There are more than 6,000 “Lone Soldiers” currently enlisted in the Israeli Defense Forces. These are young men and women from around the world, usually teenagers, who leave their homes to enlist in the army without the support of family or friends nearby. Chayal el Chayal offers these soldiers a warm home away from home.
CTeen recently released a music video in honor of the organization’s 10th annual Shabbaton. Sung by Israeli singer Gad Elbaz, the video made its debut at the recent NYC Shabbaton, which gathered over 2,500 participants from around the world.
Dr. Mottel Greenbaum is a psychiatrist in private practice. He lives with his wife and family in Melbourne, Australia, where he was interviewed in July of 2016.
Over 60 fathers and sons gathered for a finale event to this years season of Avos U’banim in Coral Springs, FL. Taking place over the past 18 weeks, they shared time every Motzai Shabbos to study together and were treated to banquet.
Two bus-loads of Beis Rivkah of Montreal High School students visited five Montreal Jewish schools and presented a specially prepared, original, interactive educational program for the young children.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha — Vayikra. This week he answers the question: How can we come Face to Face with Hashem? – based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 206, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Why Are We Holding on to New Chumros Which Don’t Seem to Be Part of the Original Torah? U’Ldovka Bo: To What Extent Does Cleaving to the Rebbe Attach One to G-d? What Special Powers Does the Rebbe Have? Are Lubavitchers Who Live in Crown Heights Second Class Citizens? How Do We Apply the Chassidic Example of a King in Our Modern Age When We No Longer Have Monarchs?
Today is Chof Zayin Adar, and I’m not sure what to make out of it. It’s been 26 long years, years of hope, belief, and anguish. Who would believe, that we would ever mark a 26th ‘anniversary’ of Chof Zayin Adar.
Moshe and Chanie (nee Franklin) Lazar (Pomona, NY)
Ari (ben David) Werdiger (Melbourne, Australia) and Batsheva Vogel (London, England)
Daniel and Batsheva Goldshmid (Valley Village, CA)
Berel and Mushka (nee Flint) Greenfeld (Crown Heights)
It has been a bit over 2 years since the Rebbe’s Niggunim Volume 1 hit the shelves. Boruch Hashem, it is still going strong. Over 4,000 DVDs have been sold around the world. More importantly, thousands of kids now know and sing the niggunim, which no doubt gives the Rebbe great nachas. The Rebbe’s Nigunnim Volume I has even been translated into French! Yet there is one question Producer Chaim Hershkowitz gets over and over: When is Volume 2 coming out? Hershkowitz responds, “I wish I could tell them.”
How does one inform his family that he was just diagnosed with end-stage kidney failure? That’s the position Harvey was in. He couldn’t. He knew it wasn’t too long before he’d need to go on dialysis (a form of life support). His wife and two young daughters in college would be devastated. Thus he downplayed it. He stated half-truths that would be considerably more digestible to them.
Children’s film producer Chaim Hershkowitz launches fundraising campaign to help complete a special long awaited project. Can the Chabad community pull together to help complete a special and long awaited project in honor of Chof Zein Adar?
More than 150 college students from across the Lone Star State united with their Texas tribe in College Station, Texas for the 10th Annual Intercollegiate Texas Shabbaton.
Mendel Gordon (Marine Park, NY) and Ruchama Tokayer (Israel)
