The Bar Mitzvah celebration of Menachem Levi Pfeffer, like countless others was cancelled. A Bar Mitzvah Celebration with friends and family in a beautiful hall never came to fruition. So the family put together a movie in honor of all those that got them to this wonderful day.
The wives of Crown Heights’s Hatzalah volunteers again received an appreciation gift this past erev shabbos for allowing their husbands to do the tireless work in combating the COVID-19 virus sweeping the community.
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Dusye Rivkin OBM, a long time resident of Crown Heights. She passed away on Sunday, the 4th of Nissan, 5780.
The CDC on Saturday night issued a domestic travel advisory for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut “effectively immediately,” just hours after President Donald Trump backed away from calling for a quarantine for the three coronavirus hotspots.
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Konikov OBM a resident of Crown Heights. He passed away Friday, the 2nd of Nissan, 5780.
With great sadness we report the passing of Harav Mordechai Gurary OBM, the Rav of the Chevra Shas shul in Crown Heights. He passed away over shabbos, the 3rd of Nissan, 5780.
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.
With great sadness we report the passing of Yosef Yitzchak Grossman OBM, a Lubavitch Chossid who lived in Boro Park.
Here is a roundup of information and numbers regarding the Coronavirus outbreak in New York State.
It’s all hands on deck. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday night that allows the Pentagon to call National Guard members and former US troops back to active duty to fight the coronavirus.
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Guta Shapiro OBM, mother of Mashpia Rabbi Nachman Shapiro. She passed away on the 2nd of Nissan 5780.
Color Red sirens were sounded on Friday evening in Sderot, the Gaza envelope and the Shaar Hanegev region. The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said one rocket was identified as having been fired from Gaza towards Israeli territory.
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Menachem Mordechai Nissim OBM, a Crown Heights resident who passed away after contracting the COVID-19 virus. He passed away on the 2nd of Nissan, 5780.
In the latest job targeted by New York State to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus, Governor Andrew Cuomo has halted all nonessential construction.
Due to the current unfortunate situation, Chabad seminaries around the world have signed a joint letter as a show of Achdus during these difficult times. The letter, signed by ten principals, notified of their plans to delay the acceptance process for their seminary programs.
As today, (Friday), Beis Nissan is the centennial (100) year of the histalkus of the Rebbe Rashab, as well as the day the Frierdiker Rebbe became Rebbe, I am posting the chapter on his histalkus from my upcoming biography on the Rebbe Rashab. Presently, it is over 580 pages (and will be bezras Hashem approximately 625 pages).
In honor of the 100th Yartzeit of the Rebbe Rashab, we present a clip by Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, as he shares some history and three accomplishments of the Rebbe Rashab.
