BDE: Mrs. Guta Shapiro, 99, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Guta Shapiro OBM, mother of Mashpia Rabbi Nachman Shapiro. She passed away on the 2nd of Nissan 5780.
Rocket Fired From Gaza Towards Southern Israel
Color Red sirens were sounded on Friday evening in Sderot, the Gaza envelope and the Shaar Hanegev region. The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said one rocket was identified as having been fired from Gaza towards Israeli territory.
BDE: Rabbi Menachem Mordechai Nissim, 69, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Menachem Mordechai Nissim OBM, a Crown Heights resident who passed away after contracting the COVID-19 virus. He passed away on the 2nd of Nissan, 5780.
New York Halts All Nonessential Construction
In the latest job targeted by New York State to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus, Governor Andrew Cuomo has halted all nonessential construction.
Rachamei Shamayim: Tehillim List
In light of recent events in the Crown Heights Jewish community, CrownHeights.info presents a daily list of names for Tehillim.
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Chabad Seminaries to Delay Acceptance Process Through Rosh Chodesh Iyar
Seminary girls attending a Shiur. Illustration photo.
Due to the current unfortunate situation, Chabad seminaries around the world have signed a joint letter as a show of Achdus during these difficult times. The letter, signed by ten principals, notified of their plans to delay the acceptance process for their seminary programs.
Weekly Story: The Histalkus of the Rebbe Rashab
As today, (Friday), Beis Nissan is the centennial (100) year of the histalkus of the Rebbe Rashab, as well as the day the Frierdiker Rebbe became Rebbe, I am posting the chapter on his histalkus from my upcoming biography on the Rebbe Rashab. Presently, it is over 580 pages (and will be bezras Hashem approximately 625 pages).
100th Yartzeit of Rebbe Rashab – Three Accomplishments
In honor of the 100th Yartzeit of the Rebbe Rashab, we present a clip by Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, as he shares some history and three accomplishments of the Rebbe Rashab.
Baby Girl!
Yeshaya and Chaya (nee Dalfin) Katz
Boris Johnson Tests Positive for Coronavirus
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus. He has mild symptoms and will self-isolate in Downing Street. On Friday afternoon, Johnson tweeted: “Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus.”
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe.
COVID-19 Update for the Crown Heights Community #12
An twelfth update of guidelines for the Crown Heights Jewish community has been published with new recommendations as well as reminders for measures that will keep Crown Heights safe.
LIVE AT 8:00PM: Yeshiva Gedola Miami Farbrengs with Rabbi Y. L. Schapiro
LIVE AT 8:00PM: The Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Miami is inviting you to participate in a virtual Farbrengen in honor of Beis Nissan with their illustrious Rosh Yeshiva Harav Y. L. Schapiro tonight at 8:00.
Weekly Letter: Judaisms Democratic Orientation and Yichus, Contradiction?
With the start of Chumash Vayikra – Toras Kohanim — we share a letter of the Rebbe in which he addresses the seeming contradiction between the “democratic orientation of Judaism ” with the idea of hereditary classes, yichus, such as Kohanim.
LIVE AT 7:00PM: Vaad HaTimimim Hosts Online Kinus For 100th Yartzeit
LIVE AT 7:00PM: As the 100th Yartzeit of the Rebbe Rashab Beis Nissan approaches and in this period when people are at home practicing social isolation due to Corona-virus, Vaad HaTmimim has put together a Kinus in honor of this occasion and in preparation for Yud Alef Nissan, the Rebbe’s 118th birthday.
Rabbi Raitport Commissions Sefer Torah To Be Written For Klal Yisroel
Rabbi Yitzchok Raitport, a well known Rav and Rosh Kollel in Boro Park, has announced his intentions to commission a new Sefer Torah for the whole of Klal Yisroel.
Misameiach Chosson V’Kallah: Crown Heights, We Can Do It Again
Route Map For Simcha Procession
Come out with your family, and cheer up the choson and kallah, Berel Lavner and Rivkie Levinson with your signs, instruments, dancing, clapping and cheering.
CBDChabad Sydney Provides Humanitarian Aid To Those In Isolation
CBDChabad Sydney is in a unique position to organize and distribute supplies and since the beginning of the week, providing basic care packages that are compromised of food and hygiene products to assist those who are in isolation.
Seder Made Simple, A Tutorial
Rabbi Nissan Dovid Dubov of Chabad Wimbledon has produced a Seder Made Simple tutorial video which is a guide on how to make a simple Seder even if alone while quarantine. With millions of Jews in isolation throughout the world, many will be making their own seder for the very first time.
Online Beis Nissan Farbrengen For All Anash
Beis Medrash L’Shluchim, will be hosting an online farbrengen in honor of Beis Nissan – 100 years that will be open for all anash. The farbrengen will iy”h be led by Rabbi Sholom Avtzon, an author who is currently working on a book about the life of the Rebbe Rashab.
“What is A Chasid?” A Story By The Rebbe
In honor of the Rebbe Rashab’s 100th Yom Hilula, Beis Nissan 5780, we share with you a creative retelling of the famous story of his, ‘What is A Chasid? A Lamplighter…’ This famous lamplighter tale is presented with the Rebbe’s deep lessons on it, retold in rhyme by Rabbi Bentzion Elisha.