The Gemara tells us that two of the main reasons the batei mikdash were destroyed were senseless hatred and not enough rebuking. How does that make sense? They seem to be opposites; and if not enough rebuking caused the beis hamikdash to be destroyed, does that mean we should start rebuking more to help it be rebuilt?
JEM presents a special playlist of videos connected to Tisha B’Av. As we mourn the the destruction of the Batei Mikdash, we pray for this day to be transformed into a joyous one with the arrival of Moshiach speedily.
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Tisha B’Av is titled: A Tale of Wail.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of Tishah B’Av for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
The secret of our continued survival is to invest in the future. Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz looks to our children for our future continuity. We are running a race against time and diminishing numbers and we need schools and enhanced education to keep up.
An arrest has been made in connection with the burning of a mini-bus, dubbed the “Mitzvah Bus,” that was torched just over one month ago. The suspect was charged with arson and criminal mischief, but was not charged with a hate crime.
For centuries, Krakow was a center of Jewish learning and growth in Eastern Europe. Home to a thriving community, Krakow represented virtually every section of the Jewish-European demographics of the time.
Edmond Gerald Meyer turned 13 in 1933 in Albuquerque, N.M., where his mother’s German-Jewish family had settled during the Civil War and founded a successful business that spanned the territory (as it was then known). Although the family occasionally attended synagogue services, “E.G.,” as he was called, never went to Hebrew school and cannot remember celebrating his bar mitzvah. That is, until this week.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vaeschanan. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How great is the power of Torah?
200 Rabbis and community members joined Yeshiva Gedolah Lubavitch of London for the 35th annual Siyum, celebrating the completion of Mesechtas Kesuvos by a number of its students.
The Siddur — the Jewish prayer book — is one of the essential texts in every Jewish home and is an important part of daily Jewish life both at home and beyond. It can be found in cars, briefcases, purses and backpacks of Jews of all backgrounds.
More than 40 years ago, the Rebbe instructed Rabbi Shmuel and Sorah Gurewitz, Shluchim to Lyon, France, to do their utmost to ensure every Jewish child has an education in a Jewish school.
The Chabad Shluchim in Tzfas, under the leadership of Rabbi Chaim Kaplan, set up a large tent at the gravesite of the Arizal to accommodate the thousands of Jews who came to mark his Yahrtzeit on the 5th of Av.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 173, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Chassidus Applied to Tisha B’Av; What Should We Make of the Recent Strife in Israel? When is it Okay to Deem a Task Impossible? How Does Inspiring Others Not Compromise My Own Personal Avodah? What Can We Do About the Declining Standards at Weddings? How to Improve One’s Memory.
Last Tuesday evening, all Talmidim of Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ, were invited to prepare a surprise birthday party to their dear Tanya Baal Peh Director, Levi Misholovin. What no-one expected was to be surprised with a Color War breakout!
After years of violence at the pre-dawn Caribbean festival of J’Ouvert, which takes place the night before Labor Day, organizers and officials said the celebration will take place during daylight hours this year.
Floodwaters from rainstorms have caused extensive damage to a Chabad synagogue in Overland Park, Kansas, which filled the center with 4 to 5 inches of water.
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