This past Sunday, the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn hosted their sixth annual “Art of Friendship” Gallery, featuring a stunning collection of artwork created by members of the organization.
In memory of Lori (Leah) Gilbert-Kaye OBM, who was murdered in the Chabad of Poway shooting just a few weeks ago, Shmuli Simpson, an 8th grader, decided to make a difference.
We present a photo gallery from the community bonfire event that took place Wednesday night outside the Wingate Highschool on Kingston Ave.
Just in Time for Lag B’Omer, well loved singer Mordechai Ben David has released a new single titled “Kdai Hu Rabbi Shimon.”
During the remodeling of the Tzemach Tzedek Shul in Tzfat, an area of the land that had not been part of the initial restoration was explored. Rabbi Marzel, a Chabad Shliach in Tzfat, was surprised to find a bor (halachic gathering) of pure mikveh water that had been dug out and used as a mikvah generations before.
Pursuant to the Rebbe’s words, coach buses will be making round-trips to and from Crown Heights and the Ohel every half hour throughout Lag B’Omer day.
As Lag B’omer begins Wednesday night, a community bonfire event will be taking place at Wingate High School located at 600 Kingston Ave. (between Rutland Rd and Winthrop St).
On Thursday, Lag B’Omer, there will be a street fair in the afternoon for the entire community. The fair will take place on Lefferts Ave. between Kingston Ave. and New York Ave from 1:00pm-6:00pm.
Each time the Rebbe distributed dollars, individuals were touched and lives were impacted. Presented here are photos of several highlights and encounters from Sunday Dollars of 14 Iyar 1991.
Hundreds of Mechanchos are planning their summer around the upcoming Kinus Mechanchos Chabad and Retreat, taking place on Yud Beis – Yud Gimmel Tammuz (July 15-16) at the Crowne Plaza, Stamford. After a great response to subsidized admission last year, philanthropist Yosef Yitzchak Popack will once again be sponsoring generous scholarships so that many educators will be able to attend.
by Tzemach Feller – chabad.org Walking into the kitchen of Friendship Bakery, you’ll find many things common to such enterprises: sacks of flour and sugar, stainless-steel commercial ovens, cartons of eggs and plenty of countertops. But you’ll also find items […]
This Wednesday evening, hundreds of children and their parents will join together in front of 770 for a viewing of the Rebbe’s Lag B’omer parade. On Eastern Parkway, at the exact spot where the actual parade took place, schoolchildren from all over Crown Heights will join together to listen, answer questions, and win awesome prizes. A special raffle will be made on a coin minted for the 1990 Lag B’omer parade.
The Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, “The Rayatz”, HaRav Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, spent almost three months in Lakewood at the home of a supporter by the name of Mr. Charles Paston. In fact the Rebbe spent pesach there during that stay, and held farbrengen’s there as well.
Three people are in custody after they stole a car in Crown Heights Monday afternoon, and led the police on a foot chase. The thieves were busted red handed with the help of Shomrim.
At seven o’clock, every Monday and Thursday evening, the cell phones of over 3,000 Jewish teens around the United States and Canada buzz as they receive a text message with a Jewish question and a multiple-choice answer. JText, as the program is called, engages teens using the medium most comfortable to them, offering an opportunity to learn more about Judaism with a tap on their phones.
Today, at the 50th Walk for Israel in Toronto Canada, Rabbi Yirmi Cohen helped hundreds of Jews put on tefillin, some for the 1st time. The photo is of M.P. Michael Levitt, one of the only Jews in the Govt. of Canada.
As lag BeOmer nears, preparations are underway in Meron for massive crowds. The Chabad-Lubavitch representatives of Meron, Israel, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok and Chana Ruth Halperin, are in the thick of it.
