Baby Boy!
Moshe and Mussie Sasonkin (Kent. OH)
Weekly Letter: Checking Tefillin in Elul
As it is customary to check our mezzuzos and tefillin in the month of Elul, we share a letter of the Rebbe about the mitzvah of mezzuza, in which the Rebbe discusses the validity of pointing out the benefit/reward of doing a mitzvah – as when he initiated the mezzuza campaign and pointed out the benefit of a mezzuza. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
New Engagement!
Sholom Ber Borenstein (Italy) and Sara Duato (Crown Heights)
In Wake of a Hurricane, a New Chabad Center Opens
Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries throughout Houston gave the gift of exhaustive material and spiritual sustenance to fellow victims of America’s second most costly tropical storm, Hurricane Harvey, last year. Upon the anniversary of the monumental disaster as the city continues to reflect on and dig out from the nightmarish catastrophe, another gift has been proffered: A new Chabad center in one of the hard hit locales.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Rabbi Shmuel Fogelman, 88, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu Fogelman OBM, a noted educator who merited to have the Frierdiker Rebbe serve as sandek at his bris. He was 88 years old.
Hear’s My Story: One Deed is Worth A Thousand Sermons
I am the son of Rabbi Chaim Gutnick, who fled Europe during World War Two and made his way to Australia, where I was born. In his work as a community rabbi, my father was very much guided by the Rebbe, and I would like to relate here a few anecdotes which my father had shared with me.
Baby Boy!
Levi and Debby (nee Nacca) Ladaev (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Yitzi Katz (Miami, FL) and Chavi Rubin (Crown Heights)
Bio of Chassid who Saved 1000’s, now in English
Sixty-one years ago—on the 20th of Elul, corresponding to Sept. 16, 1957—a former Jewish member of independent Latvia’s parliament, the Saeima, passed away in anonymity while imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital in the Soviet Union. His name was Mordechai Dubin, and he had once been a leading figure in pre-war Europe who famously used his considerable political influence for the benefit of Jews in need of assistance.
New Engagement!
Leibel Scheiman (Des Plaines, IL) and Nechama Rapoport (Ventnor, NJ)
18 Elul: The Birth of Chassidus
The 18th of Elul marks the birthday of two “great luminaries,” the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Chassidism and the Alter Rebbe who founded the Chabad movement.
Video: How do we have Great Healthy Self-Esteem?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on Parashs Ki Tavo. This week he answers the question: How do we have such a great healthy self esteem? – based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Circumcision Ban in Denmark Fails for Now
The latest public campaign to ban circumcision in Denmark fell apart earlier this month after the nation’s ruling party stated its qualified opposition to the measure. Yet, Jews in Denmark—as well as in many other nations in Europe and around the world—are continuing to face high hurdles to maintain the legality of the 4,000-year-old religious practice that is a cornerstone of Judaism.
Photos: Street Renamed for Crown Heights Couple
A section of Carroll Street in Crown Heights was renamed “Sarah and Michoel Behrman Way” in a ceremony on Sunday afternoon.
8:00pm: Hiddur Mitzvah Without Becoming Obsessive Compulsive?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 227, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: How Can I Balance Hiddur Mitzvah Without Becoming Obsessive Compulsive? Are the Rambam’s Dietary Directives the Proper Halachic and Chassidic Way to Eat? As a Ger I Wonder at Times Whether My Mitzvos Have Any Effect? Chassidus Applied to Chai Elul, Parshas Ki Tavo and the 6th Week of the Shiva D’Nechemta; Lessons from Elul 15: Establishment of Tomchei Temimim 121 Years Ago
Jewish Woman Violently Assaulted and Mugged
A Jewish woman was violently assaulted and mugged by two black females as she walked on Carroll Street on her way home on Saturday night.
CTeen’s 3rd Annual Heritage Quest Trip
Julia Landis, CTeen leader from Manalapan, New Jersey, has a new favorite story to tell after returning home from CTeen’s third annual Heritage Quest. “Life changing isn’t the word. This is the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me and my family.”
