New Engagement!
Monsey Community Gathers to Celebrate Yud Tes Kislev
Yud Tes Kislev has been celebrated for years by Chassidim of all circles marking the release from prison of the Alte Rebbe and the Yom Helula of the Maggid of Mezritch.
Boys of Friendship Circle Farbreng for Kislev
The boys division of the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn got together to celebrate the auspicious month of Kislev with a Farbrengen and Pre-Chanukah Party.
TLC Apologizes for Improper Summons and Impound of Grocery Worker’s Car
Last week Mayer Kohn, a Williamsburg grocery store owner, accused the Taxi and Limousine Commission of “stealing” his employee’s car when they impounded it and improperly issued him a $2,000 summons, all this based on an inspector’s accusation that the vehicle was being used as an “illegal” taxi.
The Rebbes Correspondence with a JCC Opposed to a Public Menorah
Debate raged in a small New Jersey town. It was 1980 and a large Chanukah menorah had been erected in the garden of the court house in Hackensack, New Jersey. The menorah attracted Jews and heightened the holiday awareness and celebration in the area.
Tonight: Shloshim in Memory of Mrs. Luba Friedman OBM
Tonight, Monday, an event will be held marking the Shloshim to the passing of Mrs. Luba Friedman OBM a beloved educator and wife of Oholei Torah Rosh Yeshiva Reb Yisroel Friedman ybd”l.
Paris Marks Shloshim to the Passing of Beloved Shliach
On Motzai Shabbos a massive crowd gathered in the large hall of the Beis Chaya Mushka School for a Melava Malkah and Farbrengen marking Yud Daled Kislev and the Shloshim of R’ Shmuel ‘Muleh’ Azimov OBM, the beloved head Shliach of Paris.
Baby Girl!
Osher and Rivka Karnowsky (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Mendel and Kaila Rivka Feldman (Crown Heights)
Community Turns out in Support of Oholei Torah
Hundreds of women and girls turned out Sunday evening in support of Oholei Torah, the neighborhoods largest boys school, for their annual auction benefiting the PTA and their year round activities. The evening was dedicated in memory of Mrs. Brana Shaina Deitsch OBM. UPDATE: Winners list added!
5-Year-Old Boy Attacked by Pit-bull
A 5-year-old boy suffered deep lacerations on his face after he was attacked by pit-bull while walking on Empire Boulevard with his father and older brother.
New Engagement!
Yonatan Gemmi (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) and Avigael Bismuth (Montreal, Canada)
Viral Shofar Encounter Blossoms into Spiritual Journey
Josh Wolff, a documentary filmmaker, was annoyed. It was Rosh Hashana, and Chabad students eager to share the mitzvah of shofar were canvassing the streets of Brooklyn offering to blow the ram’s horn for any Jew who hadn’t made it to services.
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Monday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Monday, December 8, for a Catholic holiday. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
8:00pm: Yechi and Meshichism; Activism vs. Avodah; Integrity in Applying Chassidus
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 46, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the following topics: Yechi and Meshichism; Activism vs. Avodah; Integrity in Applying Chassidus; and follow-up on Infertility, Special Children, and Prayer.
Bored on Sunday? Visit the Ohel, Says the NY Times
In an editorial titled Jets? Giants? There Are Better Ways to Spend Your Sunday, The New York Times on Friday offered a short list of recommended activities for New Yorkers looking for a fulfilling way to spend their day off, including such tips as visiting the swamps of New Jersey or enjoying an opera at Carnegie Hall.
