We know that we celebrate the giving of the Torah on Shavuos, and that chassidus teaches us to truly cherish the value of Torah. But why? Is it fair to say that the entire Torah is an analogy? Rabbi Yisroel Glick answers these questions in this clear, concise, and engaging video that’s only 2 minutes long.
Ephraim Carlebach (S. Agathe, Canada) and Kraina Reiber (Crown Heights)
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 164, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Chassidus Applied to Shavuos; If our Forefathers Kept the Torah, What Was the Purpose of Mattan Torah? What is the Torah View on the US Embassy Relocation to Jerusalem? Is There a Difference Between Sadness and Emptiness?
97-year-old Marthe Cohn told the remarkable story last week of how a slight Jewish girl from France crossed into enemy lines and became a spy who helped end World War II to a rapt audience at the Chabad Jewish Community Center of Folsom, CA.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) and parking meter regulations will be suspended on Monday, May 29, for Memorial Day.
Avrohom and Sara Leah (nee Rockford) Perl (Coral Springs, FL)
At the beginning of a takeoff of BizTank, the Orthodox-Jewish version of ABC’s “Shark Tank,” an Israeli in a beige kippah, gray blazer, pink shirt and blue jeans stood before a panel of five investors — two with black kippahs and beards, one in an ankle-length dress with long sleeves.
Brazilian singer Micha Gamerman is back with his third animated music video, this one for Shavuos. He already released Purim and Pesach Medleys off his latest hit album, Moadei Yisrael Im Micha Gamerman, which were huge hits.
The Rebbe followed closely the success of the Oholei Torah Dinners, in fact, when questioned whether to hold a Dinner every year, the Rebbe encouraged that it be a yearly event. The Rebbe wrote a letter for each Dinner, carrying an important message to the guests, as well as to the mossad. As the Gala Dinner is this weekend, Sunday, the 3rd of Sivan, an astounding discovery was noticed in the last letter that Oholei Torah merited to receive from the Rebbe, 26 years ago.
One of the students’ non-religious Jewish professors came along to the Yechidus, and evidently he wasn’t too happy when he noticed that some or many of the students were taking the Rebbe’s words to heart, and were resolving to strengthen their commitment to Torah and mitzvos. So when the Rebbe said he is open to hear and answer anyone’s question, the professor himself decided to ask what he thought would be a knockout question.
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Parshas Bamidbar is titled: Just God and You.
Gan Yisroel of Crown Heights Day Camp is pleased to announce registration for yet another exciting summer, filled with learning, exciting activities & trips, and all in the most pleasant atmosphere!
Levi and Toba Leah (nee Namdar) Golomb (Crown Heights)
JLI’s newest course, Survival of a Nation, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the miraculous Israeli victory in the Six-Day War. To introduce the course to tens of thousands of students across the globe, JLI created this documentary summarizing the events leading up to the war.
This week in Berlin, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel hosted an international conference for religious leaders on the topic of “Responsibility of Religions for Peace.” At the end of the Conference, Gabriel met personally with Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, Rabbi of the Jewish community of Berlin and the local Chabad Shaliach, and asked him to give over an important message to the Jewish community.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Seligson will lead a discussion on the topic: Shavuos with the Rebbe and 50 years to the miracles of the 6 day war.
With great sadness and pain, we inform you of the untimely passing of Hatomim Menachem Mendel Bruchstat, OBM, of Crown Heights. He was 19 years old.
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