In honor of the annual cycle of learning Meseches Sotah during the days of Sefirah, a kovetz Chassidus Meluketes, a remarkable compilation of Chassidus and Kabbalah on Daf Beis of Sotah has been published.
The office of Governor Andrew Cuomo released a statement Tuesday morning saying that the Biden administration had given the green light for the planned Congestion Pricing Program in NYC.
Birkat Kohanim on Chol Hamoed Pesach at the Kotel is an incredible event, with people usually packing the entire plaza and spilling into the surrounding area. This year, while still a massive event, the number of people allowed in was limited.
Former President Trump and former First Lady Melania Trump have launched their official website — vowing to “remain a tireless champion” for Americans as the ex-commander-in-chief plans his return to public life.
Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi spoke on Sunday, at the end of the holiday, with Bahrain’s Foreign Minister ‘Abd al-Latif al-Ziani ahead of the opening of the Bahraini embassy in Israel and the appointment of the first Bahraini ambassador to Israel.
The Macabeats did it again, releasing a music video titled “Nirtzah: The Seder Finale”, an voice only medley of songs from the final portion of the Passover Seder.
A series of “targets” were hit in Crown Heights over the second day of Yom Tov in a vandalism spree perpetrated by a group of bochurim. The victims of the vandalism included Rabbi Moshe Meir Gluckowsky, Rabbi Brod, Kehot, Rabbi Yudel Krinsky and Rabbi Chaim Boruch Halberstam.
It’s a sign of the times, Crown Heights is expanding. After years of having ambulances stationed at 770 Eastern Parkway and Empire Shtibel, Crown Heights Hatzalah has begun staging an ambulance even further into East Flatbush, parking it behind a building on Albany Ave. The security gates that mark the location recently got a face lift with new bold signage.
Beginning Tuesday, March 30 at 8am., all New Yorkers 30 years of age and older will be eligible to receive the vaccine. Beginning April 6th, universal eligibility goes into effect and all New Yorkers 16 years of age and older will be eligible to receive the vaccine.
Ever Given, the giant ship that has blocked the highly-trafficked waterway since March 23, was pulled free on Monday, a major step toward getting one of the world’s most important trade arteries moving again.
Congresswoman Fredrica Wilson penned a heartfelt letter of encouragement and inspiration to the Jewish community for the upcoming Pesach holiday.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended Sunday-Monday, March 28-29 for Passover (1st and 2nd Days).
When I wrote the book about the Slavita Brothers, I omitted the following story, which is oft-repeated in connection to their saga. (It is printed in Sippurei Chassidim and elsewhere).
The annual Yud Aleph Nissan Mitzvah Tank Parade took to the streets of New York City, conquering the city with Mitzvah Matzah and Tefillin.
In his weekly letter, Rabbi Zalmen Wishedski discusses freedom, and how personal freedom is self actualized
The chabad residents of Paris came to the courtyard of the Beis Chaya Mushka building Friday morning to burn their chometz. Photos courtesy of chabad photographer Morde’hai Lubecki.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe as he davens during Chol Hamode Pesach, 1962.
