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An elderly woman was struck and killed by two cars Saturday night while crossing a Brooklyn street.
Police say Nezilia Augustin, 71, was crossing the street shortly before 10 p.m. at Eastern Parkway and Utica Avenue in Weeksville when she was struck by one vehicle then the other as she was crossing the street.
More in the Extended Article.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — With parents, family and friends in attendance, Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Heights celebrated their annual Siddur Party on Sunday for the Pre1A classes of Rabbi Katzen and Rabbi Schwartz.
The event was MC’d by Rabbi Nissan Brenenson, father of Reuven in Rabbi Schwartz’s class.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Bochurim have been immersed in Limud HaTorah for the past six months. To assist a Bochur in properly maintaining that Yeshiva atmosphere until he returns after Yom-Tov, Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim once again published a beautiful booklet loaded with material in Niglah, Halacha, Chassidus and other Chassidishe materials to be studied over Pesach.
The carnival will be taking place today, Sunday April 13th starting at 11:30am and going on through 3:00pm in Beth Rivkah 310 Crown St.
BROOKLYN, NY — A contingent of 300, from Brazil, Australia, Finland, the US and Canada, who spent months studying Israel’s enduring centrality to Judaism, has just returned from the ultimate field trip.
Like art majors exploring the Louvre, the six buses that filled with graduates of Chabad’s Rohr Jewish Learning Institute’s “The Land and the Spirit: Israel – Why We All Care” course arrived for their Israel mission equipped with the background knowledge to savor the sites.
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — The Uzbek Justice Ministry has refused an accreditation request by the country’s chief rabbi, Aba Dovid Gurevich. The ministry says Gurevich failed to provide proper documentation, while others say the move represents an attack on religious freedom.
The dwindling population of Jews in Central Asia represents one of the oldest religious communities in the region — established more than 2,000 years ago, even before the predominant Muslim faith.
Though there are only thousands of Jews left in Central Asia, they still have a chief rabbi. But as of April 10, Gurevich has no official right to serve the Jewish community.
MOSCOW, Russia — In the lead-up to Passover, the recently opened ‘Shaarei Tsedek’ Charity Center is teeming with activity. “It was only just a month ago that we last got a call, telling us that we have the opportunity to pick up another care package,” explained one the Center’s beneficiaries contentedly. “These are really good packages. We each received one for Purim and thank G-d we got the call again”.
Moshe Shor (Palo Alto, CA) and Devorah Shaina Katz (N. Miami Beach, FL)
IYH at FREE, 1383 President St, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
Ita Friedman (Overland Park, KS) and Yechiel Cagen (Houston, TX) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
Yosef Eliezrie, 21, knew he wouldn’t survive leukemia without a perfect match.
A year and a half ago, a precious container of bone marrow arrived at Children’s Hospital of Orange County from an anonymous donor and Eliezrie underwent a transplant.
More in the Extended Article!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Zevi Shusterman (Monsey, NY) and Mushky Ceitlin (Toronto, Canada) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Motzoei Shabbos at 718 Empire Blvd, [between Albany and Troy Ave].
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A young teen was struck by a car while crossing an Eastern Parkway service lane. The incident took place Thursday afternoon at around 3:00pm between Albany and Kingston Avenues.
A staff member from the Darchai Menachem school who is also a Shomrim member witnessed how the 14 year old teen, who was not Jewish, darted out from in between two parked cars and a passing car, driven by a Hispanic, attempted to stop but couldn’t and ran over the teen.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to David and Rashka Kahn (Coral Springs, FL) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!
This Yud Aleph Nissan, thousands of children will gather in front of 770!
From 10:00 am – 11:30 am, come take part in an inspiring celebration:
– A Tzivos Hashem rally and Farbrengen!
– Story-presentation by famed storyteller Yitzi Erps!
– Music & Niggunim by Chony Milecki, Yehuda Piamenta & Berel Zucker!
BOCA RATON, FL [CHI] — The traveling Matzah Bakery is a hands-on fun learning experience led by Rabbi Shmuly G. Beginning with an animated introduction about Pesach, the children get right into the Pesach spirit and go to the “field” to pick their very own wheat stalk. They roll, mash, and crush the wheat stalk to separate the kernels from the shaf. The kernels are placed into a grinder and each child has a turn to grind the kernels and sift the flour.
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The custom in our Shul is to read a short meditation each morning, upon the conclusion of services. It was the following thought, in the name of the holy Baal Shemtov, that elicited a rather fervent debate:
“Your fellow is your mirror. If your own face is clean, so will be the image you perceive. But should you look upon your fellow and see a blemish, it is your own imperfection that you are encountering – you are being shown what it is that you must correct within yourself.”
“Does this mean that we can never perceive evil or wrongdoing without implicating ourselves?” protested a thoughtful and generally soft-spoken congregant. “I find this troubling!”
“What about Osama Binladin or Achmadinidjad? Is the recognition of their brutal and inhumane conduct reflective of one’s own wickedness and terrorist propensities? With all due respect, this makes no sense to me.”
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