Picture of the Day: Never Too Old to Do Mivtzoim

A Crownheights.info reader, who participated in yesterday’s Yud Aleph Nissan Mitzvah Tank parade, sent us this photo he captured of Reb Pinye Korf doing Mivtzoim on the streets of Manhattan.

Arizona Shliach Featured on Magazine Cover

Rabbi Berel Zaklikofsky, director of Chabad of Goodyear, was featured on the cover of this month’s Hamlet Magazine celebrating Passover with his wife Chana Rivkah and members of the Chabad House.

Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe!

In honor of Yud Aleph Nissan, Crownheights.info and the Avner Institute Present this unique photo collection of Political figures from New York visiting the Rebbe for Yechidus over the years.

Picture of the Day: Food Distributor Sells Chometz

Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky traveled to upstate New York to arrange the sale of Lubavitcher owned Duso Food Distributors’ chometz. Also shown in the Photo: Mr. Lefferts, Sandra Richmond and Rabbi Moshe Frank (Rabbi of local shul).

Weekly Photos: From Days Gone By

Crownheights.info and Lubavitch Archives present these two vintage photos from a wedding in Crown Heights. Can you identify those dancing in the pictures? At whose wedding were these pictures taken?

Answer to last week’s photo in the extended article

Picture of Day: Candy for Sholom

Yanky, Tzvi, Menny, Yossi, Shlomie and Avraham raise money for Sholom Rubashkin by selling sweets on the block.

Picture of the Day: Morah Newfield’s Class Says Special Blessing for Trees

Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe!

Crownheights.info and the Avner Institute present these two unique photos of the Rebbe leaving his room in the mid ’70s.

Picture of the Day: Newborn Boy Named After Toulouse Terror Victim

On the 22nd of March, 2012, about 72 hours after the tragic news of the brutal massacre of a father and three children in Toulouse, France shocked the world, a baby boy was born to Zalmy and Chaya Wolff (nee Inglis) of Crown Heights. This morning, the newborn was named after Aryeh, the 6-year-old son of Yonatan and Eva Sandler, who was murdered, along with his father and 3-year-old brother Gavriel, on his way to school that morning.

Picture of the Day: My Very Own Seder Plate

The boys of Rabbi Raskin‘s class in Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown St. prepared for Pesach by making their very own colorful Seder plate and Matza cover.

Picture of the Day: Tzfatim Reenact Mayim Shelanu

The ‘Tzfati’ members of kvutzeh have lately taken to reenacting an increasing number of routine occurrences from the later years of the Rebbe’s life. In this photo, they mimic the drawing of ‘Mayim Shelanu’ for the baking of Matzah, which the Rebbe began to perform on the porch of 770 in the late ’80s, as can be seen in this video.

New Photo Series: From Days Gone By

Crownheights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a new bi-weekly photo series called From Days Gone By. Selected from more than 800,000 images, the largest Chabad-Lubavitch digital image archive, the new series is sure to be a thriller for Lubavitchers across the globe. Try to figure out who is in the picture and other details of what is happening, and share your knowledge in the comments section.

Picture of the Day: Torah in Camouflage

The Special Military Edition of Kol Menachem’s new Lifestyle Torah has arrived today in New York; the Chumash will be distributed to US soldiers across the world by the Aleph Institute, directed by Rabbi Aaron Lipskar.

Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe!

CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute presents a collection of Photos of the Rebbe addressing a woman’s convention in 1991.

Newly Revealed Photos: The Last Maariv

On the day before 27 Adar, 1992, the Rebbe stood on his feet for many hours distributing thousands of dollars for Tzedaka, as was his usual Sunday custom. Afterwards, the Rebbe davened Marriv, and the gathered chassidim were intrigued as to why the Rebbe was taking so long to finish Krias Shma.