JETS Yeshiva of Los Angeles, CA, has announced that Rabbi Shmuel Schneerson, co-director of the hugely successful summer program Yeshivas Kayitz Yerushalayim, will be joining their staff as a full-time teacher and mashpia.
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.
A fatal shooting took place in Crown Heights Friday afternoon, leaving one dead and no other injuries. The 71st Precinct Homicide detectives are leading the investigation, with the street blocked off as a crime scene.
A large fire broke out in a building next door to Los Angeles’s Chabad Girls School, with it’s iconic 770 facade. The cause of the fire has yet to be announced, as firefighters continue battling the blaze.
According to estimates by the IDF the Hezbollah terror organization is planning to carry out a major attack near Israel’s northern border. IDF forces are raising the level of readiness in northern Israel and a number of roads in the area have been closed.
The line of Orthodox Jews in Chassidic dress stretched out the door Wednesday afternoon in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. This wasn’t a wedding or a prayer service; these were volunteers coming out in droves to donate plasma to be used in treating patients suffering from the novel coronavirus.
While the biography of the Rebbe Rashab is going through the final stages of being edited, I began doing research into the life of the Frierdiker Rebbe. The following is a detailed account of his historic visit to Eretz Yisroel, which took place 91 years ago. Being that he was there during the first two weeks of Av, I thought that as we are now in Av, it is an appropriate time to post it.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended from Monday, July 27 to Sunday, August 2, 2020. Meters will remain in effect.
A live broadcast from the kever of the holy Arizal in Tzas will take place this Motzei Shabbos at 10:00pm New York time, featuring a panel of distinguished Rabbis and speakers.
A special opportunity to make Moshiach real and exciting for children at home or at camp has been launched in the form of the Moshiach Cake Contest.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe on Tisha Be’av.
As many Yeshivos remained shut across the globe, the largest Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Europe, Tomchei Temimim Brunoy, remained opened throughout. The yeshiva relocated for a few weeks to the French Alps, where the learning continued without a pause.
Riding the wave of energy generated by Barcheinu Avinu – A Special Hiskashrus, the extraordinary global Gimmel Tammuz experience”, Chavrusas in The Rebbe’s Torah” a new project from Vaad Or Vechom Hahiskashrus, is designed to connect Chassidim through learning.
Zalman and Shani (nee Ehrentreu) Schapiro (Lauderhill, FL)
Levy and Bassy (nee Frankforter) Pekar (Okinawa, Japan)
During the Three Weeks, the Rebbe shares some thoughts on our golus and suffering, the rectification of its cause and the study of Iyov. May we take the Rebbe’s message to heart and do away with the golus, immediately and totally.
Lubavitch Youth Girls are finally back on the street, doing mivtzoim again after a forced hiatus due to COVID-19.
