Chabad Lubavitch of Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn celebrated the dedication and welcoming of a Sefer Torah one year after Hurricane Sandy. The Sefer Torah was sponsored by the Glasser Family, in loving memory of their dear father, Yisroel Glasser, OBM.
Yisroel Blizovsky had just finished taking pictures at a Crown Heights L’chaim on November 14th when a hulking teen he was passing on the sidewalk cold-cocked him without warning. He was the latest victim of the ‘Knockout’ game, a phenomenon brought to the world media’s attention by a story and video published by CrownHeights.info.
Last night, Motzai Shabbos, Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street hosted a special father and son Melava Malka and Farbrengen in honor of the ‘long’ Yud Tes Kislev.
Fear swept through Borough Park, Brooklyn, as soon as the news got out: A young man was randomly assaulted by strangers early Friday morning, and the attack was possibly part of the so-called Knockout Game.
Tonight, beginning at 8:45pm, join the Chabad community of Toronto, Canada in celebrating 19-20th of Kislev, marking the New Year for Chasidus, with guest speaker Rabbi Moishe New.
Chabad Chasidim all around the world sat down this weekend for Farbrengens celebrating the liberation of the Alter Rebbe from Czarist prison, which occurred on the 19th of Kislev, 5559 (1798).
In honor of Yud Tes Kislev and the inter-school convention, students from Beis Rivkah’s 12th grade prepared an amazing array of exhibits, which take visitors on a visual journey through the Yomim Tovim.
Rabbi Uriel Vigler, director of Chabad of the Upper East Side, thinks we should all play ‘knockout,’ but not the version of the game you are thinking of.
In honor of her son Shneur Zalman’s Bar Mitzvah two weeks ago, Chana Lipsker, Shlucha to Reading, Pennsylvania, compiled an insightful video on the Alter Rebbe and his Magnum Opus – the Tanya.
Mrs. Chana Seligson is sitting shiva after the passing of her father, Reb Shmuel Glicksman, OBM, at 1423 48th Street in Borough Park, Brooklyn until Thursday morning. Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion V’yerushalaim.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a series of pictures of a Yud Tes Kislev celebration at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Bedford Ave. and Dean St. in the early 1960s.
Hundreds gathered at Oihel Nosson Shul in Crown Heights last night for a Farbrengen in honor of Yud Tes Kislev.
Efraim and Chanie (nee Minkowitz) Tessler
955 Eastern Parkway [corner Troy Ave.]
Chaim and Chaya (nee Hershkowitz) Shollar
819 Montgomery St. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]
Shmuel and Henna Kopel
1721 President St. [between Schenectady and Utica Aves.]
Yossi and Estee Majerczyk
Lubavitcher Yeshiva small hall, 570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Levi and Rivky Wilhelm
Lubavitcher Yeshiva large hall, 570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Yudi and Brocha Werner
456 Montgomery St. 2nd floor [between Nostrand and New York Aves.]
A 12-year-old Jewish boy who was a “knockout” victim two weeks ago told CBS 2′s Tony Aiello that he’s more interested in an apology than seeing his attackers go to jail.
A Jewish man turned the tables on four Hispanic men when he ducked a ‘knockout’ punch, then called Shomrim and followed the group. All of them were apprehended and charged by police with attempting to engage in a knockout assault.
A wild scene unfolded on Kingston Avenue earlier this afternoon, when a group of construction workers, cops and store employees tackled a young black male assailant and placed him under arrest.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present two photos of the Rebbe davening Maariv in the upstairs shul of 770, circa late 1960s.
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