She lived on the upper floor of a modest two-family-home on the rough-and-tumble outskirts of the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. Yet, to the hundreds of people who streamed through its blue-painted door, Alessa Wircberg’s home was a bastion of acceptance, Chassidic warmth, guidance, support, and love. She passed away Friday at the age of 66.
The Wircberg family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their dear mother, Mrs. Alessa Wircberg, who passed away last week. They are sitting at 719 Crown Street (the blue door). There are three Minyanim needed 7:00 Shachris Minyan 1 8:45 Shachris […]
Israel’s minister of agriculture, Mr. Uri Ariel, took time out of a trip to New York to visit the Ohel to pray for the Jewish people and for the State of Israel.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of R’ Moshe Yitzchok ben Shlomo Inglis OBM of Edgware, London. He was 94 years old.
In a historic and much awaited program, Chazak (a division of Merkos 302), hosted the first ever Yesodos Li’Hatzlochas Hashlichus seminar. This six-day immersive trained shluchim in key areas that would enable new shluchim to maximize their potential and idealism in the mission.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 209, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Why Don’t We See Chassidim Being Scrupulous About Making Blessings on Trees? Does Negating Secular Education Mean That We Have to Be Ignorant? How Can I Connect Emotionally and Not Just Intellectually? What Is the Jewish Perspective on Chakras and the Third Eye?
For the 30th time, thousands participated in The March of The Living remembering the millions that were exterminated during the holocaust, on holocaust remembrance day.
Davidi Crombie (Israel/Crown Heights) and Chani Gaerman (Crown Heights)
JLI presents its unique new two-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant In·sight from Ethics of the Fathers, on showing Favoritism in Judgment, ethics of the Fathers provides a timeless rule about how to judge others.
In what was a first time affair for the university, Chabad of Brooklyn Law School, led by Rabbi Eliyahu and Shaindy Raskin, some sixty students and faculty attended an afternoon lunch with the esteemed Nathan Lewin, Esquire.
A Jewish man was brutally assaulted by a group of five black men and women while walking on Eastern Parkway on Friday night. Police are investigating the attack as possibly being motivated by bias.
A chossid from Vitebsk once came to the Tzemach Tzedek and poured out his heart to him, unable to contain his anguish. “My only son received an order to present himself in front of the conscription office,” he cried. “The Rebbe knows how difficult it is to receive an exemption from the army draft, particularly this year, as they are even drafting young men who are their parents’ only son (although this used to be an automatic exemption). The problem is all that more acute since, Boruch Hashem, my son is strong and healthy, and the doctors will definitely declare him fit for the army. Rebbe, please save him!!”
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Kalman Weinfeld is the Rabbinic Coordinator – Food Service Department at OK Kosher Certification, will lead a discussion on the topic of The post-Pesach beer saga.
Naftali and Mussy (nee Krazniansky) Zakon (Crown Heights)
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a photo of The Rebbe leaving 770 on his way to the Ohel, circa 1980.
27 years ago today, on the 28th of Nissan in 1991 the Rebbe delivered an impassioned talk about Moshiach. The address sparked concern among Chassidim motivating them to throw themselves into fulfilling the Rebbe’s vision of perfecting the world through Torah and Mitzvos with even greater vigor.
With over 3,500 Chabad Centers in 100 countries around the world, Chabad.org has launched a new app – called Chabad Nearby – which will connect users to a nearby Chabad House with just a swipe.
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