In a letter forwarded to CrownHeights.info, the imprisoned Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin discusses the hardships of prison and salutes a Chabad organization that is there to help.
Berel and Goldie (nee Laufer) Paltiel (Crown Heights)
BREAKING NEWS: A Beis Din issued an Ikkul [temporary restraining order] against the installment of Rabbi Yosef Braun. A Beis Din has instructed the Vaah Hakohol not to do any actions in bringing Rabbi Braun until a neutral Beis Din can overlook the issues concerning his election process and allegations of forgeries in his Semicha certificate.
Just when New Yorkers thought they had seen it all this winter, along came a new cause for alarm on Wednesday: ice, a danger on the ground and from above.
The Bochurim of Lubavitch Yeshiva, Pretoria, recently got back from a four day trip to Zimbabwe. This once in a lifetime experience, was the reward for a very successful Yud Shvat Mivtzah.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — More details along with a photo was released by the FBI in connection with the robbery of Apple Bank on Albany Avenue. Surveillance photos show the robber pull a gun on the teller and demand money. He made off with a few hundred dollars.
Halacha and the Parasha – Parashas Trumah.
Approximately 100 ladies gathered to commemorate Chof Beis Shevat in Manchester. The theme this year followed that of the main Kinus Hashluchos of Ish Ubeiso and the evening called “Family First” was L’iluei Nishmas Esther Aidel bas Yisroel Eliezer.
A few days before Shluchos made their way to Crown Heights for Chof Beis Shvat, twelve eighth graders from the Shluchim Online School gathered for a one-of-a-kind experience of their own.
Why is tzedaka such a central mitzvah in Judaism? It seems somewhat un-spiritual that a person should need to affirm their faith in G-d through money. This week, we read about the donation of the Jews to the building of a Sanctuary for G-d in the form of gold, silver, copper and other valuable materials.
Noa Batya bat Daniella Rut is a 7-month-old girl who was recently diagnosed with leukemia, the trgic news devastating her family. Over 150 children in the South African Jewish community gathered in her merit for an hour long rally to say Tehillim for her recovery.
Aryeh Leib Ehrlich (Hewlett, NY) to Meira Finkelstein (Los Angeles, CA)
L’Chaim Motzai Shabbos at 1081 Channel Dr Hewlett, NY
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Dovi and Danielle (nee Mitchell) Slater (London England)
Okay New Yorkers, it’s time to get serious about shoveling the snow off your sidewalk – before it costs you. The Sanitation Department says it has issued more than 2,500 tickets in the last month to owners who left their sidewalks slick and dangerous with ice and snow.
BROOKLYN — Four graffiti taggers nabbed near Marine Park Junior High School by the Shomrim patrol on Jan. 29 have been connected to an act of vandalism on a nearby synagogue that took place more than two months ago, police said.
MELBOURNE — Merkos Women in Melbourne, Australia just wrapped up another amazing ‘Going Deep’ summer program.
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