

Photos: Preparing for a Banquet Dinner for 4,500
4,500 rabbis are set to descend upon the Brooklyn Terminal in Redhook Brooklyn, and it takes a staf of over 100 nearly a week to prepare, with less than 24 hours until the banquet begins preparations are reaching their peak.

TRAGEDY: Chosson, 23, Passes Away
It is with a heavy heart CrownHeights.info informs its reader of the untimely passing of 23 year-old Chosson, Hatomim Yossi Kreiman OBM of a sporting accident in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon.

Photos: Motzei Shabbos Havdalah in 770

Obama Praises Moshe’s Nanny
President Barak Obama, who is currently visiting India, praised Moshe’s Nanny in a brief speech at the Taj Mahal.

Nottingham Women Think Pink in Fight Against Disease
Jewish women from across Nottingham, England, attend an awareness-raising event called “Think Pink.”
Motzei Shabbos L’Chaim!
Dovid Perl (Long Island) and Chana Slava Eidelman (Crown Heights)
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
NY1 — Thousands of Hasidic rabbis from around the world are gathering in Brooklyn for an annual conference.
NY1 Video – Rabbis Gather At Chabad Conference
NY1 — Thousands of Hasidic rabbis from around the world are gathering in Brooklyn for an annual conference.
New Engagement!
Levi Lipinski (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Yochi Loschak (S Barbara, CA)

Cabbies Asking for 19% Fair Hike
Hailing a cab may get more pricey if a new proposal to jack up fares is approved, officials said. Yellow cab fleet owners asking for 19% hike. A 5-mile cab ride could jump from about $12 to more than $15.

We Are Changing the Clock
Tonight (Sunday morning) at 2:00am we change our clock’s 1 hour back to 1:00am, and gain an hour of sleep.
So make sure to change your clocks before you get to bed as to avoid any confusion (and being an hour early to everything).
A Gut Voch.
Photos: Young Shluchim Visit the Ohel
Photos: Shluchim Read Pan Kloli at the Ohel
Shluchim gathered this morning at the Ohel to Daven at the Rebbes graveside, and to read the traditional ‘general Pa”n’.
Last week at a Chof Cheshvan Lchaim-Farbrengen, I had the privilege of sitting with Rabbi Ephraim Piekarski, a well known Chosid and Tamid Chochom here in Crown Heights. We had a very nice pleasant warm Chasidisher Farbrengen, Baalei-Batim style.
After a few Lchaim’s Rabbi Piekarski announced that he’s on a high, he is very inspired by what he witnessed in the last few hours.
Op-Ed: Inspirational moment in Crown Heights
Last week at a Chof Cheshvan Lchaim-Farbrengen, I had the privilege of sitting with Rabbi Ephraim Piekarski, a well known Chosid and Tamid Chochom here in Crown Heights. We had a very nice pleasant warm Chasidisher Farbrengen, Baalei-Batim style.
After a few Lchaim’s Rabbi Piekarski announced that he’s on a high, he is very inspired by what he witnessed in the last few hours.
Over 1,000 Shluchim and Anash gathered outside 770 this afternoon to attend the Levaya of a fellow Shliach Rabbi Mendy Deren OBM, who passed away this morning.
Hundreds Attend the Levaya of Mendy Deren OBM
Over 1,000 Shluchim and Anash gathered outside 770 this afternoon to attend the Levaya of a fellow Shliach Rabbi Mendy Deren OBM, who passed away this morning.