Hot off the press came the sixth and final tome of Ein Yaakov, which has been translated for the first time ever into the Russian language along with all its commentaries. This project was initiated by Chief Rabbi of Russia, Berel Lazar, with the generous help of the Rohr family.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Tuesday, November 1, for a Catholic holiday. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
A sign identifying the Chabad Jewish student center at Texas A&M University was vandalized and then stolen.
Halloween seems like an innocent holiday not affiliated with any particular religion. Children (sometimes, adults too) dress up, give and get candy, and in general, just have fun. Is there any reason a Jew should not join in the revelry?
Beth Rivkah of Montreal has earned the third highest rank of all 459 schools, private and public, in the province of Quebec, and number one in the entire province for “improvement over the last five years”. This is based on an independent analysis conducted by the Fraser Institute (a research and educational organization), which took ten factors into account. The media, including a television crew, came to Beth Rivkah to cover the story.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 135, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: How to Cope with Post-Holiday Blues? Are Chassidic Standards Compatible with Halacha? Does Chassidus Have All the Answers? How Can a Chassid be Mean?
Representatives of the Chabad movement paid a condolence visit to the home to the Vice President of the Israeli Supreme Court Elyakim Rubinstein. Justice Rubinstein is sitting shiva for his daughter, who passed away after a long illness.
Members of the Lubavitch community in Paris attended the annual community Melave Malka that is held every year on Motzoei Shabbos Parshas Breishis, the first following the month of Tishrei.
Adams House, a local landmark located in Bethlehem, NY, has had a long and varied history. First built in 1838 by Nathaniel Adams, the founder of Bethlehem’s Delmar hamlet, the Greek Revival has been home to the town hall, volunteer fire department, post office, and most recently, NYSARC. This October, after nearly a year of vacancy, Adams House’s newest inhabitants moved in. The latest in a long string of prestigious institutions, Bethlehem Chabad now calls Adams House their home.
In this week’s Living Torah, the Rebbe speaks about an important Mitzvah mentioned in this week’s Parsha, having Children.
In this new weekly installment, Rabbi Avrohom Brashevitzky, Shliach to Doral, FL, will share his thoughts on the weekly Parsha, beginning this week with Parshas Bereishis.
On Chol Hamoed Sukkos, the city of Dneprodzerzhinsk, in Kamianske, Ukraine, presented a new street sign.
The innkeeper made some cosmetic improvements, hoping it would draw in new customers. He painted the outside, put up nice shades for the windows etc., however, his token efforts did not succeed, and as the next year came to an end, and he now had to pay the rent fees for two years, but he didn’t have it. The squire was beside himself with rage.
Hundreds of guests who arrived for Tishrei gathered last night for a farewell banquet at Bais Rivkah-Campus Chomesh, organized by the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim Ha’olami.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Hershel Lustig, Dean of Oholei Torah, will lead a discussion on the topic: Did Hashem choose us? or did we choose Hashem?
The Flatbush Jewish Community Coalition, FJCC, has announced the return of the 4 Torahs stolen this past week from the Flatbush Sephardic shul, the Avenue O Synagogue.
Crownheights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe seeing off a group of Chassidim after Tishrei, circa mid 1960s.
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