Picture of the Day: Yeshiva Ktana – London
Bochurim and staff of Yeshiva Ktana Lubavitch in London, England pose for a group photo.
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8:00pm: Gimmel Tammuz: 24 Years Later
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 216, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Gimmel Tammuz: 24 Years Later; Why Don’t We Speak About the Details of Gimmel Tammuz as We Do About Yud Shevat, Beis Nissan, Chof Dalet Teves Etc.? Why Don’t We Appoint a New Rebbe? Did the Rebbe Take Responsibility for Shluchim? How Does the Rebbe Answer Us Today? What Is the Meaning of Going to the Ohel or Writing into the Igros? How Do We Understand the Different Statements the Rebbe Made About Moshiach, the Dor Ha’Shevii, the Leader of the Generation, and the Frierdiker Rebbe?
New Engagement!
Baruch Weiss (Miami Beach, FL) and Bassi Fass (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Avi Weinstein (Pittsburgh, PA) and Chaya Mushka Lezak (Syracuse, NY/Los Angeles, CA)
Baby Girl!
Shlomo and Chani (nee Weinstein) Silverman (Pittsburgh, PA)
Baby Girl!
Yehudah Leib and Nechama Aviva (nee Weinstein) Welton (Pittsburgh, PA)
ULY Holds Mishnayos B’al Peh Grand Event
The Annual Grand Mishnayos B’al Peh Ceremony of United Lubavitcher Yeshiva took place this past Sunday. 110 Talmidim sat proudly on the bleachers at the event honoring their accomplishments in learning lines, Prokim and Mesechtos of Mishnayos and Tanya B’al Peh.
Baby Boy!
Naftoli Hertz and Rochel Leah (nee Gopin) Hildeshaim (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Moshe Zalman and Chani (nee Geisinsky) Kaminetzky (Crown Heights)
JNet Holds Appreciation Dinner for Volunteers
JNet volunteers from around the world convened in Crown Heights at the organizations 5th annual volunteer appreciation dinner, inspiring each other to strengthen their half-hour Torah study sessions with Jews worldwide.
Weekly Story: Continuing The Conversation
At the end of this week’s parsha we find that the mitzva of tzitzis comes immediately after the story of a Jew who was chopping or gathering wood on Shabbos. One may ask, why do these two ideas appear consecutively?
New Engagement!
Sadya Liberow (Crown Heights) and Devorah Leah Kopfstein (London, England)
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a photo of The Rebbe davening in 770.
Camp Yaldei Hashluchim of the Ukraine to Reopen
After a phenomenal summer last year Camp Yaldei Hashluchim Ukraine will be reopening this summer. Last summer, for the first time ever, dozens of children of the Rebbe’s Shluchim from across the Ukraine joined the program for a summer filled with trips, activities and more.
50 Years Later: Robert F. Kennedy and the Rebbe
On Sept. 3, 1964, shortly after announcing his intention to run for a U.S. Senate seat from New York, Robert. F. Kennedy resigned as Attorney General of the United States. Later that month, Kennedy headed to 770 Eastern Parkway in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., to meet with the Rebbe.
‘What Is’ Course: Record Spring Enrollment
Some 20,000 participants just concluded the JLI spring course, “What is?” Studying at 400 different locations around the globe, for six weeks, students delved into deep, esoteric concepts in Chassidus.
Weekly Letter: Preparing for Gimmel Tammus
In his letter of condolence to a bereaved, the Rebbe speaks of the proper state of mind despite the pain, the eternity of the soul and its release from the restraints. Interestingly – the Rebbe calls attention to and comments on the date, Gimmel Tammuz – on which the correspondent wrote her letter. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
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