A Crownheights.info reader snapped this photo of an unexpected visitor to 770 this morning. Can you spot him too?
Chezki Herz was the first to walk out with a fresh pie of pizza curtsey of a $118 donation to KSCVK at their auction earlier this year. Pomodori‘s pizza was uncompromising and pumping out pizzas as fast as customers were able to line up and grab them.
Thirty-five years after the Chabad-Lubavitch movement established a presence in greater Hartford, local Chabad leaders are about to see a dream realized.
One of the most influential Jews in the Ukraine was murdered on Shabbat, one week after a Kiev yeshiva student was brutally attacked.
Choni and Gitty (nee Friedman) Lesches (Crown Heights)
Yossi and Fraida (nee Myer) Solomon (Monsey, NY)
When Zachary Pastor, 18, returned to his dorm room after class on March 30, there was a flyer on his door. Looking down the hall, he saw it on other entrances, too, an official-looking notice with the word “EVICTION” stamped across it in big, bold letters. The Florida Atlantic University freshman, who attends its Boca Raton campus, received one of the reportedly 200 fake notices distributed by Students for Justice in Palestine, which reportedly has more than 75 chapters nationwide.
It was three hours to sundown before the first night of Passover and the kitchen in this Kathmandu hotel was a steamy mess. Bath tub-sized pots bubbled with matzo ball soup, 900 chicken hunks in lava-like tomato sauce, and the googly eyes of a thousand boiled eggs.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The last day of Passover (“Acharon Shel Pesach”) is particularly associated with Moshiach and the future redemption. The Baal Shem Tov instituted the custom of partaking of a “Seudas Moshiach” (Moshiachs Meal) on the afternoon of the last day of Passover; in addition to the Matzah eaten at “ Seudas Moshiach”, the Rebbes of Chabad added the custom of drinking four cups of wine, as in the Seder held on Passover’s first days.
Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Eizik Hodakov was born in 1902 and passed away in 1993 * Was the Rebbe’s chief secretary for more than 40 years * Became principal of a Jewish school in Latvia at the age of 18 * Was appointed the head of Jewish education for the Latvian Ministry of Education in 1934 * Accompanied the Previous Rebbe on his boat trip to America in 1940 * Appointed director of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch in 1942 * Appointed head secretary of the Rebbe upon his assumption of leadership in 1951 * Remained the Rebbe’s most trustworthy confidant until his passing in 1993.
Levi and Malka (nee Fishman) Lesches (Los Angeles, CA)
With sadness we report the passing of beloved Chossid Rabbi Shimon HaKohen Friedman, OBM, at the age of 78. Rabbi Friedman was affectionately called “Shimon HaTzaddik” – a title widely believed to be given to him by the Rebbe.
In order to clarify existing regulations requiring all staff members in New York state non-public schools to report suspected incidents of child abuse to the authorities, the New York State Education Department has updated its web page to eliminate any possible ambiguities.
Mark Jaffe, a Lubavitcher consultant who lives in Minnesota, appeared on Fox Twin Cities yesterday to weigh in on the economic ramification of people quitting their jobs. He appears at the 0:39 and 2:00 marks, with a picture of the Rebbe in prominent display.
The founder of Chabad Lubavitch of Porto Alegre, Brazil, Rabbi Mendel Liberow, was honored on Tuesday, April 3 at the City Hall. By proposal of Assemblyman Adeli Sell, Rabbi Liberow received the diploma of Honor during the occasion, which is directed by the Legislative President of the Capital, Assemblyman Mauro Zacher.
Pomodori Pizzeria has announced that they will open their doors to the Chometz starved public at 10:45 PM Motzei Yom Tov. Due to high demand, the restaurant will only be serving pizza and french fries, but they hope to be back on the full menu by Sunday at noon. The very first pies were already sold at the KSCVK men’s Chinese auction.
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