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Shimmy and Itty (nee Fellig) Gerlitzky (Crown Heights)
KSCVK and Devorah Benjamin will be hosting their annual auction on Sunday, May 25th. Will you be coming in person?
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Carrying forward the legacy of Reb Shmuel Moshe Hakohen Benjamin A”H
Photos: Over 1,000 Tishrei Guests Welcomed
Thousands of guests have flocked to New York in order to spend the month of Tishrei in the Rebbes vicinity, and yesterday the Vaad Hatmimim HaOlami – who has set up accommodations and a comprehensive program for Bochurim – held a Kinus and Farbrengen welcoming the guests.
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Moshe and Miriam Moskovitz (Kharkov, Ukraine)
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Esther Rabinovich OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Esther Rabinovich OBM a long time resident of Crown Heights and a member of the Russian community. She passed away on the second day of Rosh Hashana.
Nepalese PM Meets With Chabad Leadership
Chabad-Lubavitch leadership met early Sunday morning with Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala in New York, where he is participating at the 69th session of the UN General Assembly.
Shliach Runs 4 Miles to Blow Shofar
The ‘Running Rabbi’, Rabbi Chalom Boujnah of Chabad at San Diego State University, ran 4 miles on Rosh Hashana to blow Shofar for those who couldn’t make it to Shul.
Following Terrorist Scare Simon Jacobson Energizes Sydney
A visit that was meant to be a pre-Rosh Hashana whirlwind four-day speaking tour and a yartzeit commemoration, turned out to be much more than that. Rabbi Simon Jacobson traveled to Sydney this past weekend to inspire the community for the Yamim Nora’im (Days of Awe). Just as he arrived, the entire city was left reeling by an aborted terrorist plot and pre-dawn raids in north-west Sydney.
8:00pm: How Forgiveness Heals Wounds
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 36, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week, in a Special Aseres Yemei Teshuva and Pre-Yom Kippur Edition, Rabbi Jacobson will address the topic: How forgiveness heals wounds.
Opponents of Rezoning Cause Melee at CB-9 Meeting
The monthly meeting of Community Board 9 at Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights turned hostile Tuesday night, when critics of a controversial plan to rezone Empire Blvd. showed up en masse and loudly demanded that the board rescind its request for a study of the move.
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Yosef Levi and Rivi Andrusier (Crown Heights)
Tishrei Guests Learn Chassidus with ‘The Chozer’
On Tuesday night, the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim Ha’olami, the organization seeing to the needs of the numerous guests who arrived in Crown Heights for Tishrei, organized a Shiur on Chassidus delivered by Rabbi Yoel Kahan.
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Yaacov and Chaya Hoffinger (Crown Heights)
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Rivkah Fleishman, 67, OBM
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Rivkah Fleishman OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights who passed away on the second day of Rosh Hashanah. She was 67 years old.
Nepal Shliach Spends Rosh Hashanah in Jail
As the new year approached, the Chabad Shliach to Nepal, Rabbi Chezky Lifshitz, found himself trapped in a nightmare that only ended on the second day of Rosh Hashanah. Instead of leading the prayers and Yom Tov meals for the hundreds of Jewish tourists and locals at his Kathmandu Chabad Center, the revered rabbi spent the holiday in a decrepit prison, all due to an error made by a Nepalese official on his visa.
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Sholom and Esther (nee Korolitzky) Mahatuf (Crown Heights)
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Shmuel and Nechama Dina (nee Naparstek) Perman (S. Paulo, Brazil)
