Police Parade Blocks Off Empire Blvd., Cars Towed
Many homeowners on and around Empire Blvd. were left confused and frustrated this morning after discovering that the street had been blocked off and their cars towed without any prior notification.
Many homeowners on and around Empire Blvd. were left confused and frustrated this morning after discovering that the street had been blocked off and their cars towed without any prior notification.
Arele and Chaya Matusof (Crown Heights)
A Lubavitcher chossid who arrived at the Ramat Aviv Shopping Center was prohibited from entering by the security guard. The guard explained to the man that he received orders “from above” and he cannot permit him to enter since being dressed in chareidi garb will make visitors “uncomfortable.”
On Thursday evening a group of students from Brooklyn College and other colleges got together and had an “Epic After-Finals Farbrengen,” as the students called it. The farbrengen was put together by the Chabad Club of Brooklyn College to celebrate the end of the semester and the beginning of the Summer break.
“Install a charity box at your bank, and place my dollar inside it. May G-d Almighty bless you to have many other banks imitate your bank’s charity box and observance of Shabbos.”
Golani Brigade Staff-Sergeant Netanel Moshiashvili, 21, was killed along the Gaza border by Islamic Jihad gunfire on Friday morning, 11 Sivan 5772. The shooting occurred near the Kissufim area.
Yossi and Blumie (nee Chodorow) Herbst (Melbourne, Australia)
The Solihull Hebrew Congregation’s Thursday Club, run by Rabbi Yehuda and Dinie Pink, has been awarded the Queens Award for Voluntary Service, the MBE for groups of volunteers who work in their local communities for the benefit of others.
It took firefighters just under two hours this morning to declare a high-altitude fire at One World Trade Center as under control.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — It was truly a bizarre scene in 770 this past Shabbos, when tens of people witnessed R. Yosef Braun literally throwing a tantrum – shouting at the Gabai Reb Yosef Losh that he will ‘punish’ him.
21 years ago in the same kvius as this year, the Rebbe walked into downstairs 770 late Shabbos afternoon and started a surprise Farbrengen which was followed by Kos Shel Bracha (on a regular Motzoei Shabbos), Rabbi Yossi Lew Shliach in Peachtree City, Atlanta wrote up what happened.
Organizers at the Ohel are getting organized ahead of Gimmel Tammuz, which falls out this year on Shabbos Parashas Korah. Both sleeping and eating arrangements at the Ohel will see major changes and those wishing to spend shabbos will need to RSVP.
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute presents a collection of Photos from Yud Shvat 5724 and Yud Tes Kislav 5723.
Ten years ago a Shiur in the Rebbes Sichos began when a Chavursa would sit down and learn between Mincha and Maariv before Seder Niggunim. Today, it has evolved from just two individuals to a sizeable crowd and to mark this achievement there will be a special Farbrengen that will take place after Mincha.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Chaim Shochet will lead a discussion on the topic, Hemshech Ayin Beis and 100 years since.