Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on Parashs Shmini. This week he answers the question: How can we elevate the lowest of the low? – based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Mendel Erlenwein (Toronto, Canada) and Devora Leah (bas JJ) Katz (Crown Heights)
Mendy and Sara (nee Hershkowitz) Levitin (Hillside, NJ)
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message. This week’s video is titled: The Inadequate Candidate.
Moishy Levinson (Crown Heights) and Shira Krawiec (Crown Heights/Pomona, NY)
The Hyams family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their dear father R’ Gershon Fishel ben Mordechai Gedalya Hyams OBM until Friday morning. The family will be sitting shiva in London and in Crown Heights. In London Shiva will […]
On Wednesday April 18th, a spectacular parenting event for women will be taking place right here in Crown Heights. This is a not-to-be missed even featuring two world renowned presenters.
During the Shloshim of Menachem Mendel Bruchstat OBM, friends and classmates came up with the idea of purchasing and dedicating a Mitzvah Tank in his memory. On Yud Alef Nissan, the day of The Rebbe’s birthday, it came to fruition.
A thief was captures on surveillance video making off with a large package, valued at over $200, from a home on President Street in Crown Heights.
Chaim and Chanie (nee Garelik) Hershkop (Crown Heights)
Perhaps one of the most difficult mitzvahs to fulfill properly is the counting of the Omer, which requires that each sequential day be counted (after nightfall) without missing a day—from the second night of Passover all the way until the eve of Shavuot. In addition to remembering to count on each of 49 consecutive nights, the counter needs to verbalize that night’s count and the corresponding Kabbalistic formula—all that before daybreak, or at least, before sunset the following evening.
Thousands marched in Crown Heights to protest of the death of Saheed Vassell, a man with a mental illness who was shot by police while brandishing a pipe resembling a gun, while many residents and neighbors of the man agreed with the NYPD’s actions in the encounter.
Every Shabbos afternoon, in the Central Marina Roscha Shul of Moscow where Rabbi Berel Lazar davens, there is a Chevra Tehillim for children. Each year on Chol Hamoed Pesach they go on a special trip that includes saying Birkas HaIlanos, an enjoyable attraction, and prizes for the outstanding students.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Sefiras Ha’omer for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 208, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: How Do We Correct Wrongs If We Can’t Speak Loshen Hora? Aren’t We All Shluchim? What Lesson Can I Derive from a Negative Seder Experience? What Is the Correct Definition of the Word Bittul? Reviewing My Life 2018 Winning Essays; Chassidus Applied to Isru Chag; Lessons from Parshas Shemini
Mendel (ben R’ Kalman) Weinfeld (Crown Heights) and Mussi Kaplan (Crown Heights)
