Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Chaya Mushka Stiefelmann, 28, OBM
With great shock and sadness we inform you of the very untimely passing of Mrs. Chaya Mushka (nee Berkes) Stiefelmann OBM, a young Shlucha in Brazil. She was 28 years old.
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R’ Wosner: Saying Rebbe Opposed Eruv Is a Lie
Rabbi Bentzion Yaakov Wosner, Av Beis Din Shevet Halevi Monsey-Beit Shemesh, has come out with a second letter in support of the Crown Heights Eruv, laying down the Halachic basis for its validity, and going so far as to claim that “it’s impossible that the Lubavitcher Rebbe was opposed to the construction of an Eruv in Crown Heights, and that anyone who says so is being deceitful.”
Stranded Campers Rescued in Act of Kindness
On Thursday, a tremendous act of Chesed and Kiddush Hashem was performed by a New Jersey Shliach and Shlucha, after a bus carrying several dozen campers and counselors broke down on their way back from a trip.
Weekly Living Torah Video: The Rebbe’s Complaint Against the Schools
In this passionate Sicha, the Rebbe raises an important issue regarding the education of our children.
Baby Girl!
Sholom Ber and Feigy (nee Mandel) Wircberg (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Mendy Fried (New York, NY) and Cheyena Zirkind (Fresno, CA)
Picture of the Day: South Fallsburg, NY
Campers at the Mei Menuchos Bungalow Colony in South Fallsburg, NY, enjoy a day in the sun with their teacher, Rabbi Meir Rodal.
Shabbos at the Besht: The Mezuzah
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yosef Schmukler, Magid Shiur of the Midtown Kollel and mechaber sefer Umkah Shel Halochoh, will lead a discussion on the topic of the Mezuzah.
The Lubyanka Building, the NKVD (and later KGB) headquarters in Moscow.
Weekly Story: ‘I Am a Schneersonki’
The NKVD interrogator continued, “All religious Jews say a blessing, before they eat food, but you place your hand over your yarmulkah, when you recite the blessing. Only a Schneesonki does that!” he thundered.
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique collection of photos of the Rebbe visiting Camp Gan Israel and Camp Emunah in the summer of 1957.
Zika-Infected Mosquitoes Found in the U.S.
Florida likely has the first cases of Zika transmitted by mosquitoes on the U.S. mainland, the state’s governor said Friday.
As California Wildfires Rage, Close Calls for Many
“You see it. You smell it. Anywhere you drive around the city, you see the fire in the mountains,” said Rabbi Choni Marozov, co-director of Chabad of S. Clarita Valley in Southern California with his wife, Frumi. “This was definitely the worst we have seen. There have been other fires similar distances away, but they usually last a day, a day-and-a-half; this one has lasted much longer. Plus, the winds keep changing direction, so it would move away a bit and then come back.”
Reb Levik’s Ohel in Kazakhstan Gets a Makeover
In honor of Chof Av, the Hillula of the Rebbe’s father, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, a new expansion and beautification of his holy Ohel in Alma Ata (Almaty), Kazakhstan, is being completed.
From left: Rabbi Mendel Brikman, Chaim Marcus and Rabbi Shmuel Greenberg help Bill Shank, 90, celebrate his bar mitzvah.
Rabbi and 90-Year-Old Patient Share a Milestone
Yankees fans were ecstatic. Lefty Gomez and Joe DiMaggio had just helped their team sweep the Cincinnati Reds to win the 1939 World Series. In Newark, N.J., 12 year-old Bill Shank was happily anticipating his forthcoming bar mitzvah. Studying with the cantor at B’nei Abraham Synagogue, he was almost ready for his big day.
New Engagement!
Meir (ben R’ Shmuel) Lieblich (Crown Heights) and Sara Danesh (Flatbush, NY)
Weekly Letter: Was the Creation of the State of Israel the Beginning of the Redemption?
This week we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he writes that we are not in Aschalta d’Geulah, yet urges that life in Eretz Yisrael must be conducted in accordance with the Torah – and explains how there is no inconsistency between these two ideas. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
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