New Engagement!
Meir Werther (Denver, CO) and Chana (bas Yossi) Hecht (Crown Heights)
Thousands Take Advantage of Subsidized Kapores
Taking advantage of subsidized Kapores, thousands took advantage of the $5 bargain thanks to the generosity of a number of philanthropists who enabled NCFJE to offer the deep discounts.
New Engagement!
Moshe halevi Levi (Rishon Letzion, Israel) and Chaya Mushkah (bas Shimon) Sherr (Crown Heights)
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Masha Rosler, 83, OBM
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Masha Rosler OBM, a longtime resident of Montreal, Canada who pioneered Mivtza Neshe”k in her community. She was 83 years old.
Thousands Partake in Global Hakhel Event
Thousands of people around the world gathered for a Hakhal event, which was linked together with a live broadcast which featured speakers from Argentina through South Africa all the way back to the United States.
8:00pm: Jewish Guilt; Forgiveness; Faith vs. Superstition; Yom HaKippurim and Purim; Uninspired for the Holidays
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 84, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Jewish Guilt; Forgiveness; Faith vs. Superstition; Yom HaKippurim and Purim; Uninspired for the Holidays.
New Engagement!
Motty Dalfin (Crown Heights) and Devorah Levin (Philadelphia, PA)
New Engagement!
Yossi Nadler (Crown Heights) and Chaya Mushka (bas Yaakov) Bryski (Crown Heights)
First Kosher Grocery Opens in Canberra
In a joyous ceremony last week Wednesday, following the Jewish New Year, Canberra’s first Kosher Shop opened to serve the local Jewish community and the many visitors to the Nation’s Capital.
Laws and Customs: Yom Kippur
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of Kapparos, Erev Yom Kippur and Yom Kippur for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Editorial: Kapparot – A Lesson in Empathy
Each year, before holiday Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, social media and standard media explode in an outrage of the Jewish custom of Kapparot.
Video: BRHS Launches ‘Challah Bake Challenge’
Bais Rivkah High School students announced the initiation of a new Challah Bake challenge in honor of vov tishrei, Rebbetzin Chana’s Yartzeit.
New Engagement!
Zalmy Labkowsky (Los Angeles, CA) and Etty Begun (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Body of Missing Israeli Found in Uman
The body of missing Israeli Amir Ohana was found in a river in Uman, Ukraine after he was reported missing last week.
Why Are the Challahs Round?
Have you ever wondered why the challahs we eat during the month of Tishrei are round? Yes I know it is much easier for the bakery to make round challahs than braided ones. However this is a minhag in Jewish communities for hundreds of years, and people didn’t just do it out of convenience.
