Yeshiva to Celebrate 2nd Siyum HaShas in Two Years
On Sunday, 17 Sivan, Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim – Chovevei Torah will celebrate the Siyum Hashas of a 19-year-old student of the Yeshiva together with the Crown Heights community.
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Video: A Word on the Parsha with Rabbi Minkowicz
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Shelach. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is a quick and easy way to transform oneself?
Baltimore Cheder Raises $50,000 in Two Hours!
This morning, Cheder Chabad of Baltimore began its day with the goal of raising $10,000 through an online crowdfunding event. All the donations were to be matched by three generous donors, quadrupling the online contributions. The catch: they would only have 24 hours to raise the $10,000 online, or they would receive nothing.
Friday: Rally at the Ohel
This Friday, the 15th of Sivan (June 13), there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12 featuring challah baking, games, a grand raffle and an amazing program. Buses will leave 770 at 1:00pm and return at 3:30pm. Transportation will cost $3.
Ottawa Shabbaton Rejuvenates Mesivta Bochurim
This past weekend, a select group of Bochurim in Shiur Gimmel of Mesivta Lubavitch-Toronto was rewarded with a Shabbaton to the city of Ottawa, where they were hosted by the Teitelbaum family.
Florida Rabbi Chases Down Burglar on Scooter
Rabbi Avorohom Ezagui, the Lubavitcher Rabbi of a Palm Beach, Florida synagogue, spotted a man acting suspiciously and holding what appeared to be a bag filled with stolen valuables in the Shul’s parking lot.
Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum helps a Methodist pastor connect with his Jewish roots.
Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum: Chaplain, Major, Rabbi
Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum describes the path that has led him to his role as director of the Jewish Uniformed Service Association of Maryland as sheer “divine providence.”
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‘Day of Judaism’ Marks Chief Rabbi’s 50th Birthday
Thousands of Jewish residents of Moscow gathered in the Marina Roscha neighborhood for a ‘Day of Judaism,’ marking the 50th birthday of Russia’s chief rabbi Berel Lazar.
Picture of the Day: Bar Mitzvah at a Wedding
While filming a wedding in Miami, CJ Studious employee Mendel Mish learned that one of his fellow photographers, Jared, was Jewish and had never put on Tefilin in his life. Mendel helped him wrap up right then and there, making the event a double Simcha – a wedding and a Bar Mitzvah.
From Days Gone By: Peres Learns B’Chavrusa
Outgoing Israeli President and former Prime Minister Shimon Peres is seen in this photo studying Gemara with a Chavrusa during a visit to the Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Lod in 1984. Yesterday morning, MK Reuven Rivlin (Likkud) was elected by the Knesset to replace Peres as Israel’s head of state.
Picture of the Day: Tefilin on the Run
Lubavitcher Bochur Mendy Wilansky helps a Jewish marathoner put on Tefilin as he runs alongside him at the Comrades Marathon in Durban, South Africa.
Video: City Bus Catches Fire on Utica Ave.
An MTA bus caught fire this afternoon near the intersection of Utica Ave. and East New York Ave. in Crown Heights. The blaze broke out in the rear of the bus, and had to be put out by firefighters who rushed to the scene.
Jewish Soldiers Honored on 70th D-Day Anniversary
On Sunday, June 8, 2014, seventy years after the D-Day landing, several hundred members of the Jewish community of France met at the cemetery in “Omaha Beach”, Normandy. 149 Jewish soldiers are buried there. The traditional ceremony was held to honor the memory of Jewish soldiers killed as they landed to fight the Nazis in June, 1944.
Friendship Circle Volunteers Saluted in Five Towns
On Wednesday, May 28, The Friendship Circle of the Five Towns, an organization that pairs volunteers in the community with children with special needs, celebrated an ‘evening of Friendship’ to honor and recognize its members.
Video: Israel Is Our Homeland
Reuven Rivlin, former Speaker of the Knesset and President-elect of Israel as of this morning, is a Jersualemite with ties that go back for generations. His ancestor, Rabbi Hillel Rivlin, a relative of the great Vilna Gaon, came to Ottoman Palestine 73 years before the first glimmerings of political Zionism.
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One-Bedroom Apartments for $2,700!?
The cost of renting apartments in Crown Heights continues to soar to dizzying heights, making the routine payment of bills a monthly struggle for all but the very well-to-do in our community. However, even those who have grown accustomed to this trend were shocked to learn the price tags on units of a brand-new development on Eastern Parkway: a whopping $2,700 a month for a one-bedroom apartment and $3,700 for a two-bedroom!
Montreal Students Awarded for 78,000 Lines by Heart
Many years ago, the Lubavitcher Rebbe was asked what he would like his Chassidim to give him on the 11th of Nissan as a birthday present. The Rebbe responded that he would like people to add in learning Torah, in both the Nigleh (i.e. the Mishnah and the Talmud) and in Chassidus (i.e. Tanya).
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