Baby Girl!
Levi and Sara (nee Pewzner) Loebenstein (Crown Heights)
Photos: Europe’s Largest Sukkah Erected in Moscow
The largest Sukkah in Europe, built in the courtyard of the Marina Roscha Synagogue in Moscow, hosts thousands throughout the holiday of Sukkos, including Yom Tov meals with Rabbi Berel Lazar – Russia’s Chief Rabbi. The Sukkah is also open for anyone around the clock and stocked full of food and drink.
Free Download: Simchas Bass Mix
Taking Jewish classics and remixing them with modern electro-dance beats and sounds, Shimi Levy of Levyticus has released a lively dance track that Jewish communities all over the world are free to download and use for their Simchas Beis Hashoeva events.
Botanic Garden Offers Workshop on 4 Minim and Ketores
For the 5th year, the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens will be hosting a special tour of it’s Daled Minim plants and will display its unique collection of the Ketores plants.
Video: Achieving the Greatest Happiness
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vezos Habracha. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we achieve the greatest happiness?
Early Simchas Beis Hashoeva Tonight for Children
A special Simchas Beis Hashoeva for children will take place tonight before the regular programming, featuring free cotton candy, music and dancing. It will begin at 7:30pm, and will be followed by the regular children’s program at 8:30pm.
Twin Girls!
Levi and Chaya (nee Ladaew) Altein (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Dovber and Chana’le (nee Posner) Dechter (Crown Heights)
Video: How to Build a Sukkah in Record Time
Videographer Mendel Grossbaum builds a Sukkah for his parents, who serve as Shluchim in Livingston, NJ, and shows how to do it in record time.
Photos: Crowds Dance at Simchas Beis Hashoeva
From dusk to dawn, crowds of Chasidim and Jews from all walks of life danced joyously to live music played by Avi Piamenta and Eli Marcus at Simchas Beis Hashoeva on Kingston Ave. in Crown Heights.
Yemenite Simchas Beis Hashoeva in Crown Heights
Building on the immense success of previous years, residents living in 762 Empire Blvd, an apartment building on the corner of Troy Ave, celebrated Simchas Beis Hashoeva true to their Yemenite heritage.
Ukrainian Police Arrest 4 in Brutal Beating of Chabad Rabbi
Four suspects have been arrested in connection with the brutal beating and robbery of Rabbi Mendel Deutsch, police in Zhitomir, Ukraine say that the four – two men and two women – were arrested and charged in connection with the brutal incident which occurred two weeks ago.
Tragedy in France: Shmuel Sarfati, 7, OBM
A terrible tragedy befell the Jewish community in the French city of Poissy when a mishap with a construction truck mortally injured 7-year-old Shmuel Sarfati, son of local Chabad Shluchim. Rescue services were forced to declare his death at the scene.
Baby Girl!
Yudi and Rivky (nee Wilhelm) Browd (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Matisyahu and Nechama (nee Kan) Devlin (Riverside, CA)
Photos: Erev Sukkos in Crown Heights
From putting the finishing touches on Sukkahs to buying a set of Arba Minim: Preparations for the Yomtov of Sukkos are in full swing in Crown Heights.
Campus Chabad Delivers Sandwiches to Homeless
In the spirit of the High Holidays, a group of University of Pittsburgh students provided a measure of comfort to the local homeless population by distributing 500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to three area shelters.
