Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street is wishing everyone a Shana Tova with a unique message!
More pictures in the Extended Article!
With sadness we inform you of the passing of R. Sholom Dovid Kreiman of Flatbush.
R. Sholom Dovid is survived by his children, Yibadlu Lechaim Tovim: Mrs. Rochel Lapidus (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Rabbi Yankel Kreiman (Shliach to Palm Springs, CA), Rabbi Nachman Kreiman – (Los Angeles, CA), Eli Kreiman (Crown Heights) and Mrs. Seifa Brown (Elizabeth, NJ)
The Levaya will pass by 770 today, Sunday at around 2:00pm.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes
Chabad.org took the world of viral media up a notch with the release this week of a High Holiday greeting featuring Rabbi Itchy Kadoozy, the lead character from the highly popular “Itchy Kadoozy” cartoon featured on the Web site.
The Rabbi Gram, produced in cooperation with Varitalk, is hailed by the site as a “breakthrough in computer-preachology!”
NEW YORK, NY [NYDN] — Most Americans are rooting for oil prices to plunge, but Mayor Bloomberg isn’t one of them.
“My great fear is that the cost of energy will come down rapidly and so low that we will forget the lessons we should have learned, and we’ll walk away from the environmental challenges,” the mayor said during a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative in Midtown.
LA JOLLA, CA — A proposal by conservative Jewish group Chabad was roundly rejected by a second planning group committee Thursday.
The proposal calls for demolishing an existing single-family home at 2466 Hidden Valley road and replacing it with a two-story, 11,666-square-foot structure to include a synagogue, a rabbi’s residence, a social hall with attendant kitchen and a small preschool.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A girl visiting Crown Heights for Tishrei was found after going missing for close to 10 hours. Shomrim received the call for the missing girl an hour after Shabbos ended from the girl’s sister.
Over 30 Shomrim members mobilized and executed a search for the missing spanning across a number of neighborhoods including Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, Sun Set Park and Boro Park.
More in the Extended Article.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Miriam bas Chaim Yaakov Gruber of Brooklyn, mother of Rabbi Yosef Baruch Wircberg of Crown Heights.
The Levaya will take place today, Sunday and will be leaving from the Shomrai Hadaas Chapel at around 1:00pm and passing by 770 at around 2:00pm.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes
ST LOUIS, MO — They are the forgotten Jews: Jews in prison. Visiting them is not the prettiest work or the most glamorous rabbinic responsibility.
“Yet connecting with them goes to our core idea of a spark of Jewishness being in every single Jew,” said Rabbi Yosef Landa, Regional Director of Chabad of Greater St. Louis.
The era of the mob has come to a close. Once the fixtures of the back alley and in-your-face sudden attacks, the Capones and Gotiis have been relegated to movie screenings. The mafia still exists, but like bad Hollywood take-offs, they are generally try-hard copycats.
However, many would argue that a new brand of mobsters have become legitimate criminals. Drive-by shootings are replaced by character assassinations in the drive-by media. A refusal of their demands will welcome impossible ones. Their wars have become deadlier and dirtier. Although wrong and offensive, they are backed by legal authority.
A nation once united by a union force is now hostage to a fierce union movement that is more of a confederacy. The land of the free has been placed in shackles with the exception of the few resistant brave. These labor unions will twist their victims’ arms until they cry mercy, and finally yield. Claiming to protect workers’ rights, the union offends the freedoms granted them in the Bill of Rights. It is their way or the highway, and they are eager to take the low road to suit their interests.
This weeks edition of the Crown Heights Newspaper, available for print.
Bery and Chenchie (nee Tiefenbrun) Schmukler.
IYH at 1523 Union St, [bet Kingston and Albany Ave].
Shua and Elkie (nee Zavdi) Piekarski.
IYH at 1349 Union St, [bet New York and Brooklyn Ave].
Zevy and Miriam Tenenbaum.
IYH at 1513 President St, [bet Albany and Troy Ave].
Shimon and Margula Roumani.
IYH at 1350 Carroll St. [bet Brooklyn and Kingston Ave].
Yehuda and Liba Goldman.
IYH at 525 Albin St, Teaneck, NJ 07666.
Mendy and Sarah (nee Maaravi) Djian.
IYH at 4793 Glengyle Ave, Baltimore, MD 21215.
Baruch and Chaya Susman (Shluchim to Louisville, KY) .
IYH at 3706 Dutchmans Ln, Louisville, KY 40205
Yair and Chanie (nee Greisman) Yelin.
IYH at 1739 Turnberry Dr, San Marcos, California 92069.
Reuven and Rochie (nee Raskin) Garbarchik.
IYH at 2 Elm Park Ave, Haringey, London N15, UK.
Please stay tuned as we update this list as information becomes available. However, in an unfortunate event that we do not get all the Sholom Zochors this week, we are sorry. But you can help! If you know of any Sholom Zochors or Mazal Tovs you can email it to us at mazaltov@crownheights.info! Thank You.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — This afternoon, Thursday, just after dropping its last passenger off, a school bus was rear ended with great force while its red lights were still flashing. The incident took place on Montgomery Street between Brooklyn and New York Avenue at around 4:00pm.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
I join the Khal Adas Chassidim worldwide in mourning the loss of your dear husband, father and brother. Indeed this is a great loss to you. However this is really a great loss to each and every one of us Chassidim. Not only because of the impact and the special position he had in Tzeirei Agudas Chabad enabling Hafotzas Hamayanos in Eretz Yisroel, which is a top priority by the Rebbe and therefore is a top priority by every single Chassid, but also because of the unique, special, different, and extraordinary Chassidishe traits that Yossi possessed.
He was the example of a true Chassid. He was real, genuine, and true. There was no facade, no impression. Everything with him was face value. What you saw, you got. What was on the in was on the out. This came across in all aspects of his life. He was true as a father, true as a friend, true as a Chassid, true as an employer and true as an employee. And in everything that went along with it.
Continued in the Extended Article.
From this year on, Jewish residents of South Korea won’t need a ticket – or a permit – to attend High Holiday services.
The Rebbe says:
1. It says in this week’s Torah portion, “What will happen is, when all these things come upon you…the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, you will take it to your heart, and you will return to G-d, your G-d, with all your heart and with all your soul…Then, G-d, your
G-d, will return your captives from exile…and He will bring you to the land which your forefathers possessed…”.
2. The Rebbe asks a question on this:
The basic point of these verses is that every Jew will return to Hashem (G-d) because of the things which will happen to them. If so, why does the Torah include the word, “the blessing”, into this equation? Isn’t the person’s Teshuvah (repentance) solely because of his broken heart which was an effect of “the curse” which befell him?
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Now that nearly every museum is also a children’s museum — now that nearly every museum has programs that strive to lure the young — what do we seek from a museum that really is a children’s museum? And not just any children’s museum, but the venerable Brooklyn Children’s Museum, reopening this weekend after spending nearly $70 million on reconstruction, rethinking and redesign?
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