Community Gathers to Support G’mach
Friends and supporters of G’mach Keren Yisroel Aryeh Leib turned out for a seudas Melava Malka last night, Motzai Shabbos Parshas Terumah.
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New Mikveh Opens in Abuja, Nigeria
It was a rare night out for Jewish women in Abuja. “Spa for the Soul” marked the opening of the newly constructed Abuja Mikveh, with an all-inclusive spa night featuring manicurists, masseuses, yoga and pilates instructors, jewelry designers and more.
Photos and Video: Adar Joy Begins at ULY
In the spirit of Chodesh Adar, the preschool and youngest grades of United Lubavitcher Yeshiva were treated to an entertaining puppet show by master puppeteer Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz and his acclaimed “Small Wonder Puppet Theater.”
Disgraced Journalist Arrested for Fake Bomb Threats
Bomb threats made against Chabad institutions, Jewish Community Centers and the ADL have been a weekly occurrence since January, and have been terrorizing communities across the states. An unsealed indictment revealed that the FBI has arrested a disgraced journalist in connection with these threats.
Weekly Thought: How Much Must We Give?
How significant does a donation need to be in order to count / matter? What role do the very small donations play in the big scheme of things? Who really benefits from the donation? Rabbi Avrohom Brashevitzky, Shliach to Doral, FL, shares his thoughts on this week’s Parsha – Terumah.
Picture of the Day: #ChalkShabbat
Walking on the sidewalks of Crown Heights this Erev Shabbos you may have noticed messages in chalk scattered around the neighborhood. The messages wish “Shabbat Shalom” and have the time Shabbos starts this week.
Weekly Story: Be Connected Even When You Are Not Here
While the chossid was thrilled that the Rebbe asked him to do something for him, he was somewhat shocked, as he knew the Rebbe wasn’t a cigar-smoker and couldn’t understand, why from all things, this is what the Rebbe requested. But never-the-less for a chossid to be able to do something for his Rebbe, is the greatest honor, and he readily replied, “I will definitely do so.”
Maggid Shiur’s 70th Birthday Celebrated with Old Friends
On Thursday night, old friends, former talimidim and family members gathered together in Empire Shteibel to celebrate the 70th birthday of renowned educator, author and Maggid-Shiur Rabbi Shmuel Heber.
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Benny and Mor (nee Binder) Greenberg (Pittsburgh, PA)
Shabbos at the Besht: Perfume for a Narcissist
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Motty Lipskier, director of The Beis Medrash of Crown Heights, will lead a discussion on the topic: The Right Perfume for a Narcissist: Chasidus’ Perspective on Purim.
Baby Girl!
Levi and Chaya Mushka Klyne (Crown Heights)
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe encouraging the singing at a Farbrengen.
Weekly JLI Video: The Gift of Giving
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Parshas Terumah is titled: The Gift of Giving.
Weekly Letter: The Deeper Meaning of Shalach Manos
This week, we present a letter from the Rebbe written shortly after Purim in 1951 (a little over a month after he accepted the Nesius), in which he thanks a group of students for the Shalch Manos they sent him. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
Please Say Tehillim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehilllim for Refael Shmuel ben Orit, a 6-year-old boy who currently undergoing emergency surgery and is need of our tefillos.
There’s only one place in the world where Yiddish is an official language, and that’s the Jewish Autonomous Region in the far reaches of Siberia, Russia. Established by Stalin in the late 1920s, the region was presented as the Communist answer to the Jewish Question. But in the region’s capital of Birobidzhan, The Wall Street Journal reports, the top concern of its 3,000 Jews is kosher food.
WSJ: Rabbi Brings Kosher to Stalin’s ‘Siberian Zion’
There’s only one place in the world where Yiddish is an official language, and that’s the Jewish Autonomous Region in the far reaches of Siberia, Russia. Established by Stalin in the late 1920s, the region was presented as the Communist answer to the Jewish Question. But in the region’s capital of Birobidzhan, The Wall Street Journal reports, the top concern of its 3,000 Jews is kosher food.
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