Cheder Has Amazing First Year, Looks Forward to Next
All the students and their families are having an amazing first year at Cheder Chabad Girls of Long Island, which has just opened registration for the 2016-17 school year.
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8:00pm: Should We Project Different Faces for Different Audiences?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 108, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Should We Project Different Faces for Different Audiences? How Important is Cholov Yisroel? Criticizing the Critical? What is Tikla and Butzina D’Kardunisa?
California Chabad Rabbis Make Their Own Wine
The first time Rabbi Chaim Zaklos checked on his cellared vats of cabernet sauvignon, something unexpected happened.
After Clock Change, Father & Son Learning Program Moves to Sunday
Now that Shabbos is out much later, many fathers and sons have joined the new Avos Ubanim program, which takes place on Sundays between 6:00 and 7:00 PM.
Three Israelis Killed in Istanbul Bombing
Three Israelis were killed and 11 were wounded in a Shabbos morning suicide bombing in Istanbul, Turkey. 36 people in total were wounded in the terror attack.
‘Hitler Should Have Killed You All’
The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force Unit is investigating an incident in which an African-American woman threw a rock at a Jewish man in Crown Heights while yelling “Hitler should have killed you all.”
Weekly Living Torah Video: The Rebbe Signed It with Love
Rabbi Yaakov Roth is an educator and teacher in Miami, Florida. From time to time, on special days in the calendar, he would have his young students send letters to the Rebbe. As one would imagine, the letters penned by his young students weren’t the most sophisticated that the Rebbe received.
Rare Photos and Documents Detail Rayatz’s Journey
This Shabbos, the 9th of Adar II, marks the day the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, also known as the Frierdiker Rebbe or the Rayatz, arrived on the shores of the United States after escaping from war-torn Europe in 1940.
There will be Minyanim for women to hear the reading of Parshas Zachor this Shabbos in several locations.
PSA: Minyanim for Women to Hear Parshas Zachor
There will be Minyanim for women to hear the reading of Parshas Zachor this Shabbos in several locations.
3-6 Inches of Snow Expected to Fall Sunday
Meteorologists are tracking a possible spring snowstorm in the New York City area for this coming weekend. The snow is expected to begin falling on Sunday morning and last through Monday morning.
Shabbos at the Besht: Purim with the Rebbe
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Selgson will lead a discussion on the topic – Purim with the Rebbe.
The Lubyanka Building, the NKVD (and later KGB) headquarters in Moscow.
Weekly Story: Mishloach Monos with a Message
When the summer was over, the Bochur remained in Russia for a while, helping the local Shluchim. One day, he went to the governmental offices and obtained a copy of his father’s prison records. He was so proud of what his father accomplished as a young man. If only half of the accusations were true, that showed how much his father did to save other chassidim and spread yiddishkeit. However, he was shocked and indeed horrified when he saw that one of the main informers against his father was none other than this person that his father would send Mishloach Monos to every Purim.
by Rabbi Sholom Avtzon
Rabbi Benny’s Weekly Torah Thought: The One with the Temple Deli
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parsha, Vayikra. This week Rabbi Benny answers the question: Why does the Torah consider the donations of simple firewood made to the Tabernacle as it’s own independent sacrifice, as well as it being tremendously celebrated?
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe encouraging a child’s singing as he leaves 770 following the distribution of Kos Shel Brachah.
Letter & Spirit: ‘Genocide’ Against Amalek
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he convincingly explains how a compassionate G-d can mandate a seemingly “inhumane” law – to annihilate an entire nation, Amalek. The letter was written in English through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
Community Grows, Generation Gap Closes
The generation gap grows wider and wider, but in the Jewish community of Venice & North Port, FL, one team of Chabad representatives might have found a way to fix that.
Thieves Steal Packages from Delivery Truck, Store
Wednesday evening, two thieves approached a UPS delivery truck on Albany Avenue and stole a package off the back of it.
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