Beis Rivkah High School ‘Travels to the Rebbe’
On Wednesday evening, the students of Beis Rivkah High School gathered for a Vov Tishrei farbrengen, marking 50 years since the passing of Rebbetzin Chana, the Rebbe’s mother.
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Alternate Side Parking Suspended Saturday, Monday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Saturday, October 4, for Yom Kippur, and Lehavdil on Monday, October 6, for a Muslim holiday. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
The Sights, Sounds, Smells and Tastes of Tishrei
Rabbi Avrohom Brashevitzky, Shliach to Doral, FL, takes a trip down memory lane in this pre-Yom Kippur essay on the unrivaled experience of spending Tishrei in Crown Heights, which he opted to share with the readers of CrownHeights.info.
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Eliav and Elka (nee Brand) Benjamin (Crown Heights)
Photos: Kaporos in the Russian Capital
Dozens of Moscow Jews gathered early Friday morning at the Marina Roscha synagogue to perform Kaporos, after which they each received Lekach and a blessing for a sweet new year from Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe distributing Lekach during Tishrei 5738 (1977), shortly before suffering a heart attack on Simchas Torah.
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Mendel and Sara (nee Khan) Gottlieb (Los Angeles, CA)
New Kaddish App Instructs and Inspires Mourners
The Yizkor (remembrance) service on Yom Kippur and Shmini Atzeret, in which special prayers are said in memory of the departed, may be the most well-attended synagogue service on the Jewish calendar. And throughout the night and day of Yom Kippur, there will be resounding sounds of amen to mourners saying Kaddish for those who have passed. This year, those who are not regulars will be able to recite the Kaddish like a pro with the help of a new app.
Letter & Spirit: Conquering Nature with Shmitah
In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present a letter of the Rebbe in which he expounds on the very special and supernatural aspects of the mitzvah of shmitah. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by his son-in-law Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
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Eli and Rachel (nee Schechter) Tsvik (Crown Heights)
A Times Square ad calling for an end to traditional Kaporos.
Lubavitcher Responds to Criticism of Kaporos
In an op-ed published in the New York Daily News, Crown Heights resident Eli Federman responds to the criticisms of ‘animal rights activists’ regarding the ancient Jewish tradition of Kaporos, laying out in clear and concise terms why they should leave the pre-Yom Kippur practice alone.
Rabbi Avraham Wolff and Alexander Granovsky (file photo).
Ukrainian Businessman Pledges a Million in New York
Ukrainian businessman Alexander Granovsky keeps a low profile and makes his contributions to Jewish life in the country discretely. But during an inspirational visit last month, at the gravesite of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, over the Sabbath prior to the High Holidays, he made a donation of 1 million dollars to the Chabad activities in hometown of Odessa, Ukraine.
Rabbi Osdoba: Badatz Hechsher Being Fraudulently Used
In a sharply-worded letter released this morning, Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba, senior member of the Crown Heights Beis Din, responds to flyers advertising a Kaporos that purports to be under the Hechsher of the Beis Din. “It is my duty to inform you all, that this is an absolutely fraudulent and misleading advertisement,” he writes.
A black and white photograph by Chie Nishio taken in Crown Heights in the early 1990s. Photo: DNA Info.
Japanese Photographer Displays Gallery of Early 90s Crown Heights
Chie Nishio, an 84-year-old photographer originally from Japan, spent large parts of the early 90s taking photographs of Chasidic life in Crown Heights. Two decades later, beginning today at 6:00pm and lasting through Feb. 1, 2015, she will be displaying 40 of these photographs in an open-to-the-public gallery at the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library.
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Animal Rights Activists Protest Kaporos
Last night, as hundreds of Jewish families gathered to perform the pre-Yom Kippur atonement ritual of Kaporos in Crown Heights, animal rights activists screamed “Murderers!” and waved signs of protest from behind a barricaded portion of Eastern Parkway.
Op-Ed: Kaporos Shouldn’t Break the Bank
The following op-ed was sent by an anonymous member of the Lubavitch community in Miami to CrownHeights.info, describing the hardship borne by a large family with copious Yomtov expenses when shelling out $23 for each Kapparos chicken, a phenomenon he describes as “price gouging.”
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Shmuly and Dini Gutnick (Boca Raton, FL)
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