New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced the unsealing of a Superseding Indictment charging six individuals in connection with a sprawling fraud and bribery scheme that generated over $66 million in unauthorized transactions under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”)—colloquially known as food stamps.
Rabbi Cohen assumed that Rabbi Hirshprung would return to his car and head back to Crown Heights to attend the Rebbe’s farbrengen. He, on the other hand, would be stuck waiting in the cold, having missed his chance to place a note at the gravesite on this important day. But Rabbi Hirshprung didn’t leave.
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.
Shabbos at the BESHT: Rabbi Mendy Hershkop is the Sgan Menahel of the Oholei Torah Mechina Division. He will be giving this week’s lecture on Quality vs. Quantity.
Mendel Saaks (Chicago, IL) to Leeba Grossbaum (Paramus, NJ)
We are continuing our historical background of the spreading of Toras Hanistar before the era of Rabbi Yisroel Baal Shem Tov. Just they taught the teachings of Kabbala, while the Baal Shem Tov added and also taught Chassidus.
This Monday, more than 2,000 Bochurim from over 40 Yeshivos participated in the second test of the Moshiach Chidon.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman reframes our view of the Torah. Not a document but a marriage. Not a manual but a union for us to thrive in.
The fifth part of Rabbi Chaim Dalfin’s interview with R’ Avraham Shmuel Levine has now been released, covering Rabbis Moshe, Elberg, Soloveitchik, and Shach.
Thousands gathered in Crown Heights to mark the first Yartzeit of Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky a”h. True to his life’s calling, he was honored through continued action, supporting Shluchim and carrying forward the Rebbe’s vision.
Rabbi Eli Backman of Chabad of University of Maryland stood in front of thousands this past week to give the commencement speech at the university graduation.
Yisrolik Keselman (London, UK) to Shaina Keller (Crown Heights)
Shavuot looks a little different in places where it never gets dark. The two-day holiday, which will begin at sunset on June 1, 2025 and goes until nightfall on June 3, 2025, marks the 3,337th anniversary of the Jewish people receiving the Torah at Sinai.
A federal appeals court put the brakes Thursday on a lower court order that overturned most of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs.
Tzeela Gez, a 30-year-old mother of three, was murdered on May 14 in a terror attack in Israel while en route to the hospital to give birth to her fourth child.
Rabbi Michel Kramer and Sara Gutnick will be sitting Shiva in Crown Heights following the passing of their brother Rabbi Yosef Kramer OBM. Times and location in extended article.
AskTheRav celebrates seven years of a global revolution in providing clear, reliable halachic guidance for Lubavitchers in Crown Heights and beyond.
