Laws and Customs: The Fast of Tisha Ba’av
The Badatz of Crown Heights has released a comprehensive review of the Halachos of Tisha B’av for the benefit of the community.
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Eber’s Tishrei Liquor and Wine Sale
Rabbi Berel Lazar
Chief Rabbi of Russia Walks 19 Miles to Keep Shabbos
Last week Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar was faced with a dilemma: he needed to be at an important ceremony with President Vladimir Putin, but it was scheduled for Friday.
Arutz 7
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Avi and Chanee Shlomo (Atlanta, GA)
A man uses a fire hydrant to cool off in New York City.
NYC Getting 2nd Heat Wave, Temps to Hit Triple Digits
Temperatures from the upper 90s to low 100s are expected to roll into the city now until Thursday. A heat advisory has been issued until midnight Monday. This week’s scorching temperatures may even get Mayor Bloomberg desperate for a Big […]
NY Daily News
Valley rabbis inspect the new eruv built by Valley Eruv Project on July 8.
Phoenix Jewish Community Gets an Eruv
After five years of planning and over $180,000 fundraised, the Valley Eruv Project of Phoenix, Arizona announced that the eruv is now up and ready to use.
Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
Rabbi Elazar Green at the new Rohr Chabad Jewish Center in Lancaster, PA.
Pennsylvania Chabad Center Has New Home
The Chabad Jewish Enrichment Center once shared a home with Rabbi Elazar Green and his family on Race Avenue. Now it has a new name, the Rohr Chabad Jewish Enrichment Center, and a $900,000 home of its own, at 1024 Harrisburg Pike., near Franklin & Marshall College.
Lancaster Online
Faige Jacobson (inset) cares for homeless and indigent people in her Crown Heights home that she converts into a makeshift shelter.
Grandmother Fined for Providing Shelter for Homeless
She’s got the soul of a mensch, but a Crown Heights woman is paying the price for giving homeless people a roof over their heads.
NY Daily News
George Zimmerman
Jury: George Zimmerman Not Guilty
A verdict has been reached in the murder trial of George Zimmerman: Not guilty on all charges.
Baby Girl!
Shimon and Leah (nee Fellig) Rivkin (Crown Heights)
Video: Mendy’s Kitchen – The Vegetarian Episode
Filling in for Paula Deen, Mendy Pellin invites you into his kitchen. Finally a chef you can relate to.
Please Note: This episode contains graphic images which may not be suitable for children; view with your own discretion.
New Cancer-Killing Drug to Be Tested on Humans
Stanford researchers are on track to begin human trials of a potentially potent new weapon against cancer, and would-be participants are flooding in following the NY Post’s initial report on the discovery.
NY Post
4 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Yitzi and Leah Spalter
NEW LOCATION: 466 Crown St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Zevi and Henny (nee Pruss) Karp
307 Crown St. [between New York and Nostrand Ave.]
Itzik and Chaya Itzhakov
881 Eastern Parkway [between Albany and Troy Ave.] Apt. #5
Yossel and Mimi Greenman
432 N. Gardner St. [between Rosewood and Oakwood] Los Angeles, CA, 90036
New England Shluchim Gather in Connecticut
“Varm” and “Tochendik” were two of the words used by some of the 150 participants to describe the New York New England regional Kinus in West Hartford, Connecticut, co-hosted by Rabbis Yosef Gopin, Mendel Samuels, Yosef Wolvovsky, Shaya Gopin and Yosef Kulek.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Reuven Helman, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Reuven Helman, OBM, of Tzfat, Israel.
Shabbos at the Besht: Defeating the Green Eyed Monster
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Zalman Abraham will lead a discussion on the topic, ‘Envy: Defeating the Green Eyed Monster.’
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