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.
With sadness we inform you of the passing on Shabbos of Reb Ben-Ami Segall, a resident of Crown Heights for 25 years and more recently of Florida.
The atmosphere in the dining room was a mixture of joy and melancholy as the first trip of Camp Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY, came to an end. Joy, as the winners of bunk, learning class, and sports competitions were announced, and the sadness of parting as campers wished their friends farewell.
When the flight attendants announced that his plane would be delayed on the tarmac for an hour, Raffie Zuroff, an Orthodox-Jewish man, volunteered to sing the National Anthem for the passengers and crew.
A new book by Kehot in English presents a Talmudic exegesis by the Rebbe. Adapted from two siyumim delivered by the Rebbe (on tractates Makkot and Yoma), Of Tears and Laughter focuses on two moving Talmudic stories that occurred in the aftermath of the destruction of the second Beit Hamikdash.
“Seeing their guns and bayonets, we realized we are doomed, and thought that if we make one move they will shoot us on the spot. After all, that was Stalin’s guideline, shoot any person that tries to leave the USSR. Being that they didn’t shoot, we thought they will interrogate us in Russian, and we will respond in a very broken Russian that we are Polish citizens and maybe they will let us go.”
This week, during the Nine Days and also at a time of increased tension in Eretz Yisroel, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he discusses the idea of remedying the ills that brought about the tragedy of Tisha B’Av, as well as helping our brethren in the Holy Land. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
Chaim Shmuel and Shprintzah (nee Gutnick) Ladaev (Crown Heights)
Tani Rapoport (Vineland, NJ) and Chanchi Hoch (Pittsburgh, PA)
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Avraham Lerner will lead a discussion on the topic: Making the 9 days an uplifting experience.
The Jewish community of Kharkov, Ukraine, welcomed special guests for Shabbos last weekend in what turned out to be a unifying and moving experience.
A new set of rules for proper conduct inside 770 has been posted by the Gaboim. Do you agree with all of them? Anything missing from the list? Share your opinion in the comments section.
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