This Shabbos at the Besht: Rabbi Yitzchok Tsap is Video Director at JEM, responsible for weekly Living Torah content, as well as directing feature productions. Now working on a groundbreaking film on the Rebbes Tefillin Campaign. He will be giving this weeks lecture on “Armed” – the story behind the launch of the Rebbe’s Tefillin campaign.
New York City Mayoral Hopeful Eric Adams, one of the two main contenders in this year’s mayoral race, has opened his Brooklyn campaign office right here in Crown Heights.
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Shabbos Parshas Naso:
As we just concluded Shavuos, where we vouched that our children will be taught the Torah and are a month before Yud Beis Tammuz, which happened because the Frierdiker Rebbe was insistent that young children be taught the Torah properly, I am posting an episode of the Frierdiker Rebbe’s life, which demonstrates the way he looked at educating every Jewish child. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.
With great sadness we report the sudden passing of Mr. Grant Gelker OBM, a long time Crown Heights resident. He passed away on Friday, the 10th of Sivan, 5781.
Nazir: A New Spiritual Trend, Holy Blessings, Princes Contribute Custom Carts, Ads. Shazak has released their weekly “Parsha Post For Parshas Naso”, and has made it available for all here on CrownHeights.info.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe clapping at the end of the recital of the 12 Pesukim at a children’s rally.
In his weekly letter, Rabbi Zalmen Wishedski enlightens on the process of how we may sin, and also how we are then given the opportunity to repent.
A native of Lawrence, NY walking through Midtown Manhattan Thursday evening was attacked and beaten by a group of pro-Palestinian “protesters” in broad daylight, all over simply being Jewish.
Little Island, New York City’s newest whimsical park on the Hudson River, opened to the public Friday. The park, primarily funded by The Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation, is one of the first to open in the city since the COVID-19 and spans four miles along Manhattan’s west side.
After eleven days under constant barrage by rockets fired from Gaza, a ceasefire brokered by the US and Israel’s neighboring nations took effect at 0200 Israel time. So far, the peace has held.
To one who is asking, not from the perspective of a skeptic, but rather as a believer in Divine Providence: Why is life often burdened with difficulties, sometimes even insurmountable obstacles?
