Baby Girl!
Yitzchak and Shaindy (nee Rosenfeld) Heisler from Seattle, WA had a baby girl!
1600 Bochurim Take First Moshiach Chidon Test, Winners Announced
Last Thursday, over 1,600 bochurim from across the globe took the first Moshiach Chidon test. The test covered the first booklet in the new curriculum provided by the Moshiach Chidon.
Houston’s Newest Torah: A Tale of Two Letters in a Children’s Scroll
Dovid Goldstein was 7 years old in 1981 when a bearded man entered his father’s store in McAllen, Texas, and changed his life forever. A “prodigy” of McAllen’s Temple Emanuel Sunday School, the boy was a world away from Chassidic Brooklyn, N.Y., where the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson—led the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.
LIVE: Join The Simcha of Lag B’Omer In Meron
Hundreds of thousands of Jews will be in Meron Monday night and Tuesday to celebrate Lag Ba’Omer. The holiday marks the passing of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (Rashbi). Join the Simcha through a live broadcast.
New Engagement!
Melech Bialo (Cleveland) to Miri Moszkowski (Manchester, UK)
Baby Girl!
Mendy and Simi (nee Gutnick) Cohen from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
TODAY: Community Bonfire To Unite The Community
Today, Monday, the Crown Heights community will be joining together for a Shnas Hakhel Bonfire taking place in front of Wingate High School on Kingston Ave. Updated Schedule in Extended Article
Video of the Day
The Great Parade will be arriving soon, and the players, marchers, and band members are hard at work preparing. Watch as this group do a dress rehearsal for the exciting day.
BDE: Rabbi Akiva Gershon Wagner, 55, OBM
With great sadness we report the untimely passing of Rabbi Akiva Wagner OBM, the Rosh Yeshiva of the Lubavitch Yeshiva in Toronto, Canada. He passed away on Monday, the 17th of Iyar, 5783 following an extended illness. Updated with Levaya Information
200 Youths Join Mega Hakhel BBQ In Aubervilliers, France
Over 200 youths gathered for a MEGA HAKHEL BBQ in honor of Lag Baomer with their shliach Rabbi Shmulik Tewel in Aubervilliers France.
Obituary: Rabbi Eli Baitelman, 40, Father of Seven and ‘Best Friend’ to Hundreds
One could say that Rabbi Eli Baitelman was a walking fountain of joy, kindness and Jewish inspiration. He served for more than a decade as a beloved Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi in Pacific Palisades, Calif., an affluent neighborhood in Los Angeles, and then continued to share the joy of Judaism with everyone he met in a subsequent career in construction. Baitelman passed away on Shabbat, May 6 (15 Iyar) after suffering a heart attack, just two days before the bar mitzvah celebration of his son, Sholom, was set to take place on the joyous day of Lag BaOmer.
Information to be Menachem Avel The Tenenbaum Family
The Tenenbaum family will be sitting shiva in Crown Heights after the passing of Rabbi Eli Tenenbaum OB”M. Times and location in extended article.
New Engagement!
Chaim Lishner (Crown Heights) to Rivkie Scheiner (Southfield, MI) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown St.
New Engagement!
Yonathan Elkrief (Creteil, France) to Haya Chiche (Bagnolet, France)
Railroad Pizza To Make Lag B’Omer Special With Free Pizza
In an unprecedented move this Lag B’Omer, Railroad Pizza, the new and awesome Pizza store in Crown Heights, will be giving out FREE Neapolitan pizza at Kingston and Empire on May 9th from 12:00pm-4:00pm to celebrate the special day.
Information to be Menachem Avel the Schneerson and Herzog Families
The Schneerson and Herzog families will be sitting shiva in Crown Heights after the passing of Rebbetzin Shaina Schneerson OB”M. Times and location in extended article.
Chabad of Port Washington Encourages Mitzvos In Honor of Jewish Boy Killed By Drunk Driver
Ethan Falkowitz OBM, a student at Roslyn Middle School, was running high after he and his friends won a Tennis match. As he and his friends were driven off to celebrate, a drunk driver going the wrong way created a tragedy, killing Falkowitz and his friend Drew Hassenbein.
