Shomrim Apprehend Shoplifter with $200 of Soap
A shoplifter was apprehended after walking out of the Empire Kosher supermarket with over $200 worth of soap.
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Children in Anchorage, Alaska, re-enact the crossing of the Red Sea following the Exodus from Egypt. (Photo: Lisa J. Seifert)
Prepping for Passover From Anchorage to Zanzibar
With Passover less than a week away, Rabbi Yossi Grossbaum was on the road Tuesday evening, delivering shmurah matzah to people in his community. Grossbaum, who with his wife, Goldie, co-directs the Chabad Jewish Community Center serving Folsom, El Dorado Hills and the surrounding region in California, will spend some 50 hours getting the round, handmade matzah to area residents before the holiday begins this Friday night, March 30.
8:00pm: Is Shlichus the Only Option?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 207, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Announcing the Winners of This Year’s MyLife: Chassidus Applied Essay Contest! Yud Aleph Nissan, Yud Gimmel Nissan and Pesach; What Is the Connection Between the Rebbe as Leader of the 7th Generation and Malchus? What Does the Rebbe Want and Expect of Us? Is Shlichus the Only Option? Why Doesn’t Chabad Sing or Say the Piyutim like Chad Gadya? Why Is Golus Mitzrayim Not Include in the Four Goliyot (Exiles)?
New Engagement!
Yaak Kaplan (Baltimore, MD) and Chana Harrison (Montreal, Canada)
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Oren and Mushky (nee Tennenhaus) Hizkiya (Brooklyn, NY)
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Roovy and Shevy (nee Leeds) Shapiro (Hallandale, FL)
Students Decry Violence in 770 in the Face of Hanhola Inaction
Shocking and unconscionable video had emerged from within the halls of 770 last week, depicting brutal violence alongside coordinated action disrupting study along with vandalism of Shul property in the effort of preventing the study of the Rebbe’s torah due idealistic disagreements.
New Engagement!
Mendel Kremer (Montreal, Canada) and Rochie Kramer (Monreal, Canada)
Did you say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Tes Nissan)
From the Safer Haminhagim: Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, one reads the passage that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. Yehi Ratzon in the Extended Article.
Members of the group of 21 college students who took part last summer in the Jewish Youth Adventure (JYA) trip to Alaska.
Jewish Backpackers Explore Their Heritage in Alaskan Wilds
The air was filled with the excited talk of exploration and the unknown as we prepared to board our flight to Alaska. The group of 21 college students gathered at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport had a distinct mission: to embrace and explore their Jewish heritage and to satisfy a thirst for greater knowledge. Some of these young men had attended the same Jewish school as I had growing up, but said their Judaism lacked inspiration
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Yisrael and Mushky (nee Golomb) Kirsh (Crown Heights)
Lubavitch HS girls Embark on Recording Stories of the Rebbe
Students in Lubavitch High Schools have undertaken a new initiative – to document and share women’s stories of The Rebbe. Titled “Our Story,” this grassroots project is being done in conjunction with JEM’s “My Encounter” and over the past six weeks dozens of story’s – mostly from grandmothers, mothers and relatives – have been already been recorded.
MyShliach Regional Shabbaton Roundup
Over the past six weeks, MyShliach brought their “Regional Shabbatons” project to three new regions, bringing together 174 yaldei hashluchim from 79 cities in five countries in a series of eight regional shabbatons for a weekend of fun, chassidishkeit and camaraderie.
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Weekly Story: This Is Who I Am
As Yud Aleph Nissan is this week, I decided to share with you an email which I received from Eli Duban, one of my former students, who is in his mid twenties and lives in Issaquah, Washington, on the west coast. He is a licensed life insurance agent, however, as we will see that no matter what our parnassa (livelihood) might be, in essence we all are chassidim eager to do the Rebbe’s bidding, and the reason we live out there is to spread the light of Torah and Mitzvos.
Weekly Letter: The Rebbe Unusual Request – for a Birthday Gift
In this weeks letter, presented in honor of Yud Alef Nissan and Shabbos Hagadol, The Rebbe makes an unusual request – for a birthday gift. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
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Woman Seriously Injured After Getting hit by Car
A woman is in serious condition and undergoing surgery after she was hit by car on Carroll Street early this morning. The public is asked to say Tehillim for Leah Bryna bas Luba Michla – Kapitel 73.
Shabbos at the Besht: Cleaning for Pesach
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yosef Barber, Rosh Machon Smicha – Beis Medrash Chovevei Torah, will lead a discussion on the topic of Cleaning for Pesach – Where, How & What; 5 basic rules developed from the Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch to help navigate the delicate balance between halachik requirements and customary chumros when cleaning for Pesach, including a discussion on medicines and cosmetics.
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