A debate on free speech is rippling through the Lubavitcher Hasidic community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Last week, the rabbinical court known as the Beth Din of Crown Heights ordered members of the Lubavitcher community not to speak to the police or the news media on a range of issues related to crime.
Westchester County’s government officials were treated to a festive Chanukah celebration on the fifth day of Chanukah, as the seven Chabad Lubavitch Shluchim to Westchester County New York visited the headquarters of Westchester County government offices bringing the joy and inspiration of Chanukah in the spirit of Pirsumei Nissa to the highest levels of county government.
On the eighth night of Chanuka the Minnesota Timberwolves held their annual Jewish Heritage Night in conjunction with the local Minneapolis Jewish Federation and the United Jewish Fund and Council of St. Paul.
Cheder at the Ohel’s 5th grade created a Chanukah carnival for the whole school. The students made creative games and booths for the other boys to enjoy, and it was a smashing hit!
“It’s the depths that make the heights. It’s the roots that make the branches. It’s the night that creates the dawn. It’s the darkness that gives birth to Light.”
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We all have our share of dirty laundry. No one in the world is born great. Everyone has skeletons in their closets. Do we shove it all under the bed, or do we deal with it, become amazing people, and move on? People who do the former are forgotten. Those who do the latter serve as an example for all us for all time.
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present two unique photos of the Rebbe leaving 770 in the winter of 1975, on his way to the gravesite of his father-in-law. With special thanks to Hayward family for the photos.
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