BDE: Harry Aaron Medelsohn, 55, OBM
With great sadness we inform you about the passing of Harry Aaron Medelsohn OBM, a chossid and supported of Lubavitch activities. He passed away Monday afternoon the 3rd of Nissan. He was 55 years old.
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1 Arrested For Assault After Throwing Brick at Jewish Man
A man was arrested Monday afternoon after he damaged a door outside a Crown Heights store, and threw a brick at a Jewish worker. The man was taken into custody by the NYPD.
Rabbi Eliezer Gold is sitting shiva for his father Robert Avrohom Gold obm at 1455 Union Street in Crown Heights until Thursday morning.
Info to be Menachem Avel Rabbi Eliezer Gold
Rabbi Eliezer Gold is sitting shiva for his father Robert Avrohom Gold obm at 1455 Union Street in Crown Heights until Thursday morning.
Kinus HaMechanchim 5779 to be Held in Danbury Connecticut
The Merkos Chinuch Office announced today that the 5779 – 2019 Kinus HaMechanchim will take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Danbury CT. On Monday and Tuesday 5-6 Tammuz, July 8th and 9th.
US Government to Label Part of Iranian Military as a Terrorist Group
On Monday, rumors that the US government would be labeling the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, part of the Iranian military, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization were confirmed by the White House.
Video of the Day
Watch as rising star chazzan Aryeh Leib Hurwitz gives a stirring rendition of Birkat Kohanim composed by Leib Glantz. This performed was videod at the West Side Institutional Synagogue Pesach 2019 Chazzonus Kumzitz.
Missing Sicha of the Rebbe Discovered and Published
A special discovery was recently made, bringing to light a Sicha of the Rebbe which had gone missing for fifty years. The sicha, now digitalized and printed, is available to the public.
Picture of the Day
Rabbi Leibel Groner, one of the Secretaries of the Rebbe, was photographed while being Menachem Avel the Portugal family after the passing of their father, the previous Skulener Rebbe.
New Engagement!
Mendel (ben Shmuel) Marasow (Crown Heights) to Chana Miriam (bas Aaron) Sputz (Crown Heights) – L’chaim: Monday, April 8th at Beis Rivkah 310 Crown Street
“Dear Rebbe” Examines Correspondence with Celebrities
A new book by Dovid Zaklikowski, Dear Rebbe: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson Corresponds with a Singer, a Writer, a Sculptor and a Holocaust Survivor, examines the Rebbe’s relationships with four important figures of the 20th century: sculptor Jacques Lipchitz, singer Jan Peerce, writer Chaim Grade, and philanthropist David Chase.
8:00pm: How Do I Deal with Online Addictions?
The topics in this week’s 256th episode of the highly acclaimed popular MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: How Do I Deal with Online Addictions? Lessons from Beis Nissan: 100th Year Since the Rebbe Rashab’s Histalkus; I Find It Difficult to Identify with My Soul Being Divine; How Can We Say That Some Souls Are Closer to G-d Than Others? When Learning Rambam, Aren’t There Some Sections That Are Inappropriate for Teenagers? What Is the Idea of Olam Haba, and How We Can Say That Some People Will Not Have a Share in It When Every Soul Is Immortal?
Woman’s Auction Event Tonight for the Geshem Shul (Ad)
There is a haven in Crown Heights, a Shul is bustling with activity, bringing community together. This Shul is a place where members feel a sense of belonging, looking out for each other and supporting each other in happiness and in times of need. The Geshem shul will be hosting its Woman’s’ auction event tonight. To purchase your tickets and support the Shul, please visit http://raffle.geshemshul.com/.
Inspiration in the Air: The Rebbe’s Good Shabbos
Hundreds of passengers pass through the Chabad Air counter at JFK Airport daily, many with inspirational stories about Chabad and the Rebbe. Today we present you the third in a series of those stories.
Swastikas Painted on Memorial for Jewish Holocaust Victims in Town That Once Hosted Tomchei Temimim
Otwok Poland (pronounced Otvotzk), one home to Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim had swastikas painted on a memorial for the victims of the Holocaust.
Drug-resistant and Deadly Germ is Modern Medicines Next Challenge
When a blood test showed a newly discovered but deadly infection in an elderly Brooklyn man hospitalized for surgery in Mount Sinai Hospital last May, a new challenge for modern medicine was born.
Live at 11:45m: Chidon Sefer Hamitzvos Boys Tournament
Live broadcast at 11:45am: Chidon Sefer Hamitzvos Boys Tournament, where the finalists will face off in New York to test their mastery of Sefer Hamitzvos. The live stream can be viewed here on CrownHeights.info!
A Chidon Surprise: Toras Menachem with Nekudos
A unique memento will be handed out to all of this years Chidon participants, sponsored by the prominent philanthropist Rabbi Yossi Katz.
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