Van Slams into rear of School Bus

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — This afternoon, Thursday, just after dropping its last passenger off, a school bus was rear ended with great force while its red lights were still flashing. The incident took place on Montgomery Street between Brooklyn and New York Avenue at around 4:00pm.

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Dear Rebbetzin Raichik and the entire Raichik Family,

I join the Khal Adas Chassidim worldwide in mourning the loss of your dear husband, father and brother. Indeed this is a great loss to you. However this is really a great loss to each and every one of us Chassidim. Not only because of the impact and the special position he had in Tzeirei Agudas Chabad enabling Hafotzas Hamayanos in Eretz Yisroel, which is a top priority by the Rebbe and therefore is a top priority by every single Chassid, but also because of the unique, special, different, and extraordinary Chassidishe traits that Yossi possessed.

He was the example of a true Chassid. He was real, genuine, and true. There was no facade, no impression. Everything with him was face value. What you saw, you got. What was on the in was on the out. This came across in all aspects of his life. He was true as a father, true as a friend, true as a Chassid, true as an employer and true as an employee. And in everything that went along with it.

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Jewish Community in Seoul Prepares for First-Ever Non-Military Services

By Tamar Runyan

Rabbi Osher Litzman, second from right, learns Torah with Jewish residents of Seoul, South Korea.

From this year on, Jewish residents of South Korea won’t need a ticket – or a permit – to attend High Holiday services.

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Nitzavim

The Rebbe says:

1. It says in this week’s Torah portion, “What will happen is, when all these things come upon you…the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, you will take it to your heart, and you will return to G-d, your G-d, with all your heart and with all your soul…Then, G-d, your
G-d, will return your captives from exile…and He will bring you to the land which your forefathers possessed…”.

2. The Rebbe asks a question on this:

The basic point of these verses is that every Jew will return to Hashem (G-d) because of the things which will happen to them. If so, why does the Torah include the word, “the blessing”, into this equation? Isn’t the person’s Teshuvah (repentance) solely because of his broken heart which was an effect of “the curse” which befell him?

Kids, Can You Say ‘Cultural Diversity’?

Edward Rothstein – The New York Times
 

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Now that nearly every museum is also a children’s museum — now that nearly every museum has programs that strive to lure the young — what do we seek from a museum that really is a children’s museum? And not just any children’s museum, but the venerable Brooklyn Children’s Museum, reopening this weekend after spending nearly $70 million on reconstruction, rethinking and redesign?

Video of the Day – The Beinoni

 

This weeks Living Torah, titled “The Beinoni” (Volume 53, Episode 211)

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Man Falls to Death After NYPD Stun Gun Shock

BED STUY, Brooklyn [AP] — An officer appears to have violated police department guidelines when he used a Taser stun gun on a naked, distraught man teetering on a building ledge, officials said Thursday.

Inman Morales, 35, fell nearly 10 feet to his death after he was shocked in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, in the confines of the 77th Precinct. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. An autopsy was being performed, but police said he suffered serious head trauma.

Congregation Khal Anash Shul Ransacked

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] –- Congregation Khal Anash Shul on Carroll and Schenectady was ransacked earlier today, Wednesday. The incident was discovered at around 5:30pm with Talis Bags lay strewn on the floor alongside a few Seforim and the Poroches pulled from the Aron Kodesh.

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