Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati, under the leadership of Rabbi Gershon Avtzon , was visited by the TAP (Tefillin Awareness Program) team. While checking the Tefillin of the Bachurim, many halachik issues were found and some were able to be fixed on the spot.
CKids Shabbaton and JewQ International Torah Championship has been cancelled due to the spread of the Coronavirus. 180 locality winners were planning to come into New York for the JewQ championship this Shabbos.
Another car was discovered vandalized in Crown Heights Sunday, in a rather vulgar display. The car had its gas tank cover ripped off, mirror broken, and had been keyed across one side of the vehicle with a vulgar word, apparently expressing the anonymous vandals feelings.
There is no question that the past 8 decades of Chabad chinuch in America has impacted the country. Igud Hamelamdim put together an event in honor of the special day that marked 80 years since the Frierdiker Rebbe’s arrival on U.S. soil.
Chevra Hatzalah, the parent body of New York City’s Hatzalah organizations, has released a community memo concerning Coronavirus (COVID-19) for the New York City Jewish community. The memo summarizes what we know about the virus, cautions against panic, and gives advice on how to protect yourself against the virus.
Machon L’yahadus will be hosting special Megillah Readings for Women in Crowm Heights. There will be one at night, and two by day.
The topics in this week’s 299th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: Chassidus Applied to Purim: Why Is There Ever a Mitzvah to Get Drunk? How Could Mordecahi Put All the Jews in Danger by Not Bowing to Haman? Did Vashti Actually Grow a Physical Tail? What Ever Happened to Zeresh? Did the Rebbe Once Say at a Purim Farbrengen That Everyone Who Raises Their Hand Will Become Wealthy? How Can Yom Ha’Kippurim, the Holiest Day of the Year, Be Only Compared to Purim? How Do We Apply Ad D’Lo Yoda?
A new bill sponsored by Assemblywoman Pamela Hunter and co-sponsored by Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein seeks to amend the vehicle and traffic law so that drivers who owe unpaid fines will not face arbitrary license suspension.
Yaakov Daniel and Batsheva Goldshmidt (Los Vegas, Nevada)
As fear of the spread of the Novel Coronavirus into the Crown Heights Jewish community takes hold, a sign was posted in 770 urging everyone to wash their hands each time they enter the shul.
Menachem Deren (Greenwich, CT) and Mussi Shmotkin (Milwalkee, WI)
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Parshas Zachor, Taanis Esther and Purim for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Congregation Agudath Yisroel on Crown Street will be hosting Megillah readings every hour on the hour this Purim for the benefit of the Crown Heights Community.
“Not a Regular Shabatton – Mehutton” was the slogan that brought close together about a hundred Jewish Students from all over Europe, gathering together for a 4-day long event in the heart of the Ancient Jewish Quarter.
Daniel Attia was born on Moshav Yatzitz near Rechovot. At the age of 10, he began questioning the meaning of the world’s existence and his role in it. Now he helps others find the right path.
Five boys wanted for the brutal beating and theft on a fifteen year old girl last Thursday, have turned themselves in to the 77th precinct. The five had instigated the assault as part of a larger group of teenagers roving the area of Eastern Parkway and Utica Ave.
Italy’s prime minister on Sunday ordered the complete lockdown of some 16 million people in the country’s coronavirus-plagued north — including the cities of Venice and Milan — in a draconian health measure expected to be approved by legislators later in the day.
