From Days Gone By: ’60s Bar Mitzvah
In this vintage photograph, several Lubavitcher women pose for a group portrait at a Bar Mitzvah in the 1960s. Can you identify anyone in the photo, where and when it was taken?
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Picture of the Day: Matzah Prep for Mitzvah Tank Parade
Students of Lubavitcher Yeshiva-Crown St.’s 7th grade pack Matzos to be distributed at the Yud Aleph Nissan Mitzvah Tank Parade, which took place Tuesday.
Picture of the Day: Writing the Children’s Torah
In the picturesque Tzemach Tzedek Shul in the Old City of Jerusalem, an expert scribe by the name of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Henig is busy writing a Sefer Torah. This is the sixth scroll written especially for children, and over half of its letters have already been sold.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe introducing his aide, Dr. Nissan Mindel (right), to Israel’s President Zalman Shazar in 1966.
Picture of the Day: Impromptu Memorial at Sassoon Home
An impromptu memorial materialized yesterday at the home of the Sassoon family in Flatbush, where seven children died in a fire last Friday night. Mourners left flowers, candles and well wishes in front of the boarded-up and barricaded home, along with a front-page clipping of the NY Post that reads “Goodbye Angels.”
From Days Gone By: Uncle Yossi on the Accordion
In honor of the second Yahrtzeit of Rabbi Yossi Goldstein, OBM – AKA ‘Uncle Yossi’ – which took place last week on the 25th of Adar, we present this vintage photograph of him playing the accordion at a children’s gathering in the 1950s.
Picture of the Day: Former NYS Gov. Receives Matzos
Three term New York State Governor George Pataki received a box of Shmurah Matzah from Rabbi Levi Krinsky, Shliach to the State of New Hampshire.
Picture of the Day: Invocation at Baltimore City Hall
Last week, Baltimore Shliach Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum was invited to give the invocation at Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s state of the city address at Baltimore City Hall.
From Days Gone By: Unbridled Joy
Rabbis Yisroel Jacobson and Berel Rivkin dance at a wedding in 1964. Can you identify anyone else in the photo, and where it was taken?
Photo: Monsey Chabad.
Picture of the Day: Avos U’Banim Grand Prize Winner
Shaul Zelig Bronstein of Monsey beams as he poses for a photo with the grand prize he won at a raffle this past Motzei Shabbos for all the boys who attended a majority of Avos U’Banim sessions throughout the winter at Congregation Tzemach Tzedek.
From Days Gone By: An American Bochur
In this vintage photograph, taken in the early 1950s, a young Yehoshua Wilansky, may he be well, sits on his bike outside the Lubavitch Yeshiva on Bedford and Dean.
From Days Gone By: Tzach Convention
This vintage photograph depicts one of the first conventions of Tze’irei Agudas Chabad (Tzach), circa late 1950s. Can you identify those in the photo?
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe
In honor of Purim Lubavitch Archives and CrownHeights.info present a set of photos of The Rebbe and Israeli President Zalman Shazar entering Shul to listen to the Megillah, 1971.
Picture of the Day: Cteens Bump in to Mayor
While riding ‘Citi Bikes’ around Manhattan on Sunday, a group of CTeen Shabbaton participants from Ulster County, NY, bumped into New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who graciously posed for a photo with them.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe during a Yechidus with donors to the Machane Yisroel Development Fund.
From Days Gone By: Toras Emes Talmidim Hashluchim
A group of ten Temimim sent on Shlichus by the Rebbe to the Yeshiva of Toras Emes in Yerushalyim pose for a photo outside the Yeshiva’s building in 1975. Can you identify those in the photo?
Picture of the Day: Safety Is CTeen’s #1 Priority
With a record 1,500 Jewish teenagers expected at the CTeen Shabbaton in Crown Heights this weekend, CTeen staff met with officers from the NYPD’s 71st and 77th precincts, as well as representatives from the Port Authority and the MTA, to formalize plans to beef up security to ensure the safety of the young guests.
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