The 9th of Av, Tisha b’Av, commemorates a list of catastrophes so severe it’s clearly a day specially cursed by G‑d.
The fast begins tonight at 8:15pm, Metro NYC Time and 8:21pm, Sullivan County Area.
This past Shabbos morning a fire broke out at Yeshivas Kayitz of Hartford, CT. BH campers got out fine and there were no injuries. The campers have been sent home till the camp can find a place to relocate to. The Yeshivas Kayitz started a emergency relief fund to help the camp get through this difficult period.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A slew of Moisdos, Businesses, and members of Anash in Crown Heights were the recipients of subpoenas ordering them to appear in State Supreme Court by the demand of the ‘new Vaad’.
Last week Wednesday, campers in Hachayal went on their grand trip spanning across three states and many cities in the North-West.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said a mistake by his staff is to blame for a letter that went out with his signature, praising an anti-Semitic movie.
Crist’s office sent a thank you note to John Ubele of Pasco County for mailing the governor a copy of the film “Jud Suss.” The movie was made by the Nazi’s in the 1940s and is considered one of history’s most incendiary films.
The brief thank-you note (see full note at bottom) was dated June 30 and bore the governor’s automated signature. It praised Ubele’s thoughtfulness and generosity and said Crist would be delighted to share the DVD with the people of Florida. Ubele is with the Nationalist Coalition, a group that claims to promote “white activism.”
As reported earlier, JEM in collaboration with Malka Touger are in full swing of production of a new children’s Video; a tour through special sites of Chassidic interest in Eretz Yisroel, woven together with the Rebbe’s words about them. The video will tour the four Holy cities of Eretz Yisroel: Yerushalayim, Chevron, Tveria and Tzfas.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Zalmen and Esty (nee Newman) Raskin (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Mendel Rosenblat (Baltimore/Crown Heights) and Miriam Gittel Shpitsek (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov email us at MazalTov@CrownHeights.info!
Snow, rain and gloom of night can’t stop them – but budget cuts might.
The United States Postal Service is considering closing as many as 40 post offices throughout Brooklyn, according to union officials.
The prime targets are 18 retail stations in storefronts around the borough, said Brooklyn American Postal Workers Union president Jim Musumeci.
LONDON, England [CHI] — The Yeshivah Bochurim from Yeshivah Gedola Lubavitch London Celebrated their annual Siyum this Sunday night, 5th of Av on the Yaartzieht of the Arizal. In a packed Beis Medrash, a Bochur at the Yeshiva, Avremi Zippel from Salt Lake City, Utah USA – second generation Talmid at the Yeshivah – made the conclusion on Mesechta Kesuvos.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Kushi and Fraida Malka (nee Yarmush) Schusterman (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
There is not a day that goes by when I do not hear about our “Shidduch Crisis.”
Maybe there is no Shidduch Crisis. Maybe there is a bigger crisis, a crisis we cannot fully control.
Is Shidduchim the only default we are up against? How about our community, anyone see a crisis there? Look at the heads of our community, is everything smooth on top? Look around you. Look deeply at your neighbors, friends, teachers, family, is everything else REALLY at peace?
Face it; we are in Golus and therefore have a dark cloud hovering around us. That is the source of all our crises.
Pictures from the Bris of Avrohom Alexander, newborn so of Elimelech and Miriam (nee Varnai) Ostrozynski Shluchim in West Hartford, CT. Photos by The Lchayim Photographer.
A group of Columbia University students are shooting a film in Crown Kosher, a store on Kingston Avenue.
“The Lubavitch Rabbi Marks His 70th Year with Call for Kindness by Israel” CrownHeights.info and The Avner Institute is pleased to present a wonderful article that appeared in The New York Times, March 27, 1972, by Israel Shenker. To learn more bout the Rebbe visit: portraitofaleader.org
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