What happens when The Rebbe notices a new silver spice-box? A rare film of the Rebbe performing the Havdala ceremony at the conclusion of Shavuos and Shabbos in 1976, and subsequent distribution of kos shel brocha, wine from the “cup of blessing.”
This morning, residents of Crown Heights left their homes to find that during the night “Pashkvils” (anonymous leaflets) had been placed in the windshields of cars all over the neighborhood. The leaflets were placed by several students of Oholei Torah Mesivta, who were protesting a supposed “slight” to the Rebbe’s “honor” during the school’s group portrait that took place Wednesday.
Eighth graders from Oholei Torah and Lubavitcher Yeshiva competed in a Shoneh Halachos competition. The goal of the program is to increase the knowledge of Halacha and Yiras Shamayim.
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Simcha bas Esther, who was recently admitted to the ICU and is battling ‘yene machla,’ and needs our prayers for a speedy and complete recovery.
A year of writing 320,000 letters with a feather and ink on parchment has led to the Stony Brook, NY Chabad Outreach Center’s newest Torah.
Major Gen. Rabbi Mordechai Piron, chief rabbi of the Israel Defense Force during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, as well as a strong advocate for war widows and orphans, passed away on May 27. He was 93 years old.
This Shabbos, the Besht will be hosting a ‘Shabbos Achdus,’ with a lecture by Rabbi Efraim Mintz, executive director of the Jewish Learning Institute.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe entering a children’s rally in the early 1970s.
Should we all abstain from physical pleasures in order to become more “Holy” before the Almighty?
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