A Crown Heights resident on his way home from work Sunday evening had a harrowing experience when a man attempted to carjack his vehicle as he was driving through the Bronx. The driver then filmed a dramatic scene unfold as the attacker attempted to break into several other vehicles, one of which he clung to for almost nine miles along a busy highway.
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A special mitzvah, which can be fulfilled only once a year, is to recite a brachah upon seeing a fruit tree in bloom. A group of Beis Rivkah students went out to make the blessing on an apple and cherry tree! Plus: Locations of fruit trees in Crown Heights.
The students of Miami’s Lubavitch Educational Center got a real-life experience in what it means to help members of their community. This year, Purim’s mitzvah of matanos l’evyonim and Pesach’s mitzvah of ma’os chitim were tied into one.
The parents of Zlati Sharfstein, OBM, who tragically passed away last month at the age of 53, will mark their daughter’s Shloshim with an evening of remembrance and inspiration.
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Yehoshua ben Risha Leorah, a 2-year-old boy with cancer who is undergoing surgery today, and for Yitzchak Ben Sarah, a Shliach who needs our prayers for a speedy and complete recovery.
The mayor of Ukraine’s second-largest city was shot in the back while out jogging Monday morning, and was reported to be in critical condition following emergency surgery.
A Kinus Hatmimim was organized by the Talmidei Hashluchim of Yeshivah Gedolah Zal in Melbourne, Australia, in honour of Chof Ches Nissan.
Aharon Mendel Kupfer (Borough Park, NY) and Shaina Perlstein (Montreal, Canada)
New York City’s growing Orthodox Jewish population has lead to its Yeshivas, which already boast over 100,000 students, overtaking Catholic schools as the largest enroller of students outside of the city’s public schools.
Yanky and Esty (nee Lasker) Jacobs (Amsterdam, Holland)
Following the major success and popularity of the first broadcasts of MyLife: Chassidus Applied, Rabbi Simon Jacobson will air Episode 14 tonight, Sunday, April 6th (6 Nissan) here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class is titled “Honoring Abusive Parents, Advice for Older Singles, Cheating the Government.”
Asher Kaplan (Jerusalem, Israel) and Ruthie Bergman (Overland Park, KS)
A donkey, motorcycle and helicopter were used to aid the opening Chabad of Manang, a new Chabad House in one of Nepal’s most remote ranges called Annapurna, which contains a very remote trail in the Himalayan Mountains.
CrownHeights.info has learned that Rabbi Yehuda and Chaya Matusof will be joining the team of Shluchim in the city of West Hartford, Connecticut, where they will serve as youth directors for the thriving local Jewish community.
Chabad Student Centre of Kingston, Ontario has relocated to a new home. After outgrowing their previous location Rabbi Yisroel and Esti Simon purchased the 6,200-square-foot 170-year-old mansion to serve as the new Chabad House.
Just in time for passers-by to recite the customary blessing for trees before the month of Nissan ends, the iconic tree in the front yard of 770 Eastern Parkway – Chabad World Headquarters – has bloomed with beautiful white flowers, signalling an end to a particularly harsh winter for the residents of the city.
A former Orthodox Jewish man from New Jersey was sentenced to two and a half years in prison Friday for posting violent and threatening posts on his Islamic group’s Web site intended to incite violence against those who he believed were offensive to his Islamic beliefs.
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