Top Jewish music stars, including Benny Friedman and Lipa Schmeltzer, who will perform at the upcoming ‘Kulturefest’ in Manhattan’s Central Park, were featured on the PIX 11 TV channel, where they gave a preview of their upcoming performance.
The 8th grade of United Lubavitcher Yeshiva-Crown St. recorded the classic camp song “A Russian Boy’s Hopeless Plight,” about a boy stuck in Communist Russia, who, when given the opportunity to send a letter to the Rebbe, instead of asking for rescue from his harsh life, asks for his Davening to come more naturally.
Renowned author and lecturer Rabbi Manis Friedman explains why the big bang theory makes no sense.
Beyond just commemorating the original event, each year on Shavuos we receive the Torah anew. This new spiritual energy, whether consciously felt or not, brings us new powers and abilities to achieve even more than in the past.
Singing star Benny Friedman was put the test with a difficult challenge for the coming Yomtov of Shavuos. Also in the extended article: Rabbi Manis Friedman explains how to make the Aseres Hadibros more meaningful to children.
A group of young teenagers who were ‘playing hooky’ from a local public school walked past the Oholei Torah Mesivta Boys High School and started an altercation with the students there, which escalated until one Yeshiva student received multiple blows to the head. To make matters worse, police officers refused to take action and as of this moment have still not charged the assailant – citing fear of riots. UPDATE: Police have charged the assailant with assault as a hate crime.
Rabbi Nachman Simon, Shliach to Delmar, a suburb of Albany, interviewed New York State Assemblyman Walter Mosley, whose district includes parts of Crown Heights, for a TV talk show called ‘The Jewish View,’ which he co-hosts with Marc Gronich.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Bamidbar. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one get rid of arguments? Plus: A bonus video on Why it’s a Mitzvah to eat a festive meal on Shavuos is presented in the extended article.
Sara Chana Silverstein, a Crown Heights mother of seven who specializes in areas of alternative medicine and herbs, appeared on the ABC show CT Style to share her recipe for a delicious herbal dip.
Crown Heights community activist Yaacov Behrman marched alongside New York City Public Advocate Letitia James at the annual Israel Day Parade in Manhattan yesterday, Sunday.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 118, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: How Do We Explain the Relevance of Shavuot to a Secular World? How Can I Balance My Talents and the Need to Earn a Living? Temptation: Is Walking with My Eyes Closed the Solution? When, if Ever, is it My Place to Rebuke Someone? Fully Invested or Not Concerned About Parnasa – Which One is it?
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parsha, Bechukosai. This week Rabbi Benny answers the question: If the Torah demands a spiritually elevated lifestyle, then why does G-d promise all sorts of physical rewards and benefits for diligent Torah study?
When Rabbi Yoel Kahn discovered that his Shabbos guest had crossed the International Date Line during the Omer Count, he realized that for him, Shabbos was already the fiftieth day of the Omer, and the festival of Shavuos. Uncertain of what his guest should do, he advised him to approach the Rebbe directly as he left the synagogue following the Morning Services.
At a Chanukah party in the White House earlier this year, Chasidic singing star Lipa Schmeltzer promised president Barrack Obama to send him and the first lady each a gold and silver yarmulke. Recently, he returned to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. to fulfill his promise.
In a stunning video that includes sweeping footage of the Old City of Jerusalem and the surrounding areas, Israeli superstar Gad Elbaz is the voice of the Jewish people, expressing a longing for the day when Jerusalem will no longer be divided but will be a single united city.
Watch this brilliant clip to learn what real faith is all about. It’s not blind belief and acceptance of information or values. Rabbi Dr. J. Immanuel Schochet illuminates the fundamental connection between faith and knowledge. True faith that is rooted in knowledge is exhibited in a person who synthesizes information and allows the logical consequences of this reality to have an affect on the way he or she lives.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Bechukosai. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one know when they are really happy?
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