CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — In an unprecedented Chanukah preparation the Chayolei Tzivos Hashem of the Lubavitcher Yeshivah, have got together this past Motzai Shabbos for a fabulous Menorah Workshop. Each participant got to build his very own Chanukah Menorah, the ‘Rambam’ style.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
BOROUGH PARK, Brooklyn [CHI] – Thousands of residents from Boro Park and nearby neighborhoods took part in a special Farbrengen and Melava Malka in honor of Yud Tes Kislev, the Farbrengen was arranged by Heichal Menachem directed by Rabbi Leibel Altein.
More pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos by: Eli Kahan)
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Residents awoke this morning to a Crown Heights cloaked in layer of white, in the first snow to accumulate this winter. Anash and Bochurim braved the 27 degree weather on their way to Shul, Mikvah and Yeshiva.
The temperature is forecasted to rise to the upper thirties and lower forties, melting the snow and by evening turning the snow into torrential rain, which is to last all night.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmuel and Bracha Spiero (Shluchim to Haarlem, Netherlands) on the birth of their daughter
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
QUEENS, NY [CHI] — The distinguished educator, Rabbi Naftali Roth farbrenged with the talmidim of Cheder Tzeirei HaShluchim at the Ohel in honor of Yud Tes Kislev . Rabbi Roth inspired the talmidim with encouraging words, about the meaning of joy, what a chassid should have when he implements the teachings of the Rebbe…
Shaul Goldman (Crown Heights) and Esther Baila Hecht (S Francisco) .
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St, [Mens entrance on Albany Ave and Woman entrance on Crown St].
Mendy Eber (Crown Heights) and Gila Hecht (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].
Mendy Junik (Belgium) and Rochele Gluwcowsky (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Chovevei Torah, 885 Eastern Parkway, [bet Albany and Troy].
Aharon Fehler (London, UK) and Mimi Schochet (Toronto, Ontario) .
IYH from 5 PM to 8 PM at 1245 President St, [bet New York and Nostrand Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
TZFAS, Israel [CHI] — It all started Thursday night before Shabbos Mevorchim Chodesh Kislev when the Shluchim of the yeshiva farbrenged for five hours with the bochurim in preparation for Rosh Chodesh Kislev. Already then the bochurim were thinking about which hachlotohs to take upon themselves.
More pictures in the Extnded Article!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yisroel and Chani (nee Galperin) Brashevitzky (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
PORT WASHINGTON, NY [CHI] — In an unprecedented move, the New York Islanders have invited Rabbi Paltiel of Chabad of Port Washington to perform a short pre-Chanukah ceremony at Nassau Coliseum during their game against the Boston Bruins this coming Monday night, December 3rd. The rabbi hopes to utilize the opportunity to promote the observance of the mitzvah of lighting Chanukah menorahs and its message of light, goodness and kindness, in a world sorely in need of it. He will be lighting a 9 foot menorah.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Moishe and Golda (nee Rosenstein) Reichman (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
After Lubavitch, the reggae star is now hanging his hat with an ecstatic chasidic sect.
It is only a few miles from Crown Heights to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, but in some respects, the asphalt avenues linking them bridge entirely disparate worlds.
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Menucha Vita bas Baila Please say Kapital 87 as well.
DHULIKHEL, Nepal — Dhulikhel, a resort village with panoramic views of the famous Himalayan mountain ranges, is an idyllic setting for soul searchers. Here, Chezi Lifshitz, the Chabad shliach to Nepal, devotes three days per month during peak season, to an intensive exploration of the mystical layers of Judaism together with Israeli travelers.
Chaim Yisroel Wilhelm (Crown Heights) and Mussie Gurary (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].
Roei Uliel (Jerusalem, Israel) and Mushkie Korn (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Beis Levi Yitzchok, 556 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
Zevi Greenbaum (N Miami Beach, FL) and Nechama Dina Menkes (S Monica, CA) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
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Our photographer was hard at work over the past two days covering all the Yud Tes Kislev Farbrenges in Crown Heights, in the extended article is a list of all the Farbrengens we managed to get to, for your viewing pleasure.
Full list of links in the Extended Article!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi and Mashie (nee Bluming) Slavaticki (Antwerp, Belgium) on the birth of their firstborn son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
As we have reported last week about the new weekly newspaper that was published by the Crown Heights Community Council and made it available for download, we are pleased to make this weeks addition of the paper also available.
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