BDE: Mrs. Rivkah Chefer, 90, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Rivkah Chefer OBM, who was sent with her husband, Shmuel Chefer OBM to Kfar Chabad to revive the local Beis Rickah Girls School.
SUNY Downstate Cancels Surgeries, Other Services Due to Staff Shortage Following Vaccine Mandate
A Brooklyn hospital is canceling surgeries and other services due to a staff shortage following the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for hospital workers.
Gallery #3: Simchas Beis Hashoeva Through The Camera Lens
At one of Crown Heights’s highlight events of the year, the Kingston Ave Simchas Beis Hashoeva, a Chabad photographer caught some of the iconic moments behind the lens.
Video of the Day
Stealing is bad. Getting caught because you stole something so conspicuous that it can’t be missed is even worse. Can you just imagine what is going through the mind of this thief as he steals the Peddi Sukkah from the Chabad Israel Center of the Upper East Side?
Local Crown Heights Shiurim Continuing
After Yom Tov, the local shiurim are restarting across crown heights and online with popular daily weekly podcast shiurim.
New Engagement!
Yisrael Sebag (Toulouse, France) to Haya Amram (S. Brice)
Chabad History With Rabbi Dalfin – Strolling with Reb Yoel on Brooklyn Ave
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
Archaeologist Claims Mount Sinai Found in Saudi Arabia
Experts believe they’ve finally found one of the holiest sites in the Bible — miles from where it was previously assumed to have existed.
UPK Classes In Jeopardy of Closing As Last Resort Supreme Court Lawsuit Fails
The Monday deadline to have all State paid school teachers vaccinated is almost upon us, and many thousands of teachers remain unvaccinated.
Snail Mail: USPS Deliveries Start to Slow
The US Postal Service will begin slowing deliveries Friday, part of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan to slash costs.
Pandemic Deaths Eclipse 700,000 in US
The death toll from Covid-19 in the United States surpassed 700,000 on Friday, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University, amid a resurgence in cases due to the highly contagious delta variant.
This Weeks Shalom Zochor List
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Shabbos Parshas Bereishis:
US Senator Rand Paul Blocks Swift Passage of Iron Dome Funding Bill
In the latest hurdle to Israel receiving $1 billion in funding to replenish its Iron Dome missile defense system after May’s Gaza conflict, Republican Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky has blocked swift passage of the bill.
Weekly Story: A Sukkos Farbrengen
Being that I posted throughout Sukkos about the ushpizin, I was excited to hear the following anecdote in a Simchas Beis Hasho’eiva farbrengen led by Rabbi Telsner about them. As always your feedback is always appreciated.
On his wedding day, at the Torah reading alongside President Zalman Shazar, to whom he had been dispatched by the Rebbe as his personal agent.
Weekly Dvar Torah: The Beginning All Over Again
In this weeks Dvar Torah, Rabbi Yosef Katzman talks about the cycle of the Torah, and how the beginning gives direction for the entire year.
Religions Exemptions Upheld By Court in Hochul Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers
In a late Thursday development, a three judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit effectively put on hold — for two weeks — on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s vaccine mandate for health care workers; but only for those who are claiming a religious exemption.
Baby Girl!
Berel and Mushka(nee Sasonkin)Kesselman (Concord, California)
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