Rabbi Gordon to deliver Main Address at Kinus Hatmimim

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Rabbi Mendel Gordon to deliver Main Address at Upcoming Kinus Hatmimim.

We have recently reported about the fourth annual Kinus Hatmimim Haolami which is to take place on Thursday evening, IYH Yud Shvat in the “Rosa Hall” Campus Chomesh, 470 Lefferts Ave, [corner Brooklyn Ave].

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Mazal Tov! – 5 Sholom Zochors this Week!

Yehuda and Estee (nee Goldberg) Lieblich.
IYH at 692 Crown St, [bet Troy and Schenectady Ave].

Moshe and Nechama Dina (nee Cohen) Wiener.
IYH at 621 Lefferts Ave, Apt B18, [bet Albany and Kingston Ave].

Mendel and Devora Leah Scharf.
IYH at 675 Empire Blvd, Apt 4J, [corner Albany Ave].

Nechemia and Devorie (nee Hershkop) Newman (Long Beach, CA) .

Menny and Devorie (nee Hershkop) Friedman (Jerusalem, Israel) .

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.

Tomim Reaches 1000

TZFAS, Israel [CHI] — Hatomim Elchanan Hacohen Cohen from New York – one of the Temimim from Yeshivas Tzeirei Hashluchim -Tzfas, on Rosh Chodesh Shvat reached a goal of 1000 Teffilin since the beginning of this year.

‘Shul for Kids’ Redefines Concept of Youth Services

Jay Firestone – The Jewish Journal

LOS ANGELES, CA — Each week, a group of more than 120 congregants gather together at Kol Yakov Yehuda for their regular Shabbat prayer. The rabbi gives a sermon, the president makes announcements and the congregation follows along with the occasional chitchat, followed by a Kiddush. In addition to having its own Web site and an annual fundraising banquet, Kol Yakov Yehuda seems like any highly functional congregation.

The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Bo

The Rebbe says:

1. In this week’s Torah portion Hashem (G-d) sends the tenth and final plague upon the Egyptian people- every firstborn in the land of Egypt died.

2. When Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses our teacher) forewarned Pharaoh about the impending catastrophe that was about to befall him and his people he told him that the plague would happen “Ki’cha’tzos Ha’lie’lah – at around midnight”.

Rashi explains that the actual prophecy which Moshe Rabbeinu received from Hashem to tell over to Pharaoh was that the plague of the firstborn would happen precisely at midnight however Moshe Rabbeinu changed the wording to “at around midnight” because if he would say “precisely at midnight” and Pharaoh and his stargazers would make a mistake as to when the exact time of midnight is, they would say that Hashem was late or early (Heaven Forbid) in bringing the plague.

Terror Victim’s Son Celebrates Bar Mitzvah at Western Wall

Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org

Dean Teremforush, who lost his mother in a terrorist attack five years ago, holds a Torah scroll at the Western Wall after his bar mitzvah, which was organized by the Chabad Terror Victims Project.

JERUSALEM, Israel — Flanked by his father and siblings, Dean Teremforush, 13, proudly read from the Torah in front of Jerusalem’s Western Wall. Conspicuously absent, however, from the bar mitzvah service ñ one of several arranged in the last few weeks by the Chabad Terror Victims Project ñ was the boy’s mother, who perished five years ago in a terrorist attack southeast of Tel Aviv.

Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendel (ben R Yosef) Altein (Crown Heights) and Esty Rudski (Montreal Canada) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Thursday at FREE, 1383 President St, [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].

Night Long Search Ends – Missing B”H Found

WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn [CHI] — At 11:00pm last night the Williamsburg’s Shomrim Hotline received a call for a person that had been missing since 10:00am. The missing, 61 year old Berel Lerner, who has a mental history, didn’t show up to the Petach Tikvah Yeshiva.

Williamsburg Shomrim members began canvassing the area and later called the Crown Heights Shomrim Division for more manpower and together they searched into the night.

More in the Extended Article!

Two Cars Collide on Empire and Brooklyn

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two cars collided earlier today in the intersection of Brooklyn Avenue and Empire Boulevard. The incident took place at around 12:00pm where a Chevy Malibu was traveling down Brooklyn and collided with a Chevy Avalanche who was driving along Empire.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Four Teens Arrested in Cemetery Vandalism

The Star-Ledger

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Four teenagers have been arrested in connection with the damage done to nearly 500 headstones at a Jewish cemetery in New Brunswick, a rabbi from one of the two synagogues that uses the cemetery said today.

Rabbi David Bassous of Congregation Etz Ahaim in Highland Park said he met with officials from Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan’s office today and was told the juveniles, ages 15 to 17, had been arrested for causing the damage at Poile Zedek cemetery.