Hate Filled Graffiti Scrawled on School Playground
A New York City Public School playground was vandalized over the weekend with anti-Semitic graffiti. The graffiti, including swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans, have since been removed.
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Eber’s Tishrei Liquor and Wine Sale
8:45pm: Cteen Havdalah Live from Times Square
Experience Havdalah like never before! Join 2,500 CTeen’ers live as they take over Times Square with a massive Havdalla and Jewish concert at the Crossroads of the World. Broadcast starts at 8:45pm and will be carried here on CrownHeights.info!
A Groisen Yasher Koach, A Breiter Thank You!
On behalf of every talmid, family, staff member, board member, community member, and the entire family of Oholei Torah, we want to wish you all infinite berochos begashmius u’beruchnius in an increased, Chodesh Adar manner, and conclude with a resounding: Yasher Koach — A Breiter Thank You!
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Kalman Shuchat (Toronto, Canada) and Hindy Katz (Boro Park) – L’chaim: Sunday night at Lubavitch Yeshiva
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Joseph Brikman: “Today I Won”
IDF paratrooper Joseph Brikman, a Crown Heightser who overcame personal hardships to join the IDF and now helps haredi youths connect with the IDF, wrote a Facebook post discussing the recent ceremony during which he received his red beret.
This Weeks Shalom Zochor List
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Parshas Ki Siso:
JLI: Inviting God into Our World
JLI has released another video titled: Inviting God into Our World, When beautification is divine. How G-dliness is mirrored seemingly even in the lowest parts of this world.
The Chabad Connection Behind Israels Lunar Launch
The Chabad connection behind Israels’ recent Lunar launch goes back to Soviet times, and trails through a Chabad family. The story ends with a mathematical engineer, who is now guiding the lander as it travels through space on its’ 8 week flight.
New Pop-Up Restaurant in California Staffed by Adults with Special Needs
Dans Place, a restaurant staffed by adults with special needs, is open for dinner once a month at Chabad of Poway. Through being responsible for its management, the hosts are taught skills for greeting, serving, cooking,and clearing. Green heads up a staff of volunteers, including executive chef Amy Nisen, who are paired up with each host to help guide and train them.
The sixth Rebbe—Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory (left)—with Mordechai Dubin, right.
Weekly Story: He Knew It
Two weeks ago, Rabbi Mendel Baumgarten was niftar. During shiva, his family shared many stories about his life and accomplishments, and his unique relationship to the Rebbe, which began during the lifetime of the Frierdiker Rebbe. We will share one of those incidents.
Former US chaplain Attends Grandson’s IDF Ceremony
Rabbi Jacob Goldstein, a Chabad rabbi, served as rabbi and colonel in the US Army. Now his grandson, Joesph Brikman from crown Heights serves as religious paratrooper in the IDF’s Chetz brigade.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe.
Shabbos at the Besht: Micdrop- The Halacha and Ramifications
This Shabbos at the Besht: Rabbi Shea Hecht is chairman of NCFJE (National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education), a trailblazing social services and outreach organization. He is a communal leader and activist in Crown Heights.
Watch Live at 8:45pm: SpaceIL Moon Lander Launch
Watch Live at 8:45pm as Israels’ SpaceIL moon lander launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The launch is the beginning for the moon lander named “Beresheet,” which will spend 8 weeks maneuvering in space before landing on the moon.
Weekly Letter: “G-d is all” and “All is G-d”
In connection with the parsha – where Moshe pleads for forgiveness after the sin of the golden calf and asks Hashem to reveal His ways – we share a letter of the Rebbe in which he explains two ways to arrive at the understanding and service of G-d: “G-d is all” and “All is G-d.” This eye-opening letter explains briefly yet clearly a basic teaching of chasidus – the making of an abode for G-d in this lowest physical world.
Center City, Philly: New Mikvah in Old Synagogue
Center City, Philadelphia is home to some of the oldest synagogues in the United States, like the first Ashkenazic congregation established in the Western Hemisphere in 1795. One of these historic synagogues, the 100-year-old Vilna shul, known for its warm, inclusive services, is renovating its vintage sanctuary and moving weekly prayer services to the third floor to allow a new women’s mikvah to be built in its place.
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