Baby Girl!
Pesach and Bracha (nee Sitrin) Zirkind (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Yisroel and Mushky (nee Golomb) Kirsh (Crown Heights)
8:00pm: What Is the Yardstick of Success?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 138, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: What is the Yardstick of Success? What Did the Rebbe Say About Thanksgiving? Can We Refine Today’s Progressive Left? Is it Acceptable to Be into Fashion? Is Moach Shalet Al Halev Compatible with a Mental Disorder? Moshiach Doesn’t Excite My Child!
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Meilach Zwiebel, 75, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Elimelech Zwiebel OBM, the much beloved Mashpia in the Chabad Yeshiva in Morristown, New Jersey and one of the leading Chabad scholars. He was 75 years old. Levaya will take place Monday
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Ben Zion Shenker, 92, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Ben Zion Shenker OBM, the famed composer and singer of many songs and Niggunim. He was 92 years old.
Second Citi Bike Workshop Planned for Crown Heights
Do you have strong feelings about where Citi Bike should expand in the neighborhood? You’ve got another chance to tell the city about it.
MTA Proposes Increased Subway Fares for 2017
The MTA is considering a proposal that would raise fares and tolls system-wide in 2017. Under the plan, subway fares would rise to $3 per ride, while weekly MetroCards would rise to $32 and a monthly pass would cost $121.
New Engagement!
Peretz (ben Mendy) Mockin (Montreal, Canada) and Rivkie (bas Avremel) Lokshin (Crown Heights)
Shliach to Lithuania Forcibly Removed from Shul
Leaders of Lithuania’s small and fractious Jewish community hired security guards to prevent a local Chabad rabbi and his supporters from attending synagogue in Vilnius (Vilna).
Weekly Living Torah Video: Actions Speak Louder Than Words
In 1988, during the Shiva for Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, Rabbi Simcha Elberg visited the Rebbe to be Menachem Avel. Rabbi Elberg served as the chairman on the executive board of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis, and on the executive committee of Agudath Israel of America.
Weekly Story: You Have the Ability
Reb Berel replied, “If the Rebbe instructs me to jump off the roof, I will do so. However, if the Rebbe instructs me to jump from the ground on to the roof, as much as I would like to fulfill the Rebbe’s desire, it is an impossibility and can’t be done.”
Gefen Cholent Beans Recalled
“It has come to our attention that our Chulent Mix date code # 091218 as well as #090518 and # 090522 has been found to have some instances of infestation,” wrote an executive of the Kedem company, which markets foods under the Gefen brand.
Google Cuts Off Pixel Resellers
A slew of google users, including one vocal Lubavitcher, were cut off from all their Google accounts as “punishment” for reselling a Pixel phone, which violates Google’s policies, reports the Associated Press.
Picture of the Day: Kiryat Malachi, Israel
The family of 4-year-old Dinush Rivkin, who has suffered since birth from a rare condition called Esophageal Atresia, happily accepts a check for over one and a half million Shekels that was raised from generous donors all over the world, which will help pay for specialized surgery that may cure her at a hospital in the United States.
Monday: Shloshim for R’ Mendel Brikman, OBM
On Monday evening, a gathering will be held to commemorate the Shloshim of a beloved father, husband and member of the Crown Heights community, Reb Mendel Brikman, OBM, who passed away last month after a prolonged illness.
Shabbos at the Besht: Chof Cheshvan
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Efraim Mintz, Executive Director of the JLI, will lead a discussion on the topic of Chof Cheshvan.
New Season of Avos U’bonim Kicks Off in Monsey
The new winter season of Avos U’bonim kicked off this past Motzoai Shabbos Vayera at the Tzemach Tzedek Shul in Monsey.
