Seven years ago was the first time Sumy Ukraine saw a public Menorah. It was in the middle of what is now known as ‘the orange revolution,’ and there was little hope that the government would allow a public menorah.
A story is told that in 1929, when the Previous Rebbe made a trip to Israel, his vehicle broke down on the road to Tzfat, and was warmly welcomed in to someone’s home and was served tea. Who was this family? Did this incident really happen? The Encounter with the Rebbe team found this person!
The Rosh Chodesh Society has been causing quite a stir amongst shluchos and the women of their communities. So much so that a group of Crown Heights women, who got wind of this, decided that they wanted the opportunity that so many women up and down the country are boasting. They got together and, at the last N’shei convention, encouraged Mrs. Shaindy Jacobson to bring the RCS courses to our shchuna. Fortunately, they succeeded!
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended on Monday, January 2, for New Year’s. Parking meter regulations will be suspended as well.
Shneur Inglis (London, UK) and Rivky Berkowitz (Detroit, MI)
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Mendy White (Brooklyn, NY) and Pesha Angster (Baltimore, MD)
Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy. [corner Kingston Ave.]
Yisroel Dovid Klein (Manchester, UK) and Ilana Rivkah Ellis (New York, NY)
585 Crown St. [between Albany and Troy Ave.] at 8:30
Ever wanted to look up what the Rebbe said about a particular topic? A new index of all the Rebbe’s Sichos, called Sefer Hamaftechos L’Sichos Kodesh compiled by Rabbi Michoel Seligson, went on sale this Hei Teves at Kehos bookstore on Eastern Parkway.
On December 21, as reported here on Crownheights.info, the Lithuanian tabloid Vakaro Zionios ran a front page photo of Lithuania’s Chabad representative, Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinsky, with the headline “The Jews” and in smaller letters, “see no need to pay their social security taxes.”
In honor of Hey Teves Kol Menachem will be offering up to 45% off on The Kol Menachem Library and Lifestyle books. This sale runs today, Sunday January 1st .
All purchases must be made by Sunday 11:59 pm, to place your order visit: KolMenachem.com
Chili Biston (Parkland, FL) and Chanie Barber (Melbourne, Australia)
Yoel (ben R’ Yitzchok) Wolf (Chicago, IL) and Rivky Grossbaum (St. Paul, MN)
Mendy and Chaya Mushka (nee Vogel) Hecht (Crown Heights)
Marking 25 years to the chasiddims victory in the ‘Seforim Case’ hundreds gathered in Beis Rivkah Campus Chomesh and marked the occasion with a farbrengen in which they heard from a notable guest, Mr. Bruce J. Teitelbaum who served as an aid to the judge in the case.
This morning, Beis Menachem of Manchester held it’s annual Yom Limmud.
Levi and Rivki (nee Zwiebel) Liberow (London, UK)
Aaron Rafkin (Pittsburgh, PA) and Shaina Cohn (Pittsburgh, PA)
Bangalore’s Chabad House, under the auspicies of Rabbi Tzvi and Noa Rivkin, was blessed with many and varied activites during the days of Chanuka:
What a Chanuka! Every night of Chanukah, large crowds gathered to take part in the Chabad of Southgate Menorah Lighting on Cockfosters Road, within view of the constantly busy M25 motorway.
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