This weekly fast moving — yet inspiring — 1-minute video on the weekly Parsha is created by Yitzchok Schmuckler, a Bochur from Montreal. This week’s video for Parshas Behar-Bechukosai is titled: a perspective on interest.
Nochum and Chayale (nee Grossbaum) Pinson (Crown Heights)
Organizers report that the Lag Baomer Chassidus sales enjoyed unprecedented success with thousands of books sold to eager buyers who took advantage of the subsidized prices.
With Crown Heights growing and spreading Hatzalah has seen the need to expand its membership and its fleet, with 4 ambulances and dedicated fast response car. This Shabbos, Parshas B’chukosai, is Shabbos Hatzalah and appeals will be held in Shuls across the neighborhood. In a letter Hatzalah appealed for the community’s assistance and donations.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of R’ Yosef Ezagui OBM, a longtime Crown Heights resident. He was 86 years old.
Yisroel New (Boca Raton, FL) and Estee Krasnjansky (Honolulu, HI)
Yitzchok Pevzner (Crown Heights) to Rivky Blumenfeld (Lima, Peru)
Avi and Mina Richler (Mullica Hill, NJ)
For the first time in Crown Heights history, survivors of mental illness, addiction, and abuse were provided a real public platform to share their heroic stories. Neshamos.org, held its inaugural event this past Monday night at Educational Institute Oholei Torah, 667 Eastern Pkwy.
Rabbi Sholom Dov Ber Hakohen Gutnick, a senior Chabad Rabbi in Australia who was instrumental in building and leading the community’s institutions, passed away at the age of 94 on Wednesday Night, 25 Iyar 5778 (Australian Time).
Over 2,500 men, women, and children attended the largest yet annual Lag Ba’omer festival, at Chabad of Georgetown organized by Rabbi Avraham Holtzberg.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended on Thursday, May 10, 2018 for holiday observances. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Gabriel Kaufmann, a Jewish collage student who serves as President of Student Chabad at the University of Pittsburgh, was honored for his commitment to Jewish life and Israel during the 7th Annual Jerusalem Post Conference in New York.
About an hour away from London lies the city of Hove. Hove is a beautiful beach city in East Sussex, England, immediately west of its larger neighbor Brighton.
President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action – better known as the Iran Nuclear Deal. Speaking from the White House he declared the deal “disastrous” and called it a missed opportunity. He also cited Israeli intelligence as proof that Iran’s ambitions were not peaceful.
A music video by a rapper that was filmed inside the main sanctuary and social hall of Chabad of Atlanta’s Congregation Beth Tefillah is causing uproar among members the community, who were shocked by the desecration of their Shul.
Like other important days on the Jewish calendar, Lag B’Omer carries with it deeply historical and religious meaning, and over 150 joined in with Chabad of Worcester to mark this date.
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