Fathers and sons got together on the rooftop of Lubavitcher Yeshiva for their [now] annual Simchas Beis Hashoeva, with lively music by Avigdor Tzeitlin and his band.
Dalia G. Shusterman, wearing bright red lipstick and a cropped jean jacket, and Perl Wolfe, in a leopard print top, look the part of alternative rock musicians. They talk about “wailing and rocking out” and list influences like Radiohead, the White Stripes, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jane’s Addiction.
The Levaya for Reb Moshe Teleshevsky, OBM, will begin at 9:30 Thursday morning, the second day of Chol Hamo’ed Sukkos, at the Shomrei Hadas Chapels in Boro Park, from where it will leave at 10:00. It will pass by 770 at 10:30am.
Every Tishrei, along with many of my peers, I was turned off anew at the scene in Crown Heights. I would be disgusted at the pushy, sweaty orchim, the homeless girls sleeping in 770 and the general feeling of ‘hefker’ness…
You may have noticed the newest fleet of MTA buses. Each of them is now equipped with a camera linked to the Parking Violations Bureau. If a bus pulls into a bus stop and there is a car standing there – even if the car is running – the bus’ camera will take a picture of the license plate and the owner will receive a $165 ticket in the mail.
As in past years, the 36 Elementary school classes in Oholei Torah held a raffle for a set of Daled Mimin, sponsored by Mendy Lipsker of the Esrogim Center of Crown Heights.
Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie teaches students of the North County Chabad Hebrew School in Yorba Linda, California about the Mitzvah of Esrog, firsthand. These Esrogim were harvested at the Chabad center from seeds of Yanover Esrogim.
Members of the Crown Heights Besht Center, along with family and friends, gathered for a Farbrengen last night to celebrate the 26th birthday of the Center’s beloved president, Sruly Clapman.
Nachum Markowitz‘s grand Kidushim and food distributions have been a staple of Tishrei in Lubavitch for the past 31 years. Since last year, in addition to all that, guests, students, and residents have been treated by Markowitz and his generous partners and donors to lavish breakfasts each morning of Sukkos.
Damp weather did not deter the regulars and guests at the Crown Heights Simchas Beis Hashoeva. Along with lively music, they danced on Kingston Avenue deep into the night.
As the Crown Heights community gears up for Sukkos, young entrepreneurs can be seen selling esrogim, rings and other Sukkos necessities on Kingston Avenue.
Chabad Rabbi Zalman Mendelsohn strolled the streets here in one of the West’s most picturesque tourist towns, looking for Jewish travelers. “Shalom! Shalom!” he shouted, approaching a family lingering near Jackson’s town square. “Are you, by any chance, Jewish?”
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