Chanuka Parade in Detroit
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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shaya (ben R Gavriel) Gopin (Crown Heights) and Shaina Gershovitz (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Wednesday at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St, [between New York and Nostrand Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
Chanukah in Vancouver on Ice
VANCOUVER, Canada — Two hundred people skated to Chanukah music at the West end arena Downtown Vancouver BC this Sunday, the sixth day of Chanukah.
Menorahs on the Move
Adam Brandolph -Pittsburgh Tribune
PITTSBURGH, PA — I couldn’t count how many odd stares I received yesterday.
Maybe it was the Hanukkah music playing through loudspeakers of our RV-turned-Hanukkah Mobile, maybe it was the teenage boys in the back with me who wished everyone we saw a Happy Hanukkah and passed out menorahs, dreidels and chocolate from the moving vehicle.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmuly and Nechama Samuels (Crown Heights) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
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The Rebbe addressing children at a Lag Ba'Omer Parade 1953. Special Thanks Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum. Click here to see previous weeks pictures.
Picture of the Day! – Rebbe 1953!
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The Rebbe addressing children at a Lag Ba’Omer Parade 1953. Special Thanks Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum. Click here to see previous weeks pictures.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — As Rabbi Zalman Light celebrates his 96th birthday on the 5th night of Chanukah, the “Festival of Lights,” he is surrounded by 100+ children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren for the annual birthday party, which grows in number each year K"H.
Rabbi Light (Liachow) was born in 1911 and married Lena Minkowitz in 1944. After leaving Russia in 1946 with their first child, escaping the war through Germany & Austria, where the next two children were born, they settled in Toronto, Canada, and raised their children there amongst the Anash families in the area.
Rabbi Light (Liachow) was born in 1911 and married Lena Minkowitz in 1944. After leaving Russia in 1946 with their first child, escaping the war through Germany & Austria, where the next two children were born, they settled in Toronto, Canada, and raised their children there amongst the Anash families in the area.
Oldest Chosid Celebrates 96th Birthday
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — As Rabbi Zalman Light celebrates his 96th birthday on the 5th night of Chanukah, the “Festival of Lights,” he is surrounded by 100+ children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren for the annual birthday party, which grows in number each year K”H.
Rabbi Light (Liachow) was born in 1911 and married Lena Minkowitz in 1944. After leaving Russia in 1946 with their first child, escaping the war through Germany & Austria, where the next two children were born, they settled in Toronto, Canada, and raised their children there amongst the Anash families in the area.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Sholom Bitton (Lyon, France) and Devora Mergui (Paris, France) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Wednesday at 1548 President St, [between Troy and Albany Ave].
Please say urgent Tehillim for Tanya bas Batya
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A cold and rainy evening turned devastating when an elderly Jewish woman attempted to cross Empire Boulevard and was struck by oncoming traffic leaving her unconscious and fighting for her life.
The incident took place at around 7:00pm when the woman tried to cross from the corner of Balfour Pl. and made it halfway across when traffic began coming she tried to turn around and was clipped by a passing taxi sending her flying through the air and landing on her head, dealing her severe head trauma and knocking her unconscious.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
65 Year Old Woman Clings to Life Following Accident
Please say urgent Tehillim for Tanya bas Batya
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A cold and rainy evening turned devastating when an elderly Jewish woman attempted to cross Empire Boulevard and was struck by oncoming traffic leaving her unconscious and fighting for her life.
The incident took place at around 7:00pm when the woman tried to cross from the corner of Balfour Pl. and made it halfway across when traffic began coming she tried to turn around and was clipped by a passing taxi sending her flying through the air and landing on her head, dealing her severe head trauma and knocking her unconscious.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
Mazal Tov! – 4 Wednesday Night L’Chaims!
Dovid Chaim Gurovitch (Denver, CO) and Racheli Kats (Toronto, Ontario) .
IYH at 1401 President St, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn Ave].
Sholom Ber Heintz (Netherlands) to Rivky Shuchat (Crown Heights) .
YH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
Sholom Ditcon (Lyon, France) and Devora Mergui (Paris, France)
IYH at 1548 President St, [bet Troy and Albany Ave].
Shaya Gopin (Crown Heights) and Shaina Gershovitz (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St, [bet New York and Nostrand Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
Vladivostok Chanukah Celebration
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia [CHI] — This Chanukah, the Jewish Community of Vladivostok filled the Philharmonic Concert Hall, celebrating the achievements of the past year. The evening’s program included entertainers from all over Russia, culminating with the lighting of the Menorah.
Chabad Hebrew School Builds Giant Toy Menorah for Children in Hospitals
Chabad Hebrew School volunteers and parents in front of the Toy Menorah
GOSHEN, NY [CHI] — The students of Chabad Hebrew School decided that the holiday time is a time for action. On Sunday, December 9, many students and their parents met at Shop Rite in Monroe to launch a toy drive.
Chanukah Craft Fair in S Monica
S MONICA, CA [CHI] — Sunday at the Chanukah Craft Fair in S Monica, children made menorahs and dreidls during the fair and Rabbi’s Levitansky demonstrated how to press olive oil, and then lit a menorah with the oil.
Full flyer with store times in the Extended Article!
Kehot Hei Teves Sale
Full flyer with store times in the Extended Article!
Oholei Torah PTA Chanukah Fun Day
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — This past Thursday, Oholei Torah PTA presented a spectacular Chanukah fun day exclusively for the boys of Oholei Menachem.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Mendy and Hadasa (nee Mendlewicz) Korer (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn daughter, Rivka.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Performers reenact the Chanukah story for hundreds of Jewish children in Montevideo, Uruguay.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — More than 600 children came out for a pre-Chanukah production put on by the Beit Jabad del Uruguay in Montevideo.
Flying Dreidel Transports Montevideo’s Children to Maccabean Times
Performers reenact the Chanukah story for hundreds of Jewish children in Montevideo, Uruguay.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — More than 600 children came out for a pre-Chanukah production put on by the Beit Jabad del Uruguay in Montevideo.
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