Picture of the Day: Kvutzeh 5772 Group Portrait
Students of Israeli Yeshivas who spent the year learning in 770 pose for a group portrait in front of 770. In the front row sit mashpi’im Rabbi Yoel Kahan and Rabbi Shlomo Zarchi.
Students of Israeli Yeshivas who spent the year learning in 770 pose for a group portrait in front of 770. In the front row sit mashpi’im Rabbi Yoel Kahan and Rabbi Shlomo Zarchi.
In honor of Gimmel Tammuz, CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute present this collection of historic photos, taken by David Schweke and Dr. Shlomo Newfield, of various Chassidic gatherings: the Rebbe giving out kos shel brocha at the end of Passover 5737 (1977), a bride and groom getting the Rebbe’s blessing outside his study and a captive audience before the Rebbe in the winter of 5737 (1977).
Bochurim in Chovevei Torah’s Zal ended the school year today, and marked it with a lunch, along with a Shiur, and capped off with a group photo.
This seemingly routine photo of Lubavitch World Headquarters was captured yesterday by a CrownHeights.info reader. But something is wrong in the picture. Can you figure out what it is?
Students and faculty members of the Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Hulon, Israel pose for a year-end group portrait.
Crownheights.info and Lubavitch Archives present this vintage photograph of Chassidim dancing joyously. Can you identify those in the picture, when and where it was taken?
Answer to last week’s photo in the extended article.
Students and faculty members of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Kiryat Gat, Israel pose for a year-end group portrait outside their Yeshiva’s building. Seated in the front row from left to right: Rabbi Yonah Yakobovitch, magid shiur b’niglah; Rabbi Moshe Havlin, Rosh Yeshiva; Rabbi Zusha Alperowits, mashpia and magid shiur b’chasidus.
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute present this unique collection of photos of the Rebbe attending children’s rallies in the years 5717 (1957) and 5723 (1963). With special thanks to Rabbi Harlig and Rabbi Levin.
Students of Yeshiva Gedolah in Melbourne, Australia pose for a year-end group portrait outside their Yeshiva’s building – a magnificent structure which used to belong to the British royal family.
A reader sent us this photo of a huge billboard on the Manhattan-bound BQE highway. It says, “Fellow Jew, You’re Going into a Danger Zone; Shield Your Eyes.”
Rabbi Mendel Jacobs, Rabbi of the Shul in the Park in Glasgow, Scotland, officiated at the wedding of David McGraddie and Leslie Goldinger, a Jewish couple who decided to have a traditional Chuppa and Kidushin despite their old age. Under the Chuppah, the groom wore a talis with the traditional Scottish Tartan fabric woven into the ‘Crown.’
A Crownheights.info reader sent us this beautiful photo he snapped near his Crown Street home yesterday. Interestingly, the rainbow appeared despite the fact that it did not rain at all that day.
Crownheights.info and the Avner Institute present this unique collection of photos from Israeli President Shazar’s visit to the Rebbe in 1966.
Students and faculty members of Yeshivas Darchei Menachem in Crown Heights pose for a group portrait outside their Rutland Rd. institution.
A popular Israeli singer was spotted studying with a few Kvutzeh Bochurim in 770. This singer is a close friend of many in the Chabad community. He composed a song in honor of the Rebbe titled “Menorah.” Can you identify him?
Crownheights.info and Lubavitch Archives present this vintage photograph of seven Chassidim posing for a portrait. Can you identify those in the picture, when and where it was taken?
Answer to last week’s photo in the extended article.
New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, Brooklyn South Police District chief Thomas Chan and 71st precinct captain John Lewis were spotted today enjoying lunch in Crown Heights’ Hamilton-Metz (Lefferts) Park, as the NYPD sponsored Harmony Day parade proceeded down Empire Blvd.