Baby Boy!
Yossi and Rivki Diamont from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 399 Crown Street
Weekly Story: Recognizing His Greatness
Since Chof Daled Teves was this week, I am posting a story that I said at a farbrengen in connection to the Alter Rebbe.
Weekly Dvar Torah: A Chossid Creates Light to Illuminate the World
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman shows just how many practical lessons a Chossid gets from just a one-line teaching of the Tzemach Tzedek, a one liner that kept Chassidim going for many generations.
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended January 21st-22nd
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended on Saturday-Sunday, January 21-22, 2023 for a holiday. Parking meters remain in effect.
Grand Opening for new Chabad CTeen Lounge for Orange County Jewish Teens
A festive ribbon cutting ceremony for the new state-of-the-art CTeen Lounge at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Monroe brought a crowd of teens, parents and supporters from across Orange County to celebrate.
Enormous Lease Signed For New Crown Heights Supermarket
Lidl, the rapidly growing supermarket chain in Brooklyn, has nabbed a coveted 33,000 square foot piece of Crown Heights Real Estate in a deal that will bring the supermarket to the edge of Crown Heights.
T-Mobile Announced Data Breach of 37 Million Customer Accounts
The U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile said Thursday that an unidentified malicious intruder breached its network in late November and stole data on 37 million customers, including addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth.
Winter-Break Vacationers in Caribbean Find Everything Jewish at Chabad
It’s midwinter vacation at many Jewish day schools and yeshivahs across North America, and in the warm and sunny Caribbean island of Aruba, Rabbi Ahron Blasberg is hard at work koshering two restaurants in anticipation of the many Jewish families he’s expecting to arrive at the small island over the next few weeks.
Baby Girl!
Moti and Zlata (nee Nisselevitch) Levin from Caen, France had a baby girl!
Lively and Spotaneous Bar Mitzvah Celebration for French Chabad Boy
In the spirit of Hakhel and Chassidim Ein Mishpacha, Bachurim from YTTL and OT energized a Bar Mitzvah celebration for a French boy who came to have his Aliya by the Rebbe
Picture of the Day
Harav Dovid Moshe Rosenbaum, the Rebbe of Kretshnif who lives in Kiryat Gat, is on a visit to New York and made a visit to 770 earlier on this week. He also made a stop at the Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens.
Areivim Raises Payout to 150k Per Orphan
Areivim USA has announced that they are raising the payout amount per orphan, to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
SHOMRIM ALERT: Multiple Incidents Near The Schenectady/Eastern Parkway Subway Station
Crown Heights Shomrim has released an Alert notifying the community of a series of incidents that have taken place near the Schenectady/Eastern Parkway subway station, and are asking people to be vigilant.
BDE: Small Plane With Jewish People On Board Crashes Near Westchester Airport
Terrible news has surfaced Thursday night with reports from the FAA that a small plane that took off from JFK crashed near Westchester Airport. Two Jewish men were allegedly on board.
Joy in Kharkov, Ukraine, as Four Males Young and Old Receive Brit Milahs
The Kharkov Jewish community had a lot to celebrate this past week as four members of their community, including a 6-month-old, a 4-year-old, a 9-year-old and a man in his 50s received a brit milah.
Weekly Letter: Why Do The Wicked Prosper and the Righteous Suffer
In his letter, the Rebbe addresses the age-old question of why it is that the wicked prosper and the righteous suffer. Tragedies which our people have endured over the centuries of our history – have not deterred us from fulfilling our mission.
Kamin Health Urgent Care, Providing Crown Heights With Medial Care For Seven Years
If you’ve ever walked past the warm and brightly lit waiting room of Kamin Urgent Care while walking or driving late at night near Lefferts and Kingston, and noticed the comfortable chairs and large screen playing kosher entertainment and thought “Hmm, that place seems nice” before moving on, today I’d like to invite you to take a second look.
