In the newest episode of Conversations in Chassidus, Postville Mashpia Rabbi Gavriel Levin discusses his project of answering life’s questions through the lens of Tanya, and Tanya’s fundamental message of not trying to “become”.
At a festive ceremony held over the weekend, the “Tomchei Temimim – Beit Binyamin” Yeshiva was officially inaugurated in the Jewish village of Anatevka on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine. Rabbis, supporters, and guests from several countries attended the event to mark the completion of one of the most significant Jewish educational projects established in Ukraine in recent years.
As they were going through the process of dividing his belongings, they found their father’s will. The calculations in the will differed from what the rabbi had decided. They returned to the rabbi for guidance on what to do.
The workshop, titled “Tanya in Real Life,” brought together grades 6–12 Tanya teachers for an evening of guidance, classroom tools, and shared discussion as the school year comes to a close.
This week, Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim Morristown celebrated three major siyumim completed by two bochurim and one member of the hanhala.
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
I am posting this week something that I mentioned last Shabbos in a farbrengen about the Baal Shem Tov’s Yahrzeit which was on Friday, the 1st day of Shavuos.
Each farbrengen is a priceless treasure. It was the highlight of the week for those fortunate to be present when the Rebbe farbrenged. Nowadays, these farbrengens are preserved in thousands of pages, waiting to be relived by every chossid.
Hundreds of women participated last Wednesday in the prestigious annual dinner of the “Niflaos Giborot” organization, held at Beis Zlata Hall in Kfar Chabad in support of widows in their senior years.
Small wonder that when Rabbi Eli Schlanger, a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi from Sydney, Australia met Nikki Goldstein, a secular Jewish journalist and author, he set out to explore with her the meaning and practical application of Judaism’s teachings for the world.
A Jewish couple returning home to New Jersey from Israel didn’t expect the first words they’d hear after delivering their first baby to be “Congratulazioni!” But that’s precisely what happened when their El Al flight was diverted to Rome.
The tiny island of San Andrés, Colombia, sits closer to Nicaragua than to its own mainland. What it lacks in size, it makes up for in foot traffic: nearly 90,000 tourists visit the island year-round. And with thousands of Jewish backpackers among them, Rabbi Mordechai and Hadas Bigio are there to greet them.
The powerful convention will open on Friday morning at the Grand Synagogue of Petersburg, hosted by the city’s rabbi, the shaliach Rabbi Menachem Mendel Pewzner, and organized by the Director General of the Jewish community in Petersburg, the shaliach Rabbi Chaim Shaul Brook, featuring a series of sessions and professional workshops.
During the first farbrengen of the second day of Shavuot 5749 (1989), the Rebbe instructed Rabbi Menachem Gerlitzky to conduct a siyum on the Rambam’s halachos. From that point on, it became an established custom to mark the completion of each section of the Rambam with a formal siyum. Presented here is a recording of that historic siyum and gathering.
Dr. Miriam Grossman is a board-certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist and the author of five books, including: The Wonder of Becoming You; Unprotected; You’re Teaching My Child WHAT? and Lost in Trans Nation. Her work has been translated into twelve languages. She was interviewed in January 2026.
The Sefer Torah was generously donated by the Arabov family L’iluy Nishmans their beloved father, Nissan ben Yechiel ע״ה. All was arranged by the dedicated Menahel Gashmi, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Sholomo Baruch , ensuring every detail reflected the dignity and simcha befitting such a historic occasion.
An old scam has returned as a current auction on the BidSpirit platform looks to sell several items being marketed as historic belongings of the Chabad Rebbeim, while in fact they may just be ordinary antiques with no connection whatsoever to Lubavitch history.
