New Engagement!
Mendel Schapiro (Crown Heights) to Shterna Garelik (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tuesday, Oct. 21st, 8:00pm at 1468 Union Street
FBI Arrests Terrorist Who Entered Israel On Oct. 7, He Was Living in Louisiana
Mahmoud Amin Ya-qub Al-Muhtadi, a resident of Lafayette, Louisiana, is accused of violating terrorism laws by helping or attempting to help a foreign terrorist organization through his alleged involvement in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel.
Weekly Story: The Truth Always Remains the Truth
I am posting this week a point which I mentioned at a farbrengen with mesivta (high school) age bochurim (students) during Chol Hamoed Sukkos, at a Simchas Beis Hashoeiva farbrengen.
Weekly Dvar Torah: A New Beginning
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman connects the release of the hostages from Gaza to another new beginning, one that takes place each year on Simchas Torah.
Baby Boy!
Ari and Debby Levertov from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 645 Lefferts Apt. 1E
Simchas Beis Hashoeva on the Rooftop of Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Talmidim, fathers, and rabbeim of Tomchei Temimim joined together for a night of dancing, song, and true Simchas Yom Tov.
CHJCC Welcomes New CEO, Rabbi Mendel Marasow, as Rabbi Eli Cohen Transitions to New Leadership Role
The Crown Heights Jewish Community Council (CHJCC) is entering a new chapter. The CHJCC Board of Directors has appointed Rabbi Mendel Marasow as the incoming Chief Executive Officer.
Baby Boy!
Tzvi and Simmie (nee Kershner) Gellman from Parkland, FL had a baby boy!
Information to be Menachem Avel The Morris Family
The Morris Family will be sitting Shiva following the passing of Tair Simcha Morris OBM. Times and location in extended article.
Video of the Day
Rabbi Liraz Zeira, the Chabad Shliach who lost his legs when he stepped on a landmine in Syria, did not let his situation deter him from his Shlichus. Watch his actions this Sukkos.
Tribute To Rabbi Shmuel Plotkin OBM
Rabbi Shmuel Plotkin, 97, Shliach to Berditchov and a great Talmud Chocham passed away. Rabbi Chaim Dalfin gives a tribute in his honor.
Here’s My Story: 500 Things On My Mind
Rabbi Avrohom Wineberg has served as the administrator and lecturer for adult Torah education at the Bais Chabad Torah Center of West Bloomfield, Michigan, since 2000. He was interviewed in March 2025.
Weekly Letter: The Authenticity of the Divine Revelation at Sinai
As we start a new cycle of the weekly Torah reading and learning – beginning with the creation of the world – we share a basic letter of the Rebbe in answer to one questioning the origin of the world and the authenticity of the Divine Revelation at Sinai.
New Engagement!
Leibel Notik (Chicago, IL) to Mushka Blau (Crown Heights)
Information to be Menachem Avel the Plotkin Family
The Plotkin Family will be sitting Shiva in Crown Heights following the passing of Harav Shmuel Yosef Littman Plotkin OBM.
Moscow’s Torah Center Launches New Year with Inspiring Fair and Concert
The evening opened with a dynamic educational fair, where participants explored the wide array of classes, lectures, programs, and structured courses that the Moscow Torah Center will offer during the coming year.
Live Kinnus Torah To Stream at 1:00pm EDT Today
A deep dive into the unique perspective of the Rabbeim on heker tzir in relation to mezuzah placement. A new unique approach to understanding the min hamedaber. A discussion of some new shallos in relation to Chatzitza by the daled minim, and a unique approach of the Rabbeim relating to davening before Davening.
