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Brooklyn Heights’ Rabbi Simcha Says No Gelt, No Glory

Sometimes it just feels like life is all nun and shin but no gimel. This is especially true during heated games of dreidel during Chanukah. Rabbi Simcha Weinstein (@rabbisimcha) of Congregation B’nai Avraham in Brooklyn Heights shares his double secret super dreidel powers:

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Guest Blog: Rabbi Simcha and Rabbi Raskin

We asked Rabbi Simcha Weinstein and Rabbi Aaron Raskin to write a little something in celebration of Rosh Hashanah , the year 5771 and Yom Kippur: In tumultuous times of social and economic upheaval, one must reflect with great poignancy on the big questions posed by the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. […]

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Get on the Purim Party Bus with Rabbi Simcha

Rabbi Simcha Weinstein tells us there’s still time to get on the Purim bus tomorrow with Congregation B’nai Avraham and dress up like your favorite New York icon! Full schedule and details here.

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Brooklyn Heights’ Rabbi Simcha Will Show You How to Make a Nice Kosher Pickle

Tonight (2/16) at Pratt Chapel Hall at 8pm BHB pal/Brooklyn Heights resident Rabbi Simcha Weinstein will show folks how to make Kosher pickles and explain just what makes those yummy snacks Kosher in the first place.

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New Torah is Celebrated and Rabbi Simcha Talks Schtick Shift at Brooklyn Book Fest

Schtick Shift author Rabbi Simcha Weinstein, moderator Laura Sinagra and authors Ethan Gilsdorf (Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks), Brian Raftery (Don’t Stop Believin’) and Eddie Sarfaty (Mental) discuss “obsessive fun” at today’s Brooklyn Book Festival. Right before Rabbi Simcha’s appearance, members of his Congregation B’nai Avraham ushered in their new Torah (aka the longest selling […]

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NY Daily News on the B’nai Avraham Thief

Over the last few years, Congregation B’nai Avarham on Remsen Street has been the victim of several break-ins all  reportedly committed by the same person.  Today the NY Daily News covers the story: NY Daily News:  “I feel you have to separate the person from the act,” said Rabbi Aaron Raskin. “If he’s a thief, […]

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Brooklyn Heights Rabbi Simcha: Is Bruno Good for the Jews?

Congregation B’nai Avraham’s Rabbi Simcha Weinstein discusses Jewish comedy in his new book Schtick Shift.  Today on the spiritual website Busted Halo he explores whether or not Sascha Baron Cohen’s latest flick  Bruno (which was #1 in this weekend’s box office),  with a litany of Holocaust humor, is good for the Jews:

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Rabbi Simcha Serves Up Kosher Comedy

Amazon.com WidgetsFrom the BHB Inbox comes this holiday dispatch from Rabbi Simcha Weinstein. His new book, Shtick Shift is in stores now!: Stand-Up for Chanukah: Kosher cutting-edge comedy December 21st / 1st Night of Chanukah Cong. B’nai Avraham 117 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights Doors Open @ 7:3pm /Show: 8 – 10pm Martini Bar & Latkes […]

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