Merkaz Sefarad Chabad together with Reb Hirshel and Annette Lipsker and family are pleased to invite you to the Grand Hilloula of the Baba Sali which will take place this Motzoei Shabbos, January 16th at 8:00 pm in the large ballroom of ULY located at 570 Crown Street (side entrance)
Water Turns to Blood, Egyptian Star Magicians Outsmarted, Boiling Boils Baffles Bewildered Nation, Paraoh Denies Claims of Emancipation, and Licebusters. Shazak has released their weekly “Parsha Post For Parshas Shemos”, and has made it available for all here on CrownHeights.info.
A car wreck Thursday night in Crown Heights left two cars totaled after a car blew a red and got clipped by another vehicle. Thankfully there were no serious injuries reported, and the driver stayed on scene until the police arrived.
While the Rebbe sent shluchim all over the world, everyone recalls the three times in 5636-7-8 (1976-7-8) when he sent groups of shluchim to Eretz Yisroel, that was something special. The final group consisted of eight couples and eight bochurim. Last week I received a synopsis of what he said. I believe that we all can take those words to heart, so I am posting it as an additional preparation to Yud Shevat.
In his weekly letter, Rabbi Zalmen Wishedski tells of a unique individual who has helped fuel the Jewish resurgence in Russia, and how even while alone, cut off from his own simcha, he found joy.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe.
He lived in two distinct worlds—that of Old-World, pre-war Poland, where he was deeply influenced by Chassidic rebbes, and that of modern, post-war America, where he became a foremost disciple of Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. For Rabbi Mordechai Shraga Schonfeld, known as Fabian in English, who passed away last month at the age of 97, blending these two approaches to Judaism wasn’t a balancing act; it was simply his way of life.
The affordable housing lottery is open for 648 Midwood Street, a five-story residential development in Wingate, Brooklyn. Available on NYC Housing Connect is a one-bedroom and two two-bedroom units for eligible residents.
In honor of the upcoming completion of the Daily Tanya, an incredible Biur on Perek Yud Tes of Tanya which appears to be from the Great Chasid Of The Tzemach Tzedek, The “Ranat”. This amazing Biur is being published for the first time from Manuscript.
Following a recent tragedy involving a biker being struck in Crown Heights, the NYPD has begun cracking down on bike riders breaking traffic laws. CrownHeights.info has received multiple reports of bikers receiving tickets in Crown Heights, and would like to remind all bike riders that they are required to follow traffic laws, including stopping at red lights.
