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PSA: Daylight Savings Time Begins Motzei Shabbos
A reminder to change your clocks this Motzei Shabbos for Daylight Savings Time at 2:00 AM, which will immediately become 3:00 AM, so get to bed an hour early. Also, it would be a good time to remember to change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.
On the evening of March 7, the Jewish community in Brooklyn celebrated the start of Purim, a holiday commemorating the salvation of the Jews from destruction at the hands of a Persian ruler named Haman. But Wednesday night ushered in a bit of unwelcomed text as well: a large billboard along the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway that reads, in both English and Hebrew, “You know it’s a myth, and you have a choice.”
Atheist Billboard Enrages Jewish Community
On the evening of March 7, the Jewish community in Brooklyn celebrated the start of Purim, a holiday commemorating the salvation of the Jews from destruction at the hands of a Persian ruler named Haman. But Wednesday night ushered in a bit of unwelcomed text as well: a large billboard along the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway that reads, in both English and Hebrew, “You know it’s a myth, and you have a choice.”
Ahavas Chesed Blood Drive Sunday
A Blood Drive will take place Sunday, March 11 (17 Adar) from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM at Ahavas Chesed, 271 Kingston Ave. [between Lincoln and St. Johns Pl.]. All donors will receive a free meal voucher. Please bring identification.
Baby Boy!
Levi and Chana Hinda (nee Raskin) Rivkin (Tampa, FL)
5 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Yudi and Sarah (nee Spangenthal) Dukes
Agudah Shul, 456 Crown St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Shimmy and Fraidy Werner
403 Crown St. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]
Yisroel and Miriam (nee Glazer) Goldstein
510 Crown St. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.] Apt. 2A
Boruch and Miriam (nee Benjaminson) Weingarten
Levi and Mushky Weinbaum
It was a literal recreation of an Eastern European Jewish village, as Chabad of North Hollywood, Florida was host to Purim in the Shtetl.
Floridians Travel Back to Celebrate Purim in the Shtetl
It was a literal recreation of an Eastern European Jewish village, as Chabad of North Hollywood, Florida was host to Purim in the Shtetl.
Several families, headed by the Laine and Kalmenson families, headed out to Ezra House to bring the Purim joy to the elderly.
Crown Heighters Bring Purim Joy to the Elderly
Several families, headed by the Laine and Kalmenson families, headed out to Ezra House to bring the Purim joy to the elderly.
Baby Girl!
Yankie and Chanie (nee Wolfson) Markowitz (Crown Heights)
Shabbos at the Besht: Purim by the Rebbe
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Seligson will lead a discussion on the topic: Purim by the Rebbe throughout the years.
LA Diamond Daveners Enjoy 24 Hours of Purim Fun
Starting with an extravaganza like no other, the Lubavitch Children of LA joined together for the performance of world-famous ventriloquist Chuck Field, who had the children literally rolling on the floor with laughter.
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Dina Feinhandler OBM of Crown Heights after battling a long terminal illness. She passed away yesterday, Purim morning.
She is survived by he husband, Feivel and her two children, Simcha and Chaim.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Dina Feinhandler OBM
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Dina Feinhandler OBM of Crown Heights after battling a long terminal illness. She passed away yesterday, Purim morning.
She is survived by he husband, Feivel and her two children, Simcha and Chaim.
New Engagement!
Chaim Shmuel Jedwab (Australia/Israel) and Estelle Perez (Nokdin, Israel)
Winners of Hadar Hatorah’s 13th Annual Purim Raffle
1: $5000.00 Cash – Fishel Lefkowitz, Brooklyn, NY
2: Megillas Esther w/ Silver Case – Yechezkel Yaffee, Brooklyn, NY
3: $1500. Travel – Shlomo Helinski, N. Miami Beach
4: Dell Computer – Fishel Lefkowitz, Brooklyn, NY
5: Five Piece Sterling Silver Shabbos Table Set – Efraim Sherman
