A Crown Heights man was arrested Erev Yom Tov for committing an act of vandalism that injured a number of people. Police have charged Gilad Bazel with criminal mischief for pouring oil on the sidewalk near the Basil restaurant.
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50 years ago on this day two detectives from the 71st Precinct made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. While investigating a complaint, detectives James A. Donegan and Salvatore Potenza came under fire and were both killed. On the anniversary of their passing, family, friends and law enforcement gathered to remember their sacrifice.
Marking the final night of Simchas Beis Hashoeva in Crown Heights, thousands danced joyously until the music stopped at midnight. The throngs of Chasidim then made their way up Kingston Avenue to 770, where Tehillim and Chumash Devarim were recited until dawn.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Thursday and Friday, October 16-17, for Shemini Atzeres and Simchas Torah. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
On Sunday night, the Los Angeles Jewish community once again showed up en masse for the annual Simchas Bais Hashoeva in the streets of Hollywood.
Some 1,000 Jews gathered last night to participate in the largest Simchas Beis Hashoeva celebration in Paris.
While socializing with the American Ambassador to Israel, Mr. Dan Shapiro, at a diplomatic Simchas Beis Hashoeva celebration, Chabad activist Rabbi Levi Edri discovered and pointed out a unique set of numbers on the ambassador’s license plate.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe distributing Lekach from his Sukkah on Hoshana Rabba.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on the holiday of Simchas Torah. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we be joyous even during challenging times?
In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, in honor of Shabbos Bereshis, we present a letter of the Rebbe in which he makes it very clear that the duration of ‘one day’ in the narrative of creation is a day as we know it (and not, as many would try to interpret, as many thousands or millions of years). 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.
Fishy Vail (Crown Heights) and Marissa Horner (Coral Springs, FL)
The volunteers of the Crown Heights Shomrim, who every year pitch in with their time an efforts to ensure that the Simchas Beis Hashoeva celebration and its vicinity remain safe, posed last night for a group portrait in front of the Shomrim Mobile Command Center.
The immense joy of Simchas Beis Hashoeva in Monsey, which was organized by the local Chabad Kehillah, was momentarily interrupted by extremist demonstrators from Neturei Karta, who viewed the Yomtov celebration as ‘heresy.’
Tzei’rei Chabad’s well-known Tefilin stand at the Kotel was repurposed during Chol Hamoed Sukkos to afford the multitudes of Jewish locals and tourists the opportunity to perform the Mitzvah of Arba Minim, which tens of thousands happily did.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Hoshanah Rabbah, Shmini Atzeres and Simchas Torah for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
In contrast to the gloomy weather, the atmosphere at Monday night’s Simchas Beis Hashoeva on Crown Heights’ Kingston Avenue was one of unbridled joy, with thousands dancing to the live music until the wee hours of the morning.
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