Chabad at Adelphi University on Long Island teamed up with the local Hillel chapter for a hugely successful Sukkos party, featuring an amazing performance by Strongman/sword sallower Adam “the Real Man” Rinn.
Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, former CEO of Agriprocessors currently serving a 27-year sentence in Federal prison, addresses the crowd gathered at the Simchas Beis Hashoeva celebration in Borough Park Monday night from his prison cell.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Thursday and Friday, September 26-27 for Shemini Atzeres and Simchas Torah. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Please note: alternate side parking on parts of Eastern Parkway’s service lane will be in effect on Saturday. Please do not leave your car parked there over Yomtov as you will be unable to move your car before then and you will be ticketed.
A New York mall and nearby school were placed on lockdown Wednesday afternoon after two people were shot inside a store near the mall, authorities said.
Once again a Shimchas Beis Hashueva celebration in the Yemenite theme was held 762 Empire Blvd., an apartment building on the corner of Troy Ave., where residents and guests danced to traditional songs.
“Excuse me, are you Jewish?” It’s a question heard on the streets of New York and other cities this time of year as members of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement approach other Jews and ask them to shake the lulav and the etrog — a sheath of palm fronds and a citrus fruit — in observance of Sukkot.
Abba and Rivka Refson (Cambria Heights, NY)
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thoughts on Sukkos and Simchas Torah, titled ‘Do the Water Dance!’
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a photo of the Rebbe Davening Shachris during Chol Hamoed Sukkos.
In this powerful clip, Mrs. Shaindy Jacobson takes you on an emotional journey into her tragic childhood. You’ll cry at the plight of a young widower and his five motherless children. You’ll rejoice at a man’s courage and bravery to triumph over tragedy.
Elie and Bracha (nee Kravitsky) Filler (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 555 Crown St. [corner Albany Ave.] Apt. 1B
On a beautiful spring morning Sunday, September 22, 2013, the Jewish community of Sydney, Australia celebrated Sukkos with much joy and fun.
Photographer Itsik Roytman captured fascinating photos and video of Jews from all over the world dancing joyously through the night until the wee hours of the morning at the Crown Heights Simchas Beis Hashoeva.
A pair of baby faced thieves brazenly attempted to steal a bicycle on East New York Ave., only to be stopped by a passerby who, together with workers from a nearby supermarket, chased one of them down. He was later arrested by police officers.
Shmuel and Rivky (nee Kleinman) Kazen (Crown Heights)
The iconic Tefillin stand at the Kotel, operated by Tzeirei Chabad, ‘switched over’ to carrying the Daled Minim for the days of Yom Tov and thousands merited to shake the Lulav and Etrog. Photographer David Kotlar presents a gallery.
Mordechai Ben David sings a new song, titled “Hineh Lo Yanum”, at the Simchas Bais Hashoeva of congregation Shaarei Torah in Los Angeles, CA. The song was composed by philanthropist Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz.
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