The Fast begins at 3:47am and ends at 9:01pm (NYC Times)
The 17th of Tammuz is a fast day, which is devoted to mourning the breaching of Jerusalem’s walls and the other tragic events that occurred on this day, and repenting and rectifying their causes. We refrain from all food and drink from “daybreak” (about an hour before sunrise, depending on location) until nightfall. Special prayers and Torah readings are added to the day’s services.
Campers in Beis Rivka’s Day Camp were treated to a concert by Rabbi Chaim Fogelman.
As CrownHeights.info reported, the Chabad Terror Victims Project took a group of injured soldiers from recent Israeli battles to Australia for a special vacation. The past week they have been touring with Rabbi Yossi Swerdlov of Chabad’s Terror Victims Project who is accompanying them on the trip. In the Extended Article he recounts their experiences so far.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A fire broke out this afternoon in a vacant apartment on the 4th floor of an apartment building on Rochester Avenue and President Street.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Zalman Moshe (Scott) Silverman (Long Island, NY) and Yehudis (Jennifer) Oser (Richmond, VA) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Monday night at the Friedman residence, 701 Montgomery St [between Kingston and Albany Ave].
Lubavitcher Yeshiva Chovevei Torah in Crown Heights recently announced their Talmidim that are going to be traveling to Yeshivas around the world and help out with learning with the Bochurim there. The Talmidim HaShluchim will be traveling to Yeshivas in Brazil, Minnesota and California.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Police arrested a Lubavitcher woman late last night after a brief vehicle pursuit. The circumstances for the chase and arrest were not clear, and community activists were working on having her released.
A source told CrownHeights.info that the woman was being chased by police after she was spotted driving and talking on her cell phone, the officers wanted to pull the woman over only she sped off and drove into her garage and closed the gate on the officers.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Hershy and Chanie (nee Levin) Hertzel (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
SYDNEY, Australia [CHI] — The highest office-bearer in the land, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia, paid a visit to The Yeshiva Centre – Chabad NSW Headquarters on Thursday the 2nd of July – 10th of Tammuz.
CrownHeights.info has just learned that detectives from the Special Victims Unit managed to identify a person of interest in the case of the sicko that has been plaguing Crown Heights women for the past two weeks.
His most recent attack was today, Tuesday afternoon at around 5:00pm when he attacked a Jewish girl on Union Street and Albany Avenue as she was entering her apartment.
Stay tuned as we receive more updates on this story.
BROOKLYN, NY — Motor scooters — those cool Vespa-like mini-Harleys that put the buzz in so many European cities — aren’t just convenient, they’re also Zen.
“When you’re driving a scooter, you’re at one with Brooklyn,” said Chaim Seewald, owner of the new Downtown scooter store, ScootNY.
BROOKLYN [1010 WINS] — Police are looking for a man who they say has been going up to women in Brooklyn and slapping them on the buttocks.
There have been at least a dozen incidents since June 19 in the Crown Heights area of the borough, police say. At least five incidents were reported just last weekend.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shneur Landa (S. Louis, MO) and Rochel Leah Brafman (Morristown, NJ) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Wednesday night at Agudas Yisroel, 456 Crown Street [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
BROOKLYN, NY — Challah and Kugel for Shabbat dinner is so yesterday.
Orthodox Jewish residents in Borough Park have caught on to a new trend – sushi!
Curtis Sliwa and his unarmed neighborhood safety patrol, The Guardian Angels went into Crown Heights in 1991 during the riots and stayed for 3 months. Sliwa talks here in this video about the riots and about two Rebbe Dollars he got from the rebbe.
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