Rabbi Avrohom Yitzchok Prudenshedsky, a Chabad Shliach in the Israeli Moshav of Ganei Yochanan, could not believe his eyes: after mistakenly leaving his Tefillin in the sunlight for two hours, he discovered that the straps were not made of leather – as required by Halachah – but of cheap plastic.
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Iquitos in Peru is known as the most isolated city in South America. Surrounded by thick jungle, it sits on the banks of the mighty Amazon River. For the first time in decades,it was recently visited by a group of rabbinical students, who were there as part of the Merkos Shlichus Chabad “Roving Rabbis” program.
The chief rabbi and Chabad emissary of the Netherlands, Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs, says “it is time,” and is calling on Netherland’s Prime Minister to follow the lead of his neighbors and offer an official apology on behalf of his nation for collaborating with the Nazis in the killing of Jews during the Holocaust.
To prepare for a Rosh Hashanah concert, chazzanim from the Crown Heights neighborhood recently put on an educational program in Manhattan for cantors and vocal enthusiasts.
The Kupchin family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their father, Reb Hershel, OBM, at 1650 President St. [between Schenectady and Utica Ave.] Apt. #2C, until Thursday morning. Shachris – 7:30am. Mincha – 7:45pm. Maariv – 8:30pm. Hamokom Yenachem Eschem […]
Lubavitch Day Camp of Monsey completed its sixth exciting, fun and meaningful week of the summer. See the highlights of the week in this video slideshow.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 79, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Elul, Violence and Children, Preventing Pedophilia, Same-Gender “Marriage,” How to be More Organized.
In recent days, in response to the as-yet unproven accusation that a Jew committed an arson attack that led to the death of an Arab child (which evidence is increasingly showing was in fact a blood libel), Jews on social media have taken to posting a long list of names of Jewish children slain in terror attacks.
In honor of the special day of Chof Av, the Rebbe’s Father’s Yahrtzeit, Camp Machane Heights davened Mincha in the Rebbe’s House, and then heard a nice story about Reb Levik from Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, a secretary of the Rebbe.
The owner of a kosher bakery in Philadelphia was shot in the face during an apparent attempted robbery Friday morning. She survived, though she is listed in critical condition.
It’s almost the start of the new school year; you were just informed that your child was not accepted into our school, and you demand to know why.
It is a memory that is vivid in the minds of those who were zoche to be present: the Rebbe leads a farbrengen on Chof Av, the yahrtzeit of his father, Reb Levi Yitzchok. Joining the other chassidim are the campers and staff of Camp Gan Yisroel-NY.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Seligson will lead a discussion on the topic of Chof Menachem Av.
Honoring the Rebbe’s father, Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Schneerson, OBM, Jews from around the world gathered in Almaty, Kazakhstan to pray at his gravesite on the anniversary of his passing.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe encouraging the singing during a visit to Camp Gan Israel in upstate New York.
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, as we find ourselves in the Seven Weeks of Consolation, we present a letter of encouraging words from the Rebbe, from the Prophesies of Consolation, to a person questioning his Jewish faith. 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.
At a time when other faith communities are experiencing a dearth of young religious leadership, within Chabad there are many like Mendel and Avremel: 20 and 30 somethings who have grown up as children of emissaries and return to their hometown to continue and advance their parents’ work.
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