Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe touching the Mezuzah as he goes from his office to Daven Maariv.
Picture of the Day: Offensive Guard’s Yomtov Mitzvah
On a trip to Manhattan during Chol Hamoed Sukkos, Moshe Koniarski took his Lulav set so he could do Mivtzoim as well. He did not anticipate meeting Geoff Schwartz, a Jewish football player on the New York Giants, who gladly performed the Mitzvah, and told Moshe he had fasted on Yom Kippur as well.
Picture of the Day: Chabad Leaders Chat
A CrownHeights.info reader captured the moment of a friendly exchange of words between Rabbi Avrohom Shemtov, Chairman of Agudas Chasidei Chabad, and Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba, senior member of the Crown Heights Beis Din, on Eastern Parkway this afternoon.
From Days Gone By: Early N’shei Chabad Convention
In this vintage photograph of one of the first N’shei Chabad conventions, c. early 1960s, Rebbetzin Chana, the Rebbe’s mother, can be seen seated on the dais to the far right. A second photo, featuring a speaker at the event, can be seen in the extended article. Can you identify anyone else in the photos?
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe distributing Kos Shel Bracha after Yom Tov, 1969.
Picture of the Day: ‘And Yaakov Went on His Way’
A CrownHeights.info reader captured the moment as four Bochurim, whose batteries were recharged during an uplifting month of Tishrei in Crown Heights, just barely manage to squeeze into a cab with their luggage as they head to JFK airport to return to the Holy Land for the remainder of the year.
From Days Gone By: Mobile Sukkah at UCLA, Fall of ‘69
In the early days of Chabad’s presence in Los Angeles, a mobile Sukkah offers Jewish students and faculty members of UCLA, as well as local Jewish residents, the opportunity to perform the Mitzvah of Arba Minim. Can you recognize the young Lubavitcher in the photo?
Picture of the Day: ‘770’ on Diplomatic Plates
While socializing with the American Ambassador to Israel, Mr. Dan Shapiro, at a diplomatic Simchas Beis Hashoeva celebration, Chabad activist Rabbi Levi Edri discovered and pointed out a unique set of numbers on the ambassador’s license plate.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe distributing Lekach from his Sukkah on Hoshana Rabba.
Picture of the Day: Safety Volunteers’ Group Portrait
The volunteers of the Crown Heights Shomrim, who every year pitch in with their time an efforts to ensure that the Simchas Beis Hashoeva celebration and its vicinity remain safe, posed last night for a group portrait in front of the Shomrim Mobile Command Center.
Picture of the Day: Congressman Shakes Lulav
Congressman Steve Israel of Long Island shakes Lulav on Sunday with Avromi and Yossi Vaisfiche at Chabad of Huntington & Melville’s booth at the Huntington Fall Festival.
From Days Gone By: Bubbe Maryasha Does Mivtzoim
Mrs. Maryasha Garelik, OBM, known affectionately by her hundreds of descendents as ‘Bubbe Maryasha’ until her passing at age 106 in 2007, assists Jewish women with performing the Mitzvah of Lulav on Chol Hamoed Sukkos. Can you identify anyone else in the photo, when or where it was taken?
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe during morning prayers on Chol Hamoed Sukkos.
From Days Gone By: One of the First Sukkah Mobiles
In this photo collection from Lubavitch Archives, one of the very first ‘sukkah mobiles’ can be seen on the streets of College Park, Maryland. The photos were taken on Chol Hamoed Sukkos, circa 1970.
Picture of the Day: How Many Sukkahs Can You Fit in a Yard?
How many sukkahs can you fit in a yard? Well, apparently at least 30, as the geometry-proficient managers of the Lee Gardens Project, an apartment complex in Williamsburg, have conclusively proven.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe distributing Lekach during Tishrei 5738 (1977), shortly before suffering a heart attack on Simchas Torah.
Photo: Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Picture of the Day: A Raisin-Filled Surprise
Nursing home resident Kate Friedman is pleasantly surprised by a gift of challah from students Aaron Friedman and Sarah Crawford, who are accompanying Rabbi Boruch Shmuel Liberow of the Chabad Student Center of Boca Raton, FL. The trio were delivering Challah to nursing home residents and other local needy in advance of Rosh Hashanah.
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