This Shabbos at the Besht: Rabbi Michoel Lerner, Rosh Kollel of 770 Montgomery, will speak on Borrer (separating) on Shabbos. The cutlery is mixed up, can I assort it? Does borrer apply only to food items? Can I use a slotted spoon to serve cholent? How can I remove cantaloup seeds or fish bones?
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Shabbos Parshas Baalosecha:
Senate Democrats were unable to garner enough GOP support to pass legislation to establish an independent, “9/11-style” commission to investigate the Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol, with just six Republicans voting in favor of the measure Friday.
As many of you have commented to me, it is apparent that I am focusing on the biography of the Frierdiker Rebbe. This week I am posting a few anecdotes of his life, that bring out one aspect of his greatness – in limud HaTorah.
Have you registered to vote yet? Crown Heights activist Yaacov Behrman hands a stack of voter registration forms to Avi Lesches, both of whom are active in the United Crown Heights group to bring Crown Heights back onto the political map.
After the inauguration of the Tabernacle by the princes, Aaron felt dejected not having been part of the celebrations. G-d comforted Aaron; don’t feel bad, your share is greater than theirs, you get to kindle the Menorah, and this is far superior to that of the princes. What’s unique about lighting the Menorah?
Missed Passover Not Passed Over, Traffic Stopped for One Whole Week, Sudden Sinai Slav Spike, and Ads. Shazak has released their weekly “Parsha Post For Parshas Naso”, and has made it available for all here on CrownHeights.info.
A truly Amazing Maamar from the Tzemach Tzedek with remarkable notes of Reb Hillel Paritcher has been released. This Maamar was said on Shabbos Parshas Behaloscha 1861, and is being published here for the first time from Manuscript.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe in conversation during Kos Shel Brahcha.
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has been re-elected in a landslide, officials said Thursday, according to The Associated Press.
On the subject of shiduchim and marriage – during this time of year of a flurry of weddings – we share an unusual letter of the Rebbe in which he advises a childless man who asks about taking a second wife, as is the custom among Sefardic Jews. The Rebbe gives guidelines and advice.
“Happy to help.” (NYS Trooper Twitter). New York State Troopers have been deployed in New York City in a surge to increase patrols around Jewish religious and other communities. This officer was posted outside 770 yesterday.
Nine current and former employees and officers of the New York City Department of Correction have been cgarged with taking cash bribes in return for smuggling contraband such as scalpels, razor blades, drugs, alcohol, and cellphones to inmates in New York City area jails.
Bolt down those benches and keep a close eye. A bench loving burglar has has targeted not one, but two Crown Heights homes to steal outdoor metal benches. The thief apparently drives around on a moped, and hay have a bench on it. If you see something, call Shomrim at 718-774-3333 and 911.
Rabbi Levi Jacobson narrates scenes from 770 on Chof Ches Sivan 5751 – 1991, the 50th anniversary of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s arrival in America, heralding a new era of Hafatzas Hamayanos.
Ohel Chabad Lubavitch has announced that after much effort, they have been able to open registration for sleeping accommodations for Shabbos Erev Gimmel Tammuz. Details in extended article.
If South Florida is suddenly feeling like New York’s sixth borough, you’re actually onto something. This is a 32% increase from the same period between 2019 to 2020.
