Photos: Montreal Celebrates Lag Ba’omer with Bonfire
A Lag Ba’omer celebration, complete with a large bonfire and joyous dancing, took place at the home of Rabbi Meir Mann in Montreal, Canada.
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Photos: Preparing for the Bonfire, 1977
From the archives of Shmuel Zalmanov, a photo collection of students of the Chabad Yeshiva in Lod, Israel preparing for a Lag Ba’omer bonfire in 1977.
NY Daily News
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NYPD Officer Ronald Gonzalez of the 77th Precinct in Crown Heights crashed his vehicle into a pole while under the influence of alcohol.
Drunk Crown Heights Cop Crashes into Pole
NY Daily News
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NYPD Officer Ronald Gonzalez of the 77th Precinct in Crown Heights crashed his vehicle into a pole while under the influence of alcohol.
Picture of the Day: World’s Largest Mezuzah?
Shturem
MK Shmuel Flatto-Sharon, and Prof. Yaakov Yahav stand in front of the world’s largest mezuzah. Inset: Rabbi Zalman Michaelshvilli and Rabbi Boaz Yurkowitz.
What’s 59 inches tall, weighs 88.185 pounds, is 9.2 inches wide and took a month and a half to write? Yes it’s a mezuzah, probably the largest mezuzah in the world. It was written by Sofer Rabbi Zalman Michaelshvilli under the supervision of Rabbi Boaz Yurkowitz, Rov of Shikkun Chabad, Lod. The parchment is 23 inches long.
Man Beaten for Complaining About Ticket
Complain about a ticket at your own risk. A Brooklyn man was hospitalized after he says an NYPD traffic enforcement agent had her partner beat him to a pulp for mouthing off over a ticket.
Chabad Creates Kosher Alternative Lag Ba’omer Fest
Ynet
As Lag Ba’omer approaches, Israelis are stockpiling wood and boards for bonfires and wrapping potatoes in aluminum foil in anticipation of the holiday. The country’s biggest children’s stars are also getting into gear for Chabad’s inaugural “Festilag” – a “kosher” version of the popular “Festigal” that will put on free performances throughout Israel.
Photos: Lag Ba’omer Over the Years
Crownheights.info and the Avner Institute present this unique collection of photos of the Rebbe attending the grand Lag Ba’omer parade over the years.
Rebbetzin Chana’s Memoirs: No to Old Slavonic
In this 29th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana reminisces about an episode in the early years of her marriage, when her husband Reb Levik – out of dire financial straits – applied to a university in Kiev where he could obtain a diploma for a better Rabbinic position, but turned down the opportunity when he discovered that he would have to study Christian texts.
New Engagement!
Yitzchok Yarmush (Crown Heights) and Chaya Batya Leiter (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be Sunday at 1481 President St.
[between Albany and Troy Ave] from 3:00 to 6:00pm
Joy!: New DVD Marks Milestone
The Living Archive is proud to announce the completion of the first phase of its mission – the entire video and film collection of the Rebbe has been preserved. To celebrate this monumental achievement JEM has produced a new DVD “Joy!” with joyous scenes through the decades of the Rebbe’s leadership.
Who Is Behind Mysterious Lag Ba’omer Parade?
Residents of Crown Heights awoke this morning to find the neighborhood covered with flyers advertising a children’s Lag Ba’omer parade. The flyers look very mysterious; they do not say who or which organization is behind the parade. They claim to have the encouragement of Rabbonim and Mashpi’im, but do not give any names. They almost look like an anonymous “Pashkvil.”
Wet Roads: Car Skids, Crashes into House
One of Crown Heights’ most notoriously unsafe intersections was once again host to an accident, which thankfully and miraculously did not injure any pedestrians.
USELESS PROTECTION: Bochur Mugged at Gunpoint
An Israeli Bochur reported to the police that he was mugged at gunpoint by three assailants early this morning on President Street. The attackers were described as three Black males who allegedly shouted racial slurs while attacking him.
Photos: The Year the Parade Was Not on Sunday
Crownheights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a series of pictures from the Harlig Collection of the Lag Ba’omer Parade of 1976. That year the Rebbe announced the ‘Year of Education.’ It was also the only time there was a large parade with the Rebbe’s participation even though Lag Ba’omer did not occur on a Sunday.
Rutgers’ Students Enjoy BBQ and Drum Circle
On Monday, April 30th 2012, Rutgers Jewish Outreach hosted an end of year BBQ which was attended by over 100 Jewish students.
Kabbalah and Freud Carry the Day at Symposium
Students took center stage at the Students-and-Scholars symposium at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore on Sunday, presenting to Rabbis and distinguished academics.
From right to left: R. Mordechai Schusterman, R. Moshe Nemanow, R. Nissan Nemanow, YBLCH"T R. Gershon Schusterman.
Rabbi Moshe Nemanow, a scholar and expert on Hebrew manuscripts who worked in the archival division at Chabad’s Central Library in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, passed away Tuesday, May 1. He was 74.
Remembering Rabbi Moshe Nemanow, 74
From right to left: R. Mordechai Schusterman, R. Moshe Nemanow, R. Nissan Nemanow, YBLCH”T R. Gershon Schusterman.
Rabbi Moshe Nemanow, a scholar and expert on Hebrew manuscripts who worked in the archival division at Chabad’s Central Library in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, passed away Tuesday, May 1. He was 74.
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