Sholom Ber and Rivkie (nee Levin) Brownstein.
IYH at 621 Empire Blvd [between Kingston and Albany Ave].
Srully and Chaya (nee Kesselman) Kotlarsky.
IYH at 398 Crown St [between Brooklyn and New York Ave].
Sruli and Tova Leider.
IYH at 701 Empire Blvd, Apt 6F [between Albany and Troy Ave].
Oren and Mashi Zukerman (Johannesburg, South Africa).
Please stay tuned as we update this list when 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!!
IYH at 621 Empire Blvd [between Kingston and Albany Ave].
Srully and Chaya (nee Kesselman) Kotlarsky.
IYH at 398 Crown St [between Brooklyn and New York Ave].
Sruli and Tova Leider.
IYH at 701 Empire Blvd, Apt 6F [between Albany and Troy Ave].
Oren and Mashi Zukerman (Johannesburg, South Africa).
Please stay tuned as we update this list when 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!!
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This week marked the first Yartzeit since the massacre of the Rebbes Shluchim to Mumbai. While on duty, the bright candles of Rabbi Gabi and Rivka Holtzberg HYD and their Chabad House guests were extinguished. This Shabbos is dedicated as a Shabbos of Chizuk and Achdus in tribute to these two soldiers of the Rebbe, killed on the frontlines of Shlichus.
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov, Jax., FL
Unable to afford a first rate tailor, a young peasant employed the services of a substandard craftsman to sew him an outfit for his impending wedding. One glimpse at the dismal result brought tears to the young man’s eyes.
“How do you expect me to wear a coat with the right sleeve four inches shorter than the left,” cried the distraught groom.
“It’s not that big a deal,” replied the tailor. “Just pull-in your right arm a bit.”
“And what about the pants,” demanded the shaken groom. “The left leg is six inches longer than the right!”
“You’re being overly fussy,” retorted the poor-excuse-for-a-tailor. “All you need to do is bend your right knee slightly and it will be alright.” And so it went. Every problem with the bungled workmanship was corrected with another modification in the wearer’s posture.
At the wedding, the assembled gasped in shock as the sorry looking groom hobbled down the aisle; his figure contorted so as to fit the suit. “What a disfigured young man,” noted some of the guests. “Oy, Ah Rachmunis!” sighed others, “he’s Eppes a cripple.”
(L -R) Rabbi Shmaya Katz, Cory Miller, and Rabbi Moshe Frank standing beside the new Mezuzah.
Cory Miller is the youngest President of a financial trading firm; he is just twenty two years old. This past Monday afternoon Chabad of Wall Street Rabbis Shmaya Katz and Moshe Frank installed a mezuzah in his company branch on Wall Street.
The trial against the six Shomrim volunteers reconvenes today at 9:30am through 2:00pm, and the residents of the community are asked to please come down to the courthouse and show your support. Dispel the rumors and propaganda, see the facts for yourself.
Trial commences in 320 Jay Street, which is the Brooklyn Supreme Court in downtown Brooklyn, on the second floor in Part 2. The easiest way to get there is by subway, Click Here to see the Google map and see the nearby train stations.
By Ben Sales for the New Voices
I assumed that I would walk out of the Crown Heights subway stop into throngs of Lubavitcher Hassidim surrounded by cheap kosher restaurants, Jewish ritual shops and stores selling stacks of identical black hats. Instead what I found on Sunday evening was an empty sidewalk save for a few men chilling on the front stoop of an apartment and a woman carrying home her groceries.
They weren't Jewish: this was the other side of Crown Heights.
Over 350 volunteers of the Friendship Circle Rosh Chodesh Kislev with friendship and doughnuts. The girls, students schools in Crown Heights volunteer in the evening with children with special needs.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Sholom Ber and Rivkie (nee Levin) Brownstein (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
CrownHeights.info wishes Mazal Tov to Yossi and Esther (nee Grossman) Levy (Aventura, FL) on the birth of their firstborn daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
IOWA CITY, Iowa [AP] — Prosecutors have dismissed all 72 immigration charges against a former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse manager.
The move came after Sholom Rubashkin's conviction last week in federal court on financial fraud charges.
After speaking to both Rabbis Osdoba and Schwei they told us how they were hurting not only from the false statements in their name in this matter, but many others that have come out over the years. Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba released yesterday this letter in his defense, and that of the Shomrim Six. “Since it has been said in my name as if I heaven forbid gave permission to give over [Masser] and to inform [Malshin] on the members of Shomrim. I am here to clarify that this is a complete and total lie, and it is entirely not in my hands, since this sort of act is prohibited by Halacha in every way possible.”
In honor of Rosh Chodesh Kislev, a few Bochurim took upon themselves, with the kind help and sponsorship of Syncope Records, to release a song portraying the significance of this day.
In honor of Rosh Chodesh Kislev Rabbi Levi Garelik Farbrenged with the students in Darchai Menachem. Rabbi Garelik spoke about how special the day was, and read a letter he received from the Rebbe to the students.
WPIX 11
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — There appears to be two major mistakes that could have made the difference between life and death in a Crown Heights fire that took three lives.
First, fire officials say there were no smoke detectors in the apartment and secondly, it seems it took way too long to respond.
Article: Jpost. Photos: Israel Bardugo for CrownHeights.info
Chabad held a memorial dinner on Wednesday in honor of Rabbi Gavriel Holzberg and his wife Rivka, who were killed when terrorists raided the Chabad house in Mumbai a year ago on the Hebrew calendar.
A crowd of well over 2,000 guests filled a massive tent in Kfar Chabad set up outside the replica of the Rebbe's house in Brooklyn. A service manager said over 100 people worked the event, including at least 80 waiters. Organizers said the demand for tickets was “enormous” and that thousands of people who wanted to attend were turned away.
» More pictures in the Extended Article! (by Israel Bardugo)
NY Daily News
The carnage of the Mumbai terror attacks was still fresh as film director Dan Reed scoured India's largest city looking for clues.
Reed was bent on finding out how 10 gunmen managed to pull off one of the worst urban assaults of the 21st century - carried live on TV around the globe.
A group of Shluchim and Bochurim sat down for a Farbrengen in the Chabad House where Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg HYD were murdered ‘al kidush hashem’. The group included Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor, Shliach to Thailand along with Rabbi Avraham Berkowitz, and a few Bochurim.
Tzivos Hashem has announced an exciting new mission for all Chayolim. Each week 4,000 children from 42 schools, learn a new nigun. They then teach it to their friends and family at their Shabbos table. After completing this mission for five months, all participating chayolim receive the prestigious “Nigun Medal”.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Family, Shluchim, Rabonim, Students, Friends and Mushpoim are gathered last night for the 2nd Yohrtzeit of Horav Shlomo Matusof, who was a Ba’al Mesirus Nefesh all his life, and one of the first Shluchim of the Rebbe.
NEW YORK (WABC) — A sex discrimination lawsuit has been filed against one of the best-known electronics stores in New York.
Four women accuse B&H Electronics of workplace promotions that were discriminatory.
The Avner institute would like to present a Beautiful Photo of the Rebbe from January of 1971. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.org