CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Tens of Montgomery Street residents, along with Shomrim volunteers, took to the street and chased down a burglar who had broken into a number of cars on their block. While attempting to flee, the burglar injured himself.
Former Chief Rabbi of Israel Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau message for Rosh Hashana disscuss ‘Why the shofar on Rosh Hashanah?’ in a video from TorahCafe.
Famed Lubavitch educator and Chazzan Reb Binyomin Levin of Kfar Chabad (Originally from the town of Nevel in White Russia) sings ‘Haneshomo Loch’ – a portion from Slichos – in 1961.
Rabbi Sholom and Sara Esther Paltiel, Shluchim to Port Washington, NY for the past 22 years, give a tour of their magnificent kindergarten, a small-scale replica of the holy-land which was named “Florence’s Israel” – after the benefactor’s mother.
Ahead of the upcoming Yomim Noroim and Aseres Yemei Teshuva the Beis Din of Crown Heights released a twelve page booklet – in both English and Hebrew – which holds the answer to many questions and instruction as to many customs and Halachos related to the upcoming holidays.
The guide was compiled by the office of Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba for the benefit of the community.
Dozens of residents slammed a proposal by an area synagogue to create a layover zone for charter buses that transport congregants to the facility in Cambria Heights, which is adjacent to the cemetery where the Orthodox sect’s beloved leader is interred.
The prophet Isaiah declares: “Seek G-d when He can be found, call to Him when He is near.” The Talmud explains: “This refers to the Ten Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.”
Pictures from the L’chaim of Yosef Blasberg (Israel/Crown Heights) and Devorah Leah (bas R’ Mendel) Goldstein (Crown Heights), which took place in the Lubavitcher Yeshiva simcha hall.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Boruch Jacobson will lead a discussion on the topic: The two types of cries that can be heard from the heart of every Jew on Rosh Hashana.
Dear Mayor Bloomberg,
I am a lifetime resident of this great city of New York. I have grown up with all the mayors in NY starting with Lindsay, going on to Beame, Koch, Dinkins, Giuliani, and now you. I want to explain something to you. I know that politicians have an unusually strong sense of determination, which gives them the drive to forge ahead of typical people and place themselves into positions of power. I get it. I really do.
More than 100 members of Anash gathered this past motzei Shabbos for a special farbrengen and Melava Malka at the home of Rabbi and Mrs. Moshe Kugel to conclude a year full of growth in the Rebbe’s mivtzoim and strengthen each other for the upcoming year.
What was it like to stand by the Rebbe on Rosh Hashanah? What was it like to see him blow the shofar? CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute present the following collection of short stories and anecdotes by Rabbi Yossi Lew, Shliach to Atlanta, which reveal incredible moments with the Rebbe.
As reported yesterday, a delegation from the Jewish community in Moscow, Russia spent an uplifting Shabbos Slichos in New York. On Sunday, the visitors traveled to Monsey, where they participated in a seminar titled “Repentance Through Happiness,” which was prepared especially for them.
Using Clint Eastwood‘s famous empty chair, Mendy Pellin finds an intriguing way to convince his fellow Jews not to miss Shul this Rosh Hashanah.
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