The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office is investigating anti-Semitic propaganda, implicating the Chabad movement in a medieval blood libel against Christian boys, that was faxed to their office on Friday.
As Chanukah quickly approaches, preparations are in full swing at the Baltimore City Hall. On Wednesday, December 21st, the Mayor of Baltimore, Catherine Pugh, together with City Council President Jack Young, City Comptroller Pratt, and members of the City council, welcomed City Hall’s 6-foot Menorah, which is proudly displayed in the heart of the building.
Yosef went looking for his brothers. Why? How does this concept apply to us? Do we too need to go far or into the zone of danger to accomplish this? Rabbi Avrohom Brashevitzky, Shliach to Doral, FL, shares his thoughts on this week’s Parsha – Vayeishev.
A 14-year-old teenager was arrested late Thursday night in connection with two robberies of Jewish woman at knifepoint in Crown Heights.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yisroel Pekar will lead a discussion on the topic of Nittel Nacht.
They two brothers left the market very sad and discouraged and slowly began the long trek returning to their home in the village, with the donkey and no money. Having gone nearly to the village but not quite there, the donkey suddenly would not move any further, it refused to budge. All their coaxing was to no avail.
For decades, Shluchim have shared the miracles of Chanukah with the world in ever more exciting public ways. Now they – and you, too – can harness the power of the internet to bring Chanukah to the furthest corners of the globe. No permits required!
Yosef and Nechama Rivka (nee Zirkind) Hershkop (Crown Heights)
Yisrael Noach and Aidela (nee Moskowitz) Rabiski (Crown Heights)
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe reading the Haftora in 770.
Berel and Shternie (nee Stock) Hassan (Crown Heights)
Thirty years ago, on December 22, 1986 – 20 Kislev, 5747, President Ronald Reagan received a delegation of Chabad Rabbis in the Oval Office in honor of Chanukah. Led by Rabbi Avraham Shemtov of American Friends of Lubavitch, the Shluchim from across the United States presented the President with a special Menorah.
New York State Senator Jesse Hamilton hosted a pre-Chanukah celebration in the Brooklyn Artisan Bakehouse for the young professional community in Crown Heights.
We present a letter from the Rebbe with a timely message for this week, which spans Yud Tes Kislev and Chanukah (as it was at the time of the letter), connecting the two with the theme of not being discouraged when the “weak and the few” are confronted by the “mighty and the powerful.” And a fascinating insight in the P.S. part of the letter: using the English language to maximize the spreading of the light to the furthest reaches in the darkness, another theme of Chanukah. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
There’s a bajillion different types of doughnuts out there, and so many places to buy it from, so to help you out with your doughnut shopping this Chanukah, filmmaker Meir Kalmenson ventured off with the Kosher Guru to discover the best Doughnut in New York City.
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