Shiur in Hilchos Kiddush Hachodesh
There will be a Shiur tonight, Tuesday 8pm by Rabbi Yosef Losh on Hilchos Kiddush Hachodesh at Beis Eliezer Yitzchok, 394 Kingston Ave [between Crown and Montgomery St].
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Jewish Childrens Museum 3rd Annual Golf Tournament
WHITE PLANES, NY [CHI] — Friends and supporters of the Jewish Childrens Museum turned out for its 3rd annual golf tournament benefiting the museum. Despite the recession economy an impressive amount people partook in a relaxed day of golf on the expansive green of the Ridgewood Country Club in White Planes.
Is there' a “Shidduch Crisis” ? Not if you've been participating in the Brooklyn Ladies' Shidduch Group. For us, well, we see only opportunities. With the motto “Let's help each other.”, we've been meeting once or twice monthly for over one year. We meet in Flatbush, at Bais Menachem Mendel at 1000 East 17th St, and have developed a lively cameraderie. Mostly, ladies come and present someone single - sometimes their own child. Women have presented their siblings, their Shabbos guests, even themselves! Numerous professional shadchanim. have visited, as have a mashpiah presenting her mushpa, one mother who drove 4 hours from out-of-state to present her children, and visitors from California, Montreal, and Israel !
During the meetings, ladies present a profile of a single. General appearance, background information, style of religiosity and personality attributes are described. Other participants ask questions to clarify what the single is about or is seeking. Names of singles are not used.
During the meetings, ladies present a profile of a single. General appearance, background information, style of religiosity and personality attributes are described. Other participants ask questions to clarify what the single is about or is seeking. Names of singles are not used.
Shidduch Crisis or Shidduch Challenge?
Is there’ a “Shidduch Crisis” ? Not if you’ve been participating in the Brooklyn Ladies’ Shidduch Group. For us, well, we see only opportunities. With the motto “Let’s help each other.”, we’ve been meeting once or twice monthly for over one year. We meet in Flatbush, at Bais Menachem Mendel at 1000 East 17th St, and have developed a lively cameraderie. Mostly, ladies come and present someone single – sometimes their own child. Women have presented their siblings, their Shabbos guests, even themselves! Numerous professional shadchanim. have visited, as have a mashpiah presenting her mushpa, one mother who drove 4 hours from out-of-state to present her children, and visitors from California, Montreal, and Israel !
During the meetings, ladies present a profile of a single. General appearance, background information, style of religiosity and personality attributes are described. Other participants ask questions to clarify what the single is about or is seeking. Names of singles are not used.
By Lynda Waddington for the Iowa Independent
POSTVILLE, IA — The sale of Agriprocessors in Postville was approved this morning by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Paul J. Kilburg to a newly formed company.
SHF Industries, a company formed in May by Canadian plastics manufacturer Hershey Friedman and his son-in-law Daniel Hirsch, is set to become the company’s new owners. Friedman has indicated that he will continue the plant as a meatpacking operation, and will continue to focus on kosher products.
Sale of Agriprocessors Approved by Bankruptcy Court
By Lynda Waddington for the Iowa Independent
POSTVILLE, IA — The sale of Agriprocessors in Postville was approved this morning by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Paul J. Kilburg to a newly formed company.
SHF Industries, a company formed in May by Canadian plastics manufacturer Hershey Friedman and his son-in-law Daniel Hirsch, is set to become the company’s new owners. Friedman has indicated that he will continue the plant as a meatpacking operation, and will continue to focus on kosher products.
Four Rabbis, Four States and a Mitzvah Tank Full of Judaism
In a historic move for Chabad of RARA, winter in Australia will see TWO major trips head out. Mendel Perlstein and Naftoli Goldschmidt will be blazing a trail in the RARA tank through the states of Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. Ari Mochkin and Ari Cadaner will be based in NSW for the next month.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Ari and Chanie (nee Karp) Greenwald (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
By Larry Hertz for the Poughkeepsie Journal
Shliach to Rhinebeck, Rabbi Hanoch Hecht giving a class
RHINEBECK — A Rhinebeck Jewish group's plans to build a cultural and religious center in the town have been temporarily derailed by a real estate agent the organization later learned had filed for bankruptcy, the group's leader said.
Real Estate Agent’s Bankruptcy Hits Chabad
By Larry Hertz for the Poughkeepsie Journal
Shliach to Rhinebeck, Rabbi Hanoch Hecht giving a class
RHINEBECK — A Rhinebeck Jewish group’s plans to build a cultural and religious center in the town have been temporarily derailed by a real estate agent the organization later learned had filed for bankruptcy, the group’s leader said.
Lubavitch Day Camp, Toronto, has come out with a follow up to last weeks video.
Video of the Day – BabagaNews Week 2!
Lubavitch Day Camp, Toronto, has come out with a follow up to last weeks video.
Head Shliach of Bangkok Visits Chabad of Melbourne CBD
Chabad of Melbourne CBD were honored to have Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor, Chief Rabbi of Thailand as their guest speaker today, Monday for their Businessmen Luncheon.
Rabbi Chaim Herzog, the Shliach of Chabad of Melbourne CBD welcomed Rabbi Kantor and said that he was sent to Thailand by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in May 1993 and now has 9 other emissaries helping him in his holy and inspiring work.
By Motti Bassok for the Marker
ISRAEL — Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer on Monday called on the heads of the ultra-Orthodox sector in Israel to promote employment among Haredi men and women in order to minimize the prevalent poverty among them.
During a conference for the ultra-Orthodox community in Jerusalem, Fischer said that the low employment rate among the Haredi men and women was the root cause of for the high incidence of poverty, higher than any other sector in Israeli society, including the notoriously poor Arab sector.
Bank of Israel Chief to Ultra-Orthodox Community: Get jobs!
By Motti Bassok for the Marker
ISRAEL — Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer on Monday called on the heads of the ultra-Orthodox sector in Israel to promote employment among Haredi men and women in order to minimize the prevalent poverty among them.
During a conference for the ultra-Orthodox community in Jerusalem, Fischer said that the low employment rate among the Haredi men and women was the root cause of for the high incidence of poverty, higher than any other sector in Israeli society, including the notoriously poor Arab sector.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Boy!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Berel and Racheli (nee Weiss) Wilhelm (Los Angeles, CA) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Yerachmiel Bronstein (Crown Heights) and Chani Erdvin (Toronto, Canada) on their engagement.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
Nichum Avelim at the Lieberman’s
Reb Aaron Rubashkin paid a Shiva visit to his old time partner, Reb Alter Lieberman both of whom were partners in the meat business when they first came to the United States in the Early 1950’s.
Tragic Accident Claims the Life of Flatbush Yeshiva Student
WOODRIDGE, NY [CHI] — A tragic one-vehicle accident upstate New York left one Bochur dead, and a seriously injured passenger after the driver apparently fell asleep at the wheel. The incident took place on Route 58, Glen Wild Road near Woodridge in Sullivan County, right across from the Skvere Camp Beis Yitzchok.
Yeshiva World News reported that the Niftar is 19-year-old Yeshaya Dovid Eckstein OBM who lived on 8th Street in the Kensington section of Brooklyn.
by Lazer Avtzon
Who would have believed the selling of the SHUK would make such headlines? Businesses come and go, and some predicted the demise of the SHUK the minute Kol Tuv opened Empire Kosher? After all, can our community actually support two large kosher supermarkets? (I believe it can, but that depends on you, read on…)
As a close personal friend of Shloimie for over 20 years, I have been following this issue long before it became a “sensation” and certainly before the beautiful stories posted by various individuals,
We find ourselves in the three weeks, and as such, comments posted with regards to why people ask for credit, who gives them the right, who is a bigger ball tzedokah, etc, all have no place, nor virtue in this discussion.
Op-Ed: What we can all Learn from the Shuk Story
by Lazer Avtzon
Who would have believed the selling of the SHUK would make such headlines?
Businesses come and go, and some predicted the demise of the SHUK the minute Kol Tuv opened Empire Kosher? After all, can our community actually support two large kosher supermarkets? (I believe it can, but that depends on you, read on…)
As a close personal friend of Shloimie for over 20 years, I have been following this issue long before it became a “sensation” and certainly before the beautiful stories posted by various individuals,
We find ourselves in the three weeks, and as such, comments posted with regards to why people ask for credit, who gives them the right, who is a bigger ball tzedokah, etc, all have no place, nor virtue in this discussion.
This past Shabbos Parshas Matos-Masei marked the 14th Yarzeit of Rabbi Dovid Wichnin A"H. Rabbi Wichnin was the founding Rov of K'hal Tzemach Tzedek Lubavitch of Monsey and the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim in Morristown, New Jersey until his untimely passing in 1996.
Rabbi Wichnin, an exceptional Talmid Chochom, was a beloved leader and a father figure to many and earned the respect of many of the Rabbonim and Admorim in Monsey.
Monsey Community Marks Rabbi Dovid Wichnin’s 14th Yarzeit
This past Shabbos Parshas Matos-Masei marked the 14th Yarzeit of Rabbi Dovid Wichnin A”H. Rabbi Wichnin was the founding Rov of K’hal Tzemach Tzedek Lubavitch of Monsey and the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim in Morristown, New Jersey until his untimely passing in 1996.
Rabbi Wichnin, an exceptional Talmid Chochom, was a beloved leader and a father figure to many and earned the respect of many of the Rabbonim and Admorim in Monsey.
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