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== Crown Heights Rabbinate ==
== Crown Heights Rabbinate ==
On 20 Sivan 5760, [[Rabbi Yehuda Kalman Marlow]] passed away after a serious illness. About two years after his passing, the members of the Representatives Organization announced elections for the position of Rav. No additional candidate ran against Rabbi Schwei. The elections were held on Sunday 22 Cheshvan 5763 and thousands of neighborhood residents came to vote at the ballot box located in the basement of 770. After counting the ballots, it became clear that Rabbi Aaron Yaakov Schwei was elected as Mara D'asra and Beis Din member, receiving over ninety percent of eligible voters' votes.
On 20 Sivan 5760, Rabbi [[Yehuda Kalman Marlow]] passed away after a serious illness. About two years after his passing, the members of the Representatives Organization announced elections for the position of Rav. No additional candidate ran against Rabbi Schwei. The elections were held on Sunday 22 Cheshvan 5763 and thousands of neighborhood residents came to vote at the ballot box located in the basement of 770. After counting the ballots, it became clear that Rabbi Aaron Yaakov Schwei was elected as Mara D'asra and Beis Din member, receiving over ninety percent of eligible voters' votes.


A month later, during the central Yud Tes Kislev farbrengen in Beis Chayeinu, Rabbi Schwei was crowned as the neighborhood's Rav and Beis Din member in the presence of the other Beis Din member [[Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba|Rabbi Avraham Osdoba]], the representatives, Va'ad Hakahal members and neighborhood residents.
A month later, during the central Yud Tes Kislev farbrengen in Beis Chayeinu, Rabbi Schwei was crowned as the neighborhood's Rav and Beis Din member in the presence of the other Beis Din member [[Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba|Rabbi Avraham Osdoba]], the representatives, Va'ad Hakahal members and neighborhood residents.