New Engagement!
Heschel Yarmush (Montreal, Canada) and Doba Raskin (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Borenstein’s Class’ Year End BBQ
Continuing the annual tradition for Rabbi Borenstein’s Eighth grade class, they all got together in the backyard of his Balfore Place home for a Siyum and a barbeque.
Sacho Denies Shatnez Present in Their Kapotas
Messages circulating on social media allege that a Crown Heights store sold a Kapota with Shatnez [linen] in the collar, a claim which store says is a mistake and that there never once was Shatnez found in their garments.
Oholei Torah Prepares for Annual Gala
holei Torah is well underway with preparations for its upcoming Gala Dinner Event. This year’s Dinner will be honoring many who have generously contributed and helped purchase the Yeshivas Kayitz Kingston camp grounds in Kingston, New York.
Instant Torah: A Lesson from Miriam
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 Behaalotecha is titled: Using Everything to it’s Fullest.
Video: How can we Prepare for Moshiach?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on Parashs Naso. This week he answers the question: How can we Prepare for Moshiach? – based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
What Happens When 312 Seminary Girls Come Together for a Shabbos
It is Shabbos Parshas Acharei – Kedoshim, and far away in the hills of Tzfas something extraordinary is taking place. It is Shabbos Aryeh Leib, a yearly Shabbaton for Chabad seminary girls which was initiated in the memory of Rabbi Aryeh Leib Kaplan A”h, the head Shliach of Tzfas. It is an oasis in time – a weekend of connection, inspiration and focus in the midst of a world spinning so rapidly that it’s sometimes hard to catch your breath.
Baby Boy!
Mrs. Devorah Groner, 92, Pioneering Australian Jewish Leader
Mrs. Devorah Groner, a pioneering matriarch of Jewry in Melbourne, Australia, passed away on May 27. She was 92 years old.
Over 2,000 Beis Rivka Girls Pose for Group Photo
All the divisions of Crown Heightses largest girls school – Beis Rivka, gathered in the parking lot of their Crown Street location to pose for a group photo, the first of its kind to feature all the students in one […]
8:00pm: Are Special Children Deprived?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 214, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: How Can Someone Consider Himself a Chassid and Not Be Careful with Halacha? Is Life in Our Hands or Hashem’s Hands? Are Special Children Deprived? Follow-Up: My Teenage Friends Are Drowning: What Can We Do? Why Is the Omer Counting Not from Malchus to Chesed? Chassidus Applied to Behaalotecho; 118th Anniversary of the Rebbe’s Parents.
New Engagement!
Shneur Mangel (Cincinnati, OH) and Nechama Isenberg (Morristown, NJ)
Alternate Side Parking Suspended Monday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) and parking meter regulations are suspended on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28.
New Engagement!
Mendy Sitrin (Baltimore, MD) and Baila Perkins (Columbia, MO)
New Engagement!
Moshe Deitsch (New Haven, CT) and Bassie (bas Mayer) Rivkin (Bay Harbor, FL)
BBC Corrects Story Linking Chabad and Trump’s Lawyer
A BBC story purportedly linking Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, and the Ukrainian President through a ‘charity’ called Chabad of Port Washington was denied by Shliach Rabbi Shalom Paltiel, and the BBC issued a clarification to the original story.
Back to Life: Saved by Hatzalah after a Heart Attack
While visiting his in-laws with his family during Tishrei of last year, Rabbi Follie Dubov’s wife noticed that he was breathing irregularly. When she asked if he was ok, he did not respond. Hatzalah was quickly called and by the time they arrived on scene he was in full cardiac arrest.
