Video of the Day
Getting a person to laugh is always a fun prospect, getting a special person to laugh, priceless. Watch as Rabbi JJ Hecht gets the Rebbe to laugh, and comment below if you have any details on the video.
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Non Stop Purim in Kharkov
From the thousands of people at the circus on the eve of Purim, the hundreds of kindergarten and school children at the programs in the day, and the large crowd at the Royal Purim Seuda in the shule towards the end of the day- Purim in Kharkov this year, was a non stop day full of programs, megillah readings, mishloach manos and lots of fun!
It’s Twins, A Boy and a Girl!
Shmulik and Chayala Raices (Postville, Iowa)
BDE: Rebbetzin Shula Kazen, 96, OBM
With great sadness, we notify you of the passing of Rebbetzin Shula Kazen OBM, matriarch of a large Lubavitch family. She passed away Moitzai shabbos parshas Tzav at the age of 96.
New Engagement!
Yoni Bekhor (Crown Heights) and Malka Lipsker Crown Heights)
Israels Ambassador Joins Purim Seudah in Crown Heights
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon visited the house of Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky, and joined him for the Purim Seudah Thursday evening.
Rafi Eitan, Legendary Spy Who Captured Adolf Eichmann, Dies at 92
The legendary Israeli spy who masterminded the capture of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann has died at 92. Rafi Eitan was a Mossad agent in 1960 when, acting on information gathered by several independent Nazi hunters, he was dispatched as head of an Israeli intelligence squad to Buenos Aires to intercept Eichmann on his way home.
Mission Purim, In Coral Springs
What happens when you take a community with over 200 families and make it a mission to celebrate Purim across the city? Chabad of Coral Springs set out on a Mission yesterday, and we know that it was a success.
This Weeks Shalom Zochor List
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Shabbos Parshas Tzav:
Weekly Story: Unintentional Inspiration
I am pleased to announce that b’ezras Hashem my latest publication, Farbreng With Reb Binyomin Kletzker, (vol. 6 in the Early Chassidic Personalities series), is now available. Being that it is 260 pages, it is a hard cover book and I also changed the look of the cover. In honor of this milestone I am posting the first story in the book, as well as the farbreng (thought) on the story.
In Photos: Purim in Paris
Follow the Purim spirit through Paris as it goes second arrondissement of Paris next to the Bourse, and from there to district 11. It does not stop in the 12th arrondissement with Rabbi Yosef Martinez, but goes from there to the Paleziel, the Jewish center of Paris, and then go to the Paris suburb of Seizen with Rabbi Mendy Ouaki.
UN Human Rights Council Passes Measure Accusing Israel of War Crimes
The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday voted to adopt a report accusing Israel of human rights violations, including war crimes, for its response to violent riots and attacks on the Israeli border along the frontier with Gaza.
NCO Officers from the 71st Precinct visit a costumed child in Crown Heights, Photo from 71st Precinct)
71st Precinct Visits Its Newest Member This Purim
NCO’s from the NYPD 71st Precinct that covers the Crown Heights area made a stop this Purim to visit their newest and youngest members.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe as he exits the Mikvah on Union Street.
Weekly Letter: College Education, a Parents Role
In light of the recent scandal involving college admission and the parents of students – we share a letter of the Rebbe on the topic of college education and the role and attitude of parents in the matter.
President Trump Calls for Recognition of Israel’s Sovereignty over the Golan Heights
US President Donald Trump on Thursday made an unprecedented announcement, calling for the US to officially recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
Purim 5779: The Faces and Costumes
We present a photo gallery of the faces and costumes seen around Crown Heights on Purim day 5779.
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