A CrownHeights.info reader witnessed a random act of kindness – or lawlessness, depending on your view – by a stranger in Crown Heights last week. Noticing that a parked car had received a ticket for lacking a meter slip, the man quickly purchased one for him and placed it on the windshield next to the ticket, enabling the car-owner to effectively fight the ticket in court by claiming he had paid the meter within the allotted five-minute time-span.
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Hundreds of residents at the Shaarei Tzedek Chessed Center for the elderly in Moscow created the world’s largest fruit salad in honor of Tu B’Shvat.
Nochum Zajac (Crown Heights) and Ester Zirkind (Weston, FL)
Chaim and Dina (nee Pearson) Seewald (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Rafi and Chaya Brocha Goodwin have been appointed as the new Shluchim to Barkingside, Essex, UK, as the ‘Directors of Services and Young Couples.’
Yud Shvat at Beth Rivkah of Montreal is always marked in a way that brings nachas to the Rebbe and inspires the students; this year was no different.
Forty-five years ago, on Erev Yud Shvat 5730, the Rebbe concluded the writing of Moshiach’s Sefer Torah, the writing of which was begun by the Frierdiker Rebbe in 5702, and was never finished. To commemorate this historic event Aliya welcomed a new Sefer Torah.
Chaim and Devorie (nee Wilschanski) Reicher (Melbourne, Australia)
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the passing of Moshe Kanofsky, OBM, a beloved father and grandfather. He passed away today, Tu b’Shevat, 5775, two months after he was critically injured in a car crash. He was 73 years old.
Oholei Torah students from Rabbi Wilschanski’s 4th grade class treated today to a tour of all the unique and exotic fruits that arrived at Mr. Greens fruit and vegetable store in honor of Tu B’shvat, which will be this Wednesday.
Levi Gajer (Crown Heights) and Fruma Wilschanski (Crown Heights)
Mendy Golomb (Crown Heights) and Chayale (ben Moishe) Katzman (Crown Heights)
Alternate Side Parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Wednesday through Saturday, February 4-7, to facilitate snow removal. Payment at parking meters will remain in effect throughout the city.
A group of Lubavitcher Yeshiva students pose for a photo at 770-Lubavitch World Headquarters, circa early 1960s. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
A zoning study which was requested by the Jewish Community Council and meant to explore the possibility of improving conditions for Crown Heights homeowners has been the point of much contention. In a strongly worded letter the JCC decries the fact that the proposal has been drastically changed from the initial proposal and has spawned racist and hate-filled debate between residents and activists opposed to any zoning change.
It’s a long way from New York to Arizona—nearly 2,500 miles, to be exact. That’s where Rabbi Elie and Bracha Filler now find themselves, starting the first Chabad center in the city of Prescott and the 20th Chabad center in the state of Arizona.
A CrownHeights.info reader captured this moving photo today of a Bochur in 770 helping an elderly man tie his shoelaces.
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