A package thief took stealing packages to the next level, when he broke into a Crown Heights home Friday night to take two packages. The man, with his face clearly exposed to the video camera, thankfully only wanted packages.
Social Media user Menachem Cohen (@menachem04), posted a video to his twitter feed of a Young Lubavitcher inviting a plane full of people to a shabbos meal at the Chabad of Venice. He can be seen asking the stewards permission before making the invitation over the planes intercom. Thank you for flying Easy Jet!
Reuven Hillel Bochurberg (San Diego, CA) and Chanie Dinerman (San Diego, CA)
Over the weekend, IDF troops exposed an additional cross-border attack tunnel that crossed the Blue Line from Lebanese territory into Israel. The attack tunnel is under IDF control and does not pose an imminent threat.
A man is in custody after being caught on camera taking a selfie next to Chabad of North Hollywood, holding a machete and sporting a kafia. The man was tracked by police to a nearby house and detained.
The General Court of the European Union rejected Hamas’ appeal against its listing by the bloc as a terrorist organization. The ruling by the Luxembourg-based court is the latest round in a protracted legal battle between the EU and Hamas.
Just weeks after a successful charidy campaign brought in One and a Half Million Dollars, Bais Rivkah again is unable to pay its Staff. Crownheights.info has been informed that payroll checks are bouncing, and their staff was not paid.
Nochum and Chana (nee Amilov) Kaplan
The terrorist responsible for clubbing and stabbing a soldier from the Netzach Yehuda-Nahal Haredi Battalion on Friday has given himself up to security forces. The Shin Bet internal security service says that the terrorist is currently under interrogation for his Friday morning assault on Naveh Rotem.
In a horrifying hit and run, a Jewish man was sent to the hospital after being hit by a car on Union street, and thrown to the floor. Hatzalah transported him to a local Hospital.
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Vayigash:
A thief attempting to steal packages from a building on Eastern Parkway was caught in the act, but got away minus the packages.
Beth Habad Haya Mushka hosted a well attended Seforim sale and farbrengen in honor of Hey Teves. The farbrengen, led by Shliach to Antwerp Belgium Rabbi Shabtai Slavatizki, went into the early hours of the morning despite unrest in the city.
Although Chanukah has concluded for this year, our sages inform us that the lights of Chanukah will never be extinguished. In the following story, which I heard this past Shabbos at Rabbi N. Mangels’ weekly Shabbos farbrengen in ksav sofer, we see how they have a power to illuminate one’s life in a most meaningful and impactful way.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe during a Machaneh Yisroel Development Fund meeting.
This Shabbos at the Besht: Rabbi Yehuda Altein is a freelance writer, translator, and editor specializing in Jewish academia and handwritten family material. His special passion lies in studying with chassanim, helping them prepare for the most meaningful relationship of their lives. He will be giving a lecture titled “Connection Through Separation,
A Short Review of the Laws of Harchakos.”
This week we present a letter in which the Rebbe writes about Yosef in Mitzrayim. In it the Rebbe explains its relevance to us today and its message for all mankind. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
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