27th Annual Tzivos Hashem Sukkos Experience

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Today, the second day of Chol Hamoed, from 12:00pm till around 5:30pm, Kingston Ave was shut down from Eastern Parkway all the way down to Empire Boulevard for the 27th Annual Sukkos Experience!

Since the construction at the Lefferts Park, the Sukkos Experience moved to Kingston Avenue, with children running up and down the avenue, waiting in line to enjoy the more then 20 different rides, along with a full petting zoo and pony rides.

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Police Commish Meets with Local Shliach, Politicians

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — This morning New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly joined Israel’s Foreign Minster Tzipi Livni on the steps of Cong. Binei Avarham in Brooklyn Heights, where last week a swastika was found spray-painted just days before Sukkos.

The rabbi of the Shul, Chabad Shliach Rabbi Ari Raskin took the opportunity to do Mivtza Lulav with Tzipi Livni on site where the swastika once was.

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Shliach Featured in Local Newspaper

Photo by AUGUSTO F. MENEZES/Home News Tribune

Above, Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky, head of the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe, offers a blessing Wednesday with his family — from left, Moussia, 7; wife, Chanie, and Mendel, 7 — at the start of Sukkot in a dwelling called a sukkah. Below left, Rabbi Zaklikovsky and others sit at a table. Bottom right is the sukkah’s exterior.

Was Your Car Towed?

Early this morning cars that were parked on Kingston Avenue between Empire Boulevard and Eastern Parkway were towed and relocated to alternate locations around the neighborhood, for the street fair organized by Tzivos Hashem today.

If your car was towed it is very likely to be in a few block vicinity of where it was originally parked. If you cannot locate your car you can call the 71st Precinct at (718) 735-0511.

The Soon To Be Sukkah Mobiles!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – As we have previously reported, Enterprise Rent-A-Car opened a special lot for the Mitzva Tank Office for Bochurim and Yungerman to rent the pickup trucks that will be converted into Sukkah Mobiles, then fan out across New York City on Mivtzoim.

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Thousands Dance at Simchas Beis Hashouva in Crown Heights

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — For the first time this Yom Tov, Simchas Beis Hashouva was celebrated with live music performed by Yossi and Avi Piamenta, who was later joined by Avraham Fried.

Thousands of Men, Woman and Children joined in the lively dancing, which went on into the wee hours of the morning. A special presentation of over 25 minutes of video of the Rebbe around Tishrei time was displayed on a large screen for all to see.

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Swastikas Found Scrawled in Brooklyn

The New York Times

Rabbi Aaron Raskin surveys swatstika painted on the steps of Congregation B’nai Avraham in Brooklyn Heights.

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Swastikas and hateful messages aimed at Jews were spray-painted on buildings and cars in more than a dozen locations in Brooklyn Heights on Monday night and yesterday, and fliers with savage epithets were found in three locations there, the police said.

There were no arrests yesterday, but more than 20 detectives were assigned to the case, as were dozens of officers in uniform and plainclothes, along with members of the department’s Hate Crime Task Force. A city truck equipped with tools and chemicals to remove graffiti was also dispatched.