The greater Los Angeles Jewish community came out in strength to joyfully and fittingly celebrate the legacy of the esteemed and world-renowned Shliach and teacher, Rabbi Yehoshua Binyomin Gordon OBM with the dedication of two newly-scribed Torah scrolls in his honor.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 203, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: If a Person Has Paid His Dues for Violating Others Should He Be Shamed for the Rest of His Life? Chassidus Applied to Purim; How Do We Avoid Passing on Our Trauma to Our Children? Should One Wait for a Stable Parnasa Before Getting Married? What Constitutes Healthy Eating According to the Torah? How Does Chassidus Explain G-d’s “Anger” and “Punishment”?
Hundreds of CTeeners took on NYC Friday, in style. Teens were treated to touring, sightseeing, and a taste of New York City with excursions such as the Freedom Tower, the new Tour Bus experience in Times Square, and a visit to the Statue of Liberty.
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the passing of Avraham Moshe (Mark) ben Pesach Faivel Jaffe OBM, a member and supporter of the Lubavitch Community of S. Paul, Minnesota. He was 64 years old.
CTeen made history on Motzai Shabbos with a inspirational Siyum Sefer Torah that was dedicated in honor of the victims of the Parkland, Florida victims, along with a Havdalah ceremony and concert in Times Square.
An American official told Reuters on Friday that the US embassy in Israel will move to Jerusalem this coming May.
A brazen thief, who was captured on surveillance video stealing packages and opening them before deciding to take the items, caught the attention of CBS News after being posted here on CrownHeights.info.
When I was going out with my wife, the process seemed completely smooth and straightforward. I was thrilled with everything I saw, enjoyed spending time with her, and felt whatever I thought I was supposed to feel. Everything was perfect. Then things got a little more serious.
Experience Havdalah like never before! Join 2,000 CTeen’ers live as they take over Times Square with a massive Havdalla and Jewish concert at the Crossroads of the World. Broadcast starts at 8:45pm and will be carried here on CrownHeights.info!
Rabbi Shaya Denburg, director of CTeen in Coral Springs, Fla., will bring a group to the convention for the first time this year. While he knew it was an important trip, it’s taken on added significance after the mass school shooting on Feb. 14 in which 17 people, most of them teens, were gunned down at a high school in nearby Parkland, Fla. Some of the teen delegates joining Denburg are students who survived the attack at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, while all the rest have many friends at the school.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Binyomin Kreigsman, a yungerman currently studying in Kollel, will lead a discussion on the topic of “the reasons for mishloach mannos and their effect in Halacha.”
United Lubavitcher Yeshiva is inviting the entire community to their annual Chinese Auction for an experience of Yerushalayim at Night.
CTeen’s 10th Annual Shabbaton kicked off tonight in Crown Heights with dinner, registration, and grand reunions of chapters from 400 cities worldwide.
As this Shabbos is Parshas Zochor (remembering what Amalek did to us and the obligation to obliterate Amalek from within us), Rabbi Avtzon shares a thought that was mentioned at a chassidishe farbrengen, which is based on a thought that was said in the name of the noted chossid Reb Yochanan Gordon.
On Erev Shabbos Zachor, thousands of additional “Likras Shabbos” booklets were sent to shuls from Bnei Brak to Boro Park, from Ma’ale Adumim to Miami… thanks to the thousands of participants in the annual Bayis Raffle. So, who gets to live “on the house” for the next six months?
