Fire Tears Through Crown Heights Apartment Minutes Before Shabbos
Firefighters rushed to a Crown Heights apartment building Friday, just minutes before Shabbos, for reports that flames were billowing from the top floor.
Daily Archives: May 16, 2025
BESHT: Lag Ba’omer
Shabbos at the BESHT: Rabbi Levy Djian, Shliach in Manhattan, is the founder and Director of Torah on Demand, a network of one-on-one Torah lessons for businessmen. His passion and love for learning brought him to lead a weekly Chassidus class in Crown Heights that inspires many. He will be giving this week’s shiur on Lab B’Omer.
CHK Discontinues Certification of Biarritz Restaurant Effective Sunday May 18th
The Crown Heights Vaad Hakashrus has announced that effective Sunday, May 18th, they will no longer provide certification for Biarritz restaurant on Kingston Ave. No reason for the change has been provided.
Not a Joke
How one woman discovered Torah, battled depression, discovered her gift for comedy, became a medical clown, and healed herself and others one viral impression at a time.
Pittsburgh Resident Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy and Defacing Chabad House
A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy and defacing and damaging Chabad of Squirrel Hill last year.
Weekly Story: Lag B’Omer – A 3 Year Old Comes Back Alive
This week’s article and Story is based and what I heard at a farbrengen last Shabbos from Rabbi Nissim Mangel sheyichye, where he touched upon and discussed various aspects and insights about Lag B’Omer.
“The Cave” A New TYH Lag B’Omer Production Featuring Alex Claire
This song is a tefilah. That the fire of Rabbi Shimon’s Torah keeps burning in our hearts, lighting up every shadow, pushing us through the galus, straight to the Geulah.
Weekly Dvar Torah: Rashbi Lit the Fire of Redemption
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman brings the blazing torch that is Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai to the fore. His Torah, his message, and his eternal mark.
100 Unique Moments Of Lag B’Omer in Meron
Chabad photographer Dovber Hechtman provides 100 unique moments from the celebrations of Lag B’Omer In Meron.
Festival of the Future Leave Lasting Impact Across 4,000 Locations in Four Languages Worldwide
This year’s Festival of the Future initiatives took place in over 300 Chabad Houses. Alongside the “Moshiach in Me” program, which reached 3,200 families and tens of thousands of individuals across 43 countries and more than 100 cities, the campaign elevated the Moshiach Seudah experience—and is now continuing as a year-round Moshiach discovery tool.
Picture of the Day
This photo, and a short series being presented daily, are of Chabad Chasidim and their families from 1948 in France. Can you identify them? Courtesy of the archives of Chabad Historian, Rabbi Chaim Dalfin.
40th Year: Annual Lag B’Omer Bonfire Held at Horowitz Home
A Lag Ba’omer bonfire and celebration took place for the 40th year running on Empire Boulevard, in the backyard of the Horowitz family home. There, the Horowitz family and Rabbi Nachman Twerskei have held their annual ‘Hadlokoh’ of a Bonfire in honor of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.
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