Waking up early on Purim morning, the Laine, Klein and Zaklikowski families from Crown Heights davened and headed out to bring the joy of Purim to Jewish senior citizens in Brooklyn. Together with their children they read the Megillah, gave out Shalach Manot, and put on Tefillin with some of the seniors.
It is with great sadness and deep pain that we inform you of the very untimely passing of baby Alter Hirschel Dovid Strauss OBM, at the age of three months. Alter Hirschel Dovid was the son of Shimon and Chavie […]
A group of french Bochurim went down to sunny Golden Beach, Florida to assist Rabbi Chai Amar with his Purim activities. Bochurim gave out Shalach Manot and read Megillah on the streets and in restaurants.
Purim on the streets of Crown Heights. Part 3.
Purim on the streets of Crown Heights. Part 2.
Purim on the streets of Crown Heights. Part 1.
IYH this Monday, 15 Adar (February 24th), there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12.
Campers of Camp Gan Israel – Parksville NY, are invited to an exciting Camp Reunion.
Purim Satire: In a surprising move, The Association of Lubavitch Mosdos has agreed to stop deceiving Crown Heights residents by having their robo-telemarketing calls appear on people’s caller ID as calls from random cities such as Cheyenne, WY, and Ogden, UT.
Purim Satire: One of the most hotly debated topics among halachic authorities has always been regarding the amount one must eat in order to have fulfilled the obligation to eat hamantashen on Purim.
Purim Satire: Following the recent bus drivers’ strike, the drivers of Crown Heights’s boys and girls schools have decided to strike as well. The strike is set to begin the day after Purim and can go on indefinitely, according to a spokesman for the bus drivers.
Purim Satire: In an effort to accommodate all of its readers, regardless of their mood or state of mind, CH.info will begin to feature a more somber version of its weekly popular feature titled “A [Slightly Eccentric] Weekly Torah Thought”.
A Freilechen Purim! The following is a photo of the Rebbe and Israeli President Zalman Shazar entering Shul to listen to the Megillah on Purim. Photo courtesy of the Kahn Family.
The Friendship Circle of Crown Heights held a most unique Megilla reading on Purim night. Building on the success of its monthly Boys Minyan, the staff headed by Yossi Smoller initiated a Purim Party and program for the boys of the Friendship Circle.
Mispalelim gathered at Kahal Beis Rivka, lead by Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky, where they heard the customary Megillah reading followed by Havdalah on Motzai Shabbos.
Moshe Raskin (Crown Heights) and Doba (bas CM) Lieberman (Crown Heights)
Marking the beginning of the holiday of Purim, parents and children gathered at Oihel Nosson to listen to the reading of the Megillah, children – and some parents – came already dressed up in their costumes.
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