Picture of the Day! – Good Shabbos!
A fan sent in this cellphone picture in wishing CrownHeights.info and its readers a Good Shabbos!
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New Engagement!
Mark Menachem Yisroel Ladenheim (Philadelphia, PA) and Erika Simcha Tova Kamish (Los Angeles, CA)
Royal Mockery – The Fog Of Arrogance And Pride
By Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov Jax, Fl.
As the planks flexed under his weight, while crossing the old rickety bridge, the frightened pedestrian prayed for mercy: “Dear G-d, if only I will make it across the span, I shall give 50% of my worth to charity, for what good is my wealth if I’m to lose my life?”
Eli and Esther Wilansky Are Jumping Into FL Shlichus!
Rabbi Eli and Esther Wilansky are moving on Shlichus to Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, where they will be serving as program and youth directors for Chabad @ the Beaches.
The Hassidim of the Consumer Electronics Show
The Atlantic (blog)
LAS VEGAS — Walking around the CES showroom floor, there is one specific cultural group that stood out to me. (No, it was not the booth models.) A surprising number of Hassidic Jews seemed to be exhibiting and walking around the show.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe!
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a collection of photos that were taken one winter morning around Chanukah 5736 (1975) of the Rebbe awaiting, then entering, his secretary’s car. With special thanks to the Korolitzky family for the photos.
4 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Zevi and Rochie (nee Riesenberg) Katz
1338 President St [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]
Yisroel and Henna (nee Shapiro) Shomer
1441 St Johns Place, Apt 4C [between Utica and Rochester Ave]
Leibel and Nechama Shaindel (nee Tiefenbrun) Ceitlin
1442 Carrol St [between Kingston and Albany Ave]
Shloimeh and Rivki (nee Graj) Nathanson
196 Orrong Rd, Caulfield North, Victoria, Australia
Ted Williams and Us
By Yochanan Gordon
Most of us have by now come to know who Ted Williams is. Just in case there are those reading this that have not chanced upon his internet video that has garnered over five million views and his subsequent life story, here it is in a nutshell. Ted Williams, born and raised in Brooklyn, was a former radio personality who ran into hard times with drugs, alcohol and the law which sadly spiraled out of control leaving him homeless and perhaps even worse – hopeless. Despite his negligence and the consequences that he suffered as a result he held onto that rather dormant sense of hope that one day he would be given another chance to succeed.
Catch and Release: Shomrim Apprehend Man Passing Fake Currency, Police Release Him
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — An incident with a man passing counterfeit $50 bills to Kingston Avenue stores, had the tables turned on Shomrim when an apathetic police force, led by an officer and a sergeant, turned the story upside down and accused them of playing cops and robbers, while letting the suspect go. Disturbing video footage tells this bizarre story.
NY Daily News
Rabbi Adler Moshe, a Holocaust survivor, was hit and killed by a driver in Brooklyn. Photo: VINnews.com
A Brooklyn man was arrested after running over a Holocaust survivor and killing him, police said Thursday.
As the 27-year-old man, was cruising westbound on Avenue J in Midwood about 7:45 p.m. Wednesday he hit 82-year-old Moshe Adler, a rabbi, who stepped into the crosswalk at E. Ninth St., police said.
Unlicensed Driver hits, kills Holocaust Survivor
NY Daily News
Rabbi Adler Moshe, a Holocaust survivor, was hit and killed by a driver in Brooklyn. Photo: VINnews.com
A Brooklyn man was arrested after running over a Holocaust survivor and killing him, police said Thursday.
As the 27-year-old man, was cruising westbound on Avenue J in Midwood about 7:45 p.m. Wednesday he hit 82-year-old Moshe Adler, a rabbi, who stepped into the crosswalk at E. Ninth St., police said.
NYC, Still Rattled from Storm, Faces More Snow
NEW YORK CITY [AP] — Another storm is taking aim at New York City, where Mayor Michael Bloomberg is still under fire for slow cleanup of a stubborn winter blast that kept streets clogged for days and delayed trash pickups, causing uncollected garbage to pile up for more than a week.The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for the New York City, plus parts of New Jersey, Connecticut and suburban Long Island, beginning Friday morning. Two to 5 inches of light snow could come overnight Thursday with heavier snow possible Friday into Saturday.
NY Times
David G. Trager, a federal judge in Brooklyn whose rulings were pivotal in a racially charged case in Crown Heights and in the first civil suit to challenge the Bush administration’s practice of sending terrorism suspects to countries that employ torture, died on Wednesday at his home in Brooklyn. He was 73.The cause was pancreatic cancer, his wife, Roberta E. Weisbrod, said.
After three decades as a lawyer, state investigation commissioner, federal prosecutor and law school professor and dean, Mr. Trager was named to the United States District Court for the Eastern District by President Bill Clinton in 1993. After assuming senior status in 2006, Judge Trager worked full time until recently. The district encompasses Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
David G. Trager, Judge in Crown Heights Case, Dies at 73
NY Times
David G. Trager, a federal judge in Brooklyn whose rulings were pivotal in a racially charged case in Crown Heights and in the first civil suit to challenge the Bush administration’s practice of sending terrorism suspects to countries that employ torture, died on Wednesday at his home in Brooklyn. He was 73.
The cause was pancreatic cancer, his wife, Roberta E. Weisbrod, said.
After three decades as a lawyer, state investigation commissioner, federal prosecutor and law school professor and dean, Mr. Trager was named to the United States District Court for the Eastern District by President Bill Clinton in 1993. After assuming senior status in 2006, Judge Trager worked full time until recently. The district encompasses Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
The Rebbe says:
1. In this week’s Torah portion Hashem (G-d) sends the tenth and final plague upon the Egyptian people and every firstborn in the land of Egypt died.
2. When Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) forewarned Pharaoh about the impending catastrophe that was about to befall him and his people, he told him that the plague would happen “Ki’cha’tzos Ha’lie’lah – at around midnight”.
Rashi explains that the actual prophecy which Moshe Rabbeinu received from Hashem to tell over to Pharaoh was that the plague of the firstborn would happen precisely at midnight, however Moshe Rabbeinu changed the wording to “at around midnight” because if he would say “precisely at midnight” and Pharaoh and his stargazers would make a mistake as to when the exact time of midnight is, they would say that Hashem was late or early (Heaven Forbid) in bringing the plague.
1. In this week’s Torah portion Hashem (G-d) sends the tenth and final plague upon the Egyptian people and every firstborn in the land of Egypt died.
2. When Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) forewarned Pharaoh about the impending catastrophe that was about to befall him and his people, he told him that the plague would happen “Ki’cha’tzos Ha’lie’lah – at around midnight”.
Rashi explains that the actual prophecy which Moshe Rabbeinu received from Hashem to tell over to Pharaoh was that the plague of the firstborn would happen precisely at midnight, however Moshe Rabbeinu changed the wording to “at around midnight” because if he would say “precisely at midnight” and Pharaoh and his stargazers would make a mistake as to when the exact time of midnight is, they would say that Hashem was late or early (Heaven Forbid) in bringing the plague.
Sicha of the Rebbe – Parshas Bo
The Rebbe says:
1. In this week’s Torah portion Hashem (G-d) sends the tenth and final plague upon the Egyptian people and every firstborn in the land of Egypt died.
2. When Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) forewarned Pharaoh about the impending catastrophe that was about to befall him and his people, he told him that the plague would happen “Ki’cha’tzos Ha’lie’lah – at around midnight”.
Rashi explains that the actual prophecy which Moshe Rabbeinu received from Hashem to tell over to Pharaoh was that the plague of the firstborn would happen precisely at midnight, however Moshe Rabbeinu changed the wording to “at around midnight” because if he would say “precisely at midnight” and Pharaoh and his stargazers would make a mistake as to when the exact time of midnight is, they would say that Hashem was late or early (Heaven Forbid) in bringing the plague.
New Engagement!
Chalom Loeub (Montreal, Canada) and Esti Estreicher (Morristown, NJ)
L’Chaim Sunday night at Beis Levi Yitzchok
556 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave]
New Engagement!
Choni Kazen (Crown Heights) and Kayla Perlstein (Montreal, Canada)
New Engagement!
Aaron Lazer Goodman (Melbourne, Australia) and Gani Domber (Queens, New York)
Massive Shabbat Dinners Get Even Bigger on University Campuses
by Karen Schwartz – Chabad.edu
Jewish students at the State University of New York at New Paltz prepare challah bread in advance of the local Chabad House’s Shabbat 118 event.
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