As a follow up to our Thursday article regarding the attempts of some to reintroduce the ‘Call of the Shofar’ program into the Chabad community under a different name, we present a letter signed 10 years ago by the leading Rabbonim and Admorim of Montreal against the ‘Landmark Forum,’ off which COTS is based.
At around 9:00pm Thursday night, a Crown Heights woman going to a Simcha at the Razag Ballroom left her car with the valet employees for parking. In the few minutes it sat in front of the building with the key in the ignition, a man jumped inside and drove off with it.
Dramatic change came this year for girls who stayed in Crown Heights for the month of Tishrei. Thanks to the help of a number of donors Bnot Chabad provided dignified accommodation for some 200 girls, meaningful programing throughout their stay, daily meals and trips to the Ohel. As the guests make their way back home with renewed Chayus and Hiskashrus, some share their experiences spending ‘Tishrei with the Rebbe’.
Thieves were hard at work Thursday night, stealing all four tires off two vehicles, one of which was parked in a driveway in front of the owner’s home.
After the passing of retired NYPD Lieutenant Abraham Kushner two years ago, his granddaughter who is active with Chabad at UNC Chapel Hill, brought a recently discovered photo of the Rebbe and Lt. Kushner to the Shluchim.
Police have arrested two of the three men suspected of viciously beating and robbing a young woman in Crown Heights earlier this month.
Simcha and Dvora (nee Branover) Begun (Crown Heights)
Oholei Torah student Chaim Mayzlesh sings this moving dedication to the much beloved bus driver of his youth, Moshe Abelsky, OBM, whose third Yahrtzeit is tomorrow.
At Crown Heights’ Aliya Center, young men were seen today preparing Challah in anticipation of ‘The Shabbos Project,’ a worldwide campaign for all Jews to keep one Shabbos, an initiative of the chief rabbinate of South Africa.
Rabbi Mordechai Gutnick relates that his father, known as a powerful orator, once confided in the Rebbe that he wonders how much he is actually accomplishing with his speeches. The Rebbe’s advice to his father is something Rabbi Gutnick still uses today.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe distributing Kos Shel Bracha after Yom Tov, 1969.
Shloimie and Tzirel Baitch (Crown Heights)
Mendel and Gutey (nee Brashevitzky) Engel (Crown Heights)
Sholem and Miriam (nee Minsky) Kapelushnik (Crown Heights)
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Chaim Arye halevi ben Sara Rivka, who is suffering from Yene Machla and needs a speedy and complete recovery.
Robbinsville and Hamilton are very different townships. Situated near Trenton, one is residential, the other more of a commercial area. But both had no Jewish infrastructure. This past July Rabbi Yaakov and Chana Chaiton were appointed new Chabad representatives to the area.
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