Here’s My Story: The Hallway Was His Classroom
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Munitz is a mashpia (chasidic mentor) in the local community and a part-time teacher in the Ohr Temimim yeshivah of Buffalo. He was interviewed in June 2025.
Oholei Torah Mother’s Committee Brings Chanukah Spirit to Pre1A Through Grade Five with Creative Craft Experience
Mothers from each class visited Pre1A through grade five to create a meaningful craft together with the talmidim, guiding them as they designed custom matchboxes for their menorah lighting.
Triangle-K Responds To Peppermint Controversy, Provides Kosher Certifications For Each Ingredient
A day after a letter was released by the CHK advising that Triangle-K Kashrus Organization was “not considered acceptable under CHK standards“, the Triangle-K has responded regarding the source of the controversy, and provided Kosher Certifications for the ingredients in the Peppermint gum.
Baby Girl!
Meir and Dini (nee Marmulszteyn) Gewirtz from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Powerball Jackpot Swells to Enormous $1B Prize, After Winnerless Drawing Wednesday Night
The Powerball jackpot ballooned to an astonishing $1 billion after no one claimed the $930 million drawing Wednesday night, extending the winless streak to 41 drawings.
Chaim V’Chessed: Israel Poised to Extend Flexible Passport Rule for Dual Citizens
Dual citizens who hold both Israeli and foreign citizenship will be permitted to continue entering and exiting Israel using their foreign passport.
Dedicate A Night to Spread the Light of Chanukah
This Chanukah, Lamternshtik working together with Chabad Outreach of Sheepshead Bay to bring the ability for Crown Heights families to go on Mivtzoyim and spread the light of Chanukah.
BDE: Mrs. Chanie Elewitz, 48, OBM
With great sadnes we report the passing of Mrs. Chanie Elewitz OBM, a beloved mother from Crown Heights. She passed away on Wednesday, Chof Kislev, 5786.
New Engagement!
Mendel Raitport (Brooklyn, NY) to Devora Haskelevich (Philadelphia, PA) L’Chaim: Thursday, Dec. 11th, 8:00pm at the JCM 2nd Floor
CHK Releases Important Kashrus Notice After Questionable Mint Given Out at Crown Heights Event
At a beautiful Yud Tes Kislev event held in Crown Heights, a party favor, mint gum, was handed out to the attendees. According to the CHK though, the Hechsher is not recomended.
A Joyous Yud Tes Kislev in Oholei Torah
Yud Tes Kislev was marked in Oholei Torah with a full day of celebration in every division, emphasizing the message of chassidus and encouraging talmidim to strengthen their darkei Hachassidus.
Lubavitcher Yeshiva Celebrates Yud Tes Kislev With Expo and Chassidishe Farbrengens
Tomchei Temimim marked Yud Tes Kislev with a day of chassidishe celebration felt throughout every division of the yeshiva.
New Engagement!
Chaim Bass (Postville, IA) to Menucha Botnick (Ottawa, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 7:30pm at Beis Avrohom Aaron 1349 President Street (Upstairs)
New Engagement!
Eli Cagen (Houston, TX) Shayna Zalmanov (Munster, IN) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at 1394 President Street
The release of the Tanya HaSholeim, or the “Complete Tanya,” —in time for 19 Kislev—is the culmination of a 20-year effort by the scholars at Vaad Hanachos B’Lahak (Lahak) to gather, edit, and present the explanations of all seven Chabad Rebbes on the Tanya in one work. Lahak
‘Complete Tanya’ Fulfills the Rebbe’s Vision from a Century Past
In 1516, a non-Jewish printer named Daniel Bomberg published a work that would reshape Jewish learning for centuries to come. His Mikraos Gedolos placed the Torah text with its classic and super commentaries on the same page, a revolutionary format that quickly became the enduring standard for Torah study.
Hundreds Gather in Tzfas for the Central Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen
Hundreds of residents of Tzfas and the surrounding areas gathered for a deeply uplifting and inspiring central Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen, marking the “Rosh Hashanah of Chassidus” and the liberation of the Alter Rebbe.
Thousands Celebrate the 19th of Kislev, Chag HaGeulah, in Russia’s Capital
Community rabbis, yeshiva heads and elders, directors of dozens of Chabad houses, and the entire rainbow of Jews were there, all of them confident in the words of the holy Baal HaTanya, who promised great yeshuos to those who rejoice in his joy – the joy of redemption.
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