I am a businessman, an industrialist. And the story I have to tell here is how my family – despite the indisputable logic of the naysayers and despite our own finely-honed business sense – invested in a textile business in Israel, knowing it would be a losing proposition. We thought of it as a charitable donation, a short-term loss, because there was no way this business was going to survive long-term.
Bentzy Zirkind (Montreal, Canada) and Leah (bas Chaim) Miller (Crown Heights)
Coinciding with anniversary of the passing of R. Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, the father of the Rebbe, Kehot Publication Society has just released “An Inner Perspective,” a book based on his Kabbalistic writings. Inline with the Rebbes request that his teachings be studied on the yohrtziet Kehot released one essay here, in the Extended Article.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on Parashs Eikev. This week he answers the question: How can we receive the greatest blessings? – based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Dovid Grossbaum (Indiana) and Chani Vogel (England)
Massachusetts Shlucha, Mrs. Esther Kosofsky, published a book titled “The Secret of Carlos Romanus” aimed at you readers and is inspired by the Jewish values her father Rabbi Dovid Edelman OBM worked tirelessly to instill in his community.
Myrna Horton, 84, was eager to talk about why she decided to leave a legacy gift to Chabad of Tustin, Calif. “I feel so good knowing that some of my estate will be used for children’s education. It’s so important for children to learn about their religion,” she told Chabad.org.
In the times of the second Beis Hamikdash, Tu B’av was a day of celebration and one for matchmaking amongst Jewish singles who longed to build a Bayis Neeman. It is with that in mind that newcomer Shmuly Hurwitz is releasing his debut single “Mi Adir”. The song was originally composed for his wife. It is now being released with the hope that this year will bring many shidduchim for all singles worldwide.
They sit there day in and day out. Holocaust survivors volunteering at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. and on a recent Wednesday, they had an unusual experience. They met with a group of young students who had just toured the museum. Members of the Yeshivas Kayitz of Pittsburgh, they were fascinated to hear the elderly gentlemen’s stories. But then one of the boys asked a question that was unrelated to the presentation: “Would you like to put on tefillin?”
A school bus carrying girls from the Beis Rivka Day Camp was involved a crash with a number of parked cars on East New York Avenue. Witnesses said the bus went the wrong way on Kingston Avenue shortly before the crash.
Elchonon Reizes (Crown Heights) and Naomi Bier (Baltimore, MD/Houston, TX)
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 223, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Can I Write a Pidyon to Other Rebbes, or Only to My Own Rebbe? If a School Is Doing Things Counter to the Rebbe’s Directives, Is It Considered a Lubavitch School? If My Soul Is Jewish (Born to a Jewish Mother), Does That Automatically Make My Body Jewish, Even If My Father Is Not Jewish? How to Be a Good Parent? Continued; Chassidus Applied to Chof Av; What Is the Difference Between the Kabbalah of the Rama”k and the Kabbalah of the Arizal?
It is now almost three years that I began writing and posting a Weekly Story. None of them have triggered so many comments of thanks, curiosity as well as some skepticism as the chronicles of Malka, initially posted under the title “You Were Not Abandoned.”
Shaya and Aydel (nee Rabin) Zirkind (Crown Heights)
Yankel and Chaya Mushka (nee Katzman) Raskin (Crown Heights)
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Tzvi Rimler, a teacher and lecturer in Crown Heights, will lead a discussion on the topic of The Final Word – Part 2, A fascinating look into the meaning of Amen and its lesser-known facts.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a photo of The Rebbe delivering a maamar, circa 1952.
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