Lag BaOmer In Prospect Park

A mesmerizing clown show!

On Tuesday, March 16, the Picnic House entrance of Prospect Park was transformed into one big, happy Lag Ba’Omer celebration. Congregation B’nai Jacob, Chabad of Park Slope and Chai Tots Pre-School – a division of NCFJE, invited the entire Brownstone Brooklyn Jewish Community to a Lag Ba’Omer celebration. This exciting outdoor event attracted more than 200 people from the Brownstone Brooklyn community.

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The Weekly Sedra – Behar-Bechukotai

This week’s double section begins with a disappointment and ends with a curse.

It begins with a powerful introduction: “G-d spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai saying the following” and then goes on to explain only ONE commandment called Shmita (farmers in Israel must not work the land on the seventh year). Shmita is only relevant to farmers in Israel once every seven years.

Then, near the end of the second section, the Torah lists forty-nine depressing curses awaiting Jews who don’t keep the Torah (and later in Deuteronomy 28:15-69, the Torah lists 98 more!).

Brazen Mugging on Montgomery and Albany

At 1:45 this afternoon a resident of 742 Montgomery St., a large apartment building, was mugged in the elevator. The woman in her late fifties had entered the elevator followed by a black male around 19 years of age, she selected the floor she lives on and the perp selected the second floor, upon arriving on the second floor the perp grabbed the woman’s purse and ran out of the elevator.

The woman yelled that she was robbed and alert Bochurim that were in the area began to chase the perp down Montgomery St. towards Kingston Ave. screaming behind him ‘Chaptzem!’ which alerted store owners to the chase and brought them out. One store owner that came running out managed to grab the mugger on the corner of Crown and Kingston.

The police were then called and they responded immediately with over 10 cars and arrested the suspect and the victim was brought around along with the Bochurim who chased the perp to identify him, and the all positively identified him.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Lubavitch of Bucks County Receives ‘Renovation Award’

A few months ago Lubavitch of Bucks County opened its newly renovated 18,500 square foot facility in Newtown, PA which will function as its Headquarters in Bucks County.

The building which was purchased on one of the most prestigious streets in Bucks County has gone under a total renovation.

“After all these year if running a robust active Lubavitch center in many different small facilities around the area, we finally have a home and central address where it all comes together under one roof,” said Rabbi Yehuda Shemtov the Executive Director of the organization. Until now, the administrative, educational and holiday programming were held in various facilities around the county.

Bochrim from the Gerer Yeshiva Visit The Ohel

A group of 70 Bochrim from the Gerer Yeshiva came to the Ohel to daven and farbreng with the Rebbe’s Mazkir Rabbi Leibel Groner.

Rabbi Groner spoke for two hours about the Rebbe’s Sichos on Peisach-Sheiney, and the special connection between the Rebbes of Chabad and Ger.

The Rosh Yeshiva requested of Rabbi Groner that the Bochurim could ask questions in writing.

Two of the Talmidim introduced themselves as being the grandson and great grandson of the Rosh Yeshiva of 770, Harav Hagoen Reb Yisroel Piekarsky OBM.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

R. Osdoba Visits Organic Meat Plant

Recently many of you have seen a new item on the meat shelves, Organic Meat under the brand ‘Wise Organic Pastures’ with the CHK hechsher, this Shechita takes place in South Dakota, in a factory built by the Wiesenfeld family, which has been selling organic chicken under the Hechsher of the CHK for the past 15 years. Recently they decided to build this place exclusively for organic meat to be suitable for the needs of a kosher Shchita, according to the requirements of The Marah De’asrah Harav Osdoba Shlita.

This past week R, Osdoba (together with his son R. Shneur Zalman Osdoba, along with the kashrus administrator, R. Yossi Brook) visited the slaughterhouse in South Dakota and reviewed the whole procedure of the Shechita and Hachsharah. R. Osdoba was very pleased with the whole procedure and setup of the plant and its operation, especially from the Chassidishe Shochtim and Bodkim that work there, Rabbi Chaim Ezra Tzfasman, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Klimovitsky, and occasionally, Rabbi Saadia Dahan. The Shochtim and Bodkim pointed out to the Rav that they are very happy to work in this place because everything is set up at the highest standards of kashrus, and it is also a pleasure to work with the local workers, who are very cooperative with the kashrus staff. As the Rav was able to see for himself the Hiddurim, and the qualities of the place.