Photos: Boys Compete in the Chidon Hamitzvos
Yeshiva students from around the world took part in an exciting competition, marking its second year since its return.
Daily Archives: June 7, 2015
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8:00pm: Our Yeshiva System; Dating Advice; Lashon Hara
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 70, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week, Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Our Yeshiva System (Continued); Dating Advice; Lashon Hara.
Now Live: Chidon Sefer Hamitzvos Game Show
Taking place now in Crown Heights, contestants from around the world are facing off in a competition displaying their knowledge in the Halachos in the Sefer Hamitzvos. The amazing even is coming to a conclusion with a final competition and the event is being broadcasted live here on CrownHeights.info.
Video: The Early Days of Chabad on Campus
A reader brought to our attention this fascinating video on YouTube: a vivid portrayal of the activities of Rabbi Yoseph Samuels and the Chabad House at the University of Washington, filmed in 1975.
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Man Robbed at Gunpoint for $1,100 in Bitcoin
A Crown Heights man was robbed at gunpoint and the thieves – two men and a woman – made off with his cellphone and $1,100 in the virtual ‘crypto-currency’ Bitcoin.
Rav Chaim Kanievsky: Menorah Was Not Round
Rav Chaim Kanievsky, a Lithuanian Gadol considered by many to be the leading Posek in the Orthodox-Jewish world, recently wrote a Halachic response in which he asserted that the branches of the Menorah in the Beis Hamikdash were not round – a point famously iterated by the Lubavitcher Rebbe several decades ago.
Info to be Menachem Avel the Klein Family
The Klein family is sitting Shiva after the passing of Rabbi Binyomin Klein OBM at his home, 750 Eastern Parkway [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.] until Thursday morning. Shacharis : Sunday morning 9:30am. Monday through Wednesday 8:00am and 9:30am. Mincha […]
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