Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish a hearty Mazal Tov to Avraham Meir Markovitch (LI, New York) upon his engagement to Perla Timsit (New York) !
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Joseph Fiel, 30, was arrested Wednesday and charged with breaking into a Brooklyn home then attacking and robbing the couple who live there.
Fiel has been charged with robbery and criminal possession of a weapon.
Police say he broke into the couple's boro park home on 54th Street around 9 p.m. Monday.
Arrest Made In Boro Park Home Robbery
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Joseph Fiel, 30, was arrested Wednesday and charged with breaking into a Brooklyn home then attacking and robbing the couple who live there.
Fiel has been charged with robbery and criminal possession of a weapon.
Police say he broke into the couple’s boro park home on 54th Street around 9 p.m. Monday.
Police said around 9:45 p.m., two men wearing black jump suits and ski masks broke into a 54th Street residence in Boro Park, where they reportedly used duct tape to tie up its residents, Sarah and Wolf Sicherman. After securing the couple to chairs inside the kitchen, police said the robbers coerced them into opening a safe containing the valuables.
Sources familiar with the investigation said the robbers entered the home by breaking open a window in the rear of the property and removing the screen. While police did not disclose the value of the cash and jewelry they took, authorities indicated the suspects fled in a white SUV.
Boro Park Robbery Stuns Area Residents
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Two masked robbers wielding box cutters tied up a couple in Brooklyn and made off with cash and jewelry from their safe Monday, authorities reported yesterday.
Police said around 9:45 p.m., two men wearing black jump suits and ski masks broke into a 54th Street residence in Boro Park, where they reportedly used duct tape to tie up its residents, Sarah and Wolf Sicherman. After securing the couple to chairs inside the kitchen, police said the robbers coerced them into opening a safe containing the valuables.
Sources familiar with the investigation said the robbers entered the home by breaking open a window in the rear of the property and removing the screen. While police did not disclose the value of the cash and jewelry they took, authorities indicated the suspects fled in a white SUV.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish a hearty Mazal Tov to Moshe Danzinger (Toronto) upon his engagement to Tzippy Lieblich (Crown Heights)
The Lechaim will IY”H be Tonight [Wednesday] in Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown St.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagements!
We would like to wish a hearty Mazal Tov to Yisroel Brashevitsky (Crown Heights) upon to his engagement to Chanie Galperin (Johannesburg, SA/Chicago, IL)!
And to Dovid Blachman (Crown Heights) upon his engagement to Dorith Mizrachi (Brooklyn, NY) !
The Lechaim will be on Thursday at the Maple St. Shul (Congregation Ahavas Moische) 612 Maple Street between Kingston and Albany.
In a little under two months the International Kinus Hashluchim with over 2000 Shluchim worldwide will convene all under one roof for the annual banquet that takes place each year.
Recently CrownHeights.info has learned that the Keynote speaker this year will be R. Yosef Chaim Kantor the head Shliach to Thailand. Mr. Shmuel (Sami) Rohr, who heads the Rohr Family Foundation that support Shluchim around the world as well as programs headed up by Chabad, has been announced as the guest speaker.
Guest and Keynote Speakers Announced For This Years Kinus
In a little under two months the International Kinus Hashluchim with over 2000 Shluchim worldwide will convene all under one roof for the annual banquet that takes place each year.
Recently CrownHeights.info has learned that the Keynote speaker this year will be R. Yosef Chaim Kantor the head Shliach to Thailand. Mr. Shmuel (Sami) Rohr, who heads the Rohr Family Foundation that support Shluchim around the world as well as programs headed up by Chabad, has been announced as the guest speaker.
Amidst all this hustle and bustle, The Vaad Hatmimim – International committee for bochurim – have taken upon themselves the task of making the month long stay meaningful and inspirational, for the estimated 1000 guest Bachurim. A wide array of programming assures that the bachurim not only use their time here wisely, but also that they go back home with a greater understanding, in how they can be real Chassidim in today’s trying times.
Amidst the hustle and bustle; meaningful programming for Bochurim
The streets of Crown Heights are bursting with action, men women and children from around the world have gathered for “Tishrei in the Rebbe’s Court”. While sometimes the extra load of people can be burdensome; extra long lines in our local stores, extra pushing and shoving in 770, over flowing usage of the Mikva’s, to name a few. We know that the Rebbe was very supportive of hachnosas orchim, and the residents of the Shechuna, as always, have stepped up to the task.
Amidst all this hustle and bustle, The Vaad Hatmimim – International committee for bochurim – have taken upon themselves the task of making the month long stay meaningful and inspirational, for the estimated 1000 guest Bachurim. A wide array of programming assures that the bachurim not only use their time here wisely, but also that they go back home with a greater understanding, in how they can be real Chassidim in today’s trying times.
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Dancing rabbis on I-395
Drivers on Seminary Road witnessed an unusual sight Sunday evening near the I-395 exit. A group of bearded rabbis in black hats and long black coats danced down the middle of the road followed by a long procession of people clapping along to Jewish music coming from a black van that drove alongside with an organist inside.
Most 20 year-olds from Brooklyn would agree that a road trip through California would rank near the top of the list of great things to do during the summer. But for Ari Shapiro and Chaim Bronstein, the road trip experience focused on something other than fun and sun. These two young Chabad rabbis have spent the hot summer weeks touring California's prisons.
Chabad’s Prison Chaplaincy: Reaching Out Behind Bars
Most 20 year-olds from Brooklyn would agree that a road trip through California would rank near the top of the list of great things to do during the summer. But for Ari Shapiro and Chaim Bronstein, the road trip experience focused on something other than fun and sun. These two young Chabad rabbis have spent the hot summer weeks touring California’s prisons.
By using their hands to fash-ion, their noses to smell and their ears to hear the sound the instrument makes, Resnick — rabbi for Chabad of the Tri-Valley — aimed to help the youth make a connection to Rosh Hashana.
Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, began Friday and heralded the start of the 10-day period called the Days of Awe that culminates on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
Jews reflect and cleanse on Rosh Hashana
When children crafted shofars by curing, measuring, saw-ing, drilling and polishing rams’ horns Sunday, Rabbi Raleigh Resnick hoped that the experience would leave an everlasting impression on their young minds.
By using their hands to fash-ion, their noses to smell and their ears to hear the sound the instrument makes, Resnick — rabbi for Chabad of the Tri-Valley — aimed to help the youth make a connection to Rosh Hashana.
Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, began Friday and heralded the start of the 10-day period called the Days of Awe that culminates on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
Brooklyn Politics: The Changing Same
In a race marked by racial tensions and the declining fortune of the Brooklyn Democratic machine, Yvette Clarke squeaked out a Democratic primary victory in central Brooklyn’s 11th Congressional district on Sept. 12. Clarke came in with 31 percent of the vote, just ahead of insurgent candidate David Yassky’s 26 percent.
From the living room of his Scripps Ranch home, with an iced green tea from Starbucks and an iBook laptop plugged into cyberspace, Rabbi Dovid Smoller is ready for another evening of making like Moses.
For three hours each Thursday evening, Smoller uses the keyboard to lead people out of the wilderness of questions to a Promised Land of answers.
He is one of 40 Jewish scholars from around the world who take turns fielding online chats for AskMoses.com, a Web site sponsored by Chabad of California and named for the prophet who, among other accomplishments, led the Hebrews out of Egypt and delivered the Ten Commandments.
A new staff for Moses
From the living room of his Scripps Ranch home, with an iced green tea from Starbucks and an iBook laptop plugged into cyberspace, Rabbi Dovid Smoller is ready for another evening of making like Moses.
For three hours each Thursday evening, Smoller uses the keyboard to lead people out of the wilderness of questions to a Promised Land of answers.
He is one of 40 Jewish scholars from around the world who take turns fielding online chats for AskMoses.com, a Web site sponsored by Chabad of California and named for the prophet who, among other accomplishments, led the Hebrews out of Egypt and delivered the Ten Commandments.
Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!
We would like to wish a hearty Mazal Tov to Shlomie Frishman (Jerusalem, Israel) upon his engagement to Rochel (bas R. Yossi ) Brook (Crown Heights) !
Honolulu, HI - To build the abs, the muscle and cardio endurance it takes to cross 41 miles of Pacific blue in an outrigger canoe race, Karen Dunai maintained a punishing fourteen hours a week training regimen, but a spiritual crisis that pitted her sport against Rosh Hashanah nearly pushed her to the limit.
Canoe Team Member Chooses Rosh Hashana Over Race
Honolulu, HI – To build the abs, the muscle and cardio endurance it takes to cross 41 miles of Pacific blue in an outrigger canoe race, Karen Dunai maintained a punishing fourteen hours a week training regimen, but a spiritual crisis that pitted her sport against Rosh Hashanah nearly pushed her to the limit.
Monroe, NJ - Sometimes it takes 40 years for Chabad’s open door, no tickets required policy on the High Holidays to bear fruit.
At Debbie’s Luncheonette on Troy Avenue in Brooklyn, in the 1960’s, there was pot roast on the menu and a young Jacob Roitman behind the counter, helping out whenever Debbie, his mom, needed an extra hand.
Open Door Policy Draws Newcomers To Shul
Monroe, NJ – Sometimes it takes 40 years for Chabad’s open door, no tickets required policy on the High Holidays to bear fruit.
At Debbie’s Luncheonette on Troy Avenue in Brooklyn, in the 1960’s, there was pot roast on the menu and a young Jacob Roitman behind the counter, helping out whenever Debbie, his mom, needed an extra hand.
Tishrei 3rd is a fast day mourning the assassination of the Jewish royal Gedaliah ben Achikam, governor of the Land of Israel for a short period following the destruction of the First Temple. Gedaliah's killing spelled the end of the small remnant of a Jewish community that remained in the Holy Land after the destruction, which fled to Egypt. (According to many opinions, the assassination of Gedaliah actually occurred on Rosh Hashanah, but the commemoration of the event is postponed to the day after the festival).
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Tzom Gedaliah: Assassination of Gedaliah
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Tishrei 3rd is a fast day mourning the assassination of the Jewish royal Gedaliah ben Achikam, governor of the Land of Israel for a short period following the destruction of the First Temple. Gedaliah’s killing spelled the end of the small remnant of a Jewish community that remained in the Holy Land after the destruction, which fled to Egypt. (According to many opinions, the assassination of Gedaliah actually occurred on Rosh Hashanah, but the commemoration of the event is postponed to the day after the festival).
More at Chabad.org
