New Engagement!
Shmuly Kurtz (Chicago, IL) and Rachel Esther Sears (Monsey, NY)
8:00pm: How Can a Serious Person Work on Simcha?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 151, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: How Can a Serious Person Work on Simcha? Is Peer Pressure a Legitimate Motivator to Leading a Frum Life? What is Intimacy? I’m Terrified of Open Conversations with G-d! The Sheitel and its Astronomical Price!
A Unique Kinus Hashluchos Group Photo
This Years Kinus Hashluchos organizers were faced with some logistical challenges forcing them to get creative. One yearly photo – the group photo – could not take place as it has in previous years, so this years “group photo” is quite unique. Enlargeable photo in the Extended Article.
Video: The Man Behind the Legend
Crown Heights Filmmaker Meir Kalmanson got to fulfill a longtime dream when he was invited to do a live radio show with his role model – the legendary Nachum Segal.
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Monday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Monday, February 20, for Presidents Day. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Campus Shluchim Train at Development Bootcamp
107 Shluchim from around the world gathered at a strategic development Bootcamp in New York as part of the Chabad on Campus International Strategic Initiative.
New Jersey Forces Online Store to Change Policy Refusing Returns from Jewish Areas
An online website selling boutique children’s clothing that made headlines last fall for refusing to accept returns from several Orthodox Jewish areas has agreed to change its policies after being advised that they may have been violating New Jersey state law.
Video: Algemeiner’s Dovid Efune on Combating ISIS
The biggest challenge facing the Trump administration in terms of confronting ISIS is how to do so without benefiting Iran, the editor-in-chief of The Algemeiner, Dovid Efune, said in an interview with i24 News on Thursday.
Baby Girl!
Mendy and Devorah (nee Breindel) Wolff (North Miami Beach, FL)
Photos: Day 3 of the Kinus Hashluchos
On Friday, the third day of the Kinus Hashluchos, the Shluchos visited the Rebbe’s Ohel and Rebbetzin’s gravesite in Queens and read a Pan Kloli on behalf of all their fellow Shluchos.
Photos: Faces in the Crowd
Shluchos from around the world attending annual Kinus meet up with childhood friends and classmates, catch up with siblings and relatives, and smile for the camera.
Shabbos at the Besht: Investing in Proper Relationships
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Shea Hecht will lead a discussion on the topic: Chof Beis Shevat and Investing in proper relationships at home.
Women of Crown Heights Invited to Join Shluchos
In appreciation to the Crown Heights community for hosting the Shluchos for the Kinus Hashluchos, the Vaad Hakinus invites the women of Crown Heights to join the Shluchos for tonight’s Oneg Shabbos at Oholei Torah, beginning at 9:30pm.
Photos: Shluchos Visit Rebbe’s Study and Home
On Thursday evening, following dinner, the Rebbe’s study in 770 and home he shared with the Rebbetzin on President Street were opened for the Shluchos to visit, after which they attended a meaningful Farbrengen.
Weekly Story: For Your Sake I Will Step Aside
After a moment Rabbi Hodakov continued, “You should realize, the Rebbe is busy with saving lives. People are constantly asking him if they should have an operation and which doctor they should use etc. these are matters of life and death. So now you want the Rebbe to stop that and edit your transcriptions?!”
Photos: Lunch, Sessions and Dinner
On Thursday afternoon, day 2 of the International Kinus Hashluchos, the Shluchos had lunch and then a welcome session, followed by other sessions at the Marriott Hotel. The afternoon sessions were followed by a lavish dinner at Oholei Torah.
Photos: Day 2 Breakfast and Morning Sessions
Day 2 of the International Kinus Hashluchos began with a hearty breakfast at Oholei Torah, followed by morning sessions at the Marriott Hotel.
