With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Zushe Rivkin OBM, of Kfar Chabad, at the age of 82. Rabbi Rivkin was active as a dedicated Chossid of the Rebbe, and would especially put much effort into helping people do Mivtza Tzedaka. Every day on his way to work in Tel Aviv, he would walk through the train and offer people a coin and a pushka, giving them the oppertunity to fulfill the mitzvah.
Sruli Richler (Montreal, Canada) and Toby Herman (Pittsburgh, PA)
L’chaim will be tonight, Sunday at Beis Rivkah
310 Crown St. [between New York and Nostrand Ave.] at 8:00 PM
Yankel Pressman (Jerusalem, Israel) and Mushky Blank (Miami Beach, FL)
L’chaim will be tonight, Sunday at F.R.E.E.
1383 President St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.] at 8:00 PM
A group of Lubavitcher bochurim in Israel took it upon themselves to bring the joy of Purim to IDF soldiers. In the Jordan valley, a group of soldiers came down from their tank and sat around the bochurim to hear the Megilah. Afterwards, they fulfilled the Mitzvah of Mishloach Manos, followed by joyous singing and dancing.
The 17th of Adar marks the yohrtzeit of Reb Gedaliah Shaffer OBM who was killed by a drunk driver during a visit to California. His son, Yehuda Shaffer began compiling a documentary in honor and memory of his father.
In the next piece on “responsibility” Rabbi Nochum Kaplan will discuss some of the basics of setting rules: they must be clear and unambiguous, they must be consistent and the consequences for breaking them must be clear and sure, among others. It is also our responsibility to help our children understand that consequences are the direct result of their own actions; they are not the result of our frustrations but of their poor choice.
Pictures from the wedding of Yaakov Astulin (Crown Heights) and Shifra Gajer (Crown Heights), which took place in the Oholei Torah ballroom on Tuesday, March 6 / 12 Adar.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Mendel Dovid Hackner OBM, of London, UK. He is survived by his children: Rabbi Shmuel Aryeh Hackner and Gila Hackner, and brothers: Reb Benzion Hackner (London, UK) and Reb Yonasan Hackner (Crown Heights). Shiva information to follow.
Avraham Fried sings his famous Hebrew song ‘Aleh Katan Sheli’ (my little leaf) at a ceremony dedicating a new synagogue in the West Bank settlement of Itamar. The synagogue, Mishkan Ehud, is named after Itamar resident Ehud Fogel HYD, who was brutally murdered together with his wife and three of his six children one year ago.
What do hamantashen and Hawaiian cuisine, parrots and Purim have in common? Chabad of Orange County’s community “Purim Luau!”
Israel pounded Gaza for the second day in a row Saturday, trading airstrikes and rocket fire with Palestinian militants and killing 15 of them as the deadliest Gaza violence in over a year showed no signs of abating.
Simcha Best (Crown Heights) and Rochel Rosen (Crown Heights)
Mendy Levitin (Crown Heights) and Sara Hershkowitz (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be tonight, Sunday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Reb Feivel Feinhandler and his children are sitting Shiva after the passing of their beloved wife and mother, Dina OBM, at 725 Eastern Pkwy. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.] on the 2nd floor, until Thursday morning.
Shachris: 8:00
Mincha: at Shkiah
Maariv: at Tzeis
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
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