Baby Boy!
Sruli and Dina (nee Shpigelman) Krasnianski (Crown Heights)
JNet Dinner Highlights the Power of Mivtza Torah
Earlier this month, hundreds gathered at the Jewish Children’s Museum to look back on another successful year at JNet. The theme of the evening, “A Chossid Macht a Seviva” (a Chossid creates an environment), was especially apt as the room was permeated with tremendous pride, for being part of a greater good and for reigniting another Jew’s spark.
Photos: Preparation for Shabbos at the Ohel
Hundreds of Chassidim, Shluchim and Temimim from all over the world spent Shabbos at the Ohel, preparing for Gimmel Tammuz. The Ohel management was busy up until the final minutes before Shabbos preparing for the guests and making sure all their needs – both spiritual and physical – would be met.
New Shluchim to Illinois
Rabbi Mendy and Ariella Weg are moving together with their family on Shlichus to Evanston, Illinois, and will be working with the Jewish students studying at Northwestern University.
Weekly Letter: No Vacation from Torah and Mitzvos
This week, as we approach summer vacation, we present a letter the Rebbe composed especially for the Talks and Tales, a monthly children’s magazine which Rabbi Nissan Mindel authored in English for over 47 years (at the behest of the Frierdiker Rebbe, and which the Rebbe checked over each and every issue for the duration of the 47 years before they went to print). The letter contains a wonderful message to children and adults alike about the importance of Torah learning and Mitzvos during the summer months.
Weekly Story: Pass It Forward
A mother was driving in a rainstorm on a major road, her four young children in the car, when the car broke down. She was able to steer onto the shoulder of the road and got out of the car, hoping a motorist will stop by and assist her. However, five, ten and thirty long minutes passed and the cars just zoomed by her.
Beloved Teacher to Be Remembered with Sefer Torah
17 years ago, a large and diverse group of people suffered a tragedy – the passing of Rabbi Sholom Brashevitzky, OBM. Family, childhood friends, classmates, Farbrengen buddies and above all his beloved students. All suffered a tremendous loss, each in their own way.
New Book Gathers Rebbe’s Uplifting Views on Life
The latest book in the Advice for Life series, Kaleidoscope: Uplifting Views on Daily Life, distills hundreds of the Rebbe’s talks, letters and private encounters into 75 brief entries. As with the other books in the series, the easy-to-read text is presented with a crisp design and historical photos, some published for the first time.
Picture of the Day: Brunoy, France
The Shluchim of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, France, pose for a group portrait in front of the Yeshiva building as they bid farewell to each other and the students and staff of the Yeshiva.
Shabbos at the Besht: Connecting to the Rebbe
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yosi Zajac will lead a discussion on the topic: Connecting to the Rebbe.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a collection of photos of the Rebbe leading a Farbrengen, circa 1985.
Man Arrested for Assault on Elderly Jewish Man
A 72-year-old Jewish man was assaulted earlier this morning as he was walking on Kingston Avenue. The assailant then went on to threaten both Jewish and non-Jewish passersby that he would “kill them all.” The incident is being investigated as a possible hate crime.
North Korean Prisoner’s Jewish Identity Kept Secret
Days after the death of American college student Otto Warmbier who was imprisoned for 17 months in North Korea comes word that officials negotiating his release deliberately kept his Jewish identity hidden from his captors.
Shabbos Parking Rules Suspended on Eastern Pkwy.
A pilot program launched by the City of New York to cut Alternate Side Parking Rules on Eastern Parkway, will give Shabbos observing residents some parking reprieve.
Shliach Realizes Dream; Releases Debut Album
For more than two decades, Rabbi Ruvi New dreamed of a musical odyssey with a greater meaning, one that would perpetuate the words of the Lubavitcher Rebbe to listeners far and wide through song.
MyShliach Hosts Volunteer Appreciation Evening
Representing the parents of yaldei hashluchim around the globe, Rabbi Yosef Wolvovsky, shliach to Glastonbury, Connecticut, addressed bochurim at MyShliach’s annual evening of appreciation on Monday, 25 Sivan. Volunteering their time each week to learn and farbreng one-on-one over the phone with a young shliach, these bochurim serve as mentors to these boys, who lack local Chassidishe friends and chavrusas.
Today 76 Years Ago: Rebbe Arrives in the U.S.
Today marks the 76th anniversary of the Rebbe’s safe arrival to the united states. On the 28th of Sivan in 1941, the Rebbe arrived in America with his wife, Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka after fleeing war-torn Europe.
