Avraham Fried Singing At the Annual Melave Malka Shabaton of the amazing Organization “Bein Ish Ubein Achiv” Dec 26 in Parsippany, New Jersey 2009
On the 10th of Tevet of the year 3336 from Creation (425 BCE), the armies of the Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem. Thirty months later — on Tammuz 9, 3338 — the city walls were breached, and on Av 9th of that year, the Holy Temple was destroyed. The Jewish people were exiled to Babylonia for 70 years.
The smiles and cheers at the recent tearing down of a Texas synagogue and community center may seem out of character for a people still mourning the 2,000-year-old destruction of Jerusalem’s Holy Temple.
LONDON, England [CHI] — This past Tuesday evening, Hay Teves, Anash of London celebrated the Chanukas Habayis of the new building for its’ Mechina Leyishiva.
Shmaya and Rochi (nee Silver) Galperin.
IYH at 388 Kingston Ave [between Crown and Montgomery St].
Hershke and Chaya Rochel (nee Minkowitz) Skoblo.
IYH at 362 Crown St [between Brooklyn and New York Ave].
Betzalel and Chaya (nee Weinstein) Bassman.
IYH at 321 S Grandview Ave, Monsey, NY 10952.
Mendy and Rochel (nee Baumgarten) Goldberg (Shluchim to Coram, NY) .
Meir and Chanie (nee Tarlow) Perelstein.
IYH at the Morristown Yeshiva, 226 Sussex Avenue, Morristown, NJ.
Eli and Rachel (nee Denburg) Kornfeld (Shluchim to Clinton, NJ) .
Yarden and Bayla Blumstein (West Bloomfield, MI) .
IYH at 5630 Arborview Ct, West Bloomfield, MI.
Menachem and Nechama (nee Laber) Tauber.
IYH at 1015 NE 171st Terrace, Miami, FL 33162.
Yosef and Chani (nee Borenstein) Konikov (Shluchim to Orlando, FL) .
Mendi and Dobi (nee Ende) Koncepolski (Shluchim to S Paulo, Brazil) .
Please stay tuned as we update this list when information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info. Thank You!!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Dovid Eleff (Cleveland, OH) and Rochel Boyarsky (Montreal, Canada) on their engagement.
Their L’Chaim will IYH be Motzei Shabbos at Chovevei Torah, 885 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Ave].
The unmistakable echo of hulking boots pounding the outdoor pavement was enough to strike terror into the hearts of the small band of Chassidim gathered in a dimly lit basement in the Russian city of Samarkand.
The purpose of the gathering was a “Farbrengen,” a Chassidic get-together meant to encourage and inspire one another in the pursuit of spirituality and Divine service. Such gatherings were obviously utterly outlawed in communist Russia and punishable by unthinkable penalty.
As the Farbrengen lingered into the wee hours of the morning the atmosphere became increasingly somber. With tears in their eyes a number of younger Chassidim unburdened their heavy hearts on the presiding Mashpia (spiritual mentor) regarding their deficient spiritual state.
It was at this climactic moment that the thumping from outside caught the attention of the group of Farbrengers now gripped by sudden fear. Who else would be parading the streets at this ungodly hour if not the NKVD? Alas, their secret was uncovered; their game was up. Only G-d knows what would be with them now. Would they ever see their families again?
For the students of Cheder Yaldey Hashluchim Yonkers, Hei Teves wasn’t just a day of seforim they learned about in theory. The school, which is comprised of the children of Shluchim from Westchester County and the Connecticut area, traveled to Crown Heights to celebrate Hei Teves.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Ari’le Matusof (Crown Heights) and Chaya Krinsky (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Motzei Shabbos at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St, [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Sholom Pinson (Nice, France) and Mushke Gourewitz (Lyon, France) on their engagement.
Have a Mazal Tov you want to share? Email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Peretz and Michal Shapiro (Shluchim to Dallas, TX) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended on Friday, December 25. Because it is is a major legal holiday, parking meter regulations are also suspended.
On major legal holidays, stopping, standing, and parking are permitted, except in areas where stopping, standing, and parking rules are in effect 7 days a week (for example, “No Standing Anytime”).
The 2010 alternate side parking (street cleaning) rules suspension calendar is available now, click below.
On a recent Friday night, Rabbi Shmuly Weiss and his wife Rashi were guests in their own Montreal home. Roles were reversed as university students at Chabad of McGill became the masters of ceremony during the Inaugural Host Shabbat Dinner.
It was up to the students to create a menu, choose the night’s theme, and make Kiddush to “try to inspire the crowd,” Weiss says. “I’m on the backburner; I’m one of the guests.”
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Refael Peretz Rivkin, 6 year old son of Shimon and Sternie Rivkin (Rivkin Yerakot) of Kfar Chabad Israel.
Three weeks ago Peretz contacted with a virus that spread to his brain.
His levaya was held today at 6:00 in Kfar Chabad.
His family is sitting shiva in their home in Kfar Chabad.
Baruch Dayan Emes.
Over the last few days a text message has been spreading around the Jewish communities in Crown Heights, Boro Park, and Flatbush about “a 3-year-old boy being abducted by a man driving a Mitsubishi Eclipse”, is confirmed to be a hoax and has appeared via text messages along with Twitter and other social networking sites as much as 4 months ago.
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Religious Jews have long experimented with ways to maintain their observance despite the advent of technology. Chabad Lubavitch’s AskMoses.com allows visitors to chat with a Jewish scholar every day except on the Sabbath and holidays. Rabbi Simcha Backman says the Web site is a form of outreach.
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