Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Mrs. Shaindel Steinhauser OBM

With great sadness and pain we inform you of the tragic and untimely passing of Mrs. Shaindel (nee Kartin) Steinhauser OBM at the age of 51.

She leaves behind her husband, Chaim and two kids, Abba and Sara all of whom live in Crown Heights.

The Levaya will take place Today, Sunday, and will be leaving from the Shomrei Hadas Chapel at 12:30pm and will be passing by 770 at around 1:00pm.

Baruch Dayan Hoemes

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Shliach in Franfurt, Germany Stabbed in Apparent Hate Crime

Bochurim standing outside the Hospital in Frankfurt, Germany Shabbos afternoon, following an attack on Rabbi Schneur Zalman Gurevitch (inset).

FRANKFURT, Germany [CHI] — Chabad Shliach in Frankfurt, Germany Rabbi Schneur Zalman Gurevitch [42] is in stable condition after being stabbed just a few blocks from his home on Friday night.

The incident unfolded as Rabbi Gurevitch was walking home from the Westend-Synagogue in Frankfurt, a 20 minute walk from his home along with two Shabbos guests when a man shouted a racial slur at the Rabbi.

More in the Extended Article.

Chabad Jewish Center Welcomes Arrival of Torah

Post Gazette

PITTSBURGH, PA — For the 250 or so families involved, it is a time of great happiness at the Chabad of the South Hills.

The Jewish Center for Living and Learning in Mt. Lebanon formally welcomed the addition of its own Torah scroll last evening.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

SUNDAY: Hachnosas Safer Torah!

This Sunday, September 9th there will be a Siyum Sefer Torah, This Torah was written in loving memory of Sidney and Anita Harris OBM by their grandchildren.

The Siyum will take place at 11:00am at 760 Montgomery St. APT 2D [on the corner of Albany Ave.], followed at 1:00pm by Hakafos and a Tahalucha (Parade) to the Jewish Childrens Museum.

The Torah is going to be placed in the Shul at the Jewish Childrens Museum.

Seasonal Sounds – Shofars note the beginning of High Holy Days

The Longmont Daily Times-Call
Elijah Seifen saws the tip of a ram’s horn off as he begins making a shofar at a factory hosted by Rabbi Yakov Borenstein recently. The shofar is a semi-musical instrument used typically in Jewish ceremonies

LONGMONT, CO — The sounds from a shofar, a semi-musical instrument used typically in Jewish ceremonies, have been heard for thousands of years at many occasions.