Rabbi Meir Roness, a longtime member of the Crown Heights community, passed away on January 13, just one day after celebrating his 74th birthday. The following is a brief profile of the man who quietly introduced Chassidic teachings to thousands, written by Eli Rubin for Chabad.org.
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A gang feud has fueled a 38 percent spike in shootings in Crown Heights and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens amid an overall crime drop of more than 8 percent, the area’s precinct commander said this week.
When G-d made His covenant with Abraham, He decreed: “Your children will be enslaved and oppressed for 400 years. But the nation that enslaves them, I will punish.” How could G-d punish the Egyptians for something he decreed upon them to do? The answer can be found in Maimonides’ laws of prophecy.
With great sadness and pain, we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Gittel Weiss, OBM, dedicated Shlucha and pillar of the Lubavitch community in Manchester, UK.
The last message Yoav Hattab, 21, sent before entering the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket last Friday where his life was cut short in a brutal act of terrorism, was an SMS message urging a friend to observe the upcoming Shabbos.
At a rally this week, around 5,000 people came to the iconic Brandenburger Gate in Berlin holding Charlie Hebdo cartoons, pencils and signs saying “Je suis Charlie.” Among them was Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, Chabad Emissary to Germany’s capital.
The father of Yoav Hattab, 21, who was killed in the Paris supermarket attack last week, said on Friday that, as the attack unfolded, he knew his son had gone down fighting.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe at Mincha-Maariv, circa mid 1980s.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Zalman Goldberg will lead a discussion on the topic – ‘A promotion of Bitachon from the Alter Rebbe.’
In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present a letter from the Rebbe to an individual who was about to celebrate his birthday. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
It is 9:00 am on a Sunday morning in a Northeast Philadelphia warehouse. Over 1,000 volunteers position themselves round hundreds of tables lined with cardboard boxes and a rich variety of kosher food items. A human assembly line forms; children begin tossing packages of macaroni and bags of split peas into boxes.
With the explosive dissemination of iPhone, Android and Windows smartphone and tablet devices, and the plethora of apps they run, many bemoan the way these new technologies are distracting young students, leading them to advocate for these devices to be banned or at least restricted within our schools. Rabbi Schneur Hayes, a teacher in Miami, makes the argument that, on the contrary, not only should these devices and apps be allowed in the classroom, but that they should be incorporated into the lessons – both Torah and secular – and that students should be encouraged to use them.
There’s a myth about teenagers in the world, that they are unmotivated and self-absorbed. But if you walked into Bais Rivkah High School at any point in the past few days, this would be easily disproved.
Thousands of mourners from all walks of Jewish life gathered in Kfar Chabad, Israel, to pay their last respects to the vaunted Rov, Mara D’Asra, Posek, Torah giant and community leader, Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi, OBM, who passed away suddenly on the 23rd of Teves, the day of his father’s Yahrtzeit.
Look closely at the photo above. One of these guys is a professional NBA basketball player. Can you guess which one?
The Ronnes family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their father, Reb Meir, OBM, at 529 Crown St. [between Albany and Kingston Aves.] Shachris – 8:45, 9:30, and 10:00. Mincha – 4:30 and 4:40. Maariv – Tzeis. At the […]
Mrs. Chanah Forster is sitting Shiva after the passing of her father, OBM, at 738 Lefferts Ave. [between Troy and Schenectady Aves.] Apt. #3, until Tuesday morning. At the family’s request, please visit only between 10:00am and 7:00pm. Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch […]
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