In honor of Purim, when we read in the Megillah the words Layehudim Haisa Orah, the boys of Monsey’s Cheder Chabad were treated to a special workshop on Havdalah, presented by R’ Moshe Grossbaum of the Living Legacy Program.
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There will be a Minyan for women to hear the reading of Parshas Zachor this Shabbos in the following locations:
Empire Shtiebel
489 Empire Blvd. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.] at 9:00am.
Khal Chasidim
1612 Carroll St. [corner Schenectady Ave.] at 9:00am.
Chaim and Chaya Pape
361 New York Ave. [between President and Carroll St.]
Shmuel and Chana (nee Vilenkin) Kuperman
1441 President St. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
Schneur and Liba Nejar
1225 St. Johns Place [between Albany and Troy Ave.]
Shmuli and Chana (nee Krinsky) Newman
536 Montgomery St. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]
Duddy and Racheli (nee Fried) Shagalov
For the first time in years, residents of Jerusalem awoke early this morning to find a blanket of white snow covering the city.
Shmuel and Chana (nee Vilenkin) Kuperman (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 1441 President St.
[between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Most of Russia’s Jews will likely vote for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Sunday’s presidential elections, according to that country’s chief rabbi.
Yesterday, Thursday the first of March, the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights had a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Unveiling the Land of Israel Gallery on the all-new 6,000 square foot floor, ‘A Voyage through Jewish History’ which is set to open on April 1st 2012. Yuli Edelstein, Israel’s Minister of Public Affairs and the Diaspora opened the Gallery, in the presence of Eliezer Shkedi, CEO of El Al.
Choni and Kayla (nee Perlstein) Kazen (Montreal, Canada)
Crownheights.info and the Avner Institute present this unique collection of photos of the Rebbe on Purim, 1964.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Levi Garelik will lead a discussion on the topic: The 30th Siyum Harambam.
Chaim and Chaya Pape (Crown Heights)
Sholom zochor will be at 361 New York Ave.
[between President and Carroll St.]
In this 21st installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes how agents of the NKVD (secret police) would infiltrate the synagogues disguised as pious Jews, and try to gather incriminating information on their unsuspecting fellows.
A Crown Heights artist that goes by the name of Estee has uploaded a speed clip of herself painting an underwater mural.
If the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch movement was a guest invited to your wedding, where would it sit? Too religious for your friends. Too freewheeling for the kosher side of the family. Too big for the small-town Federation sorts. You’d gnaw through your manicure before finding it a seat where it would fit with the others.
Despite a tumultuous fourth quarter of 2011, Skechers Footwear, based in Manhattan Beach, CA is still doing its part to support the local community. After reporting a loss of nearly $60 million in the last three months of 2011, Skechers recently donated $409,000 to six local school districts, as well as the Friendship Circle, based in Redondo Beach.
As the winter comes to a close in Miami-Dade County in Florida, the highly successful Avos Ubonim Motzei Shabbos program in North Miami Beach has ended for the year.
