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Photos: Last Simchas Beis Hashuevah

Marking the final night of dancing at Simchas Beis Hashueva in Crown Heights, thousands danced till 1:00am when the music ended and the throngs of people made their way up Kingston Avenue to 770 where Tehillim and Mishna Torah was recited throughout the night.

Info to Be Menachem Avel the Rubin Family

R’ Yisroel Rubin will be sitting Shiva after the passing of his mother, Mrs. Necha Rubin, OBM, at 1535 President St. [between Albany and Troy Ave.] on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning (Shachris at 8:00am).

He will then continue his Shiva along with his brother, R’ Yitzchok Rubin, and sister, Mrs. Rochel Mendelsohn, at 4672 Bouchette Ave. in Montreal, Canada.

A brother of the deceased, R’ Berel Neumark will be sitting Shiva at 402 E. Penn St. in Long Beach, Long Island.

Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim

Info to Be Menachem Avel Mrs. Edis Rivkah Fuss

Mrs. Edis Rivkah Fuss will be sitting Shiva after the passing of her mother, Sarah, OBM, at 1636 President St. [between Schenectady and Utica Ave.] from Tuesday evening, Oct. 9th, until Monday morning, Oct. 15th.

Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim

Moss and Feldman Make Peace in Sydney

Left: Rabbi Meir Moss. Right: Rabbi Pinchus Feldman.

Kesser Torah College and the Yeshiva Centre of Sydney, led by Meir Moss and Rabbi Pinchus Feldman, respectively, are at peace for the first time in more than eight years.

Chabad Honoree Falls to Her Death in Manhattan

Left: Stephanie Becker at the 2012 JHP New York Gala. Right: The building at 55 W 26th Street.

An Ivy League educated 28 year old Jewish woman plunged to her death on Thursday in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Stephanie Becker, who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and was a Co-Chair of the Chabad affiliated Steinhardt Jewish Heritage Programs New York Gala this year, fell from the 30th floor and left no note behind, according to authorities.

4 Sholom Zochors This Week!

Avremi and Shayal (Nee Rabinowitz) Rosenthal
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]

Levi and Chavi (nee Mangel) Simpson
651 Montgomery St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]

Efraim and Adina (nee Rivas) Gotbeter
379 Crown St. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]

Berry and Raizy (nee Kahanov) Tzfasman
1473 Carroll St. [between Albany & Troy Ave.]

Sukkos with the Rebbe: What It Was Like

What was it like to spend Sukkos with the Rebbe – under his personal guidance and attention? British businessman Zalmon Jaffe merited an unusually close friendship with the Rebbe and not only spent many holidays over the years in the Rebbe’s holy neighborhood, accompanied by wife Roselyn, but recorded the bustling events in a diary My Encounters with the Rebbe, which was published annually and widely enjoyed among the Rebbe’s Chassidim. CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute present the following collection of short stories and anecdotes, which were made available by Zalman’s grandchildren.

Picture of the Day: Arba Minim on the Beach

Israeli Bochurim were bused from Crown Heights to Brighton Beach to help Jews perform the Mitzvah of Lulav and Esrog. The Mivtzoim initiative was arranged by the Va’ad Talmidei Hatmimim Ha’olami, in coordination with Rabbi Dovid Okunov of F.R.E.E.