Watch: Birkas Kohanim at the Kotel
Watch as thousands of people flocked to the Kotel to participate in birkas Kohanim on the first day of Chol Hamoed Pesach.
Baby Girl!
Gavriel and Bryna (nee Segelstein) Cohen (Lauderhill, FL)
Ukraine to Elect Jewish President, Exit Polls
According to preliminary exit polls, the Ukrainian president elect will be Jewish Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky. The projected election win is being called a landslide that will make Ukraine the only country outside of Israel to have both a Jewish president and prime minister.
Anti Semitic Arsonist Strikes Russian Yeshiva Just before Yom Tov
An anti-Semitic Arsonist struck yeshivas Toras Chaim in Moscow just hours before Yom Tov, destroying the kosher L’Pesach food, and painting swastikas on the building.
Montreal Parades for Yud Aleph Nissan
A team effort of locals, bochurim and Anash brought together created this amazing Yud Aleph Nissan Tank Parade. Four Mitzvah Tank,s a video truck, and horses paraded through the streets of Montreal this past Wednesday, marking the Rebbe’s birthday.
Terror In Sri Lanka Kills 200, and Injures Hundreds More
Terrorists struck multiple prayer sites in Sri Lanka Sunday in an attack that killed over 200 people, and injured hundreds more. The attacks targeted non Jewish places of worship.
A Kosher & Frailichen Pesach!
CrownHeights.info would like to wish all our readers a Happy, Kosher and Frailichen Pesach! In observance of the Yom Tov, there will be no updates starting from sundown tonight through nightfall on Sunday.
Selling the Chametz in Brooklyn Heights
Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin, Rabbi of Congregation B’nai Avraham and Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights, sells the chometz to Captain Adeel Rana of the 84th NYPD Police Precinct.
Erev Pesach: Selling the Chometz in Crown Heights
Rabbis Moshe Bogomilsky and Shimon Hecht gathered in the offices of National Committee to do the traditional sale of the Chometz [leavened breads] to a gentile. Also at the sale was Rabbonim Rabbi Zirkind, Rabbi Wolvovsky, Rabbi Shuchat and Rabbi Holtzman.
Picture of the Day
Rabbi Moshe Havlin, the Chabad Rav of Kiryat Kat, sells the chametz in Israel.
In Photos: Erev Pesach in Moscow
See in photos as the last Peasch preparations are completed, the Chametz is burned, and the rest sold.
Video of the Day
When Chabad Shliach Rabbi Yirmi Cohen handed a box of Shmurah Matzahah to Mr. John Tory, the Mayor of Toronto, and Councillor James Pasternak, he was not expecting a full rendition on the meaning Maztzah.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe as he receives an aliya on Chol Hamoed.
Video of the Day
Watch from beginning to end how hand made Shmurah Matzah takes shape. The entire process, done in 18 minutes or less, makes for a crunchy, crispy, and slightly burnt Mitzvah.
Weekly Letter: The Message of Pesach in Our Daily Life
In this weeks letter in honor of Pesach, the Rebbe letter explains the message of Pesach in our daily life: the tremendous accomplishment a Jew is able to achieve if he only wills it: going from the lowest depths to the loftiest spiritual heights.
Picture of the Day
Following Crown Heights Hatzalah’s Fast and professional response to yesterdays police involved accident, the 71st precinct tweeted out a thanks to the volunteers of the amazing organization. See here for full accident story.
William Barr Releases Mueller Report, No Collusion
US Attorney General William Barr released a redacted version of the Mueller report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election Thursday morning. Speaking at a press conference, Barr said that he would provide copies of the public version of the report to the ranking members of the Senate and House judiciary committees and that the report would be posted on the Department of Justice website.
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