Whether you’re on a plane to Israel, in Brooklyn, or spending time in Central Park in New York City, you can’t miss Rabbi Chayim Boruch Alevsky — he’s the one in the “Did you wrap the straps today?” T-shirt. A fun play on words, no doubt, the shirt inspires questions, the occasional thumbs-up, laughs, and, most importantly, the mitzvah of tefillin.
Levi and Devora Leah Fuss (Cincinnati, OH)
Levy Goldberg (Yerres, France) and Chaya Mushka Alfandari (Yerres, France)
L’Chaim tonight, Thursday at 823 Montgomery St. [between Albany and Troy Ave.]
Chaim Meir and Rivki (nee Solomon) Steigman (Crown Heights)
With sadness we inform you of the passing of HaRav HaChossid, HaRav HaTomim Rabbi Aaron ben HaRav Yehuda Chitrik OBM of Crown Heights at age 73. Rabbi Chitrik was the director of the editorial board of the Hebrew Department of Vaad Kisvei Kodesh which was responsible for publishing the Chassidus Seforim of the Rebbeim.
He is survived by his dear wife Slava and son Hershey Chitrik (Crown Heights / Miami), and daughter Mrs. Rochel Gross (Crown Heights), as well as his brother Tzvi Hersh Chitrik (Crown Heights), and sisters Mrs. Chaya Lieberman (Belgium) and Mrs. Shaindel Schneerson (Brooklyn). He was predeceased by his son Shmully.
For the first time ever, the community of Mountain Jews of Baku celebrated the holiday of Simchat Torah in their new synagogue.
An intensive building campaign launched five years ago by the Central Shule Chabad in Melbourne, Australia, has achieved close to 90 percent of its goal towards establishing a community center that will benefit not only its congregants, but the entire local Jewish community as well.
The Crown Heights JCC has once again arranged with the Forestry division of the NYC Parks Dept. to have all the S’chach picked up. During the next few days, the S’chach will be picked up by the local Sanitation Dept. on the regular garbage pick up days for your block. Please put the S’chach in the area where your regular household garbage is being picked up. If you put your garbage in front of your house, please put your S’chach along the curbside.
For those who own a car but not a driveway or garage, Alternate Side Parking regulations can be quite a burden; none more so than in Crown Heights where it happens four times a week (as opposed to the standard two). At last, for those residents living north of Eastern Parkway in NYC District 8, relief may be on its way.
Kingston Ave. is filled with Israelis and others shopping last minute items from peddlers and merchants on the street before they fly back home.
Nadiv and Toby (nee Ezagui) Kehaty (Crown Heights)
The Malka family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their father, Reb Dovid OBM, at 440 Brooklyn Ave Apt. 2G [between Empire Blvd. and Sterling St.]
Shachris 7:30
Mincha 5:45
Maariv Bizmana.
The family asks that people not come after 10pm. They have also set up an email address for people to send memories and condolences: malkafamily440@gmail.com
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
Skechers is teaming up with Kids Foot Locker to kick off the third annual Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk to raise funds for children with special needs and education on October 30, 2011.
Oprah Winfrey, in New York as part of a new television series, “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” that premieres in January, visited the neighborhoods of Crown Heights, Borough Park and Brooklyn Heights for a glimpse into the daily life of Chasidic Jews and how their intense spiritual devotion informs and strengthens their dealings with the outside world.
Pete Sutherland traveled to Zuccotti Park all the way from Georgia Friday, shivering as he wielded a handmade sign that read, “The Reason the Arabs Hate Us.”
While the tzibur is just beginning to recover from the bochrim in Japan incident, which all continue davening will end soon and end well, there is now a story of a Yerushalmi bachur involved with drugs and imprisoned in India.
Yossi and Sarah’le (nee Lipsker) Langsam (Crown Heights)
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