They say, it’s not a sprint but a marathon. That saying certainly is true for Chabad of Kiryat Ha’leom and Jerusalem Gateway’s Rabbi Yosef Chaim Friedman, the architect of a massive effort to give runners in the Jerusalem marathon, which took place late last month, the opportunity to lay tefillin before and after the race.
A gang fight migrated into Crown Heights Monday evening with six shots being fired into the widow of a Crown Street apartment. No injuries have been reported in the shooting.
Chaim and Bracha (nee Morozow) Rendler from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
A Kinus Torah was held in Crown Heights on the first day of Chol Hamoed Pesach. Watch the Replay Here.
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin continued his interview series with Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Levine of Tel Aviv, an activist whose family stems from Volhozhin.
The Jewish community of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, is experiencing a troubling wave of antisemitic incidents. On the night following the Passover holiday, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the local Chabad synagogue.
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Teibel Brod OBM, a long-time resident of Crown Heights. She passed away on Acharon Shel Pesach 5785. Updated with Levaya information.
Crown Heights Rabbonim, Rabbi Bogomilsky, Rabbi Hecht, and Rabbi Holtzman buy back the chometz after Pesach 5785.
Merkos 302’s Kollel’s offers live Kinnus Torah at 12pm on topics in Nigla and Chassidus.
An Israeli soldier was killed and five others were wounded, including three seriously, in a Hamas attack in the northern Gaza Strip earlier today, the military announced.
A fundraiser with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to be held at Brooklyn’s Jewish Children’s Museum was abruptly canceled Friday, shortly after being announced.
Since the earliest years of the Rebbe’s Nesius, the Rebbe encouraged Chassidim to share Shmurah Matzah with fellow Jews for their Pesach sedarim. This year, the annual campaign continued, successfully reaching over 1,000 Jews across the city.
The legislation passed with near-total Republican support, with two Republican lawmakers joining the Democrats in voting against it. Gov. Greg Abbott has vowed to swiftly sign the bill into law once it reaches his desk following a reconciliation process with the Texas Senate.
In the wake of a deadly shooting at Florida State University on Thursday that left two people dead and six injured, Chabad-Lubavitch of the Panhandle-Tallahassee—which serves university as well as the area Jewish community—has become a place of refuge and comfort for students seeking solace during the ongoing Passover holiday.
Effective immediately, compost fines will not apply to buildings under 30 units in New York City, according to the mayor’s office.
Being that today is my Yom Holedes and our Chazal inform us that everyone on their Yom Holedes their mazal is powerful and subsequently they have the ability to give brochos to others. I decided to post a thought on the concept of a person celebrating their birthday.
Alternate side parking regulations will be is suspended for Passover (7th/8th Days), from Saturday to Sunday, April 19-20. Parking meters will remain in effect.
