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)
Shmuly and Itta (nee Denburg) Wolvovsky (Crown Heights)
After having sold the Chometz before Pesach, Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky and Rabbi Shimon Hecht got together with Winston, the gentile who purchased the Chometz, and bought back the Chometz.
Acharon Shel Pesach is particularly associated with Moshiach and the future redemption. The Baal Shem Tov instituted the custom of partaking of a “Seudas Moshiach” on the afternoon of the last day of Passover; in addition to the Matzah eaten at “Seudas Moshiach”, the Rebbes of Chabad added the custom of drinking four cups of wine, as in the Seder held on Passover’s first days.
Planned protests following the death of an emotionally disturbed man has the Jewish community in Crown Heights on edge, and police beefing up their presence in an effort to head off any unrest. Video of the man menacing a number of people, with what appears to be a firearm, moments before he was shot was released by police.
Moshe Dovid and Chaya Rochel (nee Zilberstrom) Cohen (Manchester, UK)
Refoel and Chaya Mushka (nee Sufrin) Harkham (Melbourne, Australia)
Sholom Ber and Malkie (nee Faigenson) Scheinfeld (Baltimore, MD)
Mendel Cohen (Manchester, England) to Chaya Lachs (Manchester, England)
It was the summer of 5741 (1981) and the director of a few institutions in Eretz Yisroel received a certified letter from the bank that if he does not clear up the debt of one hundred thousand dollars in a months time, the bank will begin proceedings of foreclosure and other legal actions against the institutions.
Following the instruction of The Rebbe, members of the Chabad community in Montreal took part in a Kinus Torah which took place on Chol Hamoed.
As a student in the University of Rochester, Dr. Levi Reiter once confronted Shliach Rabbi Nosson Gurary following a speech. After the encounter he found himself growing closer to Chabad and started putting on Tefillin, a few days later he felt paralized in his left arm and the Rebbes advice left him in a unique position.
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