This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 90, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Chassidic Dress Code; High Standards without Being Judgmental; Validity of Conversion; Are Other Religious Practices Legitimate? Colors of the Sefiros.
JEM offers a special presentation in this week’s Living Torah, all centered around the Rebbe’s focus on Hakhel.
JEM has released a collection of videos in connection with Rosh Chodesh Kislev, the day the Rebbe fully recovered from a serious heart attack in 5738 (1977).
Thursday, the first day of Rosh Chodesh Kislev, was celebrated in a chassidishe manner and exciting spirit in the East Flatbush Kindergarten of Oholei Torah.
A joyous celebration was held at Lubavitch World Headquarters-770 last night, commemorating the day the Rebbe left 770 for the first time after suffering a heart attack in 1977.
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parasha, Toldos. This week Rabbi Benny answers the questions: Why does the Torah wait until Isaac is 60 years old to mention the miraculous “face-change” that G-d gave him, making him resemble his father Abraham? And what does it have to do with us?
Distinguished Rabbonim, Askanim and the Talmidim of Yeshivas Nefesh Dovid in Monsey for young men with hearing loss joined together to participate in a historic Siyum HaShas, conducted by an alumnus of the Yeshiva – Rabbi Isser Lubecki, who is currently serving as a Chabad Shliach in Paris, France, along with his wife and child.
In a spectacle that a mere couple of decades ago would have been unthinkable, a choir of boys from Chabad’s Cheder Menachem day school in Moscow recently performed within the walls of the Kremlin, including an emotional rendition of the song that kept Jews’ spirits up during the dark years of the USSR: ‘Nyet Nyet Nikavo Krome Boga Adnavo’ (there is no one other than G-d alone).
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Toldos. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one attain the greatest level of Joy?
JEM has released the two videos that were featured at the International Kinus Hashluchim Gala Banquet last night, the first titled ‘Switch – The Rebbe’s perspective on success in Shlichus,’ and the second ‘The Power of Youth – A Holy Rebellion.’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recorded a greeting to all the Chabad Shluchim who arrived in New York for the annual Kinus, blessing them and encouraging them to continue their vital work on behalf of the Jewish people.
From the opening remarks to the Keynote, and concluding with the Roll Call, CrownHeights.info presents a video recap of the inspiring and emotional speeches made at the Kinus Hashluchim Banquet Sunday night.
Over 5,000 Shluchim and their guests will convene at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, one of the largest shipping terminals in New York City, for the Grand Gala Banquet that will conclude the annual International Conference of Chabad Emissaries. CrownHeights.info will be streaming live video of the event, which will begin at 5:30pm.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 89, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Declining a Handshake like a Chossid; Attending Pro-Israel Events; What Will the Messianic Times Look Like? The Rebbe’s Contribution to Chassidus.
A 48-year-old Israeli man is in serious condition after he was stabbed Sunday on Highway 55 outside the Palestinian village of Nabi Ilyas. In a separate attack that was caught on dramatic surveillance video, a female Palestinian terrorist stabbed and lightly wounded a civilian security guard as he stood at his post just outside Betar Illit.
As the International Kinus Hashluchim begins, the Oholei Torah Archive Office is pleased to share the third video in a series of highlights from the alumni reunions held over the past 20 years.
Several TV networks reported on the stabbing of an Orthodox Jew in Crown Heights last night by an unknown assailant, a story that was broken by CrownHeights.info.
