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Daily Archives: September 28, 2008


The Shabbos Siren standing atop the Shul on Kingston and Montgomery.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Earlier this Sunday afternoon the alarm which usually signals the onset of Shabbos and Yom Tov went off, bewildering residents and burying the CrownHeights.info News inbox with nearly 100 emails inquiring as to why the alarm went off.
 
So we contacted R. Mendel Goldstein, the father of the siren, and asked him what happened, he answered that it was a simple mistake in the timer, the alarm was supposed to go off tomorrow, signaling the beginning of Rosh Hashana, but instead it went off today.

More in the Extended Article!

Mid-Sunday Shabbos Alarm Bewilders Residents

The Shabbos Siren standing atop the Shul on Kingston and Montgomery.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Earlier this Sunday afternoon the alarm which usually signals the onset of Shabbos and Yom Tov went off, bewildering residents and burying the CrownHeights.info News inbox with nearly 100 emails inquiring as to why the alarm went off.

 

So we contacted R. Mendel Goldstein, the father of the siren, and asked him what happened, he answered that it was a simple mistake in the timer, the alarm was supposed to go off tomorrow, signaling the beginning of Rosh Hashana, but instead it went off today.

More in the Extended Article!

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Baby Boy!

Dov and Chani Misholovin from Miami, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Yossi and Leah Moscowitz from Wimbeldon, England had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Yaffe (Longmeadow, MA) to Devorah Gindi (Brooklyn, NY)
Baby Boy!

Chezki and Ahuva Coates from Chicago, IL had a baby boy!

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New Engagement!

Yaakov David Gordon (Melbourne, Australia) to Rivka Pink (Solihull, England)
New Engagement!

Mendel New (Crown Heights) to Sara Silverman (Marietta, GA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Sholom Ber Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Mussie Baumgarten (Rockaway, NJ) L’Chaim: Tuesday, May 7th, 8:00pm at the JCM Lower Level
New Engagement!

Binyomin Wilhelm (Zhitomir, Ukraine) to Chaya Sosonkin (Brooklyn, NY)
Twins!

Two girls were born to Zalman and Chaya (nee Slonim) Phillips from East Flatbush!
New Engagement!

Levi Deitsch (Perm, Russia) to Tehilah Holtzberg (Pomona, NY)
New Engagement!

Menachem Mendel Amer (Moshave Mivtachim, EY) to Feiga Leah Norton (Los Angeles, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at The Shull 481 Albany Ave
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chana Genya Goodman had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Moshe Cunin (Reno, NV) to Doba Brikman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: L’Chaim: Sunday, April 14th, 8:00pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Bezalel and Devory Broh from Remsen Village had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 63 E. 91st Street between E. New York Ave and Rutland Road
New Engagement!

Reuben Greenberg (Crown Heights) to Sara Brown (Liverpool, UK) L’Chaim: Sunday, April 14th, 8:00pm at the JCM Downstairs
New Engagement!

Daniel Namdar (Crown Heights) to Sossie Shain (Tenefly, NJ)
New Engagement!

Ari Levitin (Los Angeles, CA) to Frayda Flint (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:0pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
The Rebbe says:

1. The Talmud tells us that, “The Mitzvah of the day (of Rosh Hashanah) is blowing the Shofar”.

2. The Rebbe now quotes the Baal Shem Tov who explains the Shofar’s meaning:

The Baal Shem Tov explains the Shofar with a parable: Blowing the Shofar is like a child crying to his father and saying, “Father, father, save me”.

3. The Rebbe now quotes the previous Chabad Rebbe’im (leaders) who clarify and define this explanation of the Shofar:

Rosh Hashanah – The New Year

The Rebbe says:

1. The Talmud tells us that, “The Mitzvah of the day (of Rosh Hashanah) is blowing the Shofar”.

2. The Rebbe now quotes the Baal Shem Tov who explains the Shofar’s meaning:

The Baal Shem Tov explains the Shofar with a parable: Blowing the Shofar is like a child crying to his father and saying, “Father, father, save me”.

3. The Rebbe now quotes the previous Chabad Rebbe’im (leaders) who clarify and define this explanation of the Shofar:

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NY Times

The prayer room in the basement of the Community Synagogue on East Sixth Street fills up when Rabbi Simon Jacobson gives his weekly class.

To find the 10th man for a minyan, the quorum required in Orthodox Jewish services, some rabbis on the Lower East Side of Manhattan have been known in recent years to step into the street and stop passers-by. Are you Jewish? they ask.

Synagogue, and ‘Spiritual Starbucks’

NY Times

The prayer room in the basement of the Community Synagogue on East Sixth Street fills up when Rabbi Simon Jacobson gives his weekly class.

To find the 10th man for a minyan, the quorum required in Orthodox Jewish services, some rabbis on the Lower East Side of Manhattan have been known in recent years to step into the street and stop passers-by. Are you Jewish? they ask.

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With sadness we inform you of the passing early today, Sunday of Mr. Sam (Shmuel) Sultan of S. Diego, California - Eldest brother of Mrs. Chana Bongart of Crown Heights.

Nichum Aveilim: Now through Erev Rosh Hashanah (tomorrow) afternoon at 1488 Carroll Street (between Albany and Troy Avenues)

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Mr. Sam (Shmuel) Sultan OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing early today, Sunday of Mr. Sam (Shmuel) Sultan of S. Diego, California – Eldest brother of Mrs. Chana Bongart of Crown Heights.

Nichum Aveilim: Now through Erev Rosh Hashanah (tomorrow) afternoon at 1488 Carroll Street (between Albany and Troy Avenues)

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

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Globes

Google Inc. has the followed the recent launch of the Hebrew version of its Gmail service with the launch of its new translation service Google Translate, which supports translations of texts to and from 30 languages including Hebrew. The program also aligns paragraphs to the left or right margins of the page depending on the direction of the language.

Google Launches Hebrew Translation Service

Globes

CrownHeights.info translated into Hebrew

Google Inc. has the followed the recent launch of the Hebrew version of its Gmail service with the launch of its new translation service Google Translate, which supports translations of texts to and from 30 languages including Hebrew. The program also aligns paragraphs to the left or right margins of the page depending on the direction of the language.

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CrownHeights.info comments crack me up. Or make me mad. Or sad. Or proud. Or embarrassed. Or happy. Usually makes me snort.

They all go something like this:

First you get a set of:
“Well said”
“Thanks for finally speaking up”

Then you get some:
“I disagree....”

Then comes the heat:
“It's all because of those wacko flag wavers”

Op-Ed: Comments, Comments and more Comments!

CrownHeights.info comments crack me up. Or make me mad. Or sad. Or proud. Or embarrassed. Or happy. Usually makes me snort.

They all go something like this:

First you get a set of:
“Well said”
“Thanks for finally speaking up”

Then you get some:
“I disagree….”

Then comes the heat:
“It’s all because of those wacko flag wavers”

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Shomrim Apprehend Youth for Racial Graffiti

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Shomrim received a call earlier today, Sunday, alerting them to 2 Black youths spraying graffiti in an alleyway, a responding member spotted the two while still ‘tagging’ two garages, and called for backup and gave chase.

While fleeing one of the teens attempted to discard a can of spray paint, and was apprehended by a number of Shomrim members and a resident on Union Street between Albany and Troy Avenues. Shomrim member’s recovered the spray paint can, and found a second one in his possession.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

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With sadness we inform you of the passing of R. Sholom Dovid Kreiman of Flatbush.

R. Sholom Dovid is survived by his children, Yibadlu Lechaim Tovim: Mrs. Rochel Lapidus (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Rabbi Yankel Kreiman (Shliach to Palm Springs, CA), Rabbi Nachman Kreiman – (Los Angeles, CA), Eli Kreiman (Crown Heights) and Mrs. Seifa Brown (Elizabeth, NJ)

The Levaya will pass by 770 today, Sunday at around 2:00pm.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – R. Sholom Dovid Kreiman OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of R. Sholom Dovid Kreiman of Flatbush.

R. Sholom Dovid is survived by his children, Yibadlu Lechaim Tovim: Mrs. Rochel Lapidus (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Rabbi Yankel Kreiman (Shliach to Palm Springs, CA), Rabbi Nachman Kreiman – (Los Angeles, CA), Eli Kreiman (Crown Heights) and Mrs. Seifa Brown (Elizabeth, NJ)

The Levaya will pass by 770 today, Sunday at around 2:00pm.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

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Chabad.org took the world of viral media up a notch with the release this week of a High Holiday greeting featuring Rabbi Itchy Kadoozy, the lead character from the highly popular “Itchy Kadoozy” cartoon featured on the Web site.

The Rabbi Gram, produced in cooperation with Varitalk, is hailed by the site as a “breakthrough in computer-preachology!”

High Holiday Greeting Utilizes Popular Cartoon Character

Chabad.org took the world of viral media up a notch with the release this week of a High Holiday greeting featuring Rabbi Itchy Kadoozy, the lead character from the highly popular “Itchy Kadoozy” cartoon featured on the Web site.

The Rabbi Gram, produced in cooperation with Varitalk, is hailed by the site as a “breakthrough in computer-preachology!”

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NEW YORK, NY [NYDN] — Most Americans are rooting for oil prices to plunge, but Mayor Bloomberg isn't one of them.

“My great fear is that the cost of energy will come down rapidly and so low that we will forget the lessons we should have learned, and we'll walk away from the environmental challenges,” the mayor said during a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative in Midtown.

Bloomberg: Costly Oil Is Good

NEW YORK, NY [NYDN] — Most Americans are rooting for oil prices to plunge, but Mayor Bloomberg isn’t one of them.

“My great fear is that the cost of energy will come down rapidly and so low that we will forget the lessons we should have learned, and we’ll walk away from the environmental challenges,” the mayor said during a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative in Midtown.

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La Jolla Light

A group of concerned neighbors stops to
check out the planned site for Chabad.
Photo by: Danielle Vinland
LA JOLLA, CA — A proposal by conservative Jewish group Chabad was roundly rejected by a second planning group committee Thursday.

The proposal calls for demolishing an existing single-family home at 2466 Hidden Valley road and replacing it with a two-story, 11,666-square-foot structure to include a synagogue, a rabbi's residence, a social hall with attendant kitchen and a small preschool.

Panels reject Chabad plan

La Jolla Light

A group of concerned neighbors stops to
check out the planned site for Chabad.
Photo by: Danielle Vinland

LA JOLLA, CA — A proposal by conservative Jewish group Chabad was roundly rejected by a second planning group committee Thursday.

The proposal calls for demolishing an existing single-family home at 2466 Hidden Valley road and replacing it with a two-story, 11,666-square-foot structure to include a synagogue, a rabbi’s residence, a social hall with attendant kitchen and a small preschool.

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Missing Girl B”H Found by Shomrim

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A girl visiting Crown Heights for Tishrei was found after going missing for close to 10 hours. Shomrim received the call for the missing girl an hour after Shabbos ended from the girl’s sister.

Over 30 Shomrim members mobilized and executed a search for the missing spanning across a number of neighborhoods including Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, Sun Set Park and Boro Park.

More in the Extended Article.

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With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Miriam bas Chaim Yaakov Gruber of Brooklyn, mother of Rabbi Yosef Baruch Wircberg of Crown Heights.

The Levaya will take place today, Sunday and will be leaving from the Shomrai Hadaas Chapel at around 1:00pm and passing by 770 at around 2:00pm.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

Boruch Dayan Haemes – Mrs. Miriam Gruber OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Miriam bas Chaim Yaakov Gruber of Brooklyn, mother of Rabbi Yosef Baruch Wircberg of Crown Heights.

The Levaya will take place today, Sunday and will be leaving from the Shomrai Hadaas Chapel at around 1:00pm and passing by 770 at around 2:00pm.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

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