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.
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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)
File photo: Rabbi Krinsky conducts a Torah study session with local Jews.
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.
Illustration photo: A Melamed with his students.
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.
Weekly Thought: ‘I Don’t Want to Deal with the Horses’
Is hosting friends considered “Hachnasas Orchim”? Do I really need to go “all out” for this Mitzva? What if the guests are not as pleasant and “fun” for my liking? Is it a “Chassidishe thing” to be into this Mitzva? Rabbi Avrohom Brashevitzky, Shliach to Doral, FL, shares his thoughts on this week’s Parsha – Vayeira.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe during a Farbrengen, circa early 1960s.
New Engagement!
Mendel Parnas (Crown Heights) and Mushka Schaeffer (Monsey, NY)
Aliza Scheinfeld Shares Letter of Encouragement
In the wake of the sudden and shocking passing of R’ Moty Scheinfeld OBM, his wife Aliza shared a hearfelt letter of thanks and encouragement of perserverance with community.
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