The Talmud states: “Never were there more joyous days for the Jewish People than the 15th of Av and Yom Kippur,” listing five or six joyous events that occurred on 15 Av throughout history. But what is it about the energy of the 15th of Av that attracts so much joy?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 174, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Chassidus Applied to Tu B’Av; What Lessons Can We Glean from Chof Av? How Do I Know When to Give in to My Physical Limits? Is Yiddish a Lost Language? Are We Supposed to Prove G-d’s Existence? How to Protect Our Families While Maintaining an Open Home?
This week’s Living Torah video from JEM features a profound and beautiful story. Michael Tabor is an educator and musician. In 1970, as a student at the London School of Economics, he had an audience with the Rebbe. After a conversation with the Rebbe about music and the arts, he learned an important lesson that has remained with him ever since.
Camp Gan Izzy of Los Angeles & Beverly Hills presents their official camp music video, after working with the best talent in LA to showcase their amazing staff-members, campers and all the smiles, joy and spirit they bring to to Gan Izzy!
Why do we love Nostalgia so much? Nostalgia is a sentimental affection for the past, a longing for a period or place with happy associations. So why do we love it? We’re wired to forget the intensity of past life-challenges and hardships, and yet we tend to remember the good stuff.
After the success of his hit song Elokai, which created a sensation in the world of Chassidic music, the rising star Nemouel Harouche has released a new hit song, titled V’Haya Ha’Shem.
Camp videographer Motty Reizes captured the fifth week of excitement, inspiration and fun at Camp Gan Yisroel-New York.
An Israeli man was stabbed this morning by a Palestinian terrorist at a supermarket in the central Israeli city of Yavne.
Thousands of Jews gathered last night – the eve of Tisha B’av – at the Western Wall, the only remnant of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem after it was destroyed by the Romans almost 2,000 years ago.
The Gemara tells us that two of the main reasons the batei mikdash were destroyed were senseless hatred and not enough rebuking. How does that make sense? They seem to be opposites; and if not enough rebuking caused the beis hamikdash to be destroyed, does that mean we should start rebuking more to help it be rebuilt?
JEM presents a special playlist of videos connected to Tisha B’Av. As we mourn the the destruction of the Batei Mikdash, we pray for this day to be transformed into a joyous one with the arrival of Moshiach speedily.
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Tisha B’Av is titled: A Tale of Wail.
The secret of our continued survival is to invest in the future. Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz looks to our children for our future continuity. We are running a race against time and diminishing numbers and we need schools and enhanced education to keep up.
For centuries, Krakow was a center of Jewish learning and growth in Eastern Europe. Home to a thriving community, Krakow represented virtually every section of the Jewish-European demographics of the time.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vaeschanan. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How great is the power of Torah?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 173, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Chassidus Applied to Tisha B’Av; What Should We Make of the Recent Strife in Israel? When is it Okay to Deem a Task Impossible? How Does Inspiring Others Not Compromise My Own Personal Avodah? What Can We Do About the Declining Standards at Weddings? How to Improve One’s Memory.
Floodwaters from rainstorms have caused extensive damage to a Chabad synagogue in Overland Park, Kansas, which filled the center with 4 to 5 inches of water.
