Students Rewarded with Skiing Trip
This past week, students in Oholei Torah Mesivta enjoyed a day of skiing at Montage Mountain in Pennsylvania. The trip was a culmination of prizes and events for a month long mivtza connected with Yud Shvat.
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Baby Boy!
Shua and Hindy (nee Deitsch) Brook (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Motti and Esther (nee Banon) Goldstein (Crown Heights)
Info to Be Menachem Avel R’ Daniel Wolff
Rabbi Daniel Wolff is sitting Shiva after the passing of his mother, Millie, OBM, at 1533 President Street [between Albany and Troy Aves.] until Tuesday morning. Shachris – 7:30. Mincha – 5:25, (Friday – 2:00). Maariv – 6:00. Hamokom Yenachem […]
Weekly Letter: Deeper Meaning of the 10 Commandments
This week, as we read in the Torah Parshas Yisro, we present a letter from the Rebbe discussing the deeper significance of the Ten Commandments – the connection between the profound principle of monotheism contained in the first two commandments and the apparently simple and obvious injunctions of the last few commandments. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
Rabbi Zalmi and Patsonia Lipinski with their two daughters, standing outside Tempo Gabriel in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
New Shluchim to Argentina
Mar del Plata, located in Argentina’s Buenos Aires Province, is a bustling beach city found on the country’s east coast. With a permanent population of 750,000, and nearly eight times that number of annual tourists, Mar del Plata is the seventh-largest city in Argentina and home to an estimated 5,000 Jews, who now have their own Chabad branch.
Dads Hold the Fort While Wives in New York
Growing up as the child of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries to Skokie, Ill., Chabad.org writer Menachem Posner remembers the weekend in the winter when his mother would go to New York for the annual Kinus Hashluchos. For her, it was a time to catch up with her siblings and parents, trade tips on education and camp administration, and most importantly, to bask in the presence of the Rebbe. But for the kids, it meant one thing: eggs.
New Engagement!
Abbi (ben R’ Mendel) Levin (Crown Heights) and Brachie (bas R’ Israel) Goldshmid (Crown Heights/Seattle)
Trump Slams Frum Reporter in Press Conference; Calls His Question ‘Insulting’
President Donald Trump shouted down an Orthodox-Jewish reporter at today’s White House press conference, after he began asking Trump about the rise of anti-Semitic incidents across the United States.
Following Successful Fundraiser, School Now Has a New Home
Founded ten years ago, Bnos Chomesh has yet to have a place to call its own, wandering year after year to new locations. But on Monday this all changed with the school’s purchase of a new property in Crown Heights, to serve as its permanent home.
CTeen Chapters Count Down to NYC Shabbaton
As the CTeen INTL Shabbaton draws closer, chapters from around the world have begun preparing for the momentous and record breaking weekend. The 9th annual CTeen Shabbaton, which will take place IY”H 27-30 Shevat, is expected to draw over 2,000 teens, shluchim, and chaperones.
Photos: Many Attend Levaya of Beloved Musician
Dozens gathered in front of 770 – the Lubavitch World Headquarters – to partake in the Levaya for R’ Eli Lipsker OBM, a beloved and talented musician from Crown Heights.
Anti-Semites Target California Chabad Center
California authorities are asking the public to help identify those responsible for several cases of anti-Semitic notes found in various Oak Park locations, including a Chabad center.
New Engagement!
Shmuly Lehrer (Crown Heights) and Dini Levine (Agoura Hills, CA)
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Story: The Tuition Was Paid in Full
Leizer (a pseudonym) is currently studying at the Yeshivah Gedolah of Melbourne. At a Farbrengen during the recent Yeshivah Gedolah Shabbaton, Leizer recounted his extraordinary experiences in which the Hashgocha Protis was clearly evident, which a participant at the Farbrengen transcribed for CrownHeights.info’s readers.
New Engagement!
Shmuly (ben Mendel) Hershkop (Crown Heights) and Yocheved (bas Itche) Marozov (Crown Heights)
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