With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mr. Norbert Nemon OBM (Menachem ben Binyomin Mendel HaLevi) of Walnut Creek, CA, father of Dr. Binyomin Nemon of Crown Heights. He passed away on Sunday, the 19th Shevat at the age of 91.
Dov Ber and Tzippy (nee Jaffe) Dukes (Chicago, IL)
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 200, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Chassidus Applied to Chof Beis Shevat: 30th Yahrzeit of the Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka; How Do We Determine the Validity of a Torah Teacher? Why Did G-d Create the World for His Pleasure at Our Expense? How Can We Get Men to Be More Refined? Why Don’t We Daven the Way Chassidus Expects of Us? Does the Inanimate World “Feel” Things?
Police in Belgium arrested a man who is suspected of trying to ram with his car an Orthodox man and a child on a street in Antwerp.
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message. This week’s video for Parshas Shekolim is The Truth About Money.
Avrohom Menachem and Sorale Nelken (Kingston, PA)
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Annie (Masuda) Nemni OBM, a member of the London, England Chabad community and mother to a large family. She was 60 years old.
After many years of negotiations, yesterday the authorities in the Siberian city of Tomsk returned its historical shul to the Jewish community. This shul was built by the Cantonists who were exiled to distant Siberia by the Russian Czar.
At this years Kinus Hashluchos Banquet Mrs. Julie Gniwisch from Montreal, will introduce the Annual Roll Call, one of the Banquet highlights, representing the many partners that support their Shluchos and are attending the Kinus.
Ari and Chaya Kirschenbaum (Brooklyn, NY)
Mendy and Grunie Uminer (Chestnut Hill, MA)
Since this upcoming Wednesday is Chof-Beis (the 22nd) of Shevat, the Yahrzeit of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, I chose to relate the following vignette/snippet of her life, with the hope that we will learn from it. As the Rebbe continuously said after her petirah, Vihachai yieten el libo – and the living shall take to heart.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Mordechai Shtern, the Rav of Tannersville Lubavitch community and accomplished Mechanech, will lead a discussion on the topic of Proper Chinuch in Today’s World.
President Donald Trump ordered the release of a controversial memo, compiled by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes. The memo details abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in targeting a U.S. citizen and volunteer for the Trump presidential campaign, based on information contain in the infamous and widely debunked dossier. Full Memo in the extended article.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a photo of The Rebbe waving to a crowd of woman as he exits following an address.
In this weeks letter the Rebbe shares some interesting insights into the question of the validity of the Revelation at Sinai, and as it relates to other religions. As well as the doing of mitzvos (na’asse) before the study (nishma) which then, significantly, brings to new insights and better understanding of the Torah and mitzovs. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
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 Yisro is titled: What is humility?
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