During the past Mayoral election, there was a Lubavitcher chosid running against incumbent progressive council member Crystal Hudson. None of the leadership on any level in Crown Heights supported this Lubavitcher candidate because they said he didn’t have a chance to win, and they weren’t wrong.
As NYC homeowners struggle to find and purchase a new trash bin ahead of the June 1 deadline, the city Department of Sanitation announced Wednesday it will not issue fines until September.
Staff Sergeant Noam Hamburger, 23 years old from Atlit, fell during operational activity in northern Israel, the IDF said.
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Mindy Halberstam OBM, the wife of Rabbi Chaim Boruch Halberstam who was Zoiche to have a special connection to the Rebbetzin. She passed away on Thursday, the 5th of Sivan, 5786.
This year marked an especially ambitious milestone as the Yeshiva launched its “Double 70,000” campaign, setting a bold goal of two times 70,000 lines of Tanya Baal Peh and two times 70,000 lines of Mishnayos Baal Peh, totaling an unprecedented 280,000 line target in honor of 70 years of Oholei Torah.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County partnered with Chabad of Orange County, led by Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston, to host the event in the Chabad Center in Monroe. The event offered a heartfelt opportunity to hear firsthand about courage, faith, and rebuilding after unimaginable loss.
Under the deal with America First Legal, the State Department agreed to adhere for the next 10 years to the Taylor Force Act of 2018, which bars the US from sending certain types of aid to the Palestinian Authority until it agrees to stop financing its Martyrs Fund.
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.
As is the custom to spend Shavuos night awake and learning through dawn, The BESHT presents a series of lectures and classes for the Crown Heights community.
To get a taste of these farbrengens (Some selected highlights appear below), visit berel.me/taste/shavuos to explore this week’s “Taste”. You can download and print it for Shabbos, with curated suggestions for which farbrengen to learn, along with a qr code to access each one.
The giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai wasn’t a private revelation or the vision of a single individual it was a moment experienced by an entire nation. As we celebrate Shavuot, the holiday that marks this extraordinary event, Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet takes us deep into what made Sinai unlike anything else in human history.
Alternate Side Parking Rules are suspended Friday and Shabbos, May 22nd and 23rd, for the holiday of Shavuos. All other parking regulations remain in effect.
Moshe Noach Hershkop (Kingston, PA) to Estee Minkowitz (Pomona, NY) L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 27th, 8:00pm at La Sala 1345 President Street
Yossi Brashevitzky (Doral, FL) to Sarah Levilev (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, May 25th, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Being that the Baal Shem Tov’s yahrzeit is the first day of Shavuos, and during every Shavuos farbrengen the Rebbe discusses the importance of learning (Chumas and Tehillim, and) the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov – Chassidus, I thought I will post something that I will bezras Hashem say at a farbrengen on Shavuos about a difference between Chassidus Chagas and Chassidys Chabad.
Torah is certainly a guide to good living and G-d rewards one abundantly for abiding by its laws – yet there is an infinitely greater good we derive from our living a Torah life.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman outlines the binding marriage between Hashem and the Jewish people, and just like any marriage, the connection between them runs along many levels.
