Tens of Thousands Protest IDF Draft in Manhattan
Ten of thousands of Jews from all walks of life, gathered in lower Manhattan for prayer rally in protest of the Israeli Governments proposed military draft of all its religious citizens.
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Baby Girl!
Chezky and Mushkie (nee Miller) Golowinsky (Crown Heights)
8:00pm: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Jacobson
The ninth episode of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson will air tonight, Sunday, March 8th (Rosh Chodesh Adar II) here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class is titled “Recreational Drug Use, Women’s Avoda on Purim and Doubts in G-d and Torah.”
Chabad Rabbi Decries ‘Pesach Vacationing’
Rabbi Eliyahu Yochonon Gurarie, head Shliach and chief rabbi of Hulon, Israel, created a firestorm within the Israeli Chabad community with the release of an open letter decrying the increasingly popular ‘custom’ of spending Pesach at a hotel or resort away from home.
Baby Boy!
Avromie and Chana Leah (nee Levin) Margolis (Los Angeles, CA)
New Engagement!
Moshe Frank (Flatbush, NY) and Rikky Wenger (Montreal, Canada)
L’chaim will be tonight, Sunday at Eshel
274 Kingston Ave. [between Eastern Pkwy. and Lincoln Pl.]
Warmth of Shabbos Thaws Russian Winter
Chabad of Ulyanovsk, Russia recently concluded their fourth annual ‘Great Winter Shabbaton.’ Over 70 men, women and children enjoyed three days of learning, lectures, workshops, Farbrengens and ‘Ask the Rabbi’ sessions with local Shliach Rabbi Yossi Marozov.
Photo: Shturem.net
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R’ Yisroel Boruch Butman, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Rabbi Yisroel Boruch Butman, OBM, head Shliach to Naharia, Israel, board member of Aguch and director of the Oholei Yosef Yitzchok network of schools across the Holy Land. He was 56 years old.
PSA: Daylight Savings Time Begins Motzai Shabbos
Daylight Savings Time begins on Motzai Shabbos and we ‘spring ahead’. At 2:00am it will become 3:00am, taking away an hour of sleep tonight.
Shliach Accompanies 12 NJ State Legislators to Israel
New Jersey Senate President Steven Sweeney took a long sweeping glance at the large crowd of worshipers at the Western Wall Plaza on Friday evening and remarked “The history of this place is so amazing, and the story of the Jewish people is so inspirational I always knew I had to come and visit!”
Crown Heights Badatz Calls on Community to Join Protest Against IDF Draft
The Crown Heights Beis Din, headed by Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba, released a ‘Kol Kore’ today calling on the Lubavitch community in Crown Heights and the greater tri-state area to participate in the protest against the Israeli government’s plan to draft Yeshiva students into the IDF.
Photo: Shturem.net
Funeral Bouquet Left at Door of Ukraine Synagogue
At 4:00am this morning, a truck appeared at the gate of the JCC and Synagogue of the Jewish community of Zahaproziah, Ukraine, which was recently firebombed. Flowers designed in a style traditionally sent to funerals were left at the gate.
One Mitzvah Leads to Another
Learning Mishnayos is good for the Neshama. That’s why the students of United Lubavatcher Yeshiva of Ocean Parkway took upon themselves to learn extra Mishnayos Baal Peh for the Neshama of Benda Shlomo Ben Dovid – Rabbi Shlomo Lakein, OBM.
Shabbos at the Besht: Ad Delo Yoda
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Zalman Shanowitz will lead a discussion on the Purim Halacha of ‘Ad Delo Yoda.’ The Besht will be holding services at their brand new location – 563 Empire Blvd. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.].
Reb Yoel Kahn: Making the Inspiration Last
Due to the overwhelming response and demand from the community, Reb Yoel Kahn agreed to present a weekly webcast on topics that are timely and relevant. This week’s topic is titled ‘Making the Inspiration Last‘.
3 Sholom Zochors This week!
Hershel and Mushkie (nee Donin) Spalter
1303 Carroll St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.]
Yehuda Leib and Fruma (nee Khazanovich) Aronson
1577 Union St. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]
Dovid Leib and Shevi (nee Segelman) Baumgarten
468 Malbone St. Apt. #1
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