Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Yanky and Rivky (nee Cohen) Bruk on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Rabbi C. S. Brook tells of the Printing of the Rebbes Sichos
A special Shiur/Farbrengen was given by Rabbi Chaim Shaul Brook of Vaad Hanochos B’Laha”k where Bochurim learned how the Rebbes Sichos were brought to print, starting from the Chozrim through how they Rebbe was Magiah the Sichos.
Every Friday evening, the Nunez family sits down to a traditional religious dinner.
Like most families in their Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, their Jewish Sabbath meal includes blessings over the wine and bread, the company of family and friends and excellent food.
Brooklyn Family Keeps Latino-Jewish Traditions Alive
Every Friday evening, the Nunez family sits down to a traditional religious dinner.
Like most families in their Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, their Jewish Sabbath meal includes blessings over the wine and bread, the company of family and friends and excellent food.
Photos: The Rebbe’s House – Special gallery
In Honor of Vav Tishrei – Yartzeit of Rebbetzin Chana, CrownHeights.info and the Crown Heights Picture Blog presents a gallery of pictures from the Rebbe’s house on president st. Evey year on this day the Rebbe house is opened specially for the thousands of guests who are in Crown Heights for the Yomim Tovim.
Gedalia Shaffers Murderer Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison
LONG BEACH, CA — A 30-year-old Los Angeles man pleaded no contest Wednesday to a charge that he killed a 61-year-old rabbi while driving drunk two years ago.
Willie Norton Jr., 30, entered his plea – considered the same as a guilty plea in criminal court – as jury selection was slated to begin in his trial Wednesday, said Long Beach Police Sgt. Hans Kohnlein.
After entering his plea Norton was promptly sentenced to 17 years in prison, said Kohnlein, who is in charge of the Accident Investigations Detail.
The victim, [Gedalia] Shaffer, was visiting from Brooklyn, New York, on March 7, 2007, when the fatal crash occurred.
Police in New York City arrested 11 rabbis on Thursday evening after they blocked a road near the United Nations General Assembly. The roads were blocked in protest of an anticipated speech from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Video – Rabbis Arrested in Protests Against Iran
Police in New York City arrested 11 rabbis on Thursday evening after they blocked a road near the United Nations General Assembly. The roads were blocked in protest of an anticipated speech from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The Jewish Woman’s Personal Calendar will iyh be available shortly. (next week.) In the interim, please click here for a free download of the month of Cheshvan. You can also request the page of Cheshvan be faxed to you by the calling our office at: 718-756-5700. The new calendar will be accompanied by a free DVD Tutorial on Keeping Your Mikvah Calendar 101.
Urgent PSA from Taharas Hamishpacha International
The Jewish Woman’s Personal Calendar will iyh be available shortly. (next week.) In the interim, please click here for a free download of the month of Cheshvan. You can also request the page of Cheshvan be faxed to you by the calling our office at: 718-756-5700. The new calendar will be accompanied by a free DVD Tutorial on Keeping Your Mikvah Calendar 101.
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Yona and Sima Abenson (Monsey, NY) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Mazal Tov! – 3 Thursday NIght L’Chaims!
Levi Finck (Crown Heights) and Davi Cohen (Long Beach, CA)
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].
Benyamin Amrami (S. Paul, MN) and Naomi Kohan (Crown Heights)
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St. [Between New York and Nostrand Ave]
Shmuly Wineberg (Kansas City, KS) and Sora Perlstein (Chicago, IL)
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!
Ask Rabbi Manis Friedman, this Thursday at a live online 'hakhel" gathering. Join the live Question & Answer session together with participants from around the globe.
Login begins 8:15 PM Eastern, class begins at 8:30 pm. Login at www.baischana.org
Need a reminder? Email Live@BaisChana.org.
You Don’t Have to Learn Everything the Hard Way – How to Acquire Wisdom
Ask Rabbi Manis Friedman, this Thursday at a live online ‘hakhel” gathering. Join the live Question & Answer session together with participants from around the globe.
Login begins 8:15 PM Eastern, class begins at 8:30 pm. Login at www.baischana.org
Need a reminder? Email Live@BaisChana.org.
In time for Yom Kippur, Infinity Productions, the production Company that produces music videos and CD albums for the Chabad Vocalist Mayer Rivkin, has announced the release today of its latest music video entitled “The Promise.” In this moving music video/slide-show, Rivkin sings the popular Chabad melody known to many as “Yaaleh,” frequently sung during the evening prayers of Yom Kippur.
Mayer Rivkin Music Video “The Promise” Released
In time for Yom Kippur, Infinity Productions, the production Company that produces music videos and CD albums for the Chabad Vocalist Mayer Rivkin, has announced the release today of its latest music video entitled “The Promise.” In this moving music video/slide-show, Rivkin sings the popular Chabad melody known to many as “Yaaleh,” frequently sung during the evening prayers of Yom Kippur.
Lubavitcher Yeshivah Celebrates Rabbi Simpson’s Birthday
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — This afternoon, Wednesday, the students and teachers of United Lubavitcher Yeshivah on Crown St celebrated the birthday of their principal, Rabbi Simpson. During lunch he gave out chocolates to all the boys while they sang Chashidishe Nigunim. During the singing, Rabbi Karp surprised him with a beautiful birthday cake.
Dominican President Meets Chabad in Crown Heights
CROWN HEIGHTS — President of the Dominican Republic, Mr. Leonel Fernandez visited the international headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch in Brooklyn, Tuesday evening, where he met with the leadership of the movement.
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Ben Tzion Lipsker, the head Shliach in Arad, Israel. He passed today, Wednesday afternoon in an Israeli hospital. Rabbi Lipsker, 65 passed after battling a serious illness.
In addition to being the head Shliach in Arad, Rabbi Lipsker served as the chief rabbi of the city and also served in the Chabad Rabbinical Bais Din in Israel.
He is survived by his wife Sarah and his children, Chana Mendelson (Arad, Israel), Esther Druk (Omrim, Israel), Rut Hilman (Petach Tikva, Israel) and Nechamah Kozlovsky (Kfar Chabad, Israel). And his brothers, Zalmen Lipsker (Philadelphia, PA) and Eli Lipsker (Crown Heights).
The Levaya will be Thursday at 10am at his home in Arad. He will be buried on Mount Olives in Jerusalem.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes
Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Rabbi Ben Tzion Lipsker OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Ben Tzion Lipsker, the head Shliach in Arad, Israel. He passed today, Wednesday afternoon in an Israeli hospital. Rabbi Lipsker, 65 passed after battling a serious illness.
In addition to being the head Shliach in Arad, Rabbi Lipsker served as the chief rabbi of the city and also served in the Chabad Rabbinical Bais Din in Israel.
He is survived by his wife Sarah and his children, Chana Mendelson (Arad, Israel), Esther Druk (Omrim, Israel), Rut Hilman (Petach Tikva, Israel) and Nechamah Kozlovsky (Kfar Chabad, Israel). And his brothers, Zalmen Lipsker (Philadelphia, PA) and Eli Lipsker (Crown Heights).
The Levaya will be Thursday at 10am at his home in Arad. He will be buried on Mount Olives in Jerusalem.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes
Douglas County, smack dab in the middle of Colorado’s fastest-growing Jewish community, got its first permanent synagogue in the grand opening of the Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Center of South Metro Denver.
First Synagogue Opens Doors to South Denver Community
Douglas County, smack dab in the middle of Colorado’s fastest-growing Jewish community, got its first permanent synagogue in the grand opening of the Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Center of South Metro Denver.
NEW YORK [REUTERS] — Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was having a tent pitched on suburban New York property owned by Donald Trump on Tuesday until local officials stopped the work because it violated regulations, a town attorney said.
NY Town Orders Stop to Gaddafi Tent on Trump Land
NEW YORK [REUTERS] — Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was having a tent pitched on suburban New York property owned by Donald Trump on Tuesday until local officials stopped the work because it violated regulations, a town attorney said.
