This special and heavily invested evening was held in the magnificent banquet hall of the Jewish Center, gathering the institution’s students, the staff of melamdim, and the talmidim hashluchim who assisted greatly in organizing and ensuring the project’s success.
Meet Rabbi Shlomo and Chana Ben-Ami, together with their family, who are opening a new Chabad House in La Fortuna, Costa Rica.
Many of you have asked how to help. In response, Chabad of Venezuela are opening a relief fund to provide direct assistance. As the initial emergency settles, the greatest hurdle is helping families rebuild and repair their severely damaged homes so they can return safely.
A mind-blowing story about the Rebbe’s cousin, a Belzer Chossid, who thought his connection to the Rebbe had come to an end, until a simple, offhand ‘joke’ triggered a series of precise, mind-blowing answers that changed everything.
The Chinuch Pitch is looking for practical, innovative, toichendike ideas that solve real problems in Chinuch. Could be a curriculum, a program, a platform, a system, or something completely new. It doesn’t need to be fully built out yet, it just needs a clear purpose and real potential.
“Give me the list price,” he said. At first they didn’t understand, and he explained that he wanted to pay what the chains would cost in a store. The two men left the factory with $1,300 (around $4,500 today). “It was as if an angel had descended from heaven to help us,” Mr. Gurwitz said.
Oholei Torah Mesivta gathered for an inspiring evening celebrating the graduation of the Shiur Gimmel talmidim, highlighted by an extraordinary Siyum HaShas completed by talmid Menachem Mendel Feldman.
Rabbi Berl Junik was involved in many aspects of life at 770 and in caring for the needs of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin. Over the years, he recorded many of the ideas, stories, and instructions the Rebbetzin shared with him.
A new Tshura was released in honor of the Butman-Eizenbach wedding that took place in Brunoy, France this week.
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
From morning until late at night, a steady stream of visitors arrived to offer condolences, share memories, and pay tribute to a man whose impact reached far beyond the boundaries of any single community.
Being that this coming week is Yud-Beis Tammuz, and many people ask me various questions about the Frierdiker Rebbe, especially as my editor is in midst of reviewing the second volume, I would like to clarify one point which I believe is a misconception that many have.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman delves into a not-so-secret fact about the Jewish nation. A proud Jew will do what needs to be done, and they can not be stopped.
Losing an election is never easy. When you invest your time, energy, and hopes into a campaign, defeat hurts. The test is whether the campaign achieved something meaningful. In that regard, I believe it did.
Designed with deep intention and inspired by the Land of Israel, the mikvah welcomes visitors with a garden of Israeli fruit trees leading to the entrance, while its walls are clad with Jerusalem stone imported directly from Israel.
The New York City Rent Guidelines Board approved Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s key campaign promise to “freeze the rent” on Thursday — in a move landlord advocates slammed as “an absolute farce.”
As we celebrate Yud Bais/Yud Gimmel Tammuz – we share a letter where the Rebbe refers to a message of the Frierdiker Rebbe on the first anniversary of his redemption and connects it to the answer he is giving to one who wishes to donate for the building of a children’s hospital.
