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Wales Rabbi Builds Sukkah Awareness on BBC Radio
When Jewish people the world over begin putting up sukkahs—the temporary dwellings used during the week-long holiday of Sukkot, which this year begins on the evening of Sunday, Sept. 27—Rabbi Michoel Rose will be adding an additional task to his pre-holiday checklist.
Wayward Kapores Protesters Arrive Late in Crown Heights
After thousands of Crown Heights residents completed the ancient ritual of Kapores and organizers already closed up for the night, a small but vocal group of animal rights protesters arrived in the neighborhood and marched the streets with sighs and chanting slogans over a bullhorn.
Photos: Moscow’s Largest Sukkah Doubles in Size
Moscow’s largest Sukkah, which is built annually in the yard of the Marina Roscha synagogue, is doubling in size this year.
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.
