New Engagement!
Mendy Edelman (Florida) and Chayale Schapiro (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be tonight, Wednesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
KSCVK and Devorah Benjamin will be hosting their annual auction on Sunday, May 25th. Will you be coming in person?
If you are unable to join in person, don’t forget to purchase your tickets online at kscvk.org.
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Carrying forward the legacy of Reb Shmuel Moshe Hakohen Benjamin A”H
Co-op Members Vote on Boycott of Israeli Products [Update: Boycott Proposal Defeated]
Members of the park slope co-op are currently debating whether to vote on a measure that, if approved, will ban all Israeli products from the progressive – ‘consumer owned’ – outlet. More than 2,000 members showed up at Brooklyn Tech High School in Fort Greene for a memorable meeting that could last hours. You can follow a live Twitter feed of the meeting here.
Update: Boycott proposal rejected, to the tune of 1,000 against to 600 in favor.
A suspicious looking stranger was seen outside Beis Rivkah today, taking pictures and behaving erratically. The school’s security guard approached the man after waiting in vain for him to move along, but he refused to leave and kept insisting that he wanted to go inside and pray.
Bizarre Incident at BR Leaves Man with Broken Leg
A suspicious looking stranger was seen outside Beis Rivkah today, taking pictures and behaving erratically. The school’s security guard approached the man after waiting in vain for him to move along, but he refused to leave and kept insisting that he wanted to go inside and pray.
The still-grieving mother of a 16-year old Orthodox Jewish boy, who was killed when his student van was shot up on the Brooklyn Bridge in March 1994, reacted Monday to the public revelation that a Lebanese-born cab driver targeted the students solely because they were Jewish.
Ari’s Mom: “Why Isn’t He Treated as a Terrorist?”
The still-grieving mother of a 16-year old Orthodox Jewish boy, who was killed when his student van was shot up on the Brooklyn Bridge in March 1994, reacted Monday to the public revelation that a Lebanese-born cab driver targeted the students solely because they were Jewish.
Chesed Center Reopens After Being Shut by Mesirah
The hungry and needy of Crown Heights were once again welcomed to partake in nutritious warms meals at the Ahavas Chessed soup kitchen today after a long hiatus. The Chessed center has been closed for a couple of months by the city, after a series of anonymous complaints that renovations were being carried out without a permit.
Rabbi Raitport Inspires Bochurim of Oholei Torah
On Monday, the 3rd of Nissan, Rabbi Yitzchok Raitport, a major patron of Oholei Torah, was hosted by the Hanholas Hayeshiva.
Beloved 770 Photographer Needs Your Prayers
Yossi Melamed, who from the early 1970s spent hundreds of hours photographing the Rebbe at 770, has fallen in his home, and is now in a coma.
Rabbi Chaim Miller, author of the Award-winning Kol Menachem Haggadah, shares some unique insights into the Haggadah in a fascinating class. To order your copy visit kolmenachem.com
Video: Insights into the Pesach Seder
Rabbi Chaim Miller, author of the Award-winning Kol Menachem Haggadah, shares some unique insights into the Haggadah in a fascinating class. To order your copy visit kolmenachem.com
Chabad of Downtown Brooklyn Honors Leadership
The sky was bright and sunny at 6:00 PM as the more than 350 guests arrived at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on the tip of lower Manhattan for Congregation B’nai Avraham’s 23rd Anniversary dinner.
Although the tips in the video can be used with any recipe, we provide the following matzah ball recipe for your convenience:
Video: Tips for Making the Perfect Matzah Ball
Although the tips in the video can be used with any recipe, we provide the following matzah ball recipe for your convenience:
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 Daled)
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]
Picture of the Day: Tzfatim Reenact Mayim Shelanu
The ‘Tzfati’ members of kvutzeh have lately taken to reenacting an increasing number of routine occurrences from the later years of the Rebbe’s life. In this photo, they mimic the drawing of ‘Mayim Shelanu’ for the baking of Matzah, which the Rebbe began to perform on the porch of 770 in the late ’80s, as can be seen in this video.
Rebbetzin Chana’s Memoirs: Midnight Wedding
In this 25th installment of the series, Rebbetzin chana relates an episode which occurred during the lifetime of her husband, Reb Levik, how he arranged a clandestine chuppah for a Jewish couple under the ominous shadow of the secret police.
New Engagement!
Mendel (ben R’ Levi Yitzchok) Raskin (London, UK) and Chaya Alperin (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
L’chaim will be tonight, Tuesday at Empire Shtiebel
489 Empire Blvd. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]
Yossi’s Memory Lives On at the Mitzvah Tank Parade
I always knew my son’s school was special. Oholei Torah has always been at the forefront of educating our boys. However, I did not really appreciate how special the school’s role models are until our son became gravely ill.
Every year for the the past twenty years, the Rebbe's birthday has been celebrated on Yud Aleph Nissan with a Mitzvah Tank parade around the city, and this year is no different. Sixty-two tanks - corresponding to the sixty two years of the Rebbe's leadership - will be parading from Lubavitch World Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, reaching all the way to Manhattan.
Do You Have What It Takes?
Every year for the the past twenty years, the Rebbe’s birthday has been celebrated on Yud Aleph Nissan with a Mitzvah Tank parade around the city, and this year is no different. Sixty-two tanks – corresponding to the sixty two years of the Rebbe’s leadership – will be parading from Lubavitch World Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, reaching all the way to Manhattan.
Baby Girl!
Dovid and Golda (nee Fehler) Orenstein (Crown Heights)
