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Uriel Refoel ben Rivka
Is going into surgery and needs our tehilim, readers are also asked to say Kapitel Lamed Ches
Uriel Refoel ben Rivka
Is going into surgery and needs our tehilim, readers are also asked to say Kapitel Lamed Ches
CHILDREN OF WAR: A video presentation dedicated to Hashem’s children. A picture is worth a thousand words. “As a father has compassion on his children, so may our Father in Heaven have Mercy on us” ….How it always seems to be the darkest, right before the light, of the morning sun….
NEW YORK NY — Chabad-Lubavitch of Wall Street has disclosed plans to launch a fundraiser and dedicate the writing of a new Torah scroll in memory of the late Mrs. Charlotte Rohr, of blessed memory, matriarch of the philanthropic Rohr family.
The first letters in the Torah scroll will be inscribed at a black-tie fundraising drive for the Chabad center, March 16, at the Jewish Heritage Museum in New York City.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A teacher had her cell phone stolen and her purse rummaged through by an intruder inside of Bais Rivkah high school in Crown Street. The disturbing incident took place at around 12:45pm on Tuesday where a teacher spotted a black man with a light complexion and white hair and a large build who did not work for the school roaming around the hallways on the second floor.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Gedalya and Bassie Shemtov (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Tuesday evening two cars collided in the intersection of Brooklyn Avenue and Eastern Parkway, prompting a number of bystanders who witnessed the incident scrambling for their phones and calling Hatzalah.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
GOLDEN BEACH, FL [CHI] — The Yeshiva Semicha Program of Golden Beach, FL, was tested on hilchos taaruvos this past Thursday. The testers were Rabbi Dovid Schochet, Dayan in Toronto, Canada; Rabbi Y.Y. Yaruslavski, of the Chabad Beis Din of Israel; and Rabbi Yossi Marlow, the Chabad Rav of North Miami Beach. The Rabbonim expressed great satisfaction and were very impressed by their vast knowledge of the halachos.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Over 200 Jewish communities around the world will gather on Sunday, Jan. 25, to hear a live broadcast of a lecture by the world renowned Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz.
“This lecture is the first in a series for worldwide Jewry”, explained Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, “as part of the Hakhel initiative launched at the recent Kinus Hashluchim, to foster Jewish unity through Torah as the Rebbe urged during a Hakhel year”.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mr. David Sultan of S. Paul, Minnesota, brother of Mrs. Chana Bongart of Crown Heights.
Nichum Aveilim: Wednesday evening (1/20/09) – getting up on Sunday morning (1/23/09) at 1488 Carroll Street (Albany/Troy).
Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A suspicious package on the lower level subway platform on the Kingston Avenue station sparked a large police and fire response. Earlier this morning a disturbing post on a Muslim extremist website regarding 770 had the area in heightened alert already.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shomie (ben R Yossi) Schechter (Crown Heights) and Hindy Chazanow (Manalapan, NJ) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Wednesday night at the Jewish Children’s Museum, 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Tzvi Balbin (Melbourne, Australia) and Leah Moss (Sydney, Australia) on their engagement.
Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) in conjunction with the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) today announced the suspension of Alternate Side Parking (ASP) regulations citywide for Wednesday, January 21 to facilitate snow removal. However, parking meters will remain in effect throughout the City.
For updated information, visit the DOT Web site at nyc.gov/dot or call 311.
Click here for the new, 2009 Alternate Side Parking Regulations Suspension Calendar
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Eli Goldstein (CH/Dnepr, Ukraine) and Lea Tonkonog (Ukraine) on their engagement.
Email your Simcha or Mazal Tov to MazalTov@CrownHeights.info !!
It is with sadness that we inform you of the passing of Rabbi David Hollander OBM, who was the longtime Rabbi and spiritual leader of the Hebrew Alliance Shul of Brighton Beach.
Rabbi Hollander kept in touch with the Rebbe and partook in many Farbrengen, during his tenure he merited to receive many Brochos and guidance’s from the Rebbe relating to public work.
A few months ago CrownHeights.info published a video of Rabbi Hollander passing before the Rebbe for Sunday dollars in Elul 1991 after the Crown Heights riots where he asked the Rebbe if he should write articles urging Jews to come visit the neighborhood, and the Rebbe responded that he should make sure it would be on the positive side, and bring a positive impact. (The video can be viewed in the Extended Article)
The Levaya will take place today, Tuesday, and will be leaving from the Hebrew Alliance Shul 2915 Brighton 6th Street at 4:30pm and from there will be traveling to the airport to be buried in Israel.
Baruch Dayan Hoemes
Rabbi Yanky and Mrs Chanshy (nee Dubov) Majesky of Crown Heights will IYH be moving on Shlichus to North Orlando, Florida, where they will establish a new Chabad House serving the Jews in the area. The Chabad House is scheduled to open before Rosh Hashana 5770.
The Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Sholom B. Dubov head Shliach to the Greater Orlando Area.
To wish the new Shluchim a Mazel Tov or to help support this new Chabad House, ypu can email them at mitzvos@gmail.com
CrownHeights.info would like to wish the new Shluchim Hatzlocha Rabba on their Shlichus!