When I was four years old, all the Jews of my birthplace – Gura Humorului, Romania – were deported to Transnistria, where most perished at the hands of the fascists allied with the Nazis, including my own grandmother. My family and I survived and, in 1950, just before my Bar Mitzvah, we managed to leave Romania and immigrate to Israel.
Avraham Yeshaya and Sarah Weinstock (Melbourne, Australia)
With Gimmel Tammuz falling out on Shabbos, organizers at the Ohel have been preparing for the tens of thousands expected to visit over the weekend, and for the thousands that will stay in the proximity of the Ohel over Shabbos.
This weekly fast moving — yet inspiring — 1-minute video on the weekly Parsha is created by Yitzchok Schmuckler, a Bochur from Montreal. This week’s video for Parshas Korach is titled: Unity in G-dly Division.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on Parashs Korach. This week he answers the question: What is the correct way to do a Mitzvha? – based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Last week, 27 campus Shluchos from around the world came together to learn from industry experts and to share ideas at the first Chabad on Campus International Shluchos Pedagogy Training. The group spent three intense days at the DoubleTree Hilton hotel in Newark, New Jersey, learning with renowned presenters and focusing on developing key skills.
After 50 years of incredible success, the Tefillin campaign the Rebbe launched prior to the Six Day War is about to spread like wildfire. WRAPP, a brand new mobile app that merges cutting-edge technology with good old-fashioned Ahavas Yisroel, puts a powerful tool in the pocket of every Lubavitcher to fulfill the Rebbe’s vision of enabling every Jewish male over age 13 to wrap Tefillin.
A capacity crowd exceeding 500 guests joined with Chabad of the Conejo and friends on Sunday, June 10th, at the world-class Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake, California, for a memorable Banquet-Gala event, titled “Aspire to Inspire.”
A video of Rabbi Isser Lubecki, a 27-year-old Chabad rabbi from France, helping a Deaf Jewish man put on tefillin and say the Shema in sign language, recently went viral. Viewed tens of thousands of times across various social networks, the video shows Lubecki helping the man with the mitzvah.
When Danny Green was born with Partial Trisomy 18 (a rare chromosomal disorder similar to Down syndrome) in 1972, doctors knew of only seven other documented cases. They suggested that his parents leave him behind in the hospital; his prospects for life were slim, his chance for a meaningful existence next to none.
The Lubavitcher Yeshiva Simcha Hall on Crown and Albany in Crown Heights was swarming with hundreds of boys this past Thursday evening, 24 Sivan, ready to receive their long-awaited “sefarim vouchers” that they earned this year by attending Yeshivas Erev.
A very unique Tanya was printed at the headquarters of the British Army, to give strength and support the members of the armed forces.
On a beautiful sunny Sunday in Los Angeles, girls from Bais Chaya Mushka, along with their mothers and bubbies, enjoyed an afternoon in a sunflower garden.
Sometimes what happens in Vegas shouldn’t just stay in Vegas. Levi Harlig’s extraordinary bar mitzvah is one of them. Levi gave a flawless reading of Parshat Naso, the longest Torah portion of the year, and delivered a Chassidic discourse in Yiddish and Hebrew last Shabbat morning at Chabad of Green Valley/Henderson in Las Vegas. The following evening, the 13-year-old sang and drummed for three hours with entertainer Avraham Fried at a community-wide celebration at the Four Seasons Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.
Bochurim and staff of Yeshiva Ktana Lubavitch in London, England pose for a group photo.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 216, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Gimmel Tammuz: 24 Years Later; Why Don’t We Speak About the Details of Gimmel Tammuz as We Do About Yud Shevat, Beis Nissan, Chof Dalet Teves Etc.? Why Don’t We Appoint a New Rebbe? Did the Rebbe Take Responsibility for Shluchim? How Does the Rebbe Answer Us Today? What Is the Meaning of Going to the Ohel or Writing into the Igros? How Do We Understand the Different Statements the Rebbe Made About Moshiach, the Dor Ha’Shevii, the Leader of the Generation, and the Frierdiker Rebbe?
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