CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A fast moving fire tore through a home on President Street at around 11:00pm last night, Sunday. Many of the occupants were forced to jump from the windows to escape the flames. The fire quickly spread to all floors in the house and forced FDNY to elevate the fire to a ‘two alarm fire’.
More pictures and a video in the Extended Article.
MUMBAI — During the week of March 2, a series of meetings were held in Mumbai, India, to lay the groundwork for the future of Chabad-Lubavitch activities in the city.
Joining in the meetings, which included a tour of the Chabad House overtaken by terrorists last November, was Australian philanthropist Rabbi Joseph Gutnick, who pledged to help rebuild Chabad of Mumbai “to be even grander than before”; Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg, father of murdered Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg; and Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor of Thailand, who also oversees Chabad-Lubavitch in India.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yitzi and Sheina (nee Gurkow) Silver (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
Tonight, Purim, Monday, March 9, 2009, at 9:30 pm, Rabbi YY Jacobson will deliver a 40-minute live-streamed Purim class: How to Read the Newspaper – Learning from the Megilah How to Understand World Events. The class will have an accompanying curriculum which you can download.
To watch, please visit www.TheYeshiva.net
To listen via telephone, please call: 1-616-347-8000. Access code: 1007852#
Dear Parents ,שיחיו
It was Purim morning and Sholom was in high spirits. He stood by the mirror adjusting his costume. He smiled as he remembered how excited he was to be the first one in his class to buy a purim costume. He spent his chanuka gelt and allowance and bought his purim costume as soon as they went on sale. Before purim his mother took him shopping for the nosh he wanted to pack into the shalach manos he would give to his friends, and he spent a better part of the whole last week packing them neatly and creatively into the little bags he made. A small “to: from:” tag adorned the cute packages as they stood in the dining room waiting to be delivered.
Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Crown Street came up with a great idea in which every child will get to properly enjoy Purim, by receiving and giving Shalach Manot to his fellow classmates. The following could be a true story:
Dear Parents ,שיחיו
It was Purim morning and Sholom was in high spirits. He stood by the mirror adjusting his costume. He smiled as he remembered how excited he was to be the first one in his class to buy a purim costume. He spent his chanuka gelt and allowance and bought his purim costume as soon as they went on sale. Before purim his mother took him shopping for the nosh he wanted to pack into the shalach manos he would give to his friends, and he spent a better part of the whole last week packing them neatly and creatively into the little bags he made. A small “to: from:” tag adorned the cute packages as they stood in the dining room waiting to be delivered.
The fast begins at 5:56am and ends at 7:28pm (NYC Times)
Haman’s “Final Solution” was scheduled for the 13th of Adar. Instead, Haman was hanged, and by royal decree the Jews mobilized in self-defense and successfully defended themselves against all attacks. On the next day, the 14th of Adar, the Jews rested, savored their miraculous salvation, and established the holiday of Purim.
Whenever in peril, we are commanded to institute a fast day to repent, pray, and ask for Divine mercy. Thus the 13th of Adar, the day of battle, was a day of fasting.
NEW YORK, NY — It’s a scofflaw’s dream – new GPS software that alerts New York City drivers to red-light cameras, speed traps and DWI checkpoints so they can steer clear of cops and traffic tickets.
“The system gives you enough time to correct any dopey thing you’re about to do,” said Brooklyn subway conductor John Carlson, 49, who bought the software from Pennsylvania-based PhantomAlert last year, and said it “absolutely” has helped him avoid tickets.
MORRISTOWN, NJ [CHI] — On the 9th of Adar 5769 a group of students of Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim were put to the test. This is the elite group of advanced students in our Rabbinical Certification Program. Rabbi Moshe Herson, Dean of the Rabbinical College conducted the test where the students were systematically questioned and marked for their performance. This is part of an ongoing two year program which began in the fall. “There has been a need for this sort of course for a long time already” said Rabbi Yaakov Wagner who is overseeing the program. “Now someone who studies in Tiferes can become certified right here as a Rabbi, educator and community leader” continued Rabbi Wagner.
CEDARHURST, NY [CHI] — The ultimate tragedy, the loss of Levi at the young age of 9, has been the drive behind a few new initiatives in his memory including a Jewish Childrens Library and the beginning of a new Sefer Torah which took place today in the Wolowiks home.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Rabbi Rieber’s 7th grade celebrated Purim in their class for a half a day today! Talmidim dressed up and enjoyed a barbeque and Sushi, together with a live three piece band comprised of kids from the class!
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Take part in the mitzvah of machzitz hashekel while accomplishing the beautiful mitzvah of hachnosas kallah, helping chassanim and kallahs.
To accomplish this great mitzvah go to
712 Montgomery Street (Benjamins – b/t Kingston & Montgomery)
Downstairs in 770 (Rabbi Shmuel Benjamin) or
Crown Kosher 413 Kingston Avenue (b/t Montgomery and Empire)
Monday March 9 (taanis Esther) 12:30pm till 7:30pm
Tuesday March 10 (Purim) All day
FARMINGTON HILLS, MI — For weeks, Jonah and Riley Stearns have scoured their home — and their lunch boxes — for recyclables: empty Capri Sun juice pouches, egg cartons and cardboard rolls from toilet paper.
And each Sunday, the 7-year-old twins toted them in bags to Hebrew school at The Shul, a Chabad-Lubavitch synagogue in West Bloomfield, which is going “green” for this year’s Purim holiday.
Hashem put us humans into this world. A world with its never-ending ups and downs, both physically and spiritually.
How lucky we are, us Yidden:
We received the Torah as a gift.
It is a gift from Hashem.
Hashem knows what is best for us and there IS NO OTHER TRUTH besides the Torah.
When we follow the Torah guidelines, we are assured by Hashem that we are living our lives in the best possible way, and in the derech that Hashem wanted us to live.
To help us live by the Torah’s ways, Hashem gives us leaders to help guide us and remind us of the correct way of life for a Yid.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Fischel and Miriam (nee Galowinsky) Litzman (Monsey, NY) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
BROOKLYN, NY — According to a new report leaked Friday by London’s Jewish Chronicle, properties bearing mezuzahs on their doorposts are selling for 10,000 pounds more than their equivalents without the parchments.
Real estate agents throughout all areas of the city have noticed the surge since October, when homes and apartments with mezuzahs have garnered considerably more. Though it is unclear why this phenomenon exists, retailers across London have also seen an increase in mezuzah sales—and not only to Jewish customers.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Danny Talkins (Toronto, Canada) and Sarah Allison (Los Angeles, CA) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Sunday at Beis Levi Yitzchock, 556 Crown St, [entrance ramp on Albany Ave].
NEW YORK, NY [NY1] — The MTA now says a plan to cut back weekend subway service can be avoided, if Albany lawmakers act on a plan to shore up the agency’s $1.2 billion budget gap.
Last week, the MTA said it was moving forward with plans to reduce the scheduled frequency of weekend subway service on most of the lettered lines, beginning in June.
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