For the first time in many years, the entire Yeshiva Gedola Lubavitch of London flew to New York to spend Yud Shvat by the Rebbe, for an uplifting, heart-warming experience, filled with Farbrengens, Sedorim and Shiurim, after a powerful Hachana for over 30 days.
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At Cheder Chabad of Philadelphia, students not only celebrated Yud Shvat, but lived it! Staff and students spent many weeks before preparing for and creating a Grand Yud Shvat Expo, exploring how to bring Hishkashrus to life in many incredibly meaningful and interactive ways.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Dr. Levi Lehv of Monsey, NY, a former resident of Crown Heights who was part of the medical team that cared for the Rebbe after the heart attack in 5738 (1977). He was 76 years old.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Yisro. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we be truly Happy?
An exciting series of personal development seminars are taking place throughout Russia this month, designed to provide young Jewish adults with the opportunity to take a deeper look at themselves and the world around. There are seven seminars, called Zoom, one for each geographical region of the country.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present this photo taken at a Chasidic wedding in 1976. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
For the first time ever, Chabad of Washington University in St. Louis hosted a landfill-free Shabbos dinner – from which no waste was thrown in the garbage – in an effort to be more environmentally conscious.
“To an outsider, it might be difficult to distinguish any differences in the way the herds of Hasidic men lingering outside 770 Eastern Parkway are dressed. But not everyone is wearing the same exact white shirt, black suit, and black hat,” writes Madison Margolin for The Times of Israel in a feature article on the nuances of Hasidic fashion.
A dog took a bullet for his best friend — and survived — after a trio of robbers jumped his master on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights.
Surveillance video reportedly captured in Brooklyn reveals the latest innovation by armed robbers to get into victims’ homes: a young woman rings the bell pretending to be a salesperson with something to offer. When the door is opened, two men come up from behind her, brandish a weapon, and force their way into the home.
A Time to Heal, Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson’s rendering of the responses of the Lubavitcher Rebbe to tragedy and suffering, has received the “Best Book Award” under the general category of religion in the “Best Book Awards” international competition.
Nearly 150 seniors were treated to a joyous Tu B’shvat celebration, arranged by Rabbi Yirmi Cohen. Despite the heavy snow, one special guest refused to miss the event: 86-year-old Mr. Monte Kwinter (seated), the oldest Jewish Member of Parliament in Canada.
Joined by a crowd of diverse local residents, Bracha Nili Shore, a YU Senior and student at Machon Chana, led Crown Heights’ 4th Poet’s Society Melave Malka meeting, which takes place in the Levi Yitzchock library right off of Kingston Avenue.
Levi Y. Steinmetz (Sarasota, FL) and Leah (bas R’ Zalman) Zirkind (Montreal, Canada)
Michael, a Jewish Melbourne man who was recently photographed putting on Tefilin with two Lubavitcher boys in front of an anti-Israel protest in the city center, which was featured as CrownHeights.info’s Picture of the Day, has reached out to the Yeshiva Gedolah (YG) to express his feelings about the incident.
Thousands turned out over the weekend in support of Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah at their annual auction event in Crown Heights. List of prize winners added.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 150, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: What Should be Our Attitude to Horoscopes and Astrology? How to Balance a Public Life with Modesty? I’m Living on Autopilot! Can Illness Truly Be a Catalyst for Growth? What’s the Secret to Inspiring Myself When My Dreams Are All Burned Out?
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