Picture of the Day: Not Just Another 770 Replica
This unique bounce-house for children to enjoy this Chol Hamoed was spotted in Israel by a CrownHeights.info reader.
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Video: A Different Sukkah on Wheels
A Lubavitcher Chosid in Israel found a creative and fun way to bring the Mitzvos of Sukkah and Daled Minim to his fellow Jews on the streets.
Miles-Long Traffic Jam Doesn’t Slow Sukkah Mobile
All lanes of the upper level of the Brooklyn-bound side of the Verrazano Bridge were blocked Monday night, causing traffic delays. Included in the jam, which stretched for almost five miles, was a sukka mobile returning from a day of mivtzoim in the Staten Island area. The vehicle sat idle, but the Bochurim that were on it did not.
Video: Why You Should Shake It on Sukkos
Sukkos celebrates differences. It’s about unity, but it is not about being the same. It’s about a unity in which we bring our differences along with us and engage each other and work together with those differences.
Rabbi Shimon Posner, Shliach of the Rebbe to Rancho Mirage, CA, penned a heartfelt and personal letter to the family of Dr. Yitzchok Block, OBM, describing the tremendous positive effect he had on all who encountered him, which he kindly allowed us to share with our readers.
The End of an Era: Remembering R’ Yitzchok Block
Rabbi Shimon Posner, Shliach of the Rebbe to Rancho Mirage, CA, penned a heartfelt and personal letter to the family of Dr. Yitzchok Block, OBM, describing the tremendous positive effect he had on all who encountered him, which he kindly allowed us to share with our readers.
Europe’s Largest Sukkah Goes Up in Moscow
An enormous sukka that can fit about 1,000 people was built just outside of Moscow’s Jewish Community Center in the Marina Roscha neighborhood.
Benny Stars in Music Video with Mitzvah Boulevard
Kulam Sharim — featuring Benny Friedman and the cast of Mitzvah Boulevard — is a truly pumping song that reminds us that the work of serving Hashem with joy is a serious one! So make sure you have your dancing shoes on, get your friends together, and enjoy!
Family Requests the Public’s Help Locating Their Son
The family of a 31-year-old man, who has been missing since Motzai Shabbos, is requesting the public’s help in locating him. UPDATE: He has been found!
Here’s My Story: The World Is My Teacher
Rabbi Leibel Posner was one of the first students of the yeshivah in 770 and was involved in Jewish education for many decades. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in November of 2006.
Video: The Key to Enjoying Torah Study
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on the weekly Parsha — this week with two videos, one for Parshas Vezos Habracha, and one for Bereishis. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the questions: what gift did Moshe Rabeinu give to us all? and what is the key to enjoy studying Torah?
Photos: Second Night of Live Music and Dancing
Jews of all backgrounds descended upon Crown Heights Sunday night to partake in Simchas Beis Hashoeva — the Simcha commemorating the drawing of the water in the times of the Beis Hamikdash. The live music and joyous dancing continued until sunrise.
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Binyomin and Chava Schechter (Crown Heights)
Laws and Customs: Hoshanah Rabbah, Shmini Atzeres and Simchas Torah
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Hoshanah Rabbah, Shmini Atzeres and Simchas Torah for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Photos: Gigantic Sukkah Serves Thousands of Guests
A massive sukkah was erected in the courtyard of Bais Rivkah by the Vaad Hatmimim, and now serves as the main “dining room” for the thousands of guests who arrived for Tishrei, after they outgrew the other Sukkahs in Kehot’s courtyard and elsewhere.
U.S. Senator Offers New Year Greetings
New Hampshire’s head Shliach, Rabbi Levi Krinsky, along with Upper Valley (Dartmouth College) Shliach Rabbi Moshe Leib Gray, met this week with U.S senator, Maggie Hassan (D-NH).
Picture of the Day: World’s Tallest Lulav
Crown Heightser Eli Blachman proudly holds the tallest Lulav in the world with his granddaughter, Luba Zarchi, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
Son of Russian Chief Rabbi Moves to Annexed Crimea
Rabbi Yechezkel Lazar, son of Russia’s Chief Rabbi and senior Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Rabbi Berel Lazar, has moved to — and intends to lead the Jewish community of — Simferopol, capital of the Republic of Crimea, which was forcibly annexed from Ukraine by the Russian military in 2014.
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