On Thursday afternoon, day 2 of the International Kinus Hashluchos, the Shluchos had lunch and then a welcome session, followed by additiona sessions at the Leonardo Plaza in Great Neck, New York. The afternoon sessions were followed by a lavish dinner at Oholei Torah.
President James Morales of Guatemala will attend a special Shabbat meal on Friday night in Manhattan, hosted by Chabad’s Jewish Latin Center.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yossi Newfield, who attended Lubavitch yeshivas, including the Heichal Menachem-Smicha Program, in Melbourne, Australia. He lectures on Jewish topics, primarily at senior residences in the Tri-State area, and will lead a discussion on the topic of “An Introduction to the Levush”, with particular emphasis on his impact on the Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch.
A move to have a street near Beis Rivkah receive an honorary naming has drawn criticism, and in a statement the school has now postponed the ceremony indefinitely. This move comes nine months after CrownHeights.info first brought to light a claim that the Rebbe was opposed to such a naming.
Police are investigating the shooting death of a 26-year-old man on Montgomery Street early Friday morning in Crown Heights.
In this weeks letter, The Rebbe explains how naaseh v’nishma, is not only a necessary condition of accepting the Torah – but additionally, as the true method to the understanding of the Torah and everything connected with it. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
Mendel and Sarale Blau (Crown Heights)
Sholy and Dena (nee Krafchik) Brown (London, England)
Shlomie and Mushkie (nee Lew) Segelman (Old Tappen, NJ)
Yossi and Leah Zlata (nee Dubov) Moscowitz (Wimbledon, England)
Danny and Rochel (nee Israel) Bharier (London, England)
Day 2 of the International Kinus Hashluchos began with a hearty breakfast at Oholei Torah, followed by morning sessions at Leonardo Plaza in Great Neck, New York.
Members of the 1976-77 class in Tomchei Temimim Brunoy, France are gathering for a reunion this Shabbos. Classmates came from all over the world, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brasil, Canada, France, Israel, the Netherlands and the U.S.
Paris Anash community marked Chof Beis Shvat with a farbrengen in the Beis Chaya Mushka community center and school. The farbrenged with area Shluchim.
Ahead of of Oholei Torahs massive fundraising campaign – which is titled “What is Breitkeit?” – they explain the meaning behind the word, and what the Rebbe used it for.
A Chabad Shliach, who is the head of religious services at a Kosher rehab facility, is joining in to help break the taboo of substance abuse within the orthodox Jewish communities. “When the number of addiction cases are increasing then we are at crises levels,” he said in an interview to Fox News, which doing a feature on a “kosher” addiction recovery center in New Jersey.
Chabad houses near and far are currently running their own Build-a-Bear inspired workshops with a twist: cuddly challah pillows. The event, designed by CKids of Merkos 302, teaches children about the ancient origins of Challah and its deeper connection with Shabbos.
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