Shir walked home with us for lunch in the sukkah. I asked how she copes with the trauma. She said, amongst other things, she’d been to the Rebbe’s Ohel in New York – and then added quietly, “I wish I had a dollar from the Rebbe.”
The hall was transformed into a stunning display of miniature sukkahs, each one an original masterpiece, thoughtfully designed and built with care, imagination, and genuine joy for the upcoming Yom Tov.
Alternate Side Parking rules will be suspended from Monday Oct. 13th -Wednesday Oct 15th for Columbus day, Shmini Atzeres and Simchas Torah. Parking meters remain in effect.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Hoshanah Rabbah, Shmini Atzeres and Simchas Torah for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
SNAP benefits have increased in October despite growing concerns that the funding may be cut due to the government shutdown.
With great sadness we report the passing of the Harav Shmuel Yosef Littman Plotkin OBM, a famed Chossid and the first Shliach to Bardichev. He passed away on Shabbos morning, the 19th of Tishrei, 5786.
There is a possibly unkosher Sukkah at the Grand Army Plaza entrance to Prospect Park. The Sukkah was built by a reform/conservative synagogue and has trees above it that may make it a Posul Sukkah.
Project Veritas published a breaking report after its reporting led to the arrest of two Brazilian nationals who planned to bomb a Chabad Center in Orlando, FL.
The Trump administration revealed in a court filing that more than 4,000 federal workers were fired Friday as a result of the ongoing partial government shutdown.
A reservist soldier who was seriously wounded in an accidental grenade blast in the southern Gaza Strip last week succumbed to his wounds over the weekend, the military announced.
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.
Shmulik and Yael Moscowitz from Boca Raton, FL had a baby boy!
Red Barret perched on his head, Republican NYC Mayoral Candidate Curtis Sliwa made a visit to Crown Heights Thursday night where he met with Crown Heights activists and joined the dancing at Simchas Beis Hashueiva.
For many of the 251 people ripped from everyday life and taken hostage on October 7, 2023, it was a renewed sense of faith in G‑d that got them through.
Being that the Yomim Tovim of Tishrei are all interconnected with each other, as the possuk states, bakehseh liyom chageinu, which Chassidus translates to mean, what is concealed on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, comes out in a revealed way on Sukkos, I decided to post a parable that chassidim use to explain what is our quest throughout the month of Tishrei, and indeed our entire life.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman introduces the Simcha of “Zman Simchaseinu” as it was meant to be, Simcha for each and every person.
Residents in Brooklyn and Queens are encouraged to be on alert this weekend, as the National Weather Service predicts high winds with gusts up to 60 miles per hour.
