The third-annual JewQ Regional Championships were held in many local communities for Hebrew School students from around the world. Some schools got together with other schools to compete in regional championships, while others held local events for their schools.
This past Monday, Beis Nissan, a Siyum Sefer Torah and a Siyum HaShas were held in memory of Reb Yisroel Friedman, a”h. The students and faculty of Oholei Torah, members of the Friedman family and Anash of Crown Heights joined to pay a tribute in a most dignified manner.
Parchment fragments were discovered in a cave where Jewish refugees hid in the Judean Desert almost 1900 years ago. The verses, written on dozens of parchment fragments were discovered in a complex and challenging national-archaeological operation undertaken by the Israel Antiquities Authority on the cliffs of the Judean Desert, since 2017, in order to prevent antiquities looting.
Vaccination efforts for Jewish seniors worldwide have taken on a new sense of urgency as Passover approaches. After a year of quarantines that have isolated the elderly in particular, many are eager to be able to finally join close family and friends for the holiday. With the promise of inoculation, the opportunity to do so is within reach, and one organization in Phoenix, Ariz., has made it possible for hundreds to do so.
As we are approaching the yahrzeit of Reb Yisroel Freidman, a”h, the Rosh Yeshiva of the Oholei Torah Beis Medrash, the Hanhola HaYeshiva together with his family are preparing a Hachnosas Sefer Torah together with a Siyum HaShas which will take place on this Monday evening, Beis Nissan.
From the Safer Haminhagim: Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, one reads the passage that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. Yehi Ratzon in the Extended Article.
A new yeshiva for English speaking bochurim is set to open this coming year in Eretz Yisroel, led by experienced educators including Menahel Rabbi Chaim Moss and Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Shimon Garbose
CrownHeights.info presents a gallery of photos with the streets and views of Crown Heights Erev Shabbos. This gallery is courtesy of MendelsPhotogrophy.
A huge quantity and amazing quality of fresh produce is AVAILABLE NOW outside F.R.E.E. 1383 President Street. All are welcome. No questions asked.
During their weekly learning class, they were exposed to the sensational discovery we published here at the beginning of the week. As a result, they decided to give to the Rebbe a gift on the occasion of 11th of Nissan, to bring the Rebbe’s Maamorim to every home.
At Monsey Beis Chaya Mushka, each girl gets the chance to actualize her highest potential. Today, you’re part of making that potential into reality can be a donation in their Charidy campaign.
Over Purim, the unifying Achdus of the Crown Heights community was demonstrated by the 2,500 Shaloch Manos Achdus Baskets masterminded, orchestrated, and delivered by the Oholei Torah PTA.
Last week I shared the story of a 141 year old siddur and family tree that made its way across continents to be returned to its owner, thanks to DDF, or the DansDeals Forums. After reading the story, a DDF member, who is a Chabad shliach in Fargo, North Dakota, figured he would try his luck and ask the forums for help.
In December of 1941 a group of local, non chabad Boro Park Jews, met at Yeshiva Toras Emes at the time on 12th Ave and 44th Street to establish the first Beis Rivka school under the auspices of Merkos. This is a newspaper clipping from that time.
The laundromat at the corner of Schenectady Ave and Union Streets went up in flames over Shabbos, displacing four Lubavitch families and leaving their possessions destroyed.
As Toras Menachem volume 72 went to print, a phone call arrived which stopped everything in its tracks. The Rebbe’s answer took forty-seven years to reach its destination.
Four hundred shluchim families, across the US and Europe, were deeply moved to receive mishloach manos packages from MyShliach and Uforatzto Circle. This heartwarming gesture, generously sponsored by Mr. Menachem and Dini Gurevitch means so much to these remote shluchim kids, for many of whom this was the only mishloach manos they received.
