🌱 How families can join the special Simchas Torah children’s Hakafos
Crown Heights, New York Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Crown Heights! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How families can join the special Simchas Torah children’s Hakafos
- Police still seek answers in Crown Heights Family Day shooting death
- Why Simchas Torah joy in Crown Heights still matters this year
Also on today's calendar: Heal Your Hips with Quamay Sams and 4 more events.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and cooler, with a high of 69 and low of 45 degrees.
- Sunday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 63, low: 52.
- Monday: Breezy with a shower in spots, with a high of 67 and low of 40 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Children's Hakafos to Take Place on Simchas Torah in Crown Heights (crownheights.info) — Families in Crown Heights can bring their children to a special Simchas Torah Hakafos program at 770 on Motzei Shabbos, with separate entrances arranged by age and gender for smoother access. Kids and mothers will have a chance to kiss the Rebbe’s Sefer Torah before and after Hakafos, while men and bochurim can join the main Hakafos later that night once 770 reopens. 
• Sofronie Hartzog, 33: Killed After Attack At Brooklyn Family Day In 2026 (ourblackgirls.com) — A summer Family Day gathering near Bergen Street and Howard Avenue in Crown Heights turned tragic when 33-year-old mother of five Sofronie Hartzog was fatally shot and a man wounded after a dispute escalated into gunfire. Weeks later, police have identified a person of interest but made no arrest, and investigators are still asking anyone with information to contact NYPD Crime Stoppers to help bring answers for her family.
• Weekly Dvar Torah: We Have Every Reason to Dance (crownheights.info) — As Simchas Torah approaches, the writer describes nights of joyful dancing in Crown Heights and connects that energy to moments of danger, war, and miraculous salvation in Jewish history. Using stories from Siberia, Russia, and recent events, he urges readers to embrace Simchas Torah as a time to dance with the Torah despite past suffering and to fill the coming year with joy.
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