Baby Boy!
Arele and Leah (nee Piekarski) Chazan (Crown Heights)
Families Thank Community for Tehillim
Erev Yom Tov a call went out for the community to recite tehillim for the recovery of a member of Anash. Rabbi Yochanan Klein underwent a difficult and dangerous operation and did not wake up. As the holiday ended the family reached out and shared news of a big improvement in his condition.
8 Torah Scrolls as Diverse as the Jewish People
Shavuos celebrates the giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai. Appropriately, author Mordechai Lightstone compiled an exposition on eight special Torah scrolls chosen from across the Jewish world as a tribute to the document that binds us to each other and to G‑d. These scrolls, chosen for their unique history or appearance, are as diverse as the Jewish people they represent.
Former D.A. Hynes Suspected of Criminal Misconduct
Former longtime Brooklyn district attorney Charles Hynes is accused of misusing hundreds of thousands of dollars seized from criminal suspects to pay for a political consultant, according to a report by the city’s Department of Investigation.
Alternate Side Rules Suspended Wednesday, Thursday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Wednesday and Thursday, June 4-5, for Shavuos. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Prepping for Shavuos Around the World
The cows were milked more than a month ago, the special batch of kosher cheese has finished fermenting, the mouth-watering cheesecakes have been ordered from Israel, and the handouts for the Torah study are already copied and collated. Like thousands of Chabad emissaries around the world, Rabbi Chaim Hillel and Devora Leah Azimov of Northern Cyprus are preparing to celebrate Shavuot with their community of several hundred souls.
Story: Pouring Rain from a Cloudless Sky
In honor of the Baal Shem Tov’s Yahrtzeit, which occurs on the first day of Shavuos, we present a fascinating story of the legendary founder of the Chasidic movement, written by renowned author Rabbi Sholom Dovber Avtzon.
A Night of Torah Study at the Besht
The Besht, now located at 563 Empire Blvd. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.], will be hosting three renowned lecturers who will inspire the congregants with words of Torah through the first night of Shavuos. The lecturers are: Rabbi Yosef Paltiel, Rabbi Chaim Miller and Rabbi Zalman Abraham.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe holding his Sefer Torah during Shachris in 770.
Please Say Tehillim For…
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Yochanon Halevi ben Menucha Kraindel, a Florida Shliach who has yet to come too following a procedure.
New Engagement!
Chaim Rosenstein (Oak Park, MI) and Bassy Goldstein (Monsey, NY/Cleveland, OH)
Baby Boy!
Shalom and Aharona Lubin (Parsippany, NJ)
New Engagement!
Students Rewarded for Memorizing Mishnayos and Tanya
Students from Cheder Menachem in Los Angeles presented the Rebbe a special present in honor of his birthday on Yud Aleph Nissan. The students learned a combined 108,337 lines of Mishnayos, Tanya and more. This Sunday the students were rewarded for their efforts in a special ceremony.
Video: The ‘Nice Jewish Boy’ Exterminator
This charming video, produced by The Jewish Daily Forward’s Martyna Starosta, portrays the daily life of a ‘nice Jewish boy’ from Borough Park who makes his living exterminating unwanted pests from local Jewish homes.
Picture of the Day: Biographers Exchange Books
Both Rabbi Chaim Miller and Rabbi Joseph Telushkin recently published extensive biographies on the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The two met in the Upper West Side of Manhattan to exchange copies of their respective books – and posed for the obligatory photo.
Roadside Chabad House Set Ablaze
On Shabbos, unknown perpetrators set fire to a roadside Chabad house near Baqa al-Gharbiyye, an Israeli-Arab village. The attack, which coincided with the torching of a synagogue in Petach Tikvah, is suspected to be Arab retaliation for ‘price-tag’ attacks.
