A fast moving fire has tragically claimed the lives of a mother and her three children, while injuring a number of others in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Chesed Shel Emes is on scene and assisting in preserving kovod hames.
Dovid Leib Glassner (Montreal, Canada) and Rochel (bas Velly) Karp (Crown Heights)
Motty and Raizy (nee Konikov) Rosenfeld (Satellite Beach, FL)
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 193, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: What To Do If the Work I Love Does Not Bring in an Adequate Income? Why Was I Born in This Generation? Should We Stress over Having Only One Child? Do I Need to Repent for Allowing Myself to Be Abused? Does the Soul Really Want to Be Born? Chassidus Applied to the 5th Day of Chanukah and to Hei Teves.
Hundreds of participants came from all over the Netherlands to unite and celebrate Chanukah on the most famous square in Holland, Dam Square, located in front of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam.
The Orange County, NY, Jewish community gathered to celebrate Chanukah together at various events hosted by Chabad of Orange County, directed by Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston. Hundreds participated in the fun and festive events.
For the fourth straight year, the streets of Queens were lit up with a spectacular Menorah Parade, which spread the message of Chanukah to all.
On Tuesday evening, hundreds of Jews gathered at Prague’s main square to join in the Chanukah lighting by Rabbi Manis Barash, Head Shliach to the Czech Republic. Jews from all walks of life joined local government officials, Israeli ambassador Daniel Merom, and the guest of honor, Prime Minister-elect Andrej Babiš for the event.
JLI presents its unique two-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from a timely tale. This week’s video is titled: Logic vs. Holiness.
Shimon Rosenberg (Monsey, NY) and Goldie (bas R’ Menachem) Moskowitz (Crown Heights)
One Sunday they decided to cross the border and visit the Mexican town of Tijuana. They remained there the entire week, and on Friday morning they decided it is time to return. However, to his shock, at the border he was refused reentry into the United States. His visa was for a one time visit, and by leaving the States, the visa was no longer valid. He pleaded with the immigration guard, that he had another few months on his visa, but to no avail.
On the second night of Chanukah, close to 200 students braved freezing temperatures to join “Chanukah on Kogan,” at the George Washington University.
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Tinok Ben Shaina Chana Leah, for a speedy and complete recovery.
In an historic first, a large Menorah was displayed at the national landmark the Claremont Resort and Spa, which is the highest point in the Bay Area and can be seen for miles all around. The Menorah was installed by Shluchim Rabbi Yehuda and Miriam Ferris.
This cutting edge, fast moving — yet inspiring — 1-minute video on the weekly Parsha was created by Yitzchok Schmuckler from Montreal, and will be a new weekly feature here on CrownHeights.info. This week’s video for Parshas Mikeitz is titled: Who do you want to be?
In honor of Chanukah, RebbeDrive presents a gallery of 377 never-before-seen photos from ‘Chanukah Live’ 1991 (5752). Are you in any of them?
This week, as we celebrate Chanukah, we present excerpts of a letter from the Rebbe in which he explains why we give our children Chanukah Gelt, from the archives of the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
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