Parents Turn to Community to Help Son Walk Again
When Mendel Sebag was eight years old, he and his family went on vacation for the month of August to the French Alps. While playing with a ball and trying to catch it, Mendel fell down a 45 foot drop.
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Crash in Ukraine Injures 3 Counselors, 1 Critically
Three Lubavitcher girls working as counselors in a summer camp in Ukraine were injured after the car they were traveling in was involved in a crash. One of the girls was airlifted to Israel for medical treatment and is listed in critical condition.
Update:The girl’s condition has been upgraded to stable, b”h.
Beer Truck Overturns on BQE, Causing Delays
A tractor-trailer hauling beer has overturned on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, causing delays for the morning commute.
Baby Boy!
Pinny and Frummie (nee Shusterman) Levitin (Wilkes Barre, PA)
Info to Be Menachem Avel the Shur Family
The Shur family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their father, Reb Yosef Yitzchok, OBM, at 645 Lefferts Ave. Apt. #3B [corner Albany Ave.]. Davening times are as follows: Shachris – 2 Minyanim: 7:30 AM Shachris – 2 Minyanim: 8:30 AM […]
Young Family of Deceased Shlucha Needs Our Help
With broken hearts over the passing of the Shluchah to S. Paulo, Brazil, Mrs. Chaya Mushkah Stiefelmann, OBM, her family is reaching out to the broader community for help.
A Miracle in the South Bay
“On Tuesday I witnessed a miracle,” Rabbi Yosef Levin, Director at Chabad of South Bay in California wrote to his community. “I remember when we had only 35 children in our camp, and we were hoping that one day we would be able to expand. Seeing 500 Jewish kids from the Bay area unite to celebrate their Judaism was the most amazing sight I have ever seen”.
Driver Loses Control, Crashed into Bungalow
An elderly driver and his passenger suffered minor injuries after he lost control of his SUV and slamming into a vacant bungalow in the Kol Tuv bungalow colony in Monticello, New York.
Ground Broken on First Mikvah in Ulster County
Chabad of Ulster County, NY, under the leadership of Rabbi Yitzchak Hecht, has begun digging the foundation for a brand new Mikvah, the county’s first ever.
8:00pm: Is It Possible that This Generation Won’t Bring Moshiach?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 126, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Is It Possible, G-d Forbid, That This Generation Won’t Bring Moshiach? Can a Dirah B’tachtonim Be Created at the Office? Why is Childbirth So Difficult? How Can One Move Past Fear of What Others Think? What is the Significance of Shabbas Chazon?
9 Inspiring Videos for the 9 Days
Torah Café, a project of the Jewish Learning Institute, has compiled a series of nine video lectures on the two Holy Temples, their destruction, and the third one which will soon be rebuilt. Each video corresponds to one of the nine days of mourning between Rosh Chodesh Av and Tisha B’Av.
Photos: Erev Shabbos in Gan Yisroel
Cleaning up the bunkhouses, showering, white shirts, phone calls and letters home: Camp Gan Yisroel-NY was abuzz on Friday preparing for the day of rest.
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15-Year-Old Critically Injured by Car in Crown Heights
A car driven by a Jewish member of the Crown Heights community struck a 15-year-old African-American teenager on Thursday, critically injuring him.
New Engagement!
Nissen Lewis (Manchester, UK) and Yael Webber (London, UK)
Laws and Customs: The Nine Days
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of the Nine Days for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Nechama Baumgarten, 87, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Sara Nechama Baumgarten, OBM, matriarch of a family of hundreds of Lubavitcher Chassidim all over the world, and a beloved member of the Crown Heights community for more than half a century. She was 87 years old.
Baby Girl!
Shlomie and Mirele Silver (Crown Heights)
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