PSA: Street Milling To Take Place In Crown Heights This Week
Road milling will take place at multiple locations around Crown Heights this week, bringing with it expected traffic and noise disturbances.
A Long Section of Jerusalem’s 2,000-Year-Old Lower Aqueduct Uncovered in Archaeological Excavations near Ramat Rachel
Israel Antiquities Authority excavations, funded by the Israel Land Authority prior to construction of a new Jerusalem neighborhood, exposed a long section of Jerusalem’s Lower Aqueduct, built in the Hasmonean period, which carried water from Solomon’s Pools to the Temple Mount.
Cash App Users Could Soon Begin Receiving Up to $2,500 Pay Out for $15M Data Breach Settlement
Eligible Cash App users could soon begin receiving $2,500 in their pockets as part of a whopping $15 million law suit settlement over a data breach.
Among Chassidim Podcast: The Gerrer Chossid Who the Rebbe Always Stopped For
In this episode, Rabbi Elimelech Neiman of Boro Park, an askan involved in many Jewish causes throughout the 1980s and ’90s, shares memories of his frequent encounters with the Rebbe.
Beis Lubavitch Hosts Grand Melaveh Malka in Paris
Beis Lubavitch hosted a grand Melaveh Malka on Motzoei Shabbos Bereishis 5787 at the Beis Chaya Mushka Hall in Paris, bringing together members of the local Chabad community for an evening of unity, song, and Chassidic joy.
Mendel Markel: The Alter Rebbe’s Tetrology
Baal Menagen and music producer Mendel Markel presents The Alter Rebbe’s Tetrology, a bold new arrangement to a traditional Chassidic niggun.
BDE: Shterna Sarah Tevel, 69, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Shterna Sarah Tevel OBM, a longtime Crown Heights resident who passed away on Friday, the 28th of Tishrei, 5787.
Inspired by the Cobbler
If even a few minutes pass without being utilized properly, he said, bursting into tears, “we are not giving the day its proper honor.”
Chabad of Kenya Opens New Center, Starts Search for Bigger One
The long-term plan is a permanent Jewish center with a mikvah, a large synagogue and a home for Jewish education, on land of Chabad’s own. The Notiks are already on the hunt for a bigger property. Nairobi’s only mikvah is old and sits in an area residents avoid at night.
Hochul Announces New York Will Participate in Federal Scholarship Tax Credit Program
New initiative will allow taxpayers to claim up to $1,700 in federal tax credits for donations funding K-12 scholarships, with the governor saying the program can benefit public school students without diverting money from school budgets.
Chabad’s Downtown Chicago Sukkah Becomes an International Jewish Art Exhibition
by Elie Benhiyoun – Lubavitch.com Twenty-seven Jewish artists from around the world transformed Chabad’s longtime Daley Plaza sukkah into a public gallery, inviting thousands of passersby to encounter Jewish art, tradition, and community in the heart of the city. Since […]
Chabad History With Rabbi Dalfin – Story With Reb Amrom Blau
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.
Governor Hochul visits Rebbe’s Ohel in Cambria Heights
New York Governor Kathy Hochul visited the Ohel of The Lubavitcher Rebbe on Friday, paying tribute to the Rebbe’s enduring legacy and honoring the memory of Ari Halberstam, who was murdered in an antisemitic terrorist attack on the Brooklyn Bridge 32 years ago.
Weekly Story: Erev Shabbos Mevorchim Chodesh Mar-Cheshvan
Our custom is that on Simchas Torah, and Shabbos Bereishis and for the next few weeks we announce ויעקב הלך לדרכו – which means “And Yaakov began going on his journey. “ The reason we announce it is to stress, that while the month of Tishrei is coming to an end and the multitude of yomim tovim have concluded, nevertheless, they have infused us with so much vitality that we have packed suitcases and trunks of inspiration.
Lubavitch Yeshiva Shakes NYC With Mivtza Lulav
This Sukkos, Talmidim of Tomchei Temimim took to the streets of New York, giving thousands of Yidden the opportunity to make a Bracha on the Daled Minim.
A Taste of the Rebbes Farbrengens, Shabbos Bereishis
The Rebbe held 42 farbrengens on Shabbos Parshas Bereishis. The sichos from these farbrengens span around 770 pages in the Yiddish Hanochos (transcripts) in Sichos Kodesh, and around 120 pages in the 14 English Hanochos published by Sichos in English.
Weekly Dvar Torah: Tishrei Was the Takeoff – Cheshvan Is Not a Crash Landing
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman explains the continuance of the month of Tishrei, with all its celebrations and highs, into the month of Cheshvan, where the infused energy becomes real.
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