Photos: CTeen Welcomes 1000 Teens to New York
1,000 Jewish teens from 104 cities around the world converged in Crown Heights last night for the start of the annual CTeen Shabbaton.
Daily Archives: February 28, 2014
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Israeli Minister Visits Chabad in Nigeria
The Israeli Minster of Agriculture, Mr. Yair Shamir, arrived this week for an official state visit to Nigeria, a country in western Africa. During his stay, he visited the local Chabad center, directed by Rabbi Yisroel Ozen, with the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria Mr. Uri Palti.
Reb Yoel Kahn: The Value of an Uninspired Mitzva
Due to the overwhelming response and demand from the community, Reb Yoel Kahn agreed to present a weekly webcast on topics that are timely and relevant. This week’s topic is titled ‘The Value of an Uninspired Mitzva‘.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Buying Atonement
In the Book of Exodus, the Jewish people are instructed to contribute a half-shekel coin towards the building of the tabernacle as “atonement for their souls,” and the commentaries explain that it atoned for the grievous sin of the golden calf.
Rookie Cop Shot in Crown Heights Was Pursuing Bus Fare-Beater
Wednesday at 5:00pm, an on-duty police officer was shot at Empire Boulevard and Utica Avenue in Brooklyn. Police officer James Li is recovering from gunshot wounds to his groin, leg and thigh, and it turns out that he and his partner were chasing two men who had boarded a B46 without paying.
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Shabbos at the Besht: Adar with the Rebbe
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Seligson will lead a discussion on the topic: The month of Adar by the Rebbe.
Photo: Google Maps.
Property Owner Found Dead in Apartment
A 67-year-old man was found tied up, beaten and stabbed, inside his apartment on Albany Avenue. His death was ruled a homicide and police are investigating.
File photo: Bais Shmuel members gather for a Melave Malka in 2011.
Bais Shmuel to Relocate to Jewish Children’s Museum
The new board of Bais Shmuel – a prominent Crown Heights Shul – has announced that this Shabbos is the last the congregation will spend at its current location in Chovevei Torah. Starting next Shabbos (Parshas Vayikra), the Shul will be Davening on Shabbos and Yomtov at the Jewish Children’s Museum.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a photo of the Rebbe at a children’s rally in the early 1970s.
A Wing and a Prayer: Combining Effort and Faith
“Can’t anything in the world ever go right?” These words of frustration, uttered by my six year old son, remain etched in my memory. They came after a valiant struggle with a model airplane, which, as you probably have guessed, ended in disappointment. I’ve since heard these words repeated by people of all ilk.
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov - Jax, FL
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