Pictures from the L’Chaim of Yisroel (ben R Peretz) Laine (Crown Heights) and Mushka Gopin (West Hartford, CT) took place Sunday night in the Razag Ballroom. Photos by lchayimphotography.com.
JERUSALEM, Israel [CHI] — A unique, special project is nearing its realization—the central mass celebration of 107 Bar Mitzvah boys from all across Israel who joined for a preparatory course under the auspices of social-services organization Colel Chabad.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — At around 12:00am Sunday Night two cars collided in the intersection of Troy Avenue and Eastern Parkway, with a total of 5 passengers on board. One Yid who heard the sound from the collision called 911, Hatzalah and Shomrim.
The recently released Mayer Rivkin Music Video “It Happened Yom Kippur”, revived by Infinity Productions, will soon be sent out in HD DVD form, to over 1000 Shluchim throughout the United States. A colorful attractive jacket and packaging with original graphic art-work, was prepared for this music video. The song was composed and the lyrics written during the summer of 1974 at Camp Gan Israel, Montreal, Canada. It describes a young Israeli soldier in a conversation with his father, as he prepares to go into battle.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Asher Noam and Doba Webb (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Over Shabbos Shomrim radios crackled to life on two separate occasions over Shabbos, the first a call for a burglar inside of a Jewish building on Friday night, and the second from the Police Precinct after officers found a young Jewish special needs child wandering on Nostrand Avenue alone.
While men were still in Shul on Friday night a woman called the Shomrim hotline and stated that there was a Black male who broke into her building, 575 East New York Avenue, and was trying to get into apartments. Many Shomrim members responded and upon arrival all they found to be missing was one bicycle from the garage area.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — The new Vaad Hakhol of Crown Heights hosted a fundraiser for State Senator John Sampson this past Thursday night. The State Senator has represented District 19 in the New York State Senate, which comprises Crown Heights, as well as some surrounding neighborhoods, since being elected in 1996. The fundraiser was held at the home of Chanina Sperlin.
Yisroel Laine (Crown Heights) and Mushka Gopin (West Hartford, CT) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].
Shneur Edelkopf (Kiryat Malachi, Israel) and Chaya Lipszyc (Toronto, Canada)
IYH at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Itche and Nechomie (nee Paris) Zalmanov (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Members of the Beis Levi Yitzchok Shul on Crown Street completed a new Sefer Torah for their Shul. The Torah was dedicated in memory of Reb Levi Yitzchok, the Rebbes Father.
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Firefighters were on the scene of a building that collapsed in Brooklyn.
The four-story building on Myrtle Avenue in the Fort Greene section housed several apartments but luckily, no one was home.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The eighth grades of Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street graduated today in a ceremony with their parents and teachers in attendance. The Bochurim will be starting Mesivta next year.
TZFAT, Israel [CHI] — Following the testing of the Smicha boys in Melicha all the bochurim of the yeshiva were invited to the home of the Rosh HaYeshiva, Rabbi Orimland where Rabbi ‘O’ prepared his famous schwarma b-b-q!
On top of this when the bochurim came to Rabbi ‘O’s this past Friday before Shabbos (as they came for almost every Friday night of the year) they were treated to a surprise mini b-b-q consisting of hot dogs, kebobs and watermelon.
A Pidyon Haben, or “redemption of the firstborn son,” is a ceremony wherein the father of a firstborn male redeems his son by giving a kohen (a priestly descendant of Aaron) five silver coins, thirty days after the baby’s birth.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The eighth grades of Oholei Torah graduated today in a ceremony with their parents and teachers in attendance. The Bochurim will be starting Mesivta next year.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two Jewish women were assaulted Friday night by Black strangers. The two incidents occurred around the same time, on different ends of the neighborhood. One of the victims flagged down a police car that refused to help and did not call for another unit to assist her, instead telling the witnesses to “get over it.”
One incident took place on Carroll Street between Brooklyn and Kingston Avenues around 9:00pm, as people were returning home from Shul. A Black male, described to be in his late teens or early twenties, walked passed a Jewish married woman and slapped her. He then fled toward Kingston Avenue. The perpetrator was described as wearing a dark-colored, sleeveless T-shirt and dark jeans.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — There will be a distribution of non-perishable goods, such as flour and canned goods, for the community on Sunday starting at 12:30pm in the parking lot of Beis Rivka on Montgomery Street between Nostrand and New York Avenues. As they have done Erev Pesach, and just two weeks ago, Shomrim is involved once again in making this happen.
11
