An SUV plowed into a tree right outside the Ohel in Queens and the driver had to be cut free from the wreckage. When the driver was finally freed he was rushed to the hospital in ‘traumatic arrest’. UPDATE: Tragically the driver died, police say weather played a factor in the crash.
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When international businessman Seth Schreiber heard about the dedication of a new Chabad-Lubavitch center in Koh Samui, Thailand, he rearranged his schedule to make sure he could attend. That’s how he found himself arriving fashionably late for services on a recent Friday night, hearing a thunderous “Amen!” from 700 Jews who had come together for the celebration, which included a festive Shabbat dinner. In fact, the crowd was so large they had to have multiple seatings, and Schreiber didn’t get back to his hotel until midnight.
Dovid Knapp (Montreal, Canada) and Shuli Leeds (Pittsburgh, PA)
Ahead of Yud Alef Nissan, the Rebbes 111th Birthday, many Bochurim and Anash have composed songs based on the words of the incoming Kapitel Tehillim. Reb Sholom Brochshtat, whose compositions have been the most widely adapted, has composed one once again.
Two black teenagers mugged a Jewish girl and made off with her iPhone, and thanks to police ‘beat’ cops one of the suspects was apprehended a block away.
Nechama’s Closet, an organization which helps brides, held their annual auction Sunday night. Tickets for their Grand prize of $100,000 tickets can still be purchased till tonight at nechamascloset.com.
Doing a good deed on his birthday, Lipa Schmeltzer stopped by the Ahavas Chessed blood drive Sunday and donated. The blood drives are organized by Rabbi Avrohom Lieder of Ahavas Chessed.
Baruch Shalom Davidson (Oak Park, MI) and Batsheva Chaikin (Beachwood, OH)
L’Chaim tonight, Monday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Eli Rutman (London, England) and Sara (bas Yossel) Alenick (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim tonight, Monday at the Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave]
Atlantic County children had the opportunity to bake their own Matzah for Passover at the Chabad Model Matzah Bakery. Children, together with their parents, participated in the entire baking process the way it is traditionally done in real Passover matzah bakeries.
From the Safer Haminhagim: Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, one reads the passage that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. Yehi Ratzon in the Extended Article.
Over 50 students were amazed on hearing Yishmael Khaldi speak at Chabad of Liverpool Universities, on what they can do for Judaism and Israel. Yishmael is from a Bedouin village outside Haifa where he had to walk four miles to get to school, but that didn’t deter him from eventually achieving a Bachelor and Masters degree in political science.
Gutman Skoblo (Crown Heights) and Mirel Hackner (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim tonight, Monday at Bais Rivkah
310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave]
Over 200 people turned out last week for Chabad Jewish Center of South Brunswick’s ten year anniversary gala dinner celebration. Originally scheduled to take place in November, but was postponed due to Hurricane Sandy.
The Hanoka family, along with friends, gathered to celebrate the completion of a Sefer Torah in memory of their parents Dr. Yaakov and Bina Hanoka OBM today, Sunday.
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