Baby Girl!
Shmueli and Sora (nee Margolis) Milecki (Crown Heights)
8:00pm: Is Handwriting Analysis Legitimate?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 191, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Handwriting Analysis (Graphology): Is It Legitimate from a Chassidic Perspective? What Is the Relevance of Yud Tes Kislev Today? How to Teach a Child Shomer Negia; What Can I Do About Procrastination and Memory Improvement? What Is the Best Way to Inculcate Kabolas Ol and Respect in Students?
8th Day Headlines School’s Auction Event
Over 200 gathered this Motzai Shabbos to support the PTA of Oholei Torah at their annual auction event, featuring a performance by the 8th Day.
Picture of the Day: Satmar and Chabad
The Satmar Rebbe greets Chabad philanthropist Reb Shlomo Drimmer with a smile at a fundraiser for Hatzalah, hosted in the home of Reb Avrohom Braun.
Photo Gallery: The Rebbe Being Mesader Kidushin
In honor of entering the 90th year since the Rebbe’s wedding, we present a gallery of vintage photos of the Rebbe being Mesader Kidushin at Chuppahs, which he regularly did until 1960. The gallery was made available by Rebbe Drive.
Great Debates: The Road to the Chassidic Renaissance
17th century Polish and Ukrainian Jewry faced genocidal massacres, communal collapse, poverty, and social rifts, followed by the unbearable disappointment of a false Messiah, and the rise of corrupt rabbinical leadership. Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov then stepped into this void with the teachings of Chassidism.
Weekly Story: The Rebbe’s Gift
For this week’s story, Rabbi Sholom Avtzon returns with a 7th installment of the story of Malka, the orphaned girl who thought that she had been abandoned, but whom the Rebbe showed that she was not.
‘Revenge’ Threatened on Ukraine Synagogue
A day after graffiti calling for “Death to Kikes” appeared on the wall of the Hesed Shpira Jewish social services building in Uzhgorod, western Ukraine, Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Mendy Wilhelm awoke to find a threatening anti-Semitic slur spray painted onto the wall of his synagogue and Jewish community center in the same city.
New Shluchim to Long Beach, CA
Rabbi Levi and Rochie Perelmuter have embarked on a new Shlichus, to serve in the existing Chabad Center the ‘Shul by the Shore’ in Long Beach, CA, where they will focus on youth outreach.
Video: Anniversary of the Rebbe’s Marriage
On 14 Kislev in 1928, the Rebbe married Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, the middle daughter of the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson. In this talk, delivered during a public gathering marking the fiftieth anniversary of this special occasion, the Rebbe addressed the cause for celebration.
Motzei Shabbos: Rally at the Ohel
On Motzei Shabbos, the 14th of Kislev (December 2), there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12, featuring a great program with a Melave Malka, a story and a raffle. Buses will leave 770 at 6:15pm and return at 8:45pm. Transportation will cost $3.
Weekly Letter: Chabad and Politics
This week, we present a letter from the Rebbe to a well-known public figure regarding Chabad efforts in the political sphere (in Washington D.C.), with basic guidelines about public relations, intervention/shtadlonus and dealing with people of influence. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
Shabbos at the Besht: Mezonos Before Davening
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Avrohom Eliyohu Wudowsky will lead a discussion on the topic: Mezonos before davening – An in-depth analysis.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a unique photo of the Rebbe standing on his platform following davening, circa 1982.
Northeast Earthquake Rattles New York City
The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that there has been an earthquake along the East Coast, which was felt by some people in the New York City area.
Baby Girl!
Shmuli and Mushky Tuvel (Kew Gardens, NY)
Op-Ed: Please Don’t Wait Till I’m Dead to Say Hello
“Why do we need to wait for bad things to happen to someone before we even bother to acknowledge that they exist?” asks Florida Shliach Rabbi Avrohom Brashevitzky in this striking op-ed. “Are we worth more dead than alive?”
