SHEMINI ATZERES & SIMCHAS TORAH 5773 IN CROWN HEIGHTS

CROWN HEIGHTS (SHMAIS.com) Hundreds of additional guests came to spend Shemini Atzeres & Simchas Torah in Crown Heights.

For the 2^nd year in a row, Shemini Atzeres night was rainy. Monday morning was nice day. Monday nght was chilly and cloudy but BH no rain for Tahalucha. On Tuesday there was a little rain in the morning.

Below you will find a short roundup of Yom Tov & Shabbos in Crown Heights and @ the Ohel.

Shemini Atzeres
In the Rebbe's room Hakofos started right after Maariv. The Rebbe's & Moshiach's Sefer Torah were present @ Hakofos in the Rebbe's room. Israel Zev "Shmidy" Goldshmid and Mendy Wilhelm  brought the Sifrei Torahs from downstairs to upstairs & then returned them later so that they could be used @ the main Hakofos downstairs.

Hakofos in the Rebbe room ended @ lerech 9:05pm.

Downstairs Hakofos started at lerech 9:00pm and went till lerech 11:30pm. Between Maariv and Hakofos there were many Kiddushim around town where people began to get in the Simchadike spirit.

Tahalucha
Thousands of men, bochurim and children went to over 250 Shuls on Tahalucha. Starting from the early afternoon groups some accompanied by police escorts left 770. The groups went to all parts of the city including Queens, Flatbush, Brighton Beach, Howard Beach, Sea Gate, Manhattan, Canarsie, Boro Park, Park Slope and more. Mincha, downstairs in 770 was called for 4:45pm due to Tahalucha.

Simchas Torah
Downstairs in 770, Hakofos started @ lerech 10:30pm but as usual it took a while for the Shul to fill up as everyone was making their way back from Tahalucha. The official Hakofos ended at lerech 12:30am. However the unofficial Hakofos and dancing went on all night long.

Hakofos in the Rebbe room were held immediately after Maariv and ended @ lerech 9:15pm.

Chazzonim & more over Yom Tov

770 Downstairs
Shemini Atzeres
Maariv – Shloma Leib Abramowitz
Shachris – Zalman Wilschanski
Mussaf - Mendel Reizes

Simchas Torah

Maariv - Yitzchok (Yitzi) Hecht
Shachris - Yitzchok (Yitzi) Hecht
Mussaf – Arele Teleshevsky
Choson Torah – R’ Shmuel Butman and a few others

Choson Bereishis - The Rebbe & the Friediker Rebbe & Baal Koreh made the Brochos

Rebbe's Room
Shemini Atzeres
Maariv - Noochie Gross
Shachris – Nissan Moshe Vaisfiche
Mussaf – Fitche Ofen

Simchas Torah
Maariv – Yossel Blau
Shachris - Sholom Duchman
Mussaf - R’ Moshe Kotlarsky
Choson Torah - Rabbis' / Mazkirim - B. Klein, C.Y. Krinsky, L. Groner
Choson Bereishis - The Rebbe & the Friediker Rebbe & Baal Koreh made the Brochos

Food & Drink
As usual special thanks goes to Nochum Markowitz a who made all the arrangements for the "Kiddushim" on Shemini Atzeres & Simchas Torah both night and day. Sponsors for the Kiddushim include the Markovich famil from Mexico, S.B. Drizin, Yerachmiel Jacobson and OK Kosher.

Farbrengen
Towards the end of Yom Tov thousands packed the downstairs of 770 for a Farbrengen. Everyone sang the Niggunim of all the Rebbeim. There was also a Maamer Chazzered.

@ The Ohel
A crowd of 350 spent Shemini Atzeres & Simchas Torah @ the Ohel. The guests visited over 40 Shuls in Long Island & Queens on Tahalucha.

With reporting by and our thanks to LYA and Zalman Chein

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