Dozens of ‘Mitzvah Tanks’ took to the streets of New York City to spread the message of redemption and of Pesach, as a ‘gift’ to the Lubavitcher Rebbe marking his 116th birthday. A simultaneous ‘rally’ for children took place in front of 770 – the Lubavitch World Headquarters.
For decades, emissaries of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement have set up tefillin stands in universities and at street corners around the world, looking to encourage Jewish passersby to put on phylacteries. One such tefillin stand in Paris received a most unusual visitor on Monday, when a middle-aged tourist from Morocco approached the stand and began chatting about the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
In honor of Yud Aleph Nissan, I am posting the following thought and story about the Rebbe that I heard from Rabbi Nissin Mangel this past Shabbos in Ksav Sofer, who heard it directly from the person himself.
Behind the scenes photos of Operation Survival’s upcoming children’s music video staring popular Jewish singer Eli Marcus, and local Yeshiva students.
When 20-year-old rabbinical students Mendel Kastel and Mendel Lipskier arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, on very short notice in April 1989, they knew they had their work cut out for them. But they were ready.
63 Crown Heights seventh graders competed against each other in the ‘Chidon Halichos Olam,’ demonstrating their broad knowledge of the laws of Tefilin.
Canadian college students engaged in a weekend of fun, friends and Jewish learning during the Chabad on Campus Canada Pegisha at Camp Bnai Brith in Quebec March 9-11.
JLI presents its unique two-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from a timely tale, titled; An Extra Matzah.
A garage used from the storage of paper goods and plastic goods went up in flames Monday afternoon, shutting down Kingston Avenue for nearly two hours and causing significant damage.
A shoplifter was apprehended after walking out of the Empire Kosher supermarket with over $200 worth of soap.
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.
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)?
Yaak Kaplan (Baltimore, MD) and Chana Harrison (Montreal, Canada)
Oren and Mushky (nee Tennenhaus) Hizkiya (Brooklyn, NY)
Roovy and Shevy (nee Leeds) Shapiro (Hallandale, FL)
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.
Mendel Kremer (Montreal, Canada) and Rochie Kramer (Monreal, Canada)
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