Special Bike for an Exceptional Boy

NorthJersey.com

Jacob shows his new bike to Rabbi Grossbaum, the coordinator of The Friendship Circle of Bergen County.

When 12-year-old Jacob Adler tried out a bicycle at a trade show in West Orange last year, he was able to ride around the exposition floor. This was a remarkable event for Jacob, who has suffered from cerebral palsy since birth and is dependent on a wheelchair. Jacob’s parents Hillel and Debby Adler of Dickerson Road knew immediately that the bicycle would help Jacob become more mobile and give him greater opportunities to interact with other children.

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Video: 65 Years Later, 770’s First Class Reunites

Reb Mottel Fisher was one of the handful of American boys that joined Rabbi Yisroel Jacobson for his Shabbos afternoon Tanya Shiur in Brownsville during the 1930s. In August of 1939, only weeks before World War II broke out, Reb Mottel with a few of his friends – including Rabbis Avrohom Hecht and Mottel Altein, set out in the historic trip to join the Central Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Otwock, Poland, to be with the Frierdiker Rebbe. On the way to Poland, the group traveled through Paris, meeting with the Rebbe, who came to see them in the train station.

Alert: Missionaries Targeting CH Door to Door

Mobile photo sent in by a reader.

CrownHeights.info has received a number of emails alerting us to missionary activity in the neighborhood. A group of 5 to 10 has been seen knocking on doors all around the neighborhood, targeting Jewish homes specifically.

Ten Minute Video Class! – Parshas Va’etchanan

We are pleased to present our ninth online class in the “Torah in Ten” series, presented by the editor-in-chief of Kol Menachem, Rabbi Chaim Miller. To receive this class to your inbox subscribe here: www.torahinten.com

Antwerp Day Camp Comes to a Close

ANTWERP, Belgium [CHI] — The boys division of the Gan Israel Day Camp of Antwerp, is coming to a close after a wonderful, exciting summer. The camp has 180 frum boys (mostly not Lubavitch,) and is part of the summer camp network of Chabad of Antwerp, headed by Rabbi Shabtai Slavaticki. The entire network consists of 900 campers.

New Engagement!

Mendy Drukman (Kiryat Motchkin, Israel) and Chaya Mushka (bas R. Dovid Mendel) Morozow (Crown Heights)

L’Chaim tonight, Thursday Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]

Chabad West Hills, CA to Buy Building, Double Size

by R. C. Berman – Lubavitch.com

After a blow up with his parents over a fender bender, Matt DeRose, 16, peeled out of the house on foot and disappeared.

A few hours after he vanished, Matt called home on his cell. When he finally phoned his mom Robin was relieved. When Matt revealed where he ran to, Robin was proud.

Shabbaton on a Hill Top

Around two months ago, just before Shavuos, a few dozen women from many different backgrounds came together for a pre-Shavuos Shabbaton on a luxurious estate in Morristown, New Jersey. This was another opportunity to experience one of the unique and inspirational weekends of “Kabbalah of Life” with Chana Ginsburg.