1.6 Billion Dollar Lottery Ticket Sold in South Carolina
One winning ticket sold in South Carolina will claim the largest Mega Millions jackpot ever. The numbers were drawn last night at 11pm.
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New Engagement!
Arele Sputz (Montreal, Quebec) and Yehudis Abend – (North Hollywood, CA)
Baby Girl!
Yossi and Sarale (nee Simpson) Baumgarten (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Levi Hezkia, 74, a beloved mohel, cantor, shochet and teacher, touched the lives of thousands of Jews in Italy.
Send Off for Rabbi Levi Hezkia, 74, OBM
As the funeral procession wended its way through Milan from one Jewish institution to another, the crowd got bigger and bigger, swelling to 600 strong. It was a fitting send-off for Rabbi Levi Hezkia, 74, a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi who had touched the lives of thousands of Jews in Italy.
New Jewish Center Opens in a Seattle Suburb
Rabbi Yisroel and Shternie (née Shemtov) Treitel opened Chabad of Renton under the auspices of Rabbi Sholom Ber Levitin of Chabad Lubavitch of the Pacific Northwest.
Should You Buy a Lottery Ticket?
With a record high lottery being drawn tonight, many wonder if they should buy a ticket. With the chances of winning so small, is there a point in even trying? Watch as a person asks the Lubavitcher Rebbe if he […]
Dozens of Cars Vandalized, Kingston Ave. Bus Stop As Well
Residents of Crown Heights awoke Tuesday morning to discover that over a dozen vehicles that were parked on Kingston Avenue overnight had their windows blown out, as well as the glass pane of bus stop, in what appears to be a massive case of vandalism.
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Stabbing Attack in Chevron
An Israeli soldier was stabbed by an Arab terrorist in the city of Hevron Monday morning. The terrorist was shot and killed.
A Mikvah for Malta
Until about 70 years ago, Malta and its smaller islands accommodated mikvah-observant Jews for centuries with specially built stone structures near the shoreline. Now the island nation is getting its first luxury mikvah.
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NYPD Body Camera Explodes
It happened Saturday night at the 121 Precinct station house as a patrol officer prepared to head out for the midnight shift. He noticed smoke coming out of the bottom of the device and took it off his shirt before the unit exploded.
Scheinfeld Family Welcomes New Torah
The Scheinfeld family completed a new Sefer Torah in honor of the second yartzeit of Reb Moty Scheinfeld this Sunday. The Sefer Torah was completed at 471 Empire Blvd, and with dancing and singing, taken to Bais Eliezer Yitzchak at 394 Kingston Ave.
Weekly JLI Video: What is G-d’s definition of normal?
In this weekly JLI video, we tackle the question “What is G-d’s definition of normal?” Is it truly better to be normal than unique?
Security Briefing for the Kinus Hashluchim
Representative of NYC law enforcement agencies, along with members of Vaad Hakinus, got together at the JCM conference room to make plans for the upcoming International Kinus Hashluchim.
New Engagement!
Eli Muskal (Wellington, Florida) And Tzippy Orbach (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Darchai Menachems Hands on Approach to Parshas Noach
On Tuesday last week, Darchai Menachem was visited by a petting zoo. The massive cow looked down with lazy eyes when the boys started to milk her. The farmer from Beaver Wood Farms announced that for whoever wanted to drink, the milk was Cholov Yisroel.
8:00pm: Can We Go to a Non-Religious/Non-Chassidic Therapist?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 232, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: How Do You Explain the Blessing of “She’Lo Osani Isha”? Do We Need Secular Sources to Teach Us How to Understand and Raise Our Children? What Should Our Attitude Be to “Non-Official” Shluchim? Hiding Sarah in a… Box? Are Controversial Verses in the Torah Being Taught to Our Children in the Proper Way? Can We Go to a Non-Religious/Non-Chassidic Therapist? What Is the Attitude of Chassidus Chabad to the Ramchal and His Mesilas Yisharim?
Push to Ease Restrictions on Shomer Shabbos Workers
A new initiative being pushed by ten Jewish organizations, and written by Nathan Lewin, would remove a legal block for Shomer Shabbos workers.
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