Picture of the Day: Regards from the Edge of the World
A group of Israeli backpackers in Argentina placed a sign in front of a glacier at the southern tip of the South American continent, which reads “Chabad House is our home in Bariloche.”
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8:00pm: Why Hair Covering? Inspiring Children; Chemistry in Dating; Is the Rebbe’s Advice Specific to Questioner? Tzimtzum K’pshuto Part III
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 95, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Why Hair Covering? Inspiring Children; Chemistry in Dating; Is the Rebbe’s Advice Specific to Questioner? Tzimtzum K’pshuto Part III.
Photos: Gad Elbaz Rocks Sheepshead Bay
Jewish singing star Gad Elbaz performed an energy-infused concert in front of an enthusiastic, sold-out crowd at a grand Chanukah event organized by Chabad of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, under the leadership of Rabbi Shlomo Cohen.
Photos: Menorah Lit Every Day in Moscow Shul
Every day of Chanukah following Mincha, the beautiful menorah in the Marina Roscha Chabad synagogue in Moscow, Russia – a replica of the Rebbe’s – was lit amid much fanfare.
Community Salutes Queens Chabad Center
New York City politicians, Jewish community leaders, activists and laypeople gathered for a gala dinner and Chanukah festival, in recognition and support of Chabad’s Jewish institute of Queens, under the leadership of Rabbi Zalman Zevulunov, Rabbi Yitzchok Wolowik and Rabbi Shmuel Kagan.
Israeli Woman Fights Off Terrorist Who Stabbed 3
A friend of the woman who fought off a knife-wielding terrorist who entered her Ra’anana home on Saturday recounted how Dikla Dvir confronted the Palestinian man and shoved him out of her living-room into the clutches of police officers.
Young Ukraine Shluchim Count Chanukah Blessings
While for many Jewish children Chanukah means vacation or wonderlands and Dreidel houses, the little Shluchim in Sumy, Ukraine, had a different Chanukah experience.
OK Employees, Children Treated to Chanukah Parties
OK Kosher Certification recently treated its employees and children to annual Chanukah parties in its in-house party lounge.
Shabbos at the Besht: Bitochon and Simcha
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Shmuel Heber will lead a discussion on the topic – Bitochon and Simcha.
Menorah Light Shines in Australian Capital
For the second year in its history, the Australian National Menorah was lit in the Parliament of Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory, on the eight day of Chanukah, the festival of lights. The event was organized by Chabad-ACT.
Poisonous Chemical Daubed on French Synagogue
Fourteen people were mildly poisoned by a toxic substance that was applied to the keypad of an electronic lock of a synagogue south of Paris.
CTeen Committee Votes to Keep Shabbaton in Crown Heights
“To stay or to go?” was the question that puzzled organizers of the International CTeen Shabbaton ever since the conclusion of last year’s Shabbaton.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe during Krias Hatorah, circa mid-1980s.
Letter & Spirit: The ‘Why’ of Our Challenges
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, as we read in this week’s Parsha about the descent of Yaakov to Mitzrayim and the beginning of our first golus, we present an in-depth letter of the Rebbe in which he explains the “why” of personal challenges, as well as the communal challenges of our people, as experienced in golus. 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.
Weekly Story: The Value of a Sefer
The townspeople of Zhitomir were not all that pleased. “This sefer is much too overpriced,” they declared. “A sefer of this size is never sold for even close to such a sum!”
by Rabbi Sholom Avtzon
Symbol of Jewish Liberty Shines in Liberty, NY
More than 250 people gathered outside of Shoprite Mall in Liberty, NY, on Motzei Shabbos, December 12th, the seventh night of Chanukah, for the historic lighting of a grand Chanukah Menorah.
Rabbi Benny’s Weekly Torah Thought: The One with All the Crying
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parasha, Vayigash. This week Rabbi Benny answers the questions: When Joseph reveals himself to his brothers, him and Benjamin embrace and weep together, because they each foresaw the other’s future suffering and destruction… But why weep for the other guy when they should have each just wept for themselves?
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