A hit and run scene straight from the movies unfolded in Crown Heights Friday afternoon. The man attempted to flee the scene, but was caught and held by alert members of the community. A gun was recovered from the scene, and the man arrested.
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Shabbos Parshas Shmini:
Rabbi Avtzon is a veteran mechanech and the author of numerous books on the Rebbe and their chassidim. His newest publication Farbreng With Reb Binyomin Kletzker is now available. He is available to farbreng in your community, and can be contacted at avtzonbooks@gmail.com
With the approach of Yud Alef Nissan, Lahak Hanochos publishes a special booklet with the Rebbe’s Maamarim on the new Kapitel. now available for download.
The Gedaliah Society, a group of medical professionals in the Crown heights Community, have compiled an informative letter regarding the Measles virus.
The Jewish holiday of Purim had a double dose of joy at Chabad of Orange County this year. The community celebrated together at “Purim in Paris” as well as the Bar Mitzvah Ceremony of Yossi Burston, son of Chabad directors Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe during the reading of the Torah, circa 1965. Can you identify the date or anyone in the photos?
From Day to Day: Young Scholar’s Calendar and Encyclopedia is going on sale for $13 starting on the 10th Adar II, at Judaica World of Crown Heights. The book is a revised and expanded version of a book authored by the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
This Shabbos at the Besht: Rabbi Yosef Dovid Chanowitz is a Kosher Field Representative for the OK kosher Certification. He will be speaking on the topic of The prohibition of Kitniyos on Pesach: The origin of the Minhag, the reasons and it’s application nowadays.
