Video: Ace Fighter Pilot Encounters the Rebbe
The legendary Brigadier General Ran Ronen-Pecker, one of Israel’s most decorated “ace” fighter pilots, passed away on Shabbos at the age of 80 after a long illness.
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Video: To What Extent Must You Go to Keep Your Word?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayeitzei. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: To what extent must you go to keep your word?
Chabad at Johns Hopkins Hosts 13th Annual Dinner
“Chabad’s acronym for Wisdom, Understanding and Knowledge and its central philosophy and goals are remarkably similar to the mission of The Johns Hopkins Hospital.” These words, spoken by Dr. Redonda Miller, President of Johns Hopkins, at an elegant dinner on a balmy November evening on the Johns Hopkins campus, underscored an unusual relationship.
File photo: Rabbi Berel Lazar with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Lazar: Not Coincidence Town of Lubavitch in Russia
Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar highly praised the Russian people in an article published on Thursday by the Izvestia daily, a national paper. “A Russian person in his culture is oriented on love, kindness, openness,” Lazar wrote.
Amazon Opens Grocery Store Without Checkout
Amazon is testing a grocery store model in Seattle that works without checkout lines. Called Amazon Go, shoppers scan their Amazon app when they enter the store, and then sensors register items that shoppers pick up and automatically charge them to the Amazon app.
Aleph Brightens Chanukah for Soldiers, Prisoners’ Kids
Call it the mitzvah-multiplier effect. Over the course of the past decade, the Florida-based, Chabad-affiliated Aleph Institute has sent thousands of Chanukah gifts to children whose parents were in the military or serving time in prison. Now, it is looking to get many others into the giving spirit as well.
Flatbush Community Rallies to ‘Save Ocean Parkway’
Hundreds of outraged Flatbush residents rallied on Sunday to “Save Ocean Parkway,” after plans were unveiled by the NYC Dept. of Transportation to eliminate right and left turns off the main roadway, requiring cars to exit onto the service lane a block beforehand if they wish to make a turn.
New Orleans Father of Seven Battles Cancer and More
Professor David Kaufmann has been overcoming cancer for over two years. After undergoing a perilous surgery in Texas, he arrived back in New Orleans with his family, finally ready to return home and settle down to a semblance of normalcy. Unfortunately, a nasty surprise awaited them when they walked through the door.
Video: Light of Chanukah Reaches the Outback
As the summer heat bears down on Australia, a small group of Chabad Bochurim are canvassing RARA (Regional and Rural Australia) in a Mitzvah Mobile, searching for Jewish souls and bringing them the light of Chanukah. Just two weeks into their journey, these ‘roving rabbis’ have already touched hundreds of Jewish souls.
Paris Anash Welcome New Sefer Torah
A joyous celebration took place in the Chabad Shul in Paris on Sunday, as members of the community welcomed a new Sefer Torah to their midst.
‘Bube Myses’ Takes Over Chabad Tefilin Booth
The singing puppets known as the ‘Bube Myses’ took over a Chabad Tefilin stand in Israel for their latest music video – ‘Wrap Tefilin.’
New Engagement!
Levi Mockin (Montreal, Canada) and Rochel Leah (bas Schneur) Minsky (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Mendy Jaffe (Saint Paul, MN) and Gili Antian (Brooklyn, NY)
Baby Boy!
Bentzion and Sarah Chaya (nee Bogart) Elisha (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Yosef Katsev (Morristown, NJ) and Leah Karasik (Crown Heights)
8:00pm: Do We Need to Be Politically Correct?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 140, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Do We Need to Be Politically Correct and Avoid Controversial Issues? Should We Take Dreams Seriously? What Defines a Mashpia? How Can We Disagree Civilly? Why is Prayer the Primary Service in Our Times? How Are Today’s Religious Hostilities Preparing Us for Moshiach?
Tonight: Begin Saying ‘Tal Umotor’
In Maariv tonight, the 5th of Kislev, we begin saying Vesein Tal Umotor Livrocho in Shmoneh Esrei. A guide including some of the Halochos regarding this change, and if one had forgotten to make it, was compiled by Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia.
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