Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Motti Grossbaum (Stony Brook, Long Island) and Chaya Klein (Johannesburg, South Africa) on their engagement.
UPDATE: The L’Chaim will IYH be Sunday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
1
Gunplay Plagues Two Brooklyn Nabes
BROOKLYN, NY — On the streets of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights, nearly everyone has a crime story to tell.
Jasmine Williams, a 20-year-old mom, heard shots ring out two nights ago. Last month, retiree Doug Ruckle, 73, saw someone gunned down a few feet away from him.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Michoel Ogince (Sydney, Australia) and Sarah Lande (Baltimore, MD) on their engagement.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
<%popup(20071228-Kiryat_Malachi_800.jpg|800|540|Click Here to enlarge the Picture!)%>
The Mayor Kiryat Malachi Shaking the Rebbe's Hand. Special Thanks Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum. Click here to see previous weeks pictures.
Picture of the Day! – The Rebbe and Mayor of Kiryat Malachi
<%popup(20071228-Kiryat_Malachi_800.jpg|800|540|Click Here to enlarge the Picture!)%>
The Mayor Kiryat Malachi Shaking the Rebbe’s Hand. Special Thanks Rabbi Mordechai Kirschenbaum. Click here to see previous weeks pictures.
Mazal Tov! – 6 Sholom Zochors this Week!
Benjy and Mussy Stock.
IYH at 596 Montgomery St, [bet Brooklyn and Kingston Ave].
Alon and Perel (nee Kahn) Friedman.
IYH at the Shalom Center, 483 Albany Ave, [bet Lefferts and Empire].
Berel and Mirel (nee Salek) Prager.
IYH at 858 Eastern Pkwy, [bet Albany and Kingston Ave].
Sholom and Kayla (nee Chanowitz) Kramer
IYH at 620 Montgomery St, [bet Brooklyn and Kingston Ave].
Levi and Leah (nee Labkowski) Stern.
IYH at 2755 W Farwell Ave, Chicago, IL 60645.
David and Adira Werdiger.
IYH at 2 Pearson Grove, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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.
Photo Gallery: Spontaneous Farbrengen in 770
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Following the wedding of Mendy Weg and Itty Kalmanson, Bochurim and Shluchim who came in to Crown Heights moved on to 770, where they sat down for a Farbrengen which went on into the wee hours of the morning.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Argentine College Students Come to America to Learn Torah
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Some 200 college students from Argentina celebrated the completion of a year-long study of the basics of Judaism by traveling to America to tour sites in New York and Washington, D.C.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
This weeks edition of the Crown Heights Newspaper
Click here to download the newspaper in PDF format.
This Weeks Crown Heights Newspaper
This weeks edition of the Crown Heights Newspaper
1. During it’s description of the horrible Egyptian exile the Torah says, “They embittered their lives with hard work, with mortar and with bricks…”.
2. The Rebbe analyzes this:
The true life of a Jew is not his physical life, it is his spiritual life. Therefore, when the Torah says that the Egyptians embittered the lives of the Jewish people it must also be referring to their spiritual lives, their true life.
3. The Rebbe now questions this:
The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Shemos
The Rebbe says:
1. During it’s description of the horrible Egyptian exile the Torah says, “They embittered their lives with hard work, with mortar and with bricks…”.
2. The Rebbe analyzes this:
The true life of a Jew is not his physical life, it is his spiritual life. Therefore, when the Torah says that the Egyptians embittered the lives of the Jewish people it must also be referring to their spiritual lives, their true life.
3. The Rebbe now questions this:
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — The Soul II Soul Concert, featuring Avraham Fried will IYH be Motzoei Shabbos, February 9th, the 3rd of Adar 1, 8:15 PM at the Brooklyn School of Music and Theatre in Prospect Heights HS Campus, 883 Classon Ave, (map in extended article).
More info and full flyer in the Extended Article!
Save the Date – Soul II Soul Concert (A)
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — The Soul II Soul Concert, featuring Avraham Fried will IYH be Motzoei Shabbos, February 9th, the 3rd of Adar 1, 8:15 PM at the Brooklyn School of Music and Theatre in Prospect Heights HS Campus, 883 Classon Ave, (map in extended article).
More info and full flyer in the Extended Article!
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi Agulnik (Ottawa, Canada) and Mushky Kurtz (Chicago, IL) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Motzoei Shabbos at 6442 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60645.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us at mazaltov@crownheights.info!
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Last night, Wednesday at around 7:00 PM, Shomrim received a call from two scared children, home alone, saying there was someone prank calling them and they think he was outside their house.
A few Shomrim members were dispatched to the house, made sure the children, both in their early teens, were okay and secured the house. The Shomrim members waited for the parents to come home, who told them that they knew who the caller was.
Attempt to Reason with Troubled Teen end in his Arrest
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Last night, Wednesday at around 7:00 PM, Shomrim received a call from two scared children, home alone, saying there was someone prank calling them and they think he was outside their house.
A few Shomrim members were dispatched to the house, made sure the children, both in their early teens, were okay and secured the house. The Shomrim members waited for the parents to come home, who told them that they knew who the caller was.
<%popup(20071227-Comic-Shemos-Lrg.jpg|800|649|Click here to enlarge the comic!)%>
The Weekly Comic! – Parshas Shemos!
<%popup(20071227-Comic-Shemos-Lrg.jpg|800|649|Click here to enlarge the comic!)%>
According to those who knew the veteran educator ñ who despite a debilitating disease that forced him to retire early continued to gather children together to read them stories ñ Karniel once remarked that the only difference between a carpenter and a teacher is that a carpenter can see the effects of his labor almost immediately. A teacher, on the other hand, must wait 25 or 30 years.
Longtime Kfar Chabad Educator Passes Away at 68
KFAR CHABAD, Israel — The Jewish community of Kfar Chabad, Israel, mourned the passing Wednesday of resident Rabbi Amos Karniel, who passed away at age 68 after a long illness.
According to those who knew the veteran educator ñ who despite a debilitating disease that forced him to retire early continued to gather children together to read them stories ñ Karniel once remarked that the only difference between a carpenter and a teacher is that a carpenter can see the effects of his labor almost immediately. A teacher, on the other hand, must wait 25 or 30 years.
One day, while distributing prayer books, the good Rabbi encountered a man who emphatically refused to accept a Siddur. “Having witnessed the disdainful behavior of devout Jews in the concentration camp,” declared the man, “I want no part of anything religious!”
Disturbed by the man's solemn indictment of fellow Jews – ravished martyrs of the most dreadful atrocities perpetrated against humanity – Rabbi Eliezer asked if he would please explain what had so badly soured him.
The Weekly Sedra – Shemos – What You See Is What You Get
Among the volunteers who visited the thousands of World War II survivors, that were held-up in displaced-persons (DP) camps throughout Germany and Poland, was Rabbi Eliezer Silver.
One day, while distributing prayer books, the good Rabbi encountered a man who emphatically refused to accept a Siddur. “Having witnessed the disdainful behavior of devout Jews in the concentration camp,” declared the man, “I want no part of anything religious!”
Disturbed by the man’s solemn indictment of fellow Jews – ravished martyrs of the most dreadful atrocities perpetrated against humanity – Rabbi Eliezer asked if he would please explain what had so badly soured him.
JUDGMENT: 770 Returns to the Hands of Aguc”h
Click Here to download a PDF of the full Judgment
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Just a short while ago the Honorary Judge Ira B. Harkavy signed a 12 page judgment clearly and decisively ruling that Agudas Chassidei Chabad and Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch is the legal owners of 770 and 784-788 Eastern Pkwy, furthermore the judgment gave Aguch and Merkos possession of the premises, meaning that they are the governing body of what goes on in the premises.
The judgment further went on to name the Gaboim and ‘Congregation Lubavitch Inc” (CLI) are to ‘deliver the premises’ to Aguch and Merkos, meaning that they are to vacate the premises as the governing body. The judgment also went on to say that if CLI does not comply city agencies such as the Marshals and Sheriffs of New York City are to enforce this judgment.
More in the Extended Article.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Sholom Ber (Sholly) Cohen (Leeds, England) and Feigie Treitel (Montreal Canada) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Thursday at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St, [between New York and Nostrand Ave].
