He was a brilliant doctor, a well versed Talmid Chacham, a devoted Chossid and merited to serve as the personal physician to the Beis Harav for forty years. Following is a biographical sketch of the life and times of the legendary Dr. Seligson.
The New York City Emergency Management Department today issued a hazardous travel advisory for Sunday, February 7. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for New York City in effect from 6 a.m. Sunday through 9 p.m.
The family of Rabbi Avraham Flint OBM invites the community to join them in a Shloshiom gathering in his memory. The event will take place on Monday, February 8th, 8:30pm downstairs in the Jewish Children’s Museum.
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.
Yellow hoodie, check. White sneakers, check. Stealing packages, check. Looks like this guy got away and will face no consequences after shamelessly stealing packages off a Carroll Street porch in Crown Heights. According to the victim, this man repeatedly comes back and steals packages from the home.
I heard this week that once a chossid wrote to the Rebbe he is asking [for a] brocha that he gives nachas to the Rebbe and that he should do it with joy and happiness. The Rebbe’s answer teaches us how to be connected with the Rebbe.
Aaron Leib Dukes, the father of Yudi Dukes OBM, penned an essay following the passing of his son, showing just who Yudi was a person who makes connections, joining them in creating mitzvos.
In his weekly letter, Rabbi Zalmen Wishedski discusses our animalistic ways, but that ultimately it is our humanity that should control how we act.
Watch a special Dvar Torah on Parshas Yisro given by Rabbi Mordechai Gurary OBM, Rov of Chevra Shas. Rabbi Gurary passed away this past Nissan.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe saying the after blessing at the end of Kos Shel Brahchah.
Midyan Priest Converting?! To Judaism?!, Quest for Torah Keepers Ends, Catastrophic Calamity Calmed, and Spot-Saver Solutions. Shazak has released their weekly “Parsha Post For Parshas Yisro”, and has made it available for all here on CrownHeights.info.
The Virtual Kinus Hashluchos has started on Thursday Chof Beis Shevat with a visit to the Ohel, dozens of workshops, and a 24 hour Farbrengen room.
A terrorist infiltrated the Sde Efraim agricultural farm in the western Binyamin region with his vehicle early Friday morning. The terrorist was neutralized. There were no casualties among the residents.
It’s a beautiful day in de Blasio’s New York City, and residents of Crown Heights are confused as to why they need to spend over three hours digging out a city bus stuck on Brooklyn Ave – a major traffic arterie in Brooklyn – two days after a snowstorm? They have nothing better to be doing with their lives, right?
Four thousand Jews, from over 100 Chabad House communities, experienced learning directly from the Rebbe in connection with Yud Shevat, thanks to Precious Souls, JEM’s newly launched program offering tools for Shluchim to share the Rebbe with their communities.
The Rebbe points to a powerful lesson for each of us in our personal lives which we can learn – from the experience of the Jewish people as we transitioned from the depth of Egyptian slavery to the loftiest spiritual heights of Har Sinai in a relatively short time.
As a united front, everything is possible, even in politics. A Jewish community in Queens, NY, banded together to ensure that their voice was heard and that their candidate got a seat on the New York City Council. Can the same be done in Crown Heights?
