During the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the sounding of the ram’s horn signifies a time of spiritual awakening and is meant to encourage repentance. St. Paul Rabbi Reuven Drori has one of the more unusual horns, called a shofar. While most typically measure a foot long, Drori’s Yemenite shofar is close to 3 feet and produces much louder sound.
Boruch and Chevy (nee Flint) Lazar (Crown Heights)
Danny Saadon, Vice President of El-Al Israel Airlines for North and Central America, the largest branch of the airline outside of Israel, visited the Ohel as a preparation for Rosh Hashanah.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden invited about 75 rabbis and Jewish leaders to his private home in the nation’s capital, where he wished them a blessed new year. Rabbi Avraham Shmtov, head of Agudas Chasidei Chabad, and his son Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Shliach to Washington D.C., were among the distinguished guests.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Tens of Montgomery Street residents, along with Shomrim volunteers, took to the street and chased down a burglar who had broken into a number of cars on their block. While attempting to flee, the burglar injured himself.
Former Chief Rabbi of Israel Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau message for Rosh Hashana disscuss ‘Why the shofar on Rosh Hashanah?’ in a video from TorahCafe.
Famed Lubavitch educator and Chazzan Reb Binyomin Levin of Kfar Chabad (Originally from the town of Nevel in White Russia) sings ‘Haneshomo Loch’ – a portion from Slichos – in 1961.
Rabbi Sholom and Sara Esther Paltiel, Shluchim to Port Washington, NY for the past 22 years, give a tour of their magnificent kindergarten, a small-scale replica of the holy-land which was named “Florence’s Israel” – after the benefactor’s mother.
Ahead of the upcoming Yomim Noroim and Aseres Yemei Teshuva the Beis Din of Crown Heights released a twelve page booklet – in both English and Hebrew – which holds the answer to many questions and instruction as to many customs and Halachos related to the upcoming holidays.
The guide was compiled by the office of Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba for the benefit of the community.
Yehuda Leib and Rendy (nee Alenick) Herz (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 1227 President St.
[between New York and Nostrand Ave.] Apt. 3C
Dozens of residents slammed a proposal by an area synagogue to create a layover zone for charter buses that transport congregants to the facility in Cambria Heights, which is adjacent to the cemetery where the Orthodox sect’s beloved leader is interred.
Shaul and Shaindy (nee Orimland) Dahan
1339 Union St. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.] Apt. 1R
Dovid and Tzippy (nee Astulin) Leider
720 Lefferts Ave. [corner Troy Ave.] Apt. 1A
Zelik and Sara (nee Shaw) Langsam
648 Lefferts Ave. [between Albany and Troy Ave.]
Eli and Yael (nee Weisman) Hanover
Beis Levi Yitzchak, 556 Crown St. [entrance on Albany Ave.]
Yehuda Leib and Rendy (nee Alenick) Herz
1227 President St. [between New York and Nostrand Ave.] Apt. 3C
Shua and Nechama (nee Steiner) Chanowitz
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Baruch Rozmarin (New Jersey) and Chaya Pelman (Ramat Gan, Israel)
The prophet Isaiah declares: “Seek G-d when He can be found, call to Him when He is near.” The Talmud explains: “This refers to the Ten Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.”
Pictures from the L’chaim of Yosef Blasberg (Israel/Crown Heights) and Devorah Leah (bas R’ Mendel) Goldstein (Crown Heights), which took place in the Lubavitcher Yeshiva simcha hall.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Boruch Jacobson will lead a discussion on the topic: The two types of cries that can be heard from the heart of every Jew on Rosh Hashana.
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