“Financial Crisis” Forces Beis Rivkah Closure
Following Pesach vacation, some 1,500 students in Beis Rivkah will remain home on the day that should have been their first day back. A message from the school blamed the closure on a “financial crisis”.
Daily Archives: May 1, 2016
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8:00pm: Does Judaism Encourage Questions?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 112, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Do All My Questions Have Answers? Does Judaism Encourage or Discourage Questions? How Can I Maintain My ‘Holiday High’? Is It Possible That My Child Doesn’t Need Friends? When, If Ever, Is the Onus of Providing Financially on the Woman?
Laws and Customs: Sefiras Ha’omer
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Sefiras Ha’omer for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Rabbi Shraga Dahan (Center), with IDF Chief Rabbis attending a memorial event at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Photo: Israel Bardugo
Chabad IDF Rabbi’s Unique Reaction to Extremism
Maj. Rabbi Shraga Dahan, a military rabbi in the IDF, on Sunday revealed his unique way of confronting an extremist Haredi youth who verbally assaulted him over his military service for the Jewish state.
3rd Taharas Hamishpach Spring Review Series
The International Taharas Hamishpacha Organization in hosting its third annual seasonal Taharas Hamishpacha Halacha Review classes beginning this week.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Yenta Yudkin, 84, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Yenta Yudkin, OBM, a survivor of the Holocaust and longtime member of the Crown Heights community. She was 84 years old.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Sara Rachel Meltzer, 86, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Sara Rachel Meltzer, OBM, mother of Long Island Shlucha Mrs. Chaya Teldon, may she live and be well. She was 86 years old.
A First Pesach Seder in the Capitol of Kosovo
Lubavitcher photographer Meir Alfasi traveled with his wife and three children to Kosovo in Eastern Europe to conduct a Pesach Seder – the first of its kind – and at first, was mistaken as Middle Eastern Refugees.
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