Baby Girl!
Dovid and Golda (nee Fehler) Orenstein (Crown Heights)
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Nechama’s Closet Auction Winners: $100,000 Prize Extended!
Due to public request, Nechama’s Closet has extended the deadline for GRAND PRIZE only until Wednesday March 28th. Those of you who forgot to purchase your tickets have one more chance to do so. Take advantage of this opportunity – Win $100,000.
TRAGEDY: 6 Family Members Killed in Rehovot Fire
Six people, including five children, died in a burning building in Rechovot, Israel last night. Two more have been reported injured in the blaze, which broke out at 10 PM.
550 Students Volunteer to Lead Pesach Sedorim
Merkos Shlichus preparations for Pesach 5772 are currently in full gear. Following two days of non-stop interviews with Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky and those who applied, the Merkos Shlichus vaad has been working non-stop to assign the applicants to their Seder locations. So far, over 550 student Rabbis have been volunteered to lead sedorim in over 190 cities all over the world.
New Engagement!
Avigdor Omri Kessler (Los Angeles, CA) and Ariela Tzion (Valley Village, CA)
Photo Gallery: Jews Vs. Blacks – for a Good Cause
Hasidic Jews and Caribbean-Americans faced off yesterday, Sunday March 25, for a game of soccer in Hamilton Metz (AKA Lefferts) Park. Both sides gave it their best in the inclement weather, but when the dust settled our Noahide neighbors emerged victorious – 4 to 2.
Members of the U.S. Supreme Court waded Monday into the constitutional challenge to President Barack Obama's controversial health care overhaul.
‘Obamacare’ Challenge Begins In Supreme Court
Members of the U.S. Supreme Court waded Monday into the constitutional challenge to President Barack Obama‘s controversial health care overhaul.
Blockbuster Sholom Bayis Workshops at AC Pesach Program
Renew and Build the Energy of Your marriage with Pesach lectures by Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Smith and, together with Elisheva Smith, the acclaimed marriage workshop “Couplehood as a Spiritual Pathway: The Imago Journey for Jewish couples” utilizing the proven Imago dialogue techniques to create connection in marriage.
New Engagement!
Aaron Ezagui (Crown Heights) and Miriam Malnik (Clarksville, MD/Crown Heights)
The little, yellow storybook house at 29800 Cannon Road blends in nicely with the Solon residences it neighbors. But the house is not a home.
Woman Donates Brand New Mikvah to Chabad House
The little, yellow storybook house at 29800 Cannon Road blends in nicely with the Solon residences it neighbors. But the house is not a home.
In an exclusive interview, a 19-year veteran of the NYPD describes widespread manipulation of crime reports at the 100th Precinct in Queens. The sergeant says when he blew the whistle on the routine fudging of crimes, the department retaliated and transferred him to a midnight shift at Bronx Central.
Sergeant: NYPD Manipulating Crime Statistics
In an exclusive interview, a 19-year veteran of the NYPD describes widespread manipulation of crime reports at the 100th Precinct in Queens. The sergeant says when he blew the whistle on the routine fudging of crimes, the department retaliated and transferred him to a midnight shift at Bronx Central.
Rav Dovid Schochet, President of the Toronto Rabbinical Council and a member of Va'ad Rabbonei Lubavitch, flew into New York this past week to test talmidim of “Online Smicha” in a variety of topics including Pas Akum, Bishul, Akum, Chalav Akum, and Chasamos.
Students of Online Smicha Program Show Fluency
Rav Dovid Schochet, President of the Toronto Rabbinical Council and a member of Va’ad Rabbonei Lubavitch, flew into New York this past week to test talmidim of “Online Smicha” in a variety of topics including Pas Akum, Bishul, Akum, Chalav Akum, and Chasamos.
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Bakery Models How Matzah is Made
Rochester, NY — There is little chance that young children will pass on the opportunity to put dough in their hands. That may go for some adults, too.
From the Safer Haminhagim: [Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, usually after Shacharis,] one reads the passage [from Bamidbar 7-8:4] that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. [In common parlance, each day's passage itself is often referred to as “the Nasi.”] This daily reading is followed by the prayer which opens with the words yehi ratzon (and which appears in Siddur Torah Or [as well as in Siddur Tehillat HaShem, p. 371]). This prayer is recited even by a Kohen or a Levi [despite its seeming relevance only to tribes other than the Tribe of Levi]. [284]
Did you say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Yom Gimmel)
From the Safer Haminhagim: [Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, usually after Shacharis,] one reads the passage [from Bamidbar 7-8:4] that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. [In common parlance, each day’s passage itself is often referred to as “the Nasi.”] This daily reading is followed by the prayer which opens with the words yehi ratzon (and which appears in Siddur Torah Or [as well as in Siddur Tehillat HaShem, p. 371]). This prayer is recited even by a Kohen or a Levi [despite its seeming relevance only to tribes other than the Tribe of Levi]. [284]
Ari Halberstam Killer Admits He Was Targeting Jews
The livery driver whose two-gun attack on a group of Hasidic students on the Brooklyn Bridge shocked the city 18 years ago has finally admitted that he targeted them because they were Jewish.
As a young woman who decided in her early 20s to become Orthodox, my life has been anything but boring. I grew up with a tight knit family, went to a reform synagogue, attended inner city schools and learned how to interact with all walks of life at a young age. Those friendships I still hold onto dearly. After my high school graduation I was accepted to a college in NYC and soon enough I was living in the city that never sleeps. I found a cute apartment in Spanish Harlem where many people are too afraid to walk even in broad daylight.
Blog: From Harlem to Jerusalem
As a young woman who decided in her early 20s to become Orthodox, my life has been anything but boring. I grew up with a tight knit family, went to a reform synagogue, attended inner city schools and learned how to interact with all walks of life at a young age. Those friendships I still hold onto dearly. After my high school graduation I was accepted to a college in NYC and soon enough I was living in the city that never sleeps. I found a cute apartment in Spanish Harlem where many people are too afraid to walk even in broad daylight.
