After two years of outstanding success, Connection Point has continued to expand and improve, with over 3,000 students worldwide who watched and understood Sichos directly from the Rebbe this year alone. So ingrained as to be part of their usual routine, students look forward to what they simply call their “Wednesday Connection,” a moment when they can connect directly to their Nassi with no middleman.
Zev Eckhaus (Crown Heights/Pomona) to Nechama Dina Rosenberg (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday night at 1349 President St. Basement
Mendel Futerfas (Crown Heights) to Fraida Leah Twersky (Chicago, Illinois) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at F.R.E.E
Miracle stories of the Rebbe abound, but the ones told by the person that it happened to are special. Watch as Robert Abrams, who does not look like a Lubavitcher, tells his miracle story with the Rebbe.
Pichos Sudak (Crown Heights) to Chaiky Sorkin (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday night at the JCM
Famous YouTube personality Peter Santenell, who profiles places and organizations, teamed up with Ami Magazines Shloime Zionce on a day with Rockland Chaverim.
Mendel Boyarsky (Montreal, Canada) to Chaya Andrusier (Columbus, Ohio) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, at the JCM Downstairs
A SpaceX craft will be launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, for mission to carry cargo and supplies to the International Space Station. The launch is scheduled for 10:45am.
CKids is once again launching an International Menorah Contest for 5781 (2020) inviting Hebrew School students from around the world to compete for exciting prizes.
With the approach of the Chag HaGeulah of Yud-Tes Kislev, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky released an open letter to the community, reminding everyone to take part in the annual ‘Chalukas Hashas,’ an initiative begun by the Alter Rebbe following his release from prison.
Yossi and Faigie (nee Kaplan) Stern (Bay Harbor Islands, Florida)
House Democrats on Friday passed marijuana legalization legislation over Republican objections that a COVID-19 stimulus bill should come first.
President Trump has ordered the withdrawal of almost all US troops from the African nation of Somalia, The Pentagon announced Friday. American soldiers have been in Somalia for 13 years where they have been fighting against local al Qaeda-aligned group, al-Shabaab and training local forces.
A musical Kumzitz farbrengen for Yud Tes Kislev will be streamed live at 8:00pm Motzei Shabbos from the Ball Shem Tov Library. The event will feature Rabbi Zalman Drizin, Shliach from Kings Highway in Brooklyn, and Rabbi Ephraim Zaltzman, Shliach to Brighton Beach Brooklyn.
The Ashreinu App Team from JEM released a podcast titled “Yud Tes Kislev With The Rebbe Throughout the 5720’s.” The podcast, hosted by Bentzion Pearson, includes a wide-ranging and fascinating discussion with Rabbi Yosef Hecht on special moments from Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengens through those years. Each moment is narrated and presented together with its audio recording.
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.
This Shabbos at the Besht: Rabbi Michoel Lerner, Rosh Kollel of 770 Montgomery, will speak on the laws of chanukah, including; When is the optimal time to light the Menorah? Where is the best place in the house to light? Can I light at a friend’s house? I forgot Al haNissim, what should I do?
