Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Yehoshua and Rivky Botnick (Shluchim to Ottawa, Canada) on the birth of their daughter, Yehudis.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA — The former chief financial officer at Agriprocessors Inc. pleaded guilty today to a charge that he conspired to make false statements to a bank.
Mitchel Meltzer, 50, of Postville was convicted of the conspiracy charge in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids.
Former Agriprocessors Financial Officer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA — The former chief financial officer at Agriprocessors Inc. pleaded guilty today to a charge that he conspired to make false statements to a bank.
Mitchel Meltzer, 50, of Postville was convicted of the conspiracy charge in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Dovber and Bassie Kahn (Berlin, Germany) on the birth of their daughter, Chana.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Mazal Tov! – It’s Twins! – A Boy! and A Girl!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Dovber and Chaya (nee Pewzner) Berkowitz (Shluchim to Contra Costa, California) on the birth of their firstborn son and daughter.
May the newborns be a source of Nachas to their parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Mazal Tov! – 2 Tuesday Night L’Chaims!
Shimon Rivkin (Tampa, FL) and Leah Fellig (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].
Moshe Zalman Kaminetzky (Melbourne, Australia) and Chani Geisinsky (CH) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — As Sukkos is quickly approaching, dozens of Bochurim and Shluchim have already confirmed their Sukkah Mobiles for this coming Chol Hamo'ed. After tremendous efforts, by Bochurim and Yungerleit, the Sukkahs are ready to be assembled, rental contracts are already confirmed and much more has already been done in advance of the biggest Sukkah Mobile Season yet.
With Sukkos Approaching, the Sukkah Mobiles are Back!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — As Sukkos is quickly approaching, dozens of Bochurim and Shluchim have already confirmed their Sukkah Mobiles for this coming Chol Hamo’ed. After tremendous efforts, by Bochurim and Yungerleit, the Sukkahs are ready to be assembled, rental contracts are already confirmed and much more has already been done in advance of the biggest Sukkah Mobile Season yet.
Erev Yom Tov Kiddush Hashem by Hatzalah
An elderly Black man collapsed Erev Yom Kippur on Carroll Street near Kingston Avenue, suffering from what appeared to be a heart attack and thanks to a call to Hatzalah the mans chances of survival were significantly increased.
The upcoming Sukkos edition of the Mishpacha Magazine will be featuring what it calls an “an unprecedented interview” with Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky.
Mishpacha Interview with Rabbi Krinsky
The upcoming Sukkos edition of the Mishpacha Magazine will be featuring what it calls an “an unprecedented interview” with Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky.
The Rebbe at Mincha on Erev Yom Kippur.
Video: A Bracha on Erev Yom Kippur
The Rebbe at Mincha on Erev Yom Kippur.
As a 16 year old Lubavitcher girl born and raised in Crown Heights, I observe adults who are supposed to be my role models getting all fired up about such little things! With all due respect, I just don't understand why you'd be willing to give up Ahavas Yisroel, the most basic, fundamental principle that the entire Torah is based on and have such petty arguments!
Enough is enough!
Op-Ed: Enough is Enough
Everyone, listen to yourselves! This is a little long, but please hear me out, since this is very important!
As a 16 year old Lubavitcher girl born and raised in Crown Heights, I observe adults who are supposed to be my role models getting all fired up about such little things! With all due respect, I just don’t understand why you’d be willing to give up Ahavas Yisroel, the most basic, fundamental principle that the entire Torah is based on and have such petty arguments!
Enough is enough!
CrownHeights.info is pleased to present our readers with this unique and never before published set of photos of the Rebbe all taken on Erev Yom Kippur in different years.
Photos: Erev Yom Kippur with the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info is pleased to present our readers with this unique and never before published set of photos of the Rebbe all taken on Erev Yom Kippur in different years.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Hilda Brafman of Miami Beach, Florida.
She is survived by sons Chaim (Morristown, NJ), R. Yaakov (Miami Beach, FL) and R. Leibish (Crown Heights).
The Levaya will take place today, Sunday, 1:00 pm at Mount Sinai Cemetery in Miami Beach.
The Brafman family will be sitting Shiva today only.
For nichum aveilim email: namfarb@aol.com
Baruch Dayan Hoemes
Baruch Dayan Hoemes – Hilda Brafman OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Hilda Brafman of Miami Beach, Florida.
She is survived by sons Chaim (Morristown, NJ), R. Yaakov (Miami Beach, FL) and R. Leibish (Crown Heights).
The Levaya will take place today, Sunday, 1:00 pm at Mount Sinai Cemetery in Miami Beach.
The Brafman family will be sitting Shiva today only.
For nichum aveilim email: namfarb@aol.com
Baruch Dayan Hoemes
Photos: Kapores in Crown Heights
Under a steady and unrelenting downpour last night people came out to perform the Kapores ritual as is the Minhag in Chabad where we do it in the early morning.
Following the Israeli Prime Ministers powerful speech to the United Nations General Assembly, and the subsequent interviews to the Israeli media, in which Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly referred to the Lubavitcher Rebbe and to the advice he gave him, did so once again before a crowd of 1500 in the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan.
Video: Netanyahu Recalls 770 Visit to the 92nd Y
Following the Israeli Prime Ministers powerful speech to the United Nations General Assembly, and the subsequent interviews to the Israeli media, in which Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly referred to the Lubavitcher Rebbe and to the advice he gave him, did so once again before a crowd of 1500 in the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan.
at the age of 65.
(File photo: Tina Fineberg)
A member of Israel’s Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbinical Court, Lipsker and his wife Sarah opened the desert town’s central Chabad House 31 years ago after moving to the city at the suggestion of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. Since then, he presided over the opening of two religious schools, a synagogue, soup kitchen, numerous Jewish ritual baths, and several learning institutes for immigrants and elderly citizens.
But after his burial Thursday, the rabbi – who in addition to his wife, leaves behind four daughters and dozens of grandchildren – was most remembered by locals as a spiritual guide and benevolent mentor to generations of Arad’s children and adults of all ages.
Desert Population Grieves After Passing of Beloved Chief Rabbi
at the age of 65.
(File photo: Tina Fineberg)
A father figure to thousands of Jews in the southern Israeli city of Arad, Rabbi Ben Tzion Lipsker passed away Wednesday at the age of 65. The sudden loss of one of the city’s two chief rabbis comes just a year before the slated completion of a massive complex to house institutions Lipsker personally founded over a career spanning more than three decades.
A member of Israel’s Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbinical Court, Lipsker and his wife Sarah opened the desert town’s central Chabad House 31 years ago after moving to the city at the suggestion of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. Since then, he presided over the opening of two religious schools, a synagogue, soup kitchen, numerous Jewish ritual baths, and several learning institutes for immigrants and elderly citizens.
But after his burial Thursday, the rabbi – who in addition to his wife, leaves behind four daughters and dozens of grandchildren – was most remembered by locals as a spiritual guide and benevolent mentor to generations of Arad’s children and adults of all ages.
Hospital’s Sabbath House Aids Observant Visitors
Soon after Lisa Wadler’s 1-year-old granddaughter Chana was rushed to the emergency room with a raging fever, she learned that an overnight hospital stay would be necessary.
As the Sabbath was approaching, the family, gathered at the hospital, became more anxious over what they would do. That’s when Chana’s pediatrician told Wadler about the Sabbath House, recently opened adjacent to the hospital in Mineola.
Rabbi Shea Hecht plucks a chicken off a truck parked behind a synagogue in Queens, N.Y., and demonstrates how to swing a chicken.
“You take it by the wing,” says the white-haired Hecht, careful not to get the chicken's feathers or anything else on his black suit and tall black hat. “You put one wing over the other wing. See? It's very relaxed. And you swing it very softly over your head like this.”
Swinging Chicken Ritual Divides Orthodox Jews
Rabbi Shea Hecht plucks a chicken off a truck parked behind a synagogue in Queens, N.Y., and demonstrates how to swing a chicken.
“You take it by the wing,” says the white-haired Hecht, careful not to get the chicken’s feathers or anything else on his black suit and tall black hat. “You put one wing over the other wing. See? It’s very relaxed. And you swing it very softly over your head like this.”
