It’s late Friday afternoon. 7:30, to be exact. It’s the usual Erev Shabbos panic. Still need to put the cholent on, fold one more load of towels, and half a dozen other last minute erev shabbos necessities. And then the phone rings. “Mom, it’s for you. The lady says it’s an emergency.”
Mendy (ben Zvi) Teitlebaum (Crown Heights) and Chana Gila Honickman (Woodmere, NY)
Jewish Educational Trade School completed its 9th successful school year. Over 150 people including families, friends, alumni and donors attended a grand banquet and awards ceremony highlighting the accomplishments of the students.
A single speeding vehicle caused carnage after swiping a parked car then smashing into a construction site on Troy Avenue, the driver and passenger fled the vehicle.
In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present two letters of the Rebbe which discuss the differences between Jewish and secular studies, including the disparity between salaries of teachers, along with suggesting some remedies. The Rebbe also highlights the importance of Jewish studies, dispelling the notion that secular studies is necessary to succeed in life. The letters were written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by his son-in-law Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
Yossi Kamman (Crown Heights) and Chanie Teldon (Commack, NY)
L’Chaim Sunday at Chovevei Torah
885 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Ave]
Simon Douek (Los Angeles, CA) and Yehudis Munitz (Monsey, NY)
Zalmon Shimon and Chaya Risa (nee Vogel) Simmonds (Crown Heights)
The Sholom Zochor will take place at 780 Montgomery St.
[Between Albany and Troy Avenues]
Just before the conclusion of the school year, Beis HaMedrash Oholei Torah celebrated a Gala Tzeischem L’Sholom for their graduating students, many of whom will be going to Yeshivas and communities around the world spreading Torah and Yiddishkeit.
Shneur Zalman and Mushka (nee Kaplan) Minkowitz (Crown Heights)
The Sholom Zochor will take place at 955 Eastern Parkway
[between Troy and Albany Avenues]
Do you subscribe to the thought that all is fair in love and war, or that the end justifies the means, so long as the cause is holy (in your eyes) –“For the sake of Heaven?” Well it may be time to think again! The central theme of the dramatic and tragic narrative of this week’s Parsha Korach, sheds quite some light on this fallacy.
Among the many paying shiva calls to the Sudak family following the passing of Rabbi Nachman Sudak OBM, was the former Chief Rabbi of England Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of The Rebbe in conversation with a philanthropist at a Machana Yisroel Development Fund meeting, circa late 1980’s.
Shezy and Leah (nee Lipinski) Piekarski (Crown Heights)
Today, the 22nd of Sivan, marks the twenty ninth yohrtzeit of Rabbi Yosef Goldberg OBM, who served as the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, France for over 40 years.
Thursday evening marked the ’Shloshim’ since the tragic passing of Levi Nemon OBM, just a few months shy of his second birthday. Community members, friends and family gathered in Oihel Nosson to mark his passing.
What is inside a can of Old Bay Seasoning? That is what McCormick asks, then goes on to answer “all sorts of people from all walks of life” alongside photos of a doctor, hairdresser, firefighter and ‘orthodox rabbi’ who is actually a Shliach. Can you identify him?
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