Mere hours after Hamas released a video of former kidnapping victim, IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, seemingly enjoying his time spent while in captivity, his family released a statement calling the clip a “distorted picture” of his ordeal.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 97, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Women of the Wall; Healthy Outlets for Teenage Boys; Tzniyus; Finding Your Life’s Purpose; Hair.
This week’s Living Torah is themed around the upcoming Yom Histalkus of the Alter Rebbe, Chof Daled Teves. In the Sicha, the Rebbe expounds on some striking similarities between the Alter Rebbe and the Rambam, whose Yahrtzeit we commemorate this week as well, on Chof Teves.
Continuing the celebration of its 60th year, Oholei Torah Zal bochurim sat down to a farbrengen with Rabbi Leibel Groner, a personal secretary of the Rebbe.
Palestinian incitement uses the very same anti-Semitic motives used by Nazi propaganda in the dark 1930s. This incitement is translated into actual terror attacks against Jews. 24 people have been slaughtered in terror attacks against Israelis in the current wave of Palestinian violence.
An app that can differentiate between a variety of crying sounds made by babies has been developed by Taiwanese researchers.
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parasha, Shemot. This week Rabbi Benny answers the question: If Moses and Aaron weren’t enslaved to Pharaoh, then why didn’t they just enjoy their own freedoms and stop sticking their nose into Egyptian politics?
As Oholei Torah launches its 60th Year campaign, a Charidy drive will be held over the next 24 hours with the goal of raising $2,000,000 for the venerable institution.
The Florida State Attorney’s Office has released two photos of the suspect as evidence in the murder case of a Crown Heights rabbi while he was visiting Miami.
Sefer Shemos begins with again listing the names of the Yaakov’s children. Explore the importance and influence of a name, and other intriguing curios on Jewish names. For example, why don’t we find reference to anyone being named Gad and Asher – names from the Shevatim – throughout the entire era of Mishnah and Gemarah? Rabbi Mendel Kaplan even shares a compelling theory on the origin and meaning of the name Mendel.
Mesivta Lev Tmimim Lubavitch of Monsey celebrated the Simcha of their new Sefer Torah Sunday. The ceremony was the culmination of the Avos Ubonim Shabbaton, at which almost all fathers of the boys in the Yeshiva – all of whom are out-of-towners – came to spend 48 hours of learning, Davening, Farbrenging, and inspiration with their sons.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Shemos. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What should your attitude be when someone else is in trouble?
Coming up on the anniversary of the massacre at Paris’s ‘Hyper Cacher’ supermarket, Yochai Kfir and Yehuda Kalman present “Habayta,” performed by some of the top artists of Jewish Music: Avremi Roth, Avi Miller, David Solomon, Yossi Berger, Yitzchak Meir, Ishay Lapidot and The Moetzet, Ishay Ribo, Meir Green, Tzvi Weiss, Udi Ullmann and The Cantors Forum.
The Blue Melody Orchestra and singing star Eli Marcus joined together to bring you the classic Mordechai Ben David ballad, “Mama Rochel.”
Over 100 boys, children of Shluchim from the Western United States, gathered for eight days of chayus, inspiration, chassidishkeit warmth and fun.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 96, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Friend Dating Non-Jew; Hair Covering Cont‘d; Can We Have More than One Rebbe? Children: How Do We Know That Our Faith is the Truth? Climate Change.
“Antisemitism on Campus” is a talk given by Rabbi Dov Greenberg as part of a fast-paced JLI session called “Ten Talks” featuring 10 short powertalks from 10 inspiring speakers, showcasing important ideas that change attitudes, lives, and, ultimately, the world.
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