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
Shlomo and Meira (nee Spitz) Saul (Crown Heights)
CrownHeights.info and Kol Menachem are happy to present the third class in a new “Torah in Ten” series titled “The Journey of Shabbos”.
These classes are based on the new “Lifestyle” Friday Night Prayer Companion that was released last month. In this class, Rabbi Chaim Miller discusses what is the meaning of Shabbos, and why is the prayer of Lecha Dodi so important.
Dudi and Chana Mushka (nee Wolvovsky) Abergel (Crown Heights)
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.”
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.
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