This week I am going to write something I mentioned in a farbrengen of Yud Shevat. Being that a few years ago I wrote a book on the Shpoler Zeide, I feel compelled to write this public service letter to his descendants.
In just under two months, hundreds of kids from across the country will descend on Crown Heights for the CKids Shabbaton and JewQ Championship weekend.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman introduces the amazing connection that Chassidim, even young Chassidim, have with the Rebbe.
The Merkos Chinuch Office will be hosting a two-part Chinuch program designed to accommodate both morning and afternoon Mechanchos so they can attend when not teaching, as well as Mechanchos and Menahalos who are in town for the Kinus Hashluchos.
The home of Rabbi Liron Edri, the Chabad Shliach to the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, was damaged Thursday evening after a Russian drone crashed nearby amid ongoing attacks across the country.
Across the country, Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis and rebbetzins sprang into action, setting aside their regular schedules or their own snow shovels to assist those in need.
‘Simcha Ambassadors’ provides shluchim with a complete toolkit to recruit, train, and deploy community volunteers for hospital and nursing home visits, ensuring that every Jew—regardless of circumstance—can experience the joy of the day.
Menachem and Chana (nee Morozow) Shanowitz from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Sholom Zachor: 701 Empire Blvd, Apt #4G
Spearheaded by Head Shluchim, and a partnership with Mr. George and Pamela Rohr, the newly introduced $1,000 CKids Overnight Camp Grant enables families who had long seen camp as financially or logistically impossible to reconsider.
Arie Leib Porhel (Creteil, France) to Priel Cohen (Paris, France)
Heshy Goldberg (Crown Heights) to Zisi Vail (Crown Heights)
Mendel and Rochie Levin from Hastings on Hudson, NY had a baby boy! Sholom Zachor: 40 Donald Dr. Hastings on Hudson, NY 10706
Two historic documents regarding the passing of the Frierdiker Rebbe have been unearthed, and courtesy of the Archive of Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, are now available to the public.
For over ten years, CrownHeights.info has proudly provided Lubavitchers across the globe with the latest international Chabad-Lubavitch news as well as updates from Crown Heights. As technology evolved, so did Crownheights.info, expanding from just a website to a host of social media platforms.
As we are now leaving Mitzrayim – being liberated from Egyptian slavery, we keep in mind the timeless message in the Rebbe’s letter: LIBERATION is not confined to the specific Exodus at the time of Egyptian slavery, but is rather, an ongoing effort of every Jew to free himself both from his internal limitations (inborn and acquired) and the external influences of the environment which enslave and limit him.
The Vaad Hakashrus of Crown Heights has released guidelines for the community relating to Kashrus on Tu BiShvat.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the customs of Tu B’Shvat and Shabbos Shirah for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
