WASHINGTON, DC [CHI] — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada welcomed West Coast Chabad’s Rabbi Chaim Nochum Cunin and Rabbi Menachem Mendel Cunin for a pre-Chanukah celebration in the Lyndon B. Johnson Room of the United States Capitol. The Senator joined Chabad in a symbolic lighting of the center “Shamash” candle on the Menorah.
Dovid Nissan and Tzivia (nee Gorkin) Jacobs
1490 Union St. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
J.J. and Shaina (nee Klappholz) Katz
1276 President St. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]
Yudi and Devory (nee Greenwald) Steiger
522 Maple St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Mendel and Yochi Scheiman
770 Empire Blvd. [between Troy and Schenectady Ave.] Apt. 5L
Sholom and Mushky (nee klein) Kass
Pictures of Yud Tes Kislev farbrengens from Pittsburgh, Baltimore, New York, Montreal and… the Amazon Rain Forest!
In honor of Yud Tes Kislev, Crownheights.info and the Avner Institute present a series of unique photos from the Yud Tes Kislev farbrengens of the years 1954, 1955 and 1959.
“After the eighth day of Chanukah we stop lighting the candles. But as far as Mitzvos are concerned, the ninth day must bring an added Mitzvah, and the tenth day another new Mitzvah — constantly increasing and growing.”
Yudi and Devory (nee Greenwald) Steiger (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 522 Maple St.
[between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Levi and Beila (nee Matusof) Edelman (Paris, France)
Follie Dubov (London, England) and Elky Levin (Kensington, NY)
L’Chaim will be Motzei Shabbos at Chovevei Torah
885 Eastern Parkway [between Albany and Troy Ave.]
Crown Heights [CHI] — The entire 770 has been evacuated and all the morning regulars are congregating outside due to a suspicious package that has been mysteriously placed at the “Shalash” entrance (between old and new 770 buildings). The NYPD’s bomb squad is on the way to inspect the package and determine what further steps must be taken. Update: Package determined to be harmless.
It was a fight for their lives, a combined 90 years in prison could have been the punishment handed down by the courts of the State of New York had they have – Chas Veshalom – been found guilty, but have been miraculously saved from this evil decree.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Three Crown Heights Shuls got together in honor of Yud Tes Kislev and together they learned Tanya, attended a Shiur and later farbrenged into the night. The program was Hosted by Oihel Nosson who invited Beis Shmuel and Cong. Ahavas Yisroel.
Starting with a delicious seuda, Cheder at the Ohel students and teachers had a very lively Farbrengen. Led by Rabbi Mendy Levin (Australia), Rabbi Leibel Paris and Rabbi Naftoli Charytan the Cheder boys chanted the 12 peskukim with chayos along with nigunim and a lively benching.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Tzvi Hirsh (Henry) Frank, a longtime resident @ 701 Empire Blvd in Crown Heights, originally from Scottsdale, AZ.
At last year’s Kinus Hashluchim, the International Moshiach Campaign of “Merkos 302” took up a new initiative— to provide a compelling thought on Moshiach for every day of the year. The fruit of their labor has just been published in a new book, Moshiach Day by Day.
Almost nine years after the first American tanks began massing on the Iraq border, the Pentagon declared an official end to its mission here, closing a troubled conflict that helped reshape American politics and left a bitter legacy of anti-American sentiment across the Muslim world.
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