Ten days after an unidentified man torched a well known Crown Heights “mitzvah bus” police have released clear video footage of the suspect and are turning to the public for assistance in the case.
Tzivos Hashem presents this video of a cyber-rally for Jewish children all over the world that took place today, led by Rabbi Shimi Weinbaum, part of which was the airing of the 6th episode of ‘A Quest for Oiz,’ as well as the story of Yud Beis Tammuz related by master storyteller Rabbi Yitzy Erps.
After being freed from prison on yud beis Tammuz, The Frierdikker Rebbe told of a meditation he said he had used to manage to get through his ordeal in prison. But why would the Freirdikke Rebbe need help to make it though? Surely he was aware that everything Hashem does is ultimately for his best interest? Rabbi Yisroel Glick explains.
Authorities have said they are not investigating as a hate crime Monday night’s slaying of Aaron Rajman, a professional mixed martial arts fighter and an Orthodox Jew, at his family home west of Boca Raton, Florida.
12-13 Tammuz this year marks 90 years since the Previous Rebbe was released from imprisonment in Soviet Russia. 12 Tammuz, the day he received official notice of his release, was also Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak’s 47th birthday.
Life is like a good beer…well…sort of. Jewish philosophy says that nothing bad comes from on High. Everything is ultimately good, although not everything is always perceived by us to be good. Some events, in fact, appear to us to be quite bitter. Rabbi Pinchas Taylor reminds us that during those tougher moments, its important to remember that life, like a good beer, can be bitter and still be good.
At their recent volunteer end-of-year event, Friendship Circle volunteers and their mothers got to hear about the many wonderful programs and events hosted by the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn. The highlight of the evening was hearing what the Friendship Circle means to others, and what their perspective of friendship circle is.
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Parshas Balak is titled: An Angel in Disguise.
The first week of camp at Gan Yisroel in Parkville, NY, was filled with excitement, learning and fun, all captured in this short film by camp videographer Motty Reizes.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Balak. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Are people good or bad?
As thousands of viewers watched this past week’s Living Torah, they were dismayed to find that one of the videos suffered a technical glitch during the video production causing playback issues. In response, JEM’s offices were inundated by calls and emails over the last couple days from viewers asking for the clip.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 169, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Chassidus Applied to Yud Beis Tammuz; Is Independence Healthy? Lessons from July 4th; “Atzmus in a Guf” – What Does that Mean? Are Introverted People at a Disadvantage? Should I Twiddle My Thumbs Until I Get Married? Tzedaka: How and Where to Give?
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Parshas Shelach is titled: Carved in Soul.
Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, President of Water-Gen USA and a Lubavitcher chassid, chose to sign off his public address at the United Nations Headquarters by mentioning that the day coincided with the third of Tammuz, and reiterating the berachah delivered by the Rebbe at the end of every Farbrengen: “May we merit the building of the Beis Hamikdash in Yerushalayim Ir Hakodesh, with the coming of Mashiach Tzidkeinu.”
NYPD detectives have identified a potential suspect in the torching of a Jewish “Art Bus” in Crown Heights, which is being treated as a hate crime. They are seeking the public’s assistance in apprehending him.
At one point or another many people feel as if life were like a giant hamster wheel. We may have a period where we feel that things are just an endless routine and that we aren’t really progressing anywhere. We feel stuck. Rabbi Pinchas Taylor reminds us that sometimes those are the very moments which are shaping us for greatness.
Colel Chabad, the oldest continuously running social welfare organization in Israel since 1788, hosted a Bat Mitzvah celebration for 42 orphan girls and their families this week in Jerusalem. And while the sight of a mother and grandmother with tears in their eyes was occasionally seen, the joy and smiles could be felt throughout the entire event hall.
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