With the United States having surpassed Italy and China with over 100,000 coronavirus cases, SUNY Downstate Medical Center is answering Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s directive to prepare University Hospital of Brooklyn as a COVID-19 only facility.
In connection with the challenging times we are experiencing now, we share a letter of the Rebbe in answer to someone questioning the tragedy of the Holocaust. The Rebbe refers to other great tragedies in our history : our enslavement in Egypt, the destruction of the Bais Hamikdash by Nevuchadnetzar and the crusades. And emphasizes with an encouraging message – that despite the terrible nature of the catastrophes – the Jews did not weaken their faith in G-d nor their commitment to Torah and Mitzvos.
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schapiro, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Miami and Rov of Miami’s Lubavitch community, has published a Psak Din calling all Minyanim Assur according to Halacha.
As questions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and Pesach continue to persist, Dr. Rosen and the Gedaliah Society have released an open letter to the community to clear up any lingering questions regarding travel and social interactions over Pesach.
At home with the kids? Seeking good ideas to keep them engaged and stimulated? Read what this mom of five has to offer. Montana’s Rebbetzin Chavie Bruk, AKA “Clear As Mud”, shares her ideas for toys and games that work and can help get you though the “home alone” Passover edition.
With great sadness we report the passing of
Watch the Levaya of Rabbi Asher Heber OBM taking place now in Crown Heights.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo stomped into Mayor Bill de Blasio’s sandbox on Wednesday and did what Hizzoner has refused to do — order all city playgrounds closed to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
Famed worldwide as a giant of Torah learning whose prowess as a Talmudist was matched by the depth with which he studied and applied the teachings of Chabad, Rabbi Yisroel Friedman was not only filled with Torah knowledge, but also with love for the Torah and with unbounded dedication to G‑d, the giver of the Torah. He passed away April 1 at the age of 84, after contracting the coronavirus.
It remains critically important to understand the degree of continued spread of the COVID-19 virus in our community. For anyone who has become ill within the past 7-10 days or so, please please take a few minutes and fill out the survey.
Mendel and Chana (nee polter) Gorman (Crown Heights)
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Asher Halevi Heber OBM, a Crown Heights resident who was zoiche to have the Rebbe as Kvatters at his bris. He passed away on Thursday, the 8th of Nissan, 5780.
Since 1965, Rabbi Shlomo Cunin has served as the director of Chabad of the West Coast, which today comprises over 220 Chabad houses. He was interviewed in January and August of 2013.
It is with profound sadness that we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Felice Isaac OBM, a mother and community activist in Singapore. She passed away on Thursday, the 8th of Nissan 5780.
With Pesach just a week away, and in person sale of Chometz not possible this year, many are looking for other options to sell their Chometz. Here are some options for the sale through Lubavitch Rabbonim.
As Part of the new project to watch and relive “Yud Alef Nissan Farbrengens with the Rebbe”, the Vaad Hatemimim presents to you tonight’s Video Farbrengen: Yud Alef Nissan 5743, The Rebbe’s 81st Birthday, Sicha Beis, along with the Hanacha in English, Hebrew and Yiddish and an article on the Farbrengen.
A new website has been launched with the goal of providing people inspiration at their fingertips. The website was launched today with the purpose of providing Shiurim and Farbrengens to the public, regardless of their background and community.
