Election results from a vote held in the Mei Menuchos bungalow colony in S. Fallsburg, NY, were unprecedented, with the new board now comprised entirely of women. A Crown Heights Rabbi objected to women serving on the board, only to backtrack later and permit it.
After setting an amazing record of selling 2,000 sets of the sixty Seforim of Toras Menachem in under 72 hours, Vaad Hanochos Belahak was contacted by many who were upset for having missed the opportunity to purchase the set for themselves. Now, the Vaad is announcing that those who missed out can once again place orders at the same subsidized price.
With great sadness we inform you of the tragic and sudden passing of Dr. Yosef Yitzchok Hakohen Perlow OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights, on 24 Menachem Av. He was 66 years old.
Commitments made to Bais Rivkah teachers in the past year have gone unfulfilled, leaving many to wonder if Crown Heights’ largest girls’ school will open on time for the coming school year.
In honor of Chof Av, the day of the Yohrtzeit of Reb Levi Yitzchok – the Rebbes father, a Farbrengen was held in 770 with many in participation.
Chabad Shluchim to Israel held their annual Kinus – for the 38th time – over Shabbos in the city of Nachlas Har Chabad.
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the untimely passing of R’ Tsion Goldstein OBM, a resident of Crown Heights who battled a terrible illness. He was 43 years old.
Stuck in a massive traffic jam in New York City’s FDR drive, a Lubavitcher noticed a man standing atop a U-Haul truck and speaking to another in Hebrew. He seized the moment and put on Tefillin with him in a very public display of Jewish pride – and the video went viral too.
Hundreds of summer vacationers in Tannersville, New York, gathered in the Beis Menachem Shul for an evening of Chassidus and Nigleh marking the Yohrtzeit of The Rebbe’s father, Reb Levi Yitzchok in a special Yarchei Kallah event.
A fast moving fire quickly engulfed the second and third floors of a large apartment building on Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights. One person was killed in the blaze and four others were injured. Update: Victim identified.
An arrest has been made in connection with the burning of a mini-bus, dubbed the “Mitzvah Bus,” that was torched just over one month ago. The suspect was charged with arson and criminal mischief, but was not charged with a hate crime.
A new book by Kehot in English presents a Talmudic exegesis by the Rebbe. Adapted from two siyumim delivered by the Rebbe (on tractates Makkot and Yoma), Of Tears and Laughter focuses on two moving Talmudic stories that occurred in the aftermath of the destruction of the second Beit Hamikdash.
Miriam Zidele, the 7-year-old girl who near-drowned in a Pomona, NY swimming pool last week, has tragically passed away.
Introducing Mitzvah Boulevard Live!, a fun-filled show of clapping, dancing, and singing based upon the Mitzvah Boulevard DVDs that kids know and love.
Rabbi Simcha Zirkind, OBM, was a beloved Shliach of the Rebbe to Tunisia and later to Montreal, Canada. In honor of his second Yahrtzeit on Tuesday, 24 Tammuz, we present the story of his early life and the beginning of his career as a Shliach of the Rebbe in Tunisia, an Arab country in North Africa, and how he had to flee after being suspected of spying for Israel.
A video titled “With Goodness I Shall Sleep”, created as part of Mivtzah for a Yeshivas Kayitz Program, expounding on the importance of Krias Shema is fast becoming popular after making rounds on social media.
Who knows when someone might need a spiritual lift? Rabbinical students Leibel Kaplan, 19, and JJ Polter, 20, found themselves in a check-out line at the Great Falls Walmart the other day when a man in line with them spoke up.
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