreingen will be held in memory of Rabbi Yaacov Moshe HaCohen Freedman ob’m. Many Anash who cherish his memory and his blessed deeds will gather for the first yortseit in the Uforatsto Hall, at 305 Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights. The farbreingen will begin at 8:00 pm.
On the night of the ninth of Nissan in 5699 (1939), Rabbi Levi Yitschak Schneerson was arrested at his home on 13 Borigodna street in Dnepropetrovsk. Four NKVD agents conducted a search in their apartment they ordered Rabbi Levi Yitschak to follow them.
Rabbi Levi Yitschak was taken for investigation and was imprisoned in extremely difficult conditions. He was transferred from one prison to another until he was finally sent to the far off Kazakhstan where he passed away on the 20th of Av in 5700. (Kitsur Toldos Chabad)
A rare video strip has been released by JEM, of the Bedikas Chomets night in 5748, the year of the Rebbetzin’s passing.
The Rebbe is seen after Maariv in the large room on the first floor of his home, and after Maariv the Rebbe turns to the inner room where the Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Pikarski, ob’m presents him with the ‘sale of chomets’ bill. The Rebbe puts on his glasses, engrosses in reading the document and then signs it.
By Yitzchok Wagshul – Crown Heights Chronicle
The annual melave malka of Congregation Ahavas Moische, better known as the Maple Street Shul, was held last Motzoei Shabbos, April 9 at the shul.
Because it is situated on what, until recently, had been the southernmost border of our neighborhood, the Maple Street Shul has long been considered a “community shul,” rather than merely of significance to local mispallelim. Its annual melave malka is traditionally attended by a wide spectrum of residents from all areas of Crown Heights.
The event drew around 200 people throughout the evening, including the Rov and Mara D’Asra, Rabbi Aharon Yaakov Schwei shlita, and the internationally noted activist and lecturer Rabbi Dovid Hollander shlita.
Rav Schwei reminisced about the fact that in his youth, the Maple Street shul was “his shul,” because he used to regularly review a maamar of Chassidus there for the congregants. He expressed great satisfaction at the growth that portion of the neighborhood is experiencing B”H, and urged that more homes in the area be purchased, so that before long, there will again be many shuls there, a mikveh, and so on.
Rabbi Hollander spoke movingly about Jewish issues and the need to stand firm in support of the Torah way of life. Referring to the current crisis the Maple Street Shul is undergoing, arising from the collapse of its retaining wall and the need to raise funds for its repair, Rabbi Hollander likened the shul itself, which has remained steadfast at the border and never let up in its activities, to a retaining wall. It symbolizes the need of all of us to remain at our posts and faithfully guard the boundaries of the Torah outlook.
“The Maple Street Shul,” the Rabbi proclaimed, “is the ‘retaining wall’ of Am Yisroel.”
Contributions to the emergency repair campaign can be made payable to Congregation Ahavas Moische and sent to the shul’s president, Eli Blachman, at 682 Lefferts Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203.
