Hundreds turned out for the first night of Simchas Beis Hashueva in Crown Heights with lively music lasting into the night.
Building on the immense success of previous years, residents living in 762 Empire Blvd, an apartment building on the corner of Troy Ave, celebrated Simchas Beis Hashoeva true to their Yemenite heritage.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Dozens of horrified witnesses watched as a car was peppered with gunshots last night; the driver of the car took a bullet to the head and was rushed to Kings County Hospital.
“Economic progress, in capitalist society, means turmoil.” (Joseph A. Schumpeter)
Demonstrations, mass arrests and occupied public spaces have now become the norm across the country. From New York to Boston and from Houston to Los Angeles, all have encountered groups of the Occupy Wall St. movement. Occupy Wall St. are groups of people who are frustrated with, and tired of, the 1% of the population making the majority of the wealth in this country, while the rest linger with no hope or salvation.
Released Time Program, run under the auspices of the NCFJE, distributed sets of Arba Minim for the families of the public school children who attend the program.
Shimon and Liba Andrusier (Albany, NY)
Most observant Jews around the world spend hours building a sukkah that’s big enough to host a full meal for family and guests. Any location under the open sky is considered kosher. But what if you’re a Jewish soldier serving in Iraq? Or a young Jew protesting on Wall Street? Or you live in New York City and have only a tiny balcony?
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Erev Yom Tov Rabbi Yakov Schwei of the Crown Heights Beis Din was rushed to the hospital after falling ill. It was later determined that he suffered a mild stroke and is expected to be ok.
The Kinus Hashluchim office has announced that Rabbi Mendy Cohen, Director of Chabad of Greater Sacramento, will deliver the keynote address at the Kinus Hashluchim Gala Banquet this year.
In the hours leading up to the beginning of Sukkos the streets of the neighborhood was abuzz with people rushing to make their last minute Yom Tov purchases.
It is forbidden on a holiday to do any act in preparation for the following day,1 even if the following day is Shabbat. However, the sages created a halachic device, called an eruv tavshilin, which allows one to cook food on a holiday day for use on a Shabbat that immediately follows it.
This year marks thirty years since Nachum Markowitz hosted the first Kiddush during Tishrei in front of 770, and in honor of this special milestone a special surprise awaits the guests in the Sukkah of 770.
While there has been some confusion as to what exactly they stand for, paraphernalia handed out by ‘Occupy Wall Street’ activists at Zuccotti Park sums it up in a piece entitled ‘Declaration of the Occupation.’ In one line, they feel “wronged by the corporate forces of the world,” and the piece goes on to list a litany of accusations.
Chabad chassidim have constructed the presidential sukka for President Shimon Peres. A delegation of rabbonim from Kfar Chabad was sent to address the presidential assignment, including Rabbi Gershon Ochana and Rabbi Binyamin Lifshitz. They also presented the president with 4 minim for use during Yomtov.
Sukkas of chocolate and Sukkahs of Cream, Sukkahs of Matzah and Sukkas of wafers were among the creations of the students in Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street all of which participated in a contest for who can create the most interesting Sukkah!
Chezki Golowinsky (Crown Heights) and Mushkie Miller (Chicago, IL)
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