Parsha Video: Setbacks as Springboards
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. Here is this week’s video for Parshas Matos-Massei.
Video: Can We be Happy when Life Slows us Down?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on Parashs Matos-Massei. This week he answers the question: Can We be Happy when Life Slows us Down? – based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Beth Rivkah Launches International Alumni Association
Beis Rivkah of Crown Heights have launched a new alumni initiative in an effort to reconnect and mobilize the past in an effort to help provide for the presently enrolled 2,200 students.
Frightening Home-Invasion Robbery in Pomona
A Lubavitch family in Pomona, New York fell victim to a frightening home invasion robbery on Friday night, as the family waiting for their father to come home from Shul. Two masked men stole jewelry, watches and a digital camera from their master bedroom – and the homeowners are concerned about the burglars knowledge of their homes layout.
Cteen Holds 5th Annual Leadership Conference
The 5th annual CTeen Leadership Retreat recently took place in Bushkill, PA, welcoming dozens of teens from around the world for a motivational and uplifting weekend. This year’s retreat was the first to welcome international teen leaders from the UK, as well as representatives from South Africa, and Australia, proving that CTeen’s scope and reach continues its steady rise as the fastest growing Jewish youth group in the world.
New Shluchim to Northern California
Rabbi Josh and Chavie Zebberman have been appointed as new Shluchim to the Tri-Valley, in Northern California.
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Levi and Menucha (nee Wisnefsky) Blizinsky (Los Angeles, CA)
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Eliau and Nechama (nee Tenenbaum) Piha (Crown Heights)
8:00pm: Must Moshiach Come Before the 7th Millennium?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 220, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Is It an Absolute That Moshiach Must Come in the Next 221 Years Before the 7th Millennium? What Are Reasons Why One Would “Go off the Derech” and How Can We Be a Positive Influence? Do We Celebrate Our English Birthdays? What’s Our Role and Goal with Summer Camp? What Does the Rebbe Say About Climate Change and Environmentalism?
TAKE 2.0: 1,500 Share Shabbos Meal in Buenos Aires
For the second time, some 1,500 Jewish students and young professionals in South America gathered for an epic Shabbos meal – dubbed Shabat 1,500.
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Ari and Chana Herzog (Encino, CA)
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Zalman And Rivkah (nee Vogel) Levy (Hollywood, FL)
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Mendi and Nechama (nee Moskovitz) Levitin (Larnaca, Cyprus)
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Weekly Story: If Necessary, I will Do It Myself
Yisroel related, “It was nine years ago, (in Tishrei of 5769/2008) when I was greeted by a member of the Chabad community, and he offered to help me do a mitzvah. I was touched by his concern for another Jew and his warmth and understanding, and in a short time I became a regular at the Chabad Shul.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present photos of The Rebbe motions to someone during a Farbrengen, early 1970’s.
Instant Torah: Prayers and Sacrifice
This weekly fast moving — yet inspiring — 1-minute video on the weekly Parsha is created by Yitzchok Schmuckler, a Bochur from Montreal. This week’s video for Parshas Pinchas is titled: Prayers and Sacrifice.
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