A Bochur shopping for Shabbos at Eber’s Wine & Liquor on Kingston Ave. discovered that a fellow patron was Jewish and hadn’t put on Tefilin that day. The Bochur put on Tefilin and said Shema with him right there in the store!
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Naftali Silberberg will lead a discussion on the topic: Are We Too Judgmental?
Shmully and Sara (nee Sirota) Weiss (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 1227 President St. [between New York and Nostrand Aves.] Apt. #3C
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of Aaron Meir Trappler, OBM, of Crown Heights and Tzfas, Israel at the young age of 28.
If you are like most people, you’re probably of the mind that logic is above human biased. This is to say, that if there is anything in the world that is universally binding, it is logic. Logic is after all, “Logic.” It is ostensibly the objective and indisputable truth, upon which all reality is predicated. Logic and its immediate offshoot, “Science,” might as well be Divine. Nothing is perceived to be more revered and more sacred.
Dovid Lieblich (Crown Heights) and Rochel Wiener (Detroit, MI)
L’Chaim Sunday at Chovevei Torah
885 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Ave]
Like other members of this city’s tight-knit and closely packed Jewish community, attorney Phil Abraham heard a rumor last year about the fate of an empty building that recently had served as the site of an assisted-living facility: a mosque was moving into the Slade Mansion, right across the street from Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, a prominent Reform temple which Abraham serves as president.
After their bus broke down, the students of United Lubavitcher Yeshiva were graciously taken home by the Beis Rivkah school bus.
Tonight at 8:00pm a special Farbrengen commemorating the 201st Yartzeit-Hilula of the Alter Rebbe will be held, streaming live from Thornhill, Ontario.
In an open letter to Oholei Torah, a parent asks: When the dust settles and the fad of the Shofer is permanently behind us, what is the takeaway for the future? Will those entrusted with the education of our children see this as a lesson to be learned, or will it take another wakeup call (heaven forbid) to get the point across?
Shlome and Ariella (nee Nates) Kohn (Crown Heights)
With sadness we inform you of the tragic passing of Hatomim Aharon Yosef Magidman, OBM, of Beitar Illit, Israel.
After noticing quite a few children walking to school without proper winter coats, a group of Crown Heights businessmen teamed up and purchased hundreds of children’s winter coats in various sizes and styles to be distributed absolutely free of charge.
Over 200 Chabad Shluchim from all over Eretz Yisroel gathered this week in Nir Etzion, a resort town not far from Haifa, for a regional Kinus Hashluchim.
In a speech delivered on the evening of Tuesday, Tevet 21st 5774, Rabbi Yoel Kahn spoke out against the perception that people might be able to more easily find spiritual fulfillment through sources other than Chassidus.
All Chasidim recognize the importance of the daily learning of Chasidus, and that their lives would be completely different with it. Yet, it’s still a challenge: getting stuck, fumbling between maamorim, and the fact that maintain a daily regimen requires a lot of perseverance.
At a recent concert, Benny Friedman tells the story of a group of people who traveled to northern Minnesota to see Bob Dylan’s childhood home, and the girl who stayed behind because it was Yom Kippur. The story is followed by a lively rendition of his hit song ‘Mi Shema’amin.’
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