Chabad Krakow Building from the Ashes
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.
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97-Year-Old in Wyoming Wraps Tefillin for the First 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.
Video: How Great Is the Power of Torah?
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?
London Community Celebrates Yeshiva’s Siyum
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.
Chabad.org Offers Early Look at New Siddur App
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.
Jewish Children in Lyon Enjoy 41st Year of Gan Israel
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.
Hospitality Shown to Thousands at Arizal’s Gravesite
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.
8:00pm: The Declining Standards at Chabad Weddings
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.
Photos: YSP Breaks Out in Color War!
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!
J’Ouvert Moved to Daylight This Year Following Violence
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.
Kansas Chabad House Damaged by Flooding
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.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R’ Ben-Ami Segall, OBM
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.
Photos: Campers of the First Month Bid Farewell
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.
Video: Frum Man Sings Anthem on Delayed Flight
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.
New Publication by Kehot Showcases Rebbe’s Siyum
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.
Weekly Story: Seeing the Positive
“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.”
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