Gas Explosion Rocks Crown Heights, Thankfully No Injuries Reported
A massive explosion rocked Crown Heights Sunday night with a fireball that was heard and felt for blocks.
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After Successful First Year, Tishrei Accommodation Tent To Return To Crown Heights
The massive tent, providing accommodations for hundreds of Bochurim traveling to the Rebbe for Tishrei, turned out to be an unparalleled success, and after proving itself to the city, has been approved to return to Crown Heights this year.
Powerball Powers Up to $750 Million
After one lucky New Yorker claimed a $1 million second-prize ticket on Saturday, the jackpot has become the 10th-largest in Powerball history.
Seferdic Community of Crown Heights to Begin 40 Days of Selichot
In commemoration of the third ascent of Moshe Rabbeinu on Rosh Chodesh Elul, it is the custom of Sefardim to recite Selichot from 2 Elul through Yom Kippur.
Shmulik Sofer Releases New Single Mashal Lemelech
Listen to this new single released by Chabad singer Shumlik Sofer titled Mashel Lemelech.
Picture of the Day
This summer was the largest summer yet at the Yeshiva Summer Program. Since starting in 1981, YSP has become the most popular summer program for fourteen year old Chabad students.
HY’D: IDF Officer Killed In Blast In Gaza
According to an initial IDF probe, the officer was killed by an Israeli explosive that detonated for unclear reasons. The military says it is investigating the cause of the blast.
New Chabad Center Will Soon Be Opening Its Doors In New Jersey
Rabbi Isser and Leah Brikman, together with their young son, Chezki, will be establishing a new center for Jewish life and learning in the south Jersey enclave.
The Confidence Boost
The crux of the issue was self-confidence. By contemplating on the above, his confidence would grow, and the impediment would resolve.
Chabad History With Rabbi Dalfin – The 770 Magnet & The Rebbe
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
Laws and Customs: Elul
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of the month of Elul (up to but not including the period of Selichos) for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Weekly Story: How To Daven
This shabbos is Shabbos mevorchim, Elul. As is well known, during this month we increase in all of our mitzvos, but Shulchan Aruch notes and stresses that we should especially increase in the three aspects of learning Torah, tefilla and tzedoka. So, when I was told the following story a few weeks ago about How To Daven, I immediately decided to use it for this week’s post, Shabbos Mevorchim Elul.
Weekly Dvar Torah: Elul, the Homecoming Month
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman bridges the gap between the well-known metaphor of the King in the Field, and our action as we head into the month of Elul.
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Sal Litvak’s ‘Guns & Moses’ Offers a Spirited (if Inexact) Love Letter to Chabad
The production itself broke Hollywood norms that tend to run against Jewish practice. Filming occurred Sunday through Thursday for Shabbat observance, and kosher meals were provided for the entire cast and crew.
Baby Girl!
Sholem Ber and Deena Wolberg from Glencoe, IL had a baby girl.
Weekly Letter: Chasidic Thoughts About Shechita
In the week where we learn about some laws of kosher animals and kashrus – we share a letter of the Rebbe written to the chairman of the Shechita Board with some brief Chasidic thoughts about shechita.
Chava Edelman, 41, Young Milwaukee Rebbetzin Who Inspired With Joy
Rebbetzin Chava passed away on Shabbat, Aug. 9 (15th of Av), at the age of 41 after a years-long battle with cancer. A young mother and beloved Jewish community leader who co-directed The Shul Bayside in Milwaukee, Wis., with her husband Rabbi Cheski Edelman, she left behind five young children and a grieving congregation.
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