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Connecting the Queens Jewish Community Approaching its 50th anniversary, Laniado Hospital – Sanz Medical Center reflects on five decades...
(Please recite Psalms 20, 30, 88, 121, and 130.)
According to the midrash on Megillas Esther, before Esther HaMalkah went in uninvited to Achashveirosh, she spent three days fasting, wearing sack-cloth, and praying by way of the window (toward Yerushalayim). She pleaded and cried for Hashem’s mercy, moving from window to window in the house of Achashveirosh (Esther Rabbah 8:7). Why did Esther HaMalkah move from window to window? A possible explanation is: Just as each window offered a different view on the grounds surrounding the palace, the t’filos that she made during those three days took on various angles and forms.
On the afternoon of Wednesday, February 19, residents and business owners were put into a frenzy after construction crews working along Main Street mistakenly struck a high-pressure gas main, causing widespread street closures and evacuations in the Kew Gardens Hills neighborhood.
On Motza’ei Shabbos, Parshas Mishpatim, a festive melaveh malkah was held to mark Congregaion Ohel Yitzchok’s 38 years of continued contributions to the Kew Gardens Hills area. The evening featured a siyum haShas on behalf of the shul’s Daf HaYomi chaburah and was dedicated in memory of founding member Dr. Tali Skoczylas a”h.
Chazaq’s Shaping Lives Sunday School impacts the lives of hundreds of public school children every week by providing learning and fun in 6 locations!
Anger and frustration greeted Mayor Bill de Blasio at his Town Hall meeting at Russell Sage Junior High School in Forest Hills on February 19.
