Although the Kinus is three months away, preparations are already underway. The Kinus is the largest conference of its nature and therefore entails extensive planning. This picture shows the famous Kinus bags arriving at Lubavitch World Headquartes in Crown Heights, NY on Wednesday.
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a newly released photo of the Rebbe entering the upstairs corridor for Minchah in the late 1960s. With special thanks to Mendy Hayward.
Abe Steinfeld is pretty sure that the man on the street he’s just run into looks exactly like his old friend Sam.
“Sam,” he says, “Is that you?! Why, you’ve put on a ton of weight and your hair has turned so gray. You seem a few inches shorter than I recall and your cheeks are puffy. What’s happened to you Sam?” You sound so different; gosh, you even walk differently.
“My name is David, not Sam and I don’t know you from Adam,” replies the gentleman; half amused and half bewildered, “so why don’t you just buzz off”
“Wow!” says Abe: “Look at you, you son-of-a-gun! You even changed your name.”
Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba and Rabbi Yitzchok Zirkind went to Menachem Avel Rabbi Yosef Heller, who is sitting shiva after the passing of his father.
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