As the Days of Mercy and Selichot began, Moscow’s Jewish community gathered at three major locations for hours of spiritual preparation, Chassidic farbrengens and moving midnight prayers.
As thousands of guests prepare to travel to Crown Heights for Tishrei, the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council (CHJCC) is urging visitors to take one important step before leaving home: purchase adequate medical travel insurance.
We present a guide of laws & customs and selected sichos for the month of Tishrei, 5787. Part I covers from the 20th of Elul 5786 – until the 13th of Tishrei 5787.
A serial package thief and burglar who has been terrorizing Crown Heights residents with a string of thefts has been arrested, thanks in part to the efforts of Crown Heights Shomrim and the NYPD’s 71st Precinct.
The Selichos lasted approximately one hour and forty minutes and were attended by renowned Chassidic singer Avraham Fried.
Miami’s Lubavitch Educational Center launched the new school year welcoming 2,500 students into six buildings across five campuses, including two newly acquired facilities, marking a major milestone in the institution’s rapid growth.
One of the most common questions asked by visitors after leaving the Ohel is: “Where can I find the video I saw while I was there?”
David Nacash (Paris, France) to Odel Assouline (Paris, France)
He felt that he had no choice, but insulting another person, regardless of the reason, left him physically incapacitated.
The annual West Indian American Day Parade will once again take over Eastern Parkway this Labor Day, with hundreds of thousands of revelers expected to descend on Crown Heights for the city’s largest Caribbean cultural celebration.
With just three weeks until release day, Benny Friedman and producer Nochum Levitan head upstate for a race against the clock to complete the hit EP Homeward Bound.
Rabbi Mordechai Rubin, who has directed the Colonie Chabad Chai Jewish Center near Albany, N.Y., alongside his wife, Chana, since 2018, was excited when he was asked to help arrange a daily morning minyan at the 131st National Convention of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America.
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.
By bringing the minhagim of Elul to life, the talmidim were able to connect their learning with practical action, making the lesson that much more meaningful and memorable.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs for the period of Selichos for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
As we are towards the end of Chodesh Elul, the month when we try to clarify what our goals should be in our service of Hashem, I contemplate how to use this forum to its fullest. Lately, I have been approached with the request to reprint A Day To Recall, A Day To Remember, which has been out of print for some years.
In this week’s Parsha, Rabbi Katzman looks at the covenant made between the Jewish people and Hashem, the covenant that not only makes the Jews the chosen people, but G-d a special part of the covenant.
