In 1994, amidst the communal mourning of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s passing, Larry King interviewed Rabbi Simon Jacobson bringing the historic moment to mainstream media. Watch that clip here.
When President George W. Bush nominated Michael B. Mukasey to be the 81st Attorney General of the United States, it was not a responsibility that the Orthodox Mukasey took lightly. How was Mukasey, as attorney general and as a federal judge before that, shaped by his deeply held Jewish beliefs and ideas?
Have you put on tefillin today? Two secular Israelis have created an app to help answer that question, as well as help others do the daily mitzvah.
Israeli politician and Knesset Member Yair Lapid made a stop at the Chabad booth at JFK Airport Sunday while on his way back to Israel before the implementation of an air travel ban. There he met with Director Yossi Rapp, and took a Tefilas Haderech before heading to his flight.
Dozens of pairs of tefillin (phylacteries) have been discovered hidden in a previously-undiscovered bunker in the Warsaw Ghetto, Israel Hayom reported.
In honor of the fourth yartzeit of Rabbi Shlomo “Schwartzie” Schwartz OBM on the 12th of Shvat, Rabbi Chaim Dalfin shared a tribute discussing his Ahavas Yisrael, Davening, and Frumkeit.
Rabbi Hanoch Gechtman, the Shliach of the Rebbe in the city of Gedera brought the key to the city from the local council to the library of Agudas Chasidei Chabad.
We can learn something from everything, and maybe we can learn from this video that we must teach our children not to try to break into 770, and that exposing your face to the surveillance camera before covering it defeats the purpose.
Introducing Elchonon Gartenhaus, a fresh young musical talent from Lakewood, NJ bursting through the Simcha scene. Dance and sing along to his debut wedding clip featuring the powerful vocals of Yitz Henkin performing a medley of some awesome songs. Credits: […]
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
The Talmidei Shluchim to Yeshivas around the world are often described as the engine of the entire Yeshiva. It is they who tirelessly devote themselves to the spiritual well being of every Talmid in their respective Yeshivos. In light of the above, the Vaad Hatmimim has presented a global learning initiative geared especially to these bochurim, all learning the same topics in chassidus.
by Rabbi Sholom DovBer Avtzon Being that this Shabbos is Yud Shevat, I decided to begin by giving some historical background to the maamar Basi L’Gani. Then we will discuss a thought of chapter 11, Based on the Rebbe’s maamar […]
In honor of Yud Shevat, we present a remarkable Maamar from the Alter Rebbe. This Maamar was transcribed from manuscript, and made available to the public.
“I was nine years old, and didn’t quite understand. The Rebbe spoke for many hours. I understood the Yiddish, the words themselves, but I did not understand the message, nor did I remember it. When I complained, my father said that my soul understands.”
Rabbi Yehuda (Yudi) Dukes, a pioneering online teacher and director of JNet, an organization that connects Jews around the world in Torah study—and whose faith and good spirit during a valiant, months-long battle with the coronavirus inspired people around the world—passed away on Jan. 21. He was 39 years old.
“You have won by showing the world what it means to have strength.” Following the passing of Rabbi Yehudah Dukes OBM, the classmates of Sarah Dukes penned a letter highlighting the effect her staunch resolve had on them throughout Yudi’s time fighting against COVID-19 and its following complications.
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