The annual global conference of Chabad emissaries, or shluchim, will begin at week’s end in New York City. About 3,500 shluchim are expected to take part, and to discuss matters at the center of Jewish life worldwide.
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Today, Monday, the 20th day of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan, marks the 155th anniversary of the birth of visionary Jewish leader and Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn. Though he lived only to age 59, he served as a noted leader for the largely rural Jewish communities throughout the expanses of the Russian Empire, guiding their transition to life in the modern era. During his life, he fought the oppression of both the Czarist and Bolshevik regimes as well as the tides of assimilation corroding traditional Jewish life.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 88, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: What Defines a Shliach? Our Stance on Israel; Why Not Appoint a New Rebbe? Continued; Advice to a Journeyer; What does Bechinah Mean?
Rabbi Hershel Lustig, principal of Oholei Torah, paid a visit to the Vizhnitzer Rebbe of Bnei Brak, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager, who is currently residing in Crown Heights during an extended visit to the United States. The purpose of his visit was to gift ‘Reb Mendeleh’ a special sefer, which bears a connection between the two men.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Nissin Moskovitz, OBM, of Caracas, Venezuela, Father of Rabbi Moishe Moskovitz, the Chief Rabbi and Chabad emissary to Kharkov Ukraine. He was 86 years old.
A Crown Heights man’s car was stolen by two teenagers after he left it unattended with the keys in the ignition, but was able to track it down thanks to a built-in GPS system.
Avraham Fried today released his latest new single, titled ‘Riboin,’ which is available for listening and download free of charge.
Two yeshiva students were injured in a terrorist attack near the light rail station on Jerusalem’s Ammunition Hill Friday afternoon.
Daylight Savings Time comes to an end this Motzei Shabbos. At 2:00am, all clocks should “fall back” to 1:00am, giving everyone a much appreciated extra hour of sleep.
A video of rare footage showing the Rebbe as he walks to and from the Chabad library next door to 770 in 1985 was recently obtained by JEM, who edited and released it for the community to view. One of the children seen in the footage is Rabbi Mendy Krinsky, who narrates the video.
The Rebbe Maharash had a simple chossid who would pay a visit to the Rebbe in Lubavitch every so often. Once, during yechidus, the Rebbe told him to buy a Chumash with teitch (Yiddish translation) and begin studying it.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Leor Broh will lead a discussion on Parshas Vayeira.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe speaking to an Israeli diplomat during the 1976 visit of soon-to-be Prime Minster Menachem Begin.
The Holocaust Survivors Club at Century Village in Boca Raton, Florida, had a special treat at its monthly meeting in October when 10 local college students from the Chabad Student Center visited their meeting.
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, we present an in-depth letter from the Rebbe on the purpose of challenges from G-d. 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.
Every seat of the 1000-person capacity banquet-hall of the Conejo Valley’s Hyatt Westlake Hotel was filled as renowned author, commentator and radio talk-show personality, Dennis Prager, took to the podium to address the topic “In Search of America’s Moral Compass – on Domestic and Global Issues,” as part of the Conejo Jewish Academy’s ongoing lecture series on current issues of the day.
In the works for over 14 years, Chabad House Publications announced the release of the much-anticipated Synagogue Edition of the Kehot Publication Society Chumash.
