This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 167, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Chassidus Applied to Gimmel Tammuz; What is the Proper Way of Writing to the Rebbe? Why is Mental Illness Stigmatized? Are We Halachically Obligated to Protect Our Environment? Why is Lubavitch Always Different?
For more than two decades, Rabbi Ruvi New dreamed of a musical odyssey with a greater meaning, one that would perpetuate the words of the Lubavitcher Rebbe to listeners far and wide through song.
Representing the parents of yaldei hashluchim around the globe, Rabbi Yosef Wolvovsky, shliach to Glastonbury, Connecticut, addressed bochurim at MyShliach’s annual evening of appreciation on Monday, 25 Sivan. Volunteering their time each week to learn and farbreng one-on-one over the phone with a young shliach, these bochurim serve as mentors to these boys, who lack local Chassidishe friends and chavrusas.
Today marks the 76th anniversary of the Rebbe’s safe arrival to the united states. On the 28th of Sivan in 1941, the Rebbe arrived in America with his wife, Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka after fleeing war-torn Europe.
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week they released a special video in honor of Gimmel Tammuz, titled: To Ignite Souls.
A massive rat is gaining national attention after it was filmed dragging a garbage bag several times its size across a Crown Heights sidewalk.
Yisroel Dovid Lesches of Monsey, who serves as Cantorial Intern at the Lincoln Square Synagogue in Manhattan, performed the Avraham Fried Classic ‘Tanya’ at his wedding to Ruthy Nacca of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in Crown Heights last week.
The students of Rabbi Chayampour at the CMCH Elementary & Middle School in suburban Atlanta perform the Abie Rotenberg and Moshe Yess Classic, The 9th Man, for their end-of year presentation.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Korach. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can you brighten up your life?
There are so many things that we stress over in our daily life. In the big picture, many of these situations turn out to not be such a big deal, and all of our fears and anxieties about them could have been avoided. Rabbi Pinchas Taylor gives a quick lesson on how we can keep everything in perspective.
While visiting Los Angeles, Meir Kalmanson bumped into 8th Day and took them for a ride around, singing their hit songs and spreading their music throughout the streets of L.A.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 167, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: How Does a Chassid Look at Summer Vacation? How Do We Reconcile Chassidus’ Emphasis on Non-Indulgence in Material Delights with the Lavish Dinners Thrown by Chassidic Institutions? Is Marijuana Different Than Other Recreational Stress Relievers? Are We Halachically Obligated to Protect the Environment?
JLI’s newest course, Survival of a Nation celebrates the 50th anniversary of the miraculous Israeli victory in the Six-Day War. To introduce the course to thousands of students across the globe, JLI created a documentary series summarizing the events of the War. The complete 8-Part Mini-Series is now online, and can be viewed in the extended article.
A Chabad Mitzvah Tank arrived today at the scene of a horrific deadly fire that is still smoldering after tearing through a 27-story apartment building – mostly populated by Muslim immigrants – in London’s Kensington Borough, to provide aid and comfort to the victim’s friends, families and community, as well as to the emergency responders at the scene.
A clever advertising campaign launched by Chabad in Tel Aviv has put oomph and dazzle into a traditional Jewish ritual.
JLI’s newest course, Survival of a Nation, commemorates the 50th anniversary of the miraculous Israeli victory in the Six-Day War. As part of the course, JLI created this video, “The Battle for Jerusalem,” that tells the story of Israel’s 1967 battle to rescue Jerusalem from Jordanian assault, and the ensuing liberation of the Kosel and the Har Habayis, and the reunification of Jerusalem.
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Parshas Shelach is titled: Ladies First.
Rabbi Shmuel Tevardovitz of Bal Harbour, FL, yesterday encountered Dr. Bernard (Barry) Baumel, a world-renowned neurologist, who had the privilege of treating the Rebbe after he suffered a stroke in 1992. Dr. Baumel shares a fascinating experience he and his fellow physicians witnessed during that time period.
Producer and director Chaim Hershkowitz sat down with musician Fitche Benshimon to discuss The Rebbe’s Nigunim vol. 2, as well as new and exciting additions to the cast.
Prepare for takeoff! This summer, campers will fly high at an all new exciting live rally for Camp Gan Israels around the globe.
A deeply moving sight unfolded at the Montefiore Cemetery in Queens yesterday, Monday, as the Friedman family gathered together to bury their matriarch, Mrs. Miriam Tzimmel Friedman, OBM. Merely a few minutes after the burial was complete, cries of “Mazal Tov!” echoed through the Beis Hachaim – the Niftar’s granddaughter had just given birth to a healthy baby girl.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Shlach. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we overcome our fears?