Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Avi and Aviva (nee Hoffinger) Tatarka (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.
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As the holiday of Shavuot approaches Shluchim seem to be taking the opportunity to welcome a new Sefar Torah into their Shuls and Chabad Houses.
Today, Sunday nine of the ten events will be taking place in Chabad Houses in Franklin Lakes, NJ, Allentown, PA, Hollywood, FL, Santa Fe, NM, Camarillo, CA, Plano, TX, Redondo Beach, CA and Plainview, Long Island along with one more dedication here in Crown Heights.
More details in the Extended Article!
UPDATE: Today: TEN Hachnosas Sifrai Torah in the USA
As the holiday of Shavuot approaches Shluchim seem to be taking the opportunity to welcome a new Sefar Torah into their Shuls and Chabad Houses.
Today, Sunday nine of the ten events will be taking place in Chabad Houses in Franklin Lakes, NJ, Allentown, PA, Hollywood, FL, Santa Fe, NM, Camarillo, CA, Plano, TX, Redondo Beach, CA and Plainview, Long Island along with one more dedication here in Crown Heights.
More details in the Extended Article!
Mazal Tov! – 2 Sunday Night L’Chaims!
Mendel Kalmenson (New Haven, CT) and Chanale (bas Yosef Yitzchok) Katzman (Crown Heights) .
IYH at the Jewish Children’s Museum 792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave].
Shneur Hirsch (Crown Heights) and Devorah Leah Gitlin (Toronto, Canada) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany ave].
A number of members responded and began grid searching the neighborhood on foot, and after a short 20 minutes they found him roaming the streets in the vicinity of 770. A Shomrim member wrapped him in his jacket and notified the other units that he had been found, and together they walked him home.
Shomrim Return Missing Person on Friday Night
At around 2:00am on Friday night the Shomrim hotline received a call from a frantic mother saying that her son who’s 30 years old with a history of mental heath issues did not return home since leaving to Shul at 8:00pm.
A number of members responded and began grid searching the neighborhood on foot, and after a short 20 minutes they found him roaming the streets in the vicinity of 770. A Shomrim member wrapped him in his jacket and notified the other units that he had been found, and together they walked him home.
State police officials say their troopers and officers from more than 500 police agencies will be setting up safety restraint checkpoints throughout New York starting Monday and running through June third.
The enforcement measures are timed to coincide with the Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season.
Police Launch Two Week ‘Buckle Up’ Campaign
State police and hundreds of other law enforcement agencies across New York are about to launch a two-week seat belt enforcement blitz.
State police officials say their troopers and officers from more than 500 police agencies will be setting up safety restraint checkpoints throughout New York starting Monday and running through June third.
The enforcement measures are timed to coincide with the Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Dovid Kanarfogel (Teaneck, NJ) and Hindy (bar Mendel) Krinsky (Crown Heights) on their engagement.
To submit your Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
Picture of the Day! – the Kvutseh Group Picture!
The Bochurim learning in Kvutseh this year pose for a group picture in front of 770.
More in the Extended Article!
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Leima and Shira (nee Cunin) Teleshevsky (Los Angeles, CA) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
As Gimmel Tammuz is rapidly approaching, 4,000 Talmidim in the Rebbe's Yeshivos around the world, are uniting in an intense study cycle of Sichos and Maamorim to strengthen their connection to the Rebbe in preparation for the day, with the hope that very soon we will be reunited with the Rebbe leading us to the Geulah Shleimah.
More in the Extended Article.
Seventh Consecutive Year of a Collective Hachana
As Gimmel Tammuz is rapidly approaching, 4,000 Talmidim in the Rebbe’s Yeshivos around the world, are uniting in an intense study cycle of Sichos and Maamorim to strengthen their connection to the Rebbe in preparation for the day, with the hope that very soon we will be reunited with the Rebbe leading us to the Geulah Shleimah.
More in the Extended Article.
The following is In Connection with the forty years of the Rebbe's Mivtza Tefillin. This is a tale about a gentle lad named Chaim Jacobs who came from England in the early '60's to study in 770 as told to Rabbi Ari Kirschenbaum - Shliach of the Rebbe to Prospect Heights Brooklyn by Rabbi Elkanah Schwartz, Rav Cong. Kol Israel of Prospect Heights.
“But what About the Jewish Soldiers Around the Corner?”
The following is In Connection with the forty years of the Rebbe’s Mivtza Tefillin. This is a tale about a gentle lad named Chaim Jacobs who came from England in the early ’60’s to study in 770 as told to Rabbi Ari Kirschenbaum – Shliach of the Rebbe to Prospect Heights Brooklyn by Rabbi Elkanah Schwartz, Rav Cong. Kol Israel of Prospect Heights.
Folsom, CA — For Rabbi Yossi Grossbaum, who was recently appointed to launch Chabad of Folsom, the Northern California town is only the latest stop on a journey that began half a world away. Grossbaum was born and raised in Australia, studied in both Brooklyn and Toronto, and has performed outreach activities in countless small communities in between.
New Shluchim to California
Folsom, CA — For Rabbi Yossi Grossbaum, who was recently appointed to launch Chabad of Folsom, the Northern California town is only the latest stop on a journey that began half a world away. Grossbaum was born and raised in Australia, studied in both Brooklyn and Toronto, and has performed outreach activities in countless small communities in between.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shneur Hirsch (Crown Heights) and Devorah Leah Gitlin (Toronto, Canada) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Sunday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St [entrance on Albany ave].
NY1 reporters Stephanie Simon and Shazia Kahn co-host a one-of-a-kind evening, joined by Jewish stars including Gershon Veroba, and the famous Judah the Maccabee, and featuring an exclusive interview with Avraham Fried to pay tribute to the Friendship Circle volunteers.
BROOKLYN, NY -– In appreciation for the teenage girls and boys who volunteer several hours every week to spend time with their special needs “friends,” the Friendship Circle at the Jewish Children’s Museum is hosting a volunteer appreciation dinner at the Jewish Children’s Museum. But this won’t be just any, ordinary dinner. This is going to be a night of fun and laughter that takes place in…a makeshift TV studio! In keeping with their mission to provide a better tomorrow for children with special needs, the Friendship Circle dinner will feature the “Tomorrow Show.” The “Tomorrow Show,” modeled after the Today Show, will be complete with a TV-set, hosts, guest speakers, commercials and more!
Full Posted in the Extended Article!
The Tomorrow Show Debuts at the Jewish Children’s Museum
NY1 reporters Stephanie Simon and Shazia Kahn co-host a one-of-a-kind evening, joined by Jewish stars including Gershon Veroba, and the famous Judah the Maccabee, and featuring an exclusive interview with Avraham Fried to pay tribute to the Friendship Circle volunteers.
BROOKLYN, NY -– In appreciation for the teenage girls and boys who volunteer several hours every week to spend time with their special needs “friends,” the Friendship Circle at the Jewish Children’s Museum is hosting a volunteer appreciation dinner at the Jewish Children’s Museum. But this won’t be just any, ordinary dinner. This is going to be a night of fun and laughter that takes place in…a makeshift TV studio! In keeping with their mission to provide a better tomorrow for children with special needs, the Friendship Circle dinner will feature the “Tomorrow Show.” The “Tomorrow Show,” modeled after the Today Show, will be complete with a TV-set, hosts, guest speakers, commercials and more!
Full Posted in the Extended Article!
The Winners of this years Shoneh Halachos Chidon!
The winners of this years Chidon were
1st Place: Berel Paltiel and Avrohom Minsky
2nd Place: Mendy Bindel, Mendel Oster and Menachem Shuchat
3rd Place: Naftoli Barber
Shoneh Halachos is a program for eighth grade boys to encourage and guide them in the study of Halacha with the Alter Rebbe’s Psak which is clearly explained through notations made by Rabbi Levi Bistritzky a”h – former Rav pf Tzfat. Established by the Igud Menahalei Yeshivos of Crown Heights for Oholei Menachem and United Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Crown Street in the goal to expand the knowledge of Halacha and Yiras Shamayim of the talmidim of our community.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shneur and Yenti (nee Schiffrin) Cohen (Boro Park, Brooklyn) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
Two New Shuls open in Crown Heights!
Crown Heights, Brooklyn — This past Shabbos (Parshas Behar-Bechukosai) was the grand opening of a 2 new Shuls in Crown Heights. Bais Eliezer Yitzchok, in memory of Rabbi Lazer Levy OBM, is located at 394 Kingston Avenue, near the corner of Montgomery Street, and another Shul called Mishkan Menachem.
More pictures in the Extended Article
