New Engagement!
Shloime Schwei (Luton, England) and Devorah Leah (bas Sholom) Avtzon (Crown Heights)
ULY Holds Annual Chinese Auction Event
Hundreds of women turned out Sunday evening for the auction and evening of entertainment benefiting Lubavitcher Yeshiva-Crown St. Following the Chinese auction viewing, which was complimented by delicious hot food from a number of popular local restaurants. Winners List Added!
Friends Appeal for Support of Bahia Blanca
Sarah Freedman, a Shlucha in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, whose husband Rabbi Moshe Freedman passed away at the age of 57, continues to serve their remote community and friends are reaching out for assistance on her behalf.
8:00pm: What to Tell Children About an Absentee Father?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 205, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: What Is the Rebbe’s Opinion on Bariatric Surgery and Laser Surgery? What to Tell Children About an Absentee Father? How to Deal with the Feeling of Lost Opportunities of My Youth? Lessons from the 25th of Adar; What Will the World Look like When Moshiach Comes? Is the World of Thought More Real Than the World of Action?
Hatzalah’s Fly Car Gets Upgraded
After faithfully serving the volunteers of Hatzalah over the last three years, and assisting in rendering medical help to hundreds – if not thousands – of people, their Ford Explorer ‘Fly Car’ is being retired and replaced with a newer and larger vehicle.
Living Torah Features Rare Video From the 1970’s
In the Timeless Moments segment of this week’s Living Torah program, JEM presents rare and beautiful video from a Farbrengen in the early 1970s.
New Engagement!
Levi (ben Kasriel) Shemtov (Crown Heights) and Chana Vita Wolf (Chicago, IL)
Chazzanus Meets Jazz in “Sheyiboneh” Performance
Jewish music meets the roaring 20’s in a new single that has just been released drawing key inspiration from jazz, klezmer and prayer. The song, Sheyiboneh, performed by singer/cantor, Aryeh Leib Hurwitz, expresses one of the most fundamental Jewish prayers, beseeching G-d to rebuild the Beis Hamikdash, ushering in the period of global unity and harmony.
New Engagement!
Mendel Vogel (Crown Heights) and Rochelle Kanevsky (Crown Heights)
Illusionists Entertain Crowds at Auction Event
Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown St. put on a special program for men this Motzai Shabbos with hundreds turning out in support at their annual auction event. The program included an auction viewing, delicious hot food, all while the crowd enjoyed the entertainment of illusionists and mentalists and Kumzitz music of the Yedidim choir.
Day 3 of JLI’s Land & Spirit Tour of Israel
120 shluchim and shluchos along with 770 Chabad House community members arrived in Israel on Monday to participate in JLI’s Land and Spirit Israel Experience. The group, traveling from across the US, Canada, Australia, as well as from Central and South America, is the largest group to visit Israel this year.
Weekly Story: An Endless Tape?
In a certain city, a group of chassidim would gather quite often to farbreng in one of the local shuls. Since one of the local townspeople, who was not a chossid, would learn in that shul every evening, they would farbreng at the other end of the shul to avoid disturbing him.
Baby Boy!
Avi and Lea (nee New) Minkowitz (Toronto, Canada)
Day 2 of JLI’s Land & Spirit Tour of Israel
Day two took participants of Land & Spirit from the northern edge of Israel to Kibbutzim in the South. Six different options are available on JLI’s trip including, “Borders & Security,” “In the Footsteps of the Bible,” and “Israel in Depth” with each track designed to meet specific preferences.
Baby Boy!
Shuki and Sheina (nee Kanar) Greenberg (Crown Heights)
Shabbos at the Besht: Protecting from Danger
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yosef Schmukler, is the Magid Shiur of the Midtown Kolel and mechaber of sefer Umkah Shel Halacha, will lead a discussion on the topic of Protecting ourselves and others from danger; according to halacha.
