$25,000 Raffled Off At Hatzalah Melava Malka
Hundreds of men and women turned out this Motzai Shabbos for Crown Heights Hatzalah’s annual Melava Malka, health symposium and raffle for $25,000.
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Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mr. Ron Tatarka, 58, OBM
With great sadness and shock we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of Mr. Reuvain (Ron) Tatarka OBM, a members and supporter of the Chabad community in Melbourne. He was 58 years old.
Live Broadcase: Hatzalah Melava Malka
Ended: Hatzalah of Crown Heights is holding their annual Melava Malka and health symposium in the Oholei Torah Ballroom. An archive of the broadcast is now available for viewing.
Ben Faulding (L) with the headphones that he was wearing during the encounter with the police (R).
Man says he was Almost Shot While Buying Conditioner
Imagine walking into a convenience store with your headphones on, picking out a conditioner bottle — then turning around to see two police officers pointing their guns at you. That’s what happened to Ben Faulding, a black Jewish New Yorker while walking back from his gym in Long Island, New York, and stopped to buy some toiletries.
Braving the Cold, Anash Attend Hakomas Hamatzaiva
On a sunny, frigid morning in January, a small group of people gathered in a Minnesota cemetery. Windchills plunging past 25 below zero did not deter them, for theirs was a time-honored and sacred task.
Video: “The Rebbe Told Me to Enter the Air Force”
Rabbi Henry Isaacs served as rabbi on Bangor, Maine, for close to forty years. In 1958, he was a rabbinical student at Yeshiva University, and was engaged to be married. He had plans to enter the Armed Forces and join the Air Force. His father wouldn’t agree and unsure how to proceed, he turned to the Rebbe.
Video: Saluting the Hosting Capital of the World
Ahead of this years CTeen Shabbaton, a ‘thank you letter’ in the form of a video – with members of the CTeen headquarters – thank Crown Heights for being the Hachnosas Orchim capitol of the world.
Rabbi Yanki Tauber, author of the new book (L) and Rabbi Simon Jacobson, director of the Meaningful Life Center.
Meaningful Life Center Publishes The Inside Story II
The Inside Story: A Chassidic Perspective on Biblical Events, Laws, and Personalities, Volume II: Shemos,by Rabbi Yanki Tauber, hits bookstores just in time for when we begin reading this second book of the Torah. This new volume is being met with great anticipation and demand—following the immense popularity of the first volume on Bereishis, released last year.
Motzai Shabbos: Melava Malka and $25,000 Raffle!
This Motzai Shabbos, men and women are invited to join Hatzalah of Crown Heights for a Melava Malka, featuring a hot buffet and wine tasting, alongside a health symposium, raffle for $25,000, and entertainment by Yehuda Green, a noted singer and composer. Also, a rare double bottle of Yarden Cab 2010 in a wood box will be raffled off among those in attendance.
Weekly Story: The Most Precious Gift
When a handyman was doing work in the home of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin, he seized the opportunity to ask the Rebbe to share a vort [Jewish thought], so the Rebbe shared the story of a man who received an item that once graced the table of a king, and how it relates to our praise of G-d.
Multiple Sickened in Romaine Lettuce E. Coli Outbreak
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the Public Health Agency of Canada are investigating an outbreak of E. Coli on both sides of the border that has sickened dozens.
Shabbos at the Besht: Torah and Health
This Shabbos at the Besht, Yossi Klein will lead a discussion on the topic: Torah and Heath.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a photo of the Rebbe distributing Kos Shel Brocho.
Weekly Letter: Why Jews Fear Gentiles
With the current anti-Jewish and anti-Israel climate in the world and at the United Nations, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he addresses the predisposition of Jews to fear gentiles. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
Photos: Crown Heights Gets Blanketed in Snow
Nearly a foot of snow fell in New York City, though high winds caused drifts as deep as two feet. Our photographer braved the elements and captures some of the sights.
Storm Doesn’t Deter Mesivta Bochurim
Severe weather and snow did not stop Bochurim from Oholei Torah Mesivta from getting to Yeshiva early to participate in a special Mivtza preparing for Yud Shvat.
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