Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Eli and Raizel (nee Gopin) Rosenfeld on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Albany NY [CHI] — As many travel to or from Montreal for Pesach, Rabbi Yisroel Rubin announced that Albany’s Central Birkas Hachama will follow 7:45am Davening at Albany’s Maimonides School 404 Partridge St., plus a Siyum Bechorim and refreshments in honor or Rambam’s Birthday Erev Pesach.
More in the Extended Article!
Albany/Northway Birkas Hachama
Albany NY [CHI] — As many travel to or from Montreal for Pesach, Rabbi Yisroel Rubin announced that Albany’s Central Birkas Hachama will follow 7:45am Davening at Albany’s Maimonides School 404 Partridge St., plus a Siyum Bechorim and refreshments in honor or Rambam’s Birthday Erev Pesach.
More in the Extended Article!
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
I would like to wish a very hearty Mazal Tov! To a good friend Simcha (Simi) Wenger (Montreal, Canada) on his engagement to Chana Kestecher (London, England) !
The L’Chaim will IYH be next week in Montreal
How do you Kosher a Kitchen for Passover?
How to Make your Kitchen Kosher for Passover
How do you Kosher a Kitchen for Passover?
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy and Tzipporah (nee Schtroks) Klyne (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Packed House at Birchas Hachama Halachos Shiur
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Every seat in Kolel Menachem was taken on Thursday, when more than 100 men came to review the Halachos of Birchas Hachama.
“What is the source for the mitzvah of Birchas Hachama?” was a question fielded by Maggid Shiur, Rabbi Zalman Moshe Abrahams, among other thoughtful questions.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Mazal Tov! – It’s A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovid and Chana Keila (nee Krasnjanski) Cohen on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Multiple Injured in Late Night Accident
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two car collided mid-intersection at around 11:00pm on Sunday night, and injuring all the passengers in both cars, including an infant and a child.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
New Round of Car Break-ins
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Over Shabbos two cars were broken into and ransacked. The incidents took place on Carroll Street between Brooklyn and Albany Avenues, and according to the owners it could have happened from when they parked Erev Shabbos till they got to their cars next on Sunday.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
Mazal Tov! – 4 Sunday Night L’Chaims!
Dovid Lerner (Oak Park, MI) and Esther Faigy Kurinsky (Crown Heights)
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].
Mendy Weiss (Manchester, England) and Chanale Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY)
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave].
Yudi Browd (Queens, NY) and Rivky Wilhelm (Crown Heights)
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave].
Yossi Bronstein (Crown Heights) and Rosie Stein (Johannesburg, South Africa)
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].
Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
Elementary Students Summer Birthdays Celebrated
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The day of a child’s birthday is one of great pride, a day he grows a year older, and what better way than to celebrate it at school with his classmates in school where he is the center of attention for the day, having a party and giving out doughnuts and nosh. But what about the children whose birthday falls out in the summer, while they are away in camp or day camp?
More pictures and a Video in the Extended Article!
It was kosher chaos.
A riot erupted at a Brooklyn restaurant last week when Orthodox Jewish patrons discovered the “kosher” hot dogs on the menu were chicken franks that didn't answer to a higher authority.
Kosher Dog Fight – Fracas over Frankfurter Switcheroo
It was kosher chaos.
A riot erupted at a Brooklyn restaurant last week when Orthodox Jewish patrons discovered the “kosher” hot dogs on the menu were chicken franks that didn’t answer to a higher authority.
Pesach Exodus Experience Rocks Toronto
TORONTO, Canada [CHI] — Moses, Pharaoh, Pyramids and Plagues have landed in Toronto for the Exodus Experience. From March 12 to March 31, visitors will be transported back 3,300 years to ancient Egypt, where an interactive re-enactment of the Passover story is brought to life.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
New Pesach Promo, Creative Director: Mendy Pellin Produced by JabMedia Inc.
Video: Chabad Ushers in Passover… with Style!
New Pesach Promo, Creative Director: Mendy Pellin Produced by JabMedia Inc.
ULYANOVSK, Russia [CHI] — The Jewish Center of Ulyanovsk has introduced a new course aimed at adults interested in pursuing an intensive Jewish education in a short period of time. This latest initiative rounds out a series of educational initiatives that are already regularly offered by the Jewish community of Ulyanovsk. This one, however, is particularly advantageous for those individuals who have limited free time and a genuine interest in Jewish culture and traditions.
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Ulyanovsk Jewish Community Promotes Adult Education
ULYANOVSK, Russia [CHI] — The Jewish Center of Ulyanovsk has introduced a new course aimed at adults interested in pursuing an intensive Jewish education in a short period of time. This latest initiative rounds out a series of educational initiatives that are already regularly offered by the Jewish community of Ulyanovsk. This one, however, is particularly advantageous for those individuals who have limited free time and a genuine interest in Jewish culture and traditions.
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LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — For weeks Hatmimim Zalman Dubinsky and Nisson Friedman, students in Yeshivas Ohr Elchanan Chabad in Los Angeles, would go into a furniture store and drop off a weekly L’chaim pamphlet by the elderly man, in his mid-to-late eighties, by the desk. “The man you’re looking for is not here” he said every week. “I’ll give it to the owner” he says making sure to show that he wouldn’t read it.
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Mivtziom Encounter in LA: A Bar Mitzvah at the age of 86!
LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — For weeks Hatmimim Zalman Dubinsky and Nisson Friedman, students in Yeshivas Ohr Elchanan Chabad in Los Angeles, would go into a furniture store and drop off a weekly L’chaim pamphlet by the elderly man, in his mid-to-late eighties, by the desk. “The man you’re looking for is not here” he said every week. “I’ll give it to the owner” he says making sure to show that he wouldn’t read it.
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Snow still covers the campground on Perch Lake Road, but for Rabbi Yitzchok Steinmetz, summer is already underway. The director of Camp L’man Achai has been gearing up for the camp season since October and now finds himself in a flurry of applications. The camp, which recently earned ACA accreditation, offers a unique niche in a world where there are camps to fill every interest.
Counting Down to Total Immersion Summer Camp
Snow still covers the campground on Perch Lake Road, but for Rabbi Yitzchok Steinmetz, summer is already underway. The director of Camp L’man Achai has been gearing up for the camp season since October and now finds himself in a flurry of applications. The camp, which recently earned ACA accreditation, offers a unique niche in a world where there are camps to fill every interest.
