Video: Who Was the Rebbe Talking About?
When the Rebbe launched into a story about a yacht owner at a Yud Aleph Nissan Farbrengen in 1983, his identity was a mystery.
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First of its Kind Assisted Living Center Opens in Moscow
Another gem of the Jewish Chesed Center in Moscow: professional and dedicated nursing care for the elderly and lonely Jews, including many Holocaust survivors.
Chassidus Wins at Sinai Scholars Academic Symposium
Two students from the University of Sydney and Western Washington University were awarded the Jewish Academic Innovation Award for their in-depth research papers that used modern, Western academia written in the age-old pilpul style to analyze contemporary matters in the context of Jewish tradition.
8:00: Why Did Pesach Become Unaffordable?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 157, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Chassidus Applied to Yud Alef Nisan; Why Did Pesach Become Unaffordable? Why Do We Refer to Non-Jews as ‘Dust of Earth’? Is There a Difference Between a Healthy and an Unhealthy Baal Teshuva? Also: The Winners of the 3rd Annual MyLife Essay Contest!
Students Who Vandalized Chabad Menorah Apologize
A pair of students from the University of San Diego admitted on Thursday that they had pulled down a lower branch of a 13-foot high menorah at the Chabad House at San Diego State University, apologized to Chabad Rabbi Chalom Boudjnah, and agreed to pay for the damages and to perform community service with Chabad.
How We Circumvent Chinese Internet Censorship
In a new feature titled From Park Slope to Pudong, Lubavitch.com author Dvora Lakein profiled six women serving as Chabad emissaries in disparate places around the world. The second of the series is an interview with Mrs. Nechamie Greenberg of Pudong, China.
Upstate Chabad Hosts Jewish Pop Art Event
Chabad of Orange County, NY, directed by Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston, recently hosted a Jewish Pop Art Event with “Pop Art Rabbi” Yitzchok Moully.
Terrorist Stabs Three in Jerusalem’s Old City
Israeli police officers shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian on Shabbos afternoon after he stabbed three Israelis in Jerusalem’s Old City.
Chassidus Essay Winner of $10,000 to Be Announced
In what has become a highly anticipated annual event, people worldwide are awaiting the announcement of the third annual MyLife: Chassidus Applied Essay Contest winners. The winners will be announced during the weekly live broadcast of MyLife: Chassidus Applied this Sunday night, April 2, 8PM — a special edition in honor of the Rebbe’s 115th birthday, Yud Aleph Nissan.
“Pesukim Personify our Dear Grandfather”
Following the sudden passing of Rabbi Dovid Steigman OBM, his grandson – Rabbi Dovi Henig, Shliach in Chengdu, China – penned a letter to his community remembering him and a visit he made to their community. He also shared a message of comfort from the Chumash which exemplified his grandfather.
Health Dept. to Ban Mohels Without Proof
The New York City Department of Health has announced today that they will ban all mohels linked to newborns who develop herpes simplex virus-1 from performing metzitzah b’peh, reneging on an agreement reached with Jewish community representatives several years ago that they would do so only following DNA testing that proves the virus was transmitted from the mohel.
First Since 1903: Crayola to Retire Crayon
Crayola is about to do something it has never done in its 100-year history: retire a crayon color from its ubiquitous 24-pack of crayons that were a staple of nearly every American’s childhood.
Maryland Shluchim Farbreng Together
Last night, Shluchim from across the state of Maryland gathered together at Chabad of Howard County, were they were treated to a dinner followed by a farbrengen with Rabbi Yisroel Deren.
Weekly Story: You Were Not Abandoned
“When we visited him, the Rebbe spoke to all of us and then asked if he can speak to me alone. I thought it was strange, but my parents agreed to step out of the room. The Rebbe then told me that I was born Jewish from Jewish parents who truly loved me and still love me from Heaven. He stated emphatically that they never abandoned me; rather they died in a car crash. He told me that it was G-d’s will (for whatever His reason was) that they died and I should be an orphan.”
Did You Say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Daled Nissan)
From the Safer Haminhagim: Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, one reads the passage that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. Yehi Ratzon in the Extended Article.
Shabbos at the Besht: Preparing for Pesach
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shuchat, Dayan on the Beis Din of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the USA and Canada, will deliver the first of a two-part series of lectures on the laws of preparing for Pesach.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe greeting a donor to Chabad.
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