One of the most fundamental paradoxes in Judaism and faith in God is that of prayer. We are commanded to pray three times daily and in times of distress, to beseech of God that He provide us with our fundamental human needs and desires such as health, livelihood and children.
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I am a member of the volunteer corps organized by Shomrim yesterday in search of Yakov Gourin, the missing French Twin. I penned this op-ed to describe the hardships we experienced over the uncertainty and conflicting reports that emerged from various news outlets over the course of the day, and the potential dangers posed by them.
For the second time this month, thieves stole all four tires off a Crown Heights vehicle, leaving the car’s body ‘hanging’ on stacked bricks. The car was parked on the corner of Crown St. and Troy Ave.
Continuing the trend of local institutions revamping their campuses for the coming school year, Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown St. refurbished its landmark glass main entrance.
As in past years, Oholei Torah is providing a beautiful full color calendar for the community. Unique to this year’s calendar is that it highlights the newly built Kindergarten Campus in East Flatbush.
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Crown Heights resident Sol Rotter from Primo hatters gets in touch with his inner child at the Evergreen bungalow colony in upstate New York.
Mendy Cohen (Crown Heights) and Gittel Sandhaus (Crown Heights)
Up from four in 2011, this year five Lubavitch owned companies were ranked in the top 5,000 of Inc. Magazine’s fastest growing private companies of 2012.
Meir and Fraidel (nee Patterson) Levin (Crown Heights)
Shneur Zalman and Miriam (nee Hyman) Horowitz (Crown Heights)
The man sitting on the commuter train focusing intently on his iPhone might be playing Angry Birds. Or he might be studying Talmud, Skyping with a chevruta partner in Israel or even teaching Hebrew school.
We are pleased to report that as of 4:30 this morning Yakov has been found and is doing fine. It turns out that he just wanted to take a break from a long summer of hard work, and impulsively decided to leave for a few days vacation. He will return to Crown Heights in the near future.
Sara Chana, a Lubavitcher Homeopath, discusses alternative natural cures for acid reflux and other ailments on CBS.
Four campers at L’maan Achai star in this video, which portrays some of the fun aspects of camp life.
Rockland County played host this year to the JCC Junior Maccabi Games, where over 1,400 Jewish athletes have come to town to compete in their respective sports throughout this week.
Hester is the name of a an underground, word-of-mouth supper club / cafe / speakeasy / community space, hosted by Itta Werdiger Roth, which is geared toward the ‘Chabad Lite’ in their 30s crowd. Located in Ditmas Park, the club’s location is secret, and the once-a-month event can be attended by invitation only.
Vienna’s Jewish community is outraged over an anti-Semitic cartoon posted on the Facebook page of the leader of Austria’s anti-immigrant Freedom Party. The cartoon, reminiscent of the Nazi era propaganda, shows a banker with a large hooked nose and Star of David cufflinks profiting from Europe’s financial crisis.
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