Shabbos at the Besht: Do We Believe in Blind Faith?
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Motty Lipskier will lead a discussion on the topic: Do We Believe in Blind Faith?
Comfort Ye, Comfort Ye: Opening Our Eyes to the Bigger Picture
What a difference a week can make! Last Shabbos was Shabbos Chazon, the height of the Three Week period of mourning. On Shabbos Chazon we read the third of the three Haftorah’s of rebuke, in which the prophet Yishayahu forewarns about the impending disaster that was about to befall the Jewish people as a result of their sins. Yet this Shabbos, only one week after Shabbos Chazon and a mere few of days after Tisha B’Av, the mood is drastically altered.
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, FL
Condition of Young Hit-and-Run Victim Improving
The family of Hillel (ben Sara) Pevzner, the young boy from Brussels who was badly injured in a hit-and-run on Erev Tisha B’av, has informed CrownHeights.info that – Boruch Hashem – his condition has improved dramatically.
Guests of honor Shira and David Weinstein with Rabbi Mendel and Chana Silberstein.
Westchester Chabad House Hosts Inaugural Gala
On a recent evening at the Hampshire Country Club overlooking the Long Island Sound in Mamaroneck, NY, more than 250 guests turned out for Chabad of Larchmont and Mamaroneck’s Inaugural Dinner. The festive event celebrated some six years since Rabbi Mendel and Chana Silberstein arrived in the area to share the joy and teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe with local residents.
Larchmont-Mamaroneck Patch
Video: Rabbi Benny’s Weekly Torah Thought
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this weeks Parasha, Parshat Va’etchanan – titled ‘G-d’s Echo,Echo,Cho,Ho,o’.
It’s Hard to Be a Mensch at a Crowded Kosher Supermarket on Thursday Night
It’s a challenge just to walk through the door of my kosher supermarket in Crown Heights on a Thursday night—someone’s kid is usually standing in the entrance, blocking me. Inside, the place is jammed with shoppers, all making their pre-Shabbos purchases. It takes a veritable pas-de-deux for two people pushing the store’s old, unwieldy shopping carts in opposite directions to pass each other in the aisle.
Battle Brewing over Dot-Kosher Domain Suffix
A battle to control the word “kosher” in Internet addresses is pitting Jewish groups against each other to determine whether a food prepared under ancient strictures should have a new marketplace online.
Bloomberg
Photos: CGI Parksville’s BMD on Surprise Trip
The campers of CGI Parksville’s Beis Medrash Division were surprised with an unexpected trip yesterday. They had a great time on Go-Karts, bumper boats, giant slides, rock climbing and – above all – the “toy train.”
World’s Oldest Torah Confirms Alter Rebbe’s Shita
The world’s oldest complete Sefer Torah, believed to have been written between the years 1155 and 1225, was discovered about six weeks ago in the library of the University of Bologna, Italy, by Professor Mauro Perani.
Here’s My Story: ‘Send a Telegram to My Father-in-Law’
I was born in Paris, France, and the Rebbe and the Rebbetzin were the kvatters at my bris. That is, they carried me to the circumcision ceremony when I was eight days old.
by Rabbi Asher Heber
Jewish Women Robbed Near Monticello Wal-Mart
Two Jewish women were walking to the Monticello Wal-Mart from their nearby bungalow colony when they were robbed at gunpoint.
Serial Home Burglar Apprehended
This morning, through the great work and cooperation of the NYPD, Shomrim and a vigilant homeowner, the man responsible for several burglaries on a single Crown Heights block has been arrested.
Dozens Gather to Remember Mrs. Sarah Behrman
About 200 people squeezed into Getzel’s Shul last night for an evening of tribute to Mrs. Sarah Behrman, OBM, who passed away one month ago.
Massachusetts Shliach Farbrengs with Counselors
Counselors at the Gan Israel Day Camp in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts were treated last night to a farbrengen with Rabbi Peretz Chein, Shliach at the nearby Brandeis University.
New Engagement!
Levi Gold (Crown Heights) and Sarah Mizrachi (Flatbush, NY)
The L’chaim will be tonight (Thursday) at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
David N. Dinkins, a Democrat, campaigning in Lower Manhattan in 1989, became New York’s first black mayor.
Former Mayor Dinkins Blames Racism for Re-election Loss
Delivering his most explicit and candid appraisal yet, David N. Dinkins says in a forthcoming memoir that he barely won the New York City mayoral election in 1989 and lost four years later for one reason: because he is black.
NY Times
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