Panel Recounts Early Years of Shlichus
A panel of senior Chabad Shluchim recounted the early years of the Rebbe’s Shlichus to a rapt crowd of Bochurim, who packed into the Shul of Beis Rivkah-Crown St. for the presentation.
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Victoria, BC, Canada
Chabad Builds Victoria’s First New Shul in 150 Years
As Rosh Hashanah approached, Chani Kaplan was busy catering for New Year’s meals for 250 on Canada’s Vancouver Island, all prepared out of her small home kitchen.
Auschwitz survivor György Faludi with rabbinical students Mayer S. Brook, left, and Levi Mintz.
Only Surviving Boy Born in Auschwitz, Now 70, Puts on Tefillin for the First Time
When two yeshivah students knocked on a door in the northeastern Hungarian city of Miskolc, they had no idea what was waiting for them on the other side.
Shabbos at the Besht: The Esrog
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Berel Levin will lead a discussion on the topic – the Esrog.
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present two unique photos of the Rebbe during Sukkos, Year of Hakhel, 5748.
Or Avner Jewish day school in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Teacher in Chabad School in Russia on Trial for ‘Inciting Racial Hatred Against the German People’
A former teacher at Chabad’s Or Avner Jewish day school in Yekaterinburg, Russia, is on trial for inciting racial hatred because he told his students to “kill the Germans,” according to testimony by one of his former 12-year-old students. The school was raided earlier this summer by agents of the FSB, successor to the dreaded Soviet KGB.
Michal Levitin performing
Meet Michal: The Orthodox-Jewish Female Comedian
As Michal Levitin gets up on stage to perform for the annual Conference for Chabad Women in Israel, the audience bursts out laughing. She hasn’t even opened her mouth yet. But every woman in the audience has seen Michal perform before, and the mere sight of her almost reflexively makes them laugh.
Video: Man Indiscriminately Fires Toward Vehicle
Police are looking for a maniac who fired several shots at the back of a moving car in the middle of a Crown Heights street.
Left: Dennis Prager. Right: Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie.
Shliach Discusses ‘The Secret of Chabad’ on Radio
How do you get young people interested in leading a religious life and have them stay interested? Nationally syndicated radio talk-show host Dennis Prager spoke to California Shliach Rabbi David Eliezrie, author of a new book titled The Secret of Chabad.
Gothamist: Crown Heights Kaporos Chickens Discarded
On Yom Kippur morning, New York News blog The Gothamist published several photos and videos captured by an anti-Kaporos activist that purportedly show chickens – which were slaughtered for Kaporos the night before – being tossed into a garbage truck.
Laws and Customs: Sukkos
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Sukkos (up to – but not including – Hoshanah Rabbah), including the laws of building a Sukkah and selecting the Daled Minim, for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Thousands Expected at Mega Hakhel Event
“We were there, we saw with our eyes, and we trembled in awe. But what about our children in fact the entire generation who did not have the zechus to see. As my last will and testimony, I ask of you to gather the Jewish people. Everybody, man woman and child once every seven years. They should gather on Succos in the Beis Hamikdosh, and the king of the Bnei yisroel should read from the Torah, as a messenger from G-d. To everyone at the gathering it will be like Hashem himself was talking to them, instilling an awe for Hashem for the rest of their lives.”
Photos: Kaparos in Beijing
Jews perform the traditional custom of Kaparos early in the morning on Erev Yom Kippur in Beijing, China.
Alternate Side Parking Suspended Through Friday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Wednesday through Friday, September 23-25, for Yom Kippur and – L’havdil – a Muslim holiday. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Michigan Shliach Sues USDA to Allow Kaporos; Wins
In suburban Detroit, Congregation Bais Chabad of Farmington Hills — which said its kapparot ritual is its best-attended and “financially, the single most important” event – filed a suit against Tom Vilsack, secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, The Detroit News reported Monday.
Video: The Power to Transform the World
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Ha’azinu. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: From where do we get the power to transform this world into a G-dly place?
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
Poll: De Blasio’s Approval Rating in Steady Decline
A new NY1/Baruch College City Poll reveals that approval numbers for New York City mayor Bill de Balsio are slipping—-a trend, insiders say, that has been slow but steady in recent months.
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