The Cheder recently hosted a memorable evening, “The Canvas Of Chinuch,” an opportunity to highlight the school’s vision, goals and accomplishments, by bringing parents, staff, and administration members together in an upscale setting.
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
When I was writing the book on the Shpoler Zeide, I noted in the introduction that the Rebbe said that the Shpoler Zeide and Reb Leib Sarah’s are the same person. This is not just the Rebbe’s opinion but it is noted in other Chassidic courts as well. While I am now focusing on completing the biography of the Frierdiker Rebbe, I decided that from time to time I should post a story on Reb Leib Sarah’s in this series of The Weekly Story.
Eylon Levy is a British-Israeli figure who currently serves as official Israeli government spokesman, and has been serving in that capacity since the start of 2023 Israel–Hamas war. On a recent trip to the United States he stopped by 770 Eastern Parkway where he said “I had to visit the HQ of the movement that has done more than any other to keep Jews anchored and united.”
Behind every JewQ Champion is a JewQ Parent. Supporting them, helping them learn and become experts in their heritage. The upcoming CKids Shabbaton will be giving these unsung champions the opportunity to learn, enjoy, and be inspired together with their children,
Rabbi Chaim Danzinger, the Shliach to Rostov, Russia who styles himself as a Canadian Rabbi living in Russia, made a visit to Lubavitch and chronicled his experiences in short Instagram videos. Watch those videos here.
A memorial event marking the 30th anniversary of the 1994 Brooklyn Bridge terror attack will take place on Friday, March 1st at 12 PM. The memorial ceremony will honor the memory of Ari Halberstam, a 16 year old hasidic Yeshiva student, who was murdered on the Brooklyn Bridge by an Islamic terrorist in the attack.
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Lily Milecki OBM, a cherished mother and grandmother from Melbourne, Australia. She passed away on Thursday morning, 20 Adar I, 5784.
Last week’s Shabbos Tzuzamen for boys saw an impressive turnout of 950 participants across 68 locations. With 820 girls signed up for this week in 54 locations, the spirit of camaraderie is set to continue, fostering a sense of belonging and purpose among Yaldei Hashluchim worldwide.
The vice-chairman of United Lubavitcher Yeshivos, Rabbi Yosef Wineberg (1918-2012) delivered weekly radio broadcasts on chasidic teachings for nearly fifty years. He was interviewed three times, in the years 2008 and 2009.
Amid rising antisemitism in Great Britain and a “deep concern” for its Jewish student community, the University of Manchester hosted a historic printing of the Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidic philosophy, at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library on Feb. 14.
In an unique effort to unite bochurim worldwide, the Mivtza “Beat Swords into Plowshares” has achieved tremendous success. Winners have been announced and Bochurim will be receiving their Seforim gift voucher in the upcoming days.
The benefit dinner takes place every year close to Shushan Purim Katan, the yohrtzeit of the young shlucha Chaya Mushka o.b.m, who despite her young age merited to influence girls and even women to increase their mitzva observance. This year marks 27 years since this dear pure soul has departed from us.
At a wedding hall in Jerusalem earlier this month, 50 girls—many of them dressed in white tulle—celebrated the milestone of becoming a bat mitzvah. Their shared joy, however, was underscored by shared feelings of grief as each one of them had a tragic life event that brought them together: the loss of a parent at a young age.
In 1914, Jewish Afghani brothers Rahamim and David Shamash returned from Jerusalem to Afghanistan along the well-trodden routes of the Silk Road with two new Torah scrolls, written for the Jewish communities of Afghanistan. A century later, after falling into disuse and disrepair, one of the Torah scrolls has found a new home, when two scions of the Shamash family—Hannah Zion and her brother, Ronald Abram—refurbished and rededicated it last month at Chabad-Lubavitch of Hong Kong.
When Rabbi Moshiach Chudaitov and his family immigrated from the Soviet Union they received some unexpected attention from the Rebbe, together with a very special blessing. (Early 1970s)
Last week, C-Teen Chapters of Chabads worldwide joined forces with The Mikvah to give teens from around the world a unique opportunity to connect with the richness of our timeless Jewish tradition.
