Laws and Customs: Sivan and Shavuos
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of the month of Sivan and the Yomtov of Shavuos for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Helping Our Own Volunteers Rewarded
Hundreds of girls gathered in a beautifully decorated hall this past Tuesday – Rosh Chodesh Sivan. These young ladies were the Bais Rivkah volunteers of HOO, who help 110 families in Crown Heights.
New Engagement!
Mendel Gross (Los Angeles, CA) and Avigayil Deveroli (Miami Beach, FL)
Friendship Circle Volunteers Shown Appreciation
140 high school girls and their proud mothers came together at the JCM to salute the girls’ hard work and dedication to the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn. Beautiful decor and a delicious milchig buffet (setup by Chani Greenbaum Events) greeted the girls as they came in.
CSSY Distributes Cheesecakes in Honor of Shavous
Chevra Simchas Shabbos V’Yom Tov is hand delivering cheesecakes to families throughout Crown Heights as part of an ongoing project to reach out to the needy families in our community.
Crown Heights Communities Hold Opioid Awareness Event
“If I needed to get help right now — I wouldn’t know who to call”, said Sara Benjamin, who lost her son, Kasriel to an overdose six years ago, on the stage of Operation Survival’s Opioid Epidemic Conference at The Brooklyn Children’s Museum in Crown Heights Wednesday evening.
Shavuos Shlichus to “Smalltown, USA”
Mobile, Alabama. Boise, Idaho. Spokane, Washington. Not quite your typical vacation destinations! But this week, 128 rabbinical students will be flying out to “Small Town, USA” for Shavuos, to bolster the yom tov joy and spirit for the shluchim and their families living there.
Instant Torah: Why Count?
This weekly fast moving — yet inspiring — 1-minute video on the weekly Parsha is created by Yitzchok Schmuckler, a Bochur from Montreal. This week’s video for Parshas Bamidbar is titled: a perspective on interest.
Video: What is the Jewish 3 Step Program?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on Parashs Bamidbar. This week he answers the question: What is the Jewish 3 step program? – based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Serel Maness, 61, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Serel Chana bas Chaim Gedalia Maness OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights. She was 61 years old.
Here’s My Story: The Survivor Who Wouldn’t Sit Down
The story I would like to relate concerns my father, Sam Moss, more than me. My father was born in Munkatch, Czechoslovakia, what is now Mukachevo, Ukraine. There he attended the yeshivah of Rabbi Chaim Elazar Spira, author of Minchas Elazar, who was the Munkatcher Rebbe.
Baby Girl!
Mordechai and Chana Lightstone (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Mendel Grossbaum (Livingston, NJ) and Gitty Friedman (Florida)
Baby Boy!
Eli and Mushkie (nee Andrusier) Posner (Cooper City, FL)
Insight: A World of Metaphors
JLI presents its unique new two-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant In·sight from Ethics of the Fathers, on A World of Metaphors and Why the Jewish sages looked to animals for life lessons.
Metzuyanim, a New School for French Students Sees Success
A campaign titled “Ecole Juive Pour Tous” which translates to “Jewish School for Everyone” was recently launched by the Shneor School in Aubervilliers, France, attracting many Jewish boys and girls to attend a Jewish school. Its recently completed first year is being billed a major success.
Oholei Torah Holds Father and Son Day
What has become an annual event for the eighth grade of Oholei Torah, is the Father and Son day in Yeshiva. This year’s event was held this past Sunday.
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