Last night, the IDF launched a dramatic rescue operation to extract two soldiers who accidentally strayed into a Palestinian neighborhood in north Jerusalem, and found themselves in the midst of a massive riot. Five soldiers were injured amid the rescue operation.
A peek at the headlines invariably leads to that hardest of questions: If G-d is just, why do bad things happen to good people? Rabbi Manis Friedman offers surprising insights, perspectives, and paradigm changers in this video produced by Torah Cafe.
Mrs. Rivkah Brikman, whose son Leiby was stabbed on the streets of Crown Heights earlier this month, has a troubling message for the residents of the neighborhood: her son’s attacker may have been spotted near the Beis Rivkah girls’ school, and the NYPD’s crime tip line did nothing to apprehend him.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 105, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: 12 Step Program; Our G-d vs. Their G-d; Is Resignation Ever Acceptable? How to Remain Connected in a non-Jewish Environment?
Witness a monumental event for Jewish teens – a display of Jewish pride and unity – which will take place tonight in New York’s Time Square. The gathering will feature a special havdalah ceremony, inspiring speeches and concert with 8th Day, beginning at 8:45pm (EST).
During Rabbi Moshe Orenstein’s tenure as mayor of Bnei Brak, Israel, he came to visit the Rebbe. Of the two topics he discussed with the Rebbe, the Rebbe’s responses wren’t not expected in either. As he would so often do, the Rebbe used both issues raised as opportunities to convey life lessons.
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parsha, Ki Tisa. This week Rabbi Benny answers the question: Why did G-d thank Moses for breaking the first set of Tablets? And if he had good reason for it, why did he wait an entire 40 days before thanking him?
Rabbi Shalom Lubin is the Chabad Shliach to Parsippany, New Jersey. For years, he has had a video of his Bar Mitzvah by the Rebbe. Recently, recognizing the preciousness of such a clip, he generously shared the video with JEM.
Rashi Wine Company founder Yossi Zuker describes an encounter he had with legendary Nazi hunter Simon Weisenthal, and his emotional response when he asked him to put on Tefilin.
Over three dozen bikers trekked from Miami to Key West, Florida, last week to raise funds and awareness for The Friendship Circle.
Yesterday, the Jewish world mourned upon learning of the passing of the Rebbe of Erlau, Rabbi Yochanan Sofer, OBM, who had a special connection with the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Ki Tisa. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Should a person do a Mitzvah if he/she is not in the mood?
A French tourist named Frederic Gracia visited New York during October of 1990. During his visit, which coincided with the holiday of Sukkos, he spent time in Crown Heights, where he captured the sights and sounds in and around Lubavitch World Headquarters-770 and Kingston Ave. with his personal camcorder.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 104, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Crown Jewel of Chassidus for the Healthy? Gender Segregation; Purim Katan; IsHisbonenus Applicable Today? Reward and Punishment; Hanochos Cont.
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parsha, Tetzaveh. This week Rabbi Benny answers the question: Why was it so imperative that the High Priest walk around with the bells at the bottom of his robe, that the consequences were so harsh?
According to the Jewish calendar, a second month of Adar is added in a leap-year. While Purim is usually celebrated in Adar, during a leap-year it is postponed until the second Adar, and we mark Purim Katan – “the small Purim” in the first month.
Two Palestinians armed with knives entered a supermarket near Jerusalem in the West Bank and stabbed two Israeli civilians, killing one and wounding the other, before they were shot and wounded by an Israeli bystander.
