With great sadness we report the untimely passing of Rabbi Akiva Wagner OBM, the Rosh Yeshiva of the Lubavitch Yeshiva in Toronto, Canada. He passed away on Monday, the 17th of Iyar, 5783 following an extended illness. Updated with Levaya Information
Over 200 youths gathered for a MEGA HAKHEL BBQ in honor of Lag Baomer with their shliach Rabbi Shmulik Tewel in Aubervilliers France.
One could say that Rabbi Eli Baitelman was a walking fountain of joy, kindness and Jewish inspiration. He served for more than a decade as a beloved Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi in Pacific Palisades, Calif., an affluent neighborhood in Los Angeles, and then continued to share the joy of Judaism with everyone he met in a subsequent career in construction. Baitelman passed away on Shabbat, May 6 (15 Iyar) after suffering a heart attack, just two days before the bar mitzvah celebration of his son, Sholom, was set to take place on the joyous day of Lag BaOmer.
The Tenenbaum family will be sitting shiva in Crown Heights after the passing of Rabbi Eli Tenenbaum OB”M. Times and location in extended article.
Chaim Lishner (Crown Heights) to Rivkie Scheiner (Southfield, MI) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown St.
Yonathan Elkrief (Creteil, France) to Haya Chiche (Bagnolet, France)
In an unprecedented move this Lag B’Omer, Railroad Pizza, the new and awesome Pizza store in Crown Heights, will be giving out FREE Neapolitan pizza at Kingston and Empire on May 9th from 12:00pm-4:00pm to celebrate the special day.
The Schneerson and Herzog families will be sitting shiva in Crown Heights after the passing of Rebbetzin Shaina Schneerson OB”M. Times and location in extended article.
Ethan Falkowitz OBM, a student at Roslyn Middle School, was running high after he and his friends won a Tennis match. As he and his friends were driven off to celebrate, a drunk driver going the wrong way created a tragedy, killing Falkowitz and his friend Drew Hassenbein.
Today – Tes Zayin Iyar – is Rabbi Wagner’s birthday, the day when mazolo gover. On behalf of his entire extended family, I request that you take time today to add in hachlatos tovos in his zchus.
The annual Lag B’Omer fair by NCFJE will be free of charge, thanks to generous partners Mask and Interborough Developmental and Consultation Center.
The power of shabbos. For a Jew, the true path to success lies in living life according to Torah’s directives. Central among these is the observance of the day of rest.
With great sadness we report the sudden passing of R’ Eli Baitelman OBM, a member of Anash of Los Angeles, CA. He passed away on Motzei Shabbos, the 16th of Iyar due to a heart attack.
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Eliyahu Tenenbaum OBM, a Crown Heights resident and long time teacher at Oholei Torah. He passed away Motzei Shabbos, the 16th of Iyar, 5783.
Zalman Rosenfeld (Crown Heights) to Esty Slapochnik (Crown Heights)
Plans are changing as groups from all over the world head to Crown Heights in honor of Lag B’Omer.
In honor of Lag B’Omer this year, the Ohel Bus Service will be providing extra subsidized transportation round trip from Crown Heights to the Ohel from Sunday, May 7th to Tuesday, May 9th.
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