Kentucky Chabad Burns Down Over Pesach, Arson Suspected
A Kentucky Chabad House burned down over the last days of a Yom Tov after an adjoining location also caught fire. The fire is being investigated as a possible arson.
8:00pm: Is It Appropriate to Demand the Coming of Moshiach?
The topics in this week’s 399th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: How Can We Ensure That the Lessons of Pesach Are Internalized and Last Throughout the Year? Why Do We Call One of the Four Children a “Rasha” When the Rebbe Would Always Emphasize the Pure Soul in Every Person? What Is the Significance of Moshiach’s Seudah? What Lesson Do We Learn From the Fact That During These Weeks the Torah Portion Read Outside of Israel Is Different Than the One Read in Israel? Is There a Reason That We Only Focus on the Seven Emotions and Not on the Three Intellectual Sefirot of Chochma Bina Daas? Chof Ches Nissan: Is It Appropriate to Demand the Coming of Moshiach?
Baby Boy!
Israel and Sheina (nee Lipinski) Kulski from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
NYC To Invest $900 Million In Traffic Safety Through Bike Lanes, Pedestrian Only Streets and other Vehicle Reducing Efforts
Proud of your tax dollars? Another $900 Million is being invested into making the NYC’s Streets safer for bicyclists and Pedestrians, and making driving more difficult.
Levaya For Mrs. Lea Slavin OBM Passes By 770
The Levaya for Mrs. Lea Slavin OBM, a long time resident of Crown Heights and matriarch of a large Lubavitch family, passed by 770 Sunday afternoon.
Who Will Educate The Educators?
Rabbi Gershon Avtzon of Cincinnati, OH, answers a weekly question pertaining to relevant issues in the Chabad community.
A Bar Mitzvah in Cancun, Mexico
A chef at The Royal Passover Program in Cancun, Mexico, got wrapped by Lubavitcher Yossi Farro, who helped him put in tefillin for the first time ever.
BDE: Mrs. Lea Slavin, 70, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Lea Slavin, OBM, a beloved mother and grandmother from Crown Heights who was well known for her Hachnasas Orchim. She passed away on Friday, Shvi’i Shel Pesach, 5782.
BDE: Mrs. Shternie Vogel, 55, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Shternie Vogel OBM, a shlucha from Postville, Iowa. She passed away on Friday Shvi’i Shel Pesach, 5782, following an extended illness.
PSA: Paving and and Road Work Continues In Crown Heights This Week
Road work continues in Crown Heights this week, bringing detours and traffic congestion to the Schuna.
Baby Boy!
Yankel and Mushky (nee Blank) Presman from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Gallery: Inverrary Concludes Pesach with Lebidke Moshiach Seudah
The Chabad community in Inverrary, Florida concluded Pesach with a Lebidke Moshiach Seudah.
Picture of the Day
Crown Heights Rov, Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky, repurchases the chametz of many Crown Heightsers and anash at his home in Crown Heights Motzei Yom Tov.
PSA: Marathon Road Closures Sunday To Major Roadways In Brooklyn, Including Eastern Parkway
Major traffic arteries near – and running through – Crown Heights will be closed Sunday as thousands of runners will be jogging the streets of Brooklyn for a Marathon.
Baby Boy!
Yaakov Zevulun and Breina Baila (nee Borenstein) Horvitz from Queens, NY had a baby boy!
Former NYPD Police Officer Sentenced to 97 Months’ Imprisonment for Bribery and Drug Trafficking Offenses
Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Robert Smith, a former New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) police officer, was sentenced to 97 months imprisonment for using interstate facilities to commit bribery and attempting to transport heroin.
All SNAP Households to Receive the Maximum Level of Food Benefits Again This Month
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that all New Yorkers enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will receive the maximum allowable level of food benefits for April.
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