Sarah Encaoua, a recent graduate from York University in Toronto who recently moved to Crown Heights, shares an inspiring story that she experienced. “I couldn’t resist and make a video out of it,” she said, “for it was something real and so moving. I was inspired, moved, in awe, every step of the way and wanted you to feel the same.”
Bnos HaShluchim of Tzfas held a six day special Chanukah program for a bunch of lucky students. While the rest of the dorm residents went home for Chanukah, the Bnos HaShluchim group remained and enjoyed fun activities tailored to their specific interests.
The Rebbe’s call to reach out to every Jew and help them with both their spiritual and material needs has energized his chassidim. Very often, ordinary chassidim reached beyond what they thought possible to find the means to fulfill this ideal. Every chossid is a shliach, even if he does not bear the official title. One person who stands out in this area is Mrs. Reitza Kosofsky, founder of F.R.E.E. in Chicago.
Over a thousand Jews turned up at the Israeli Embassy in Paris to protest the “Mideast peace summit” held in the French capital on Sunday, which as-predicted was nothing more than a ruse for nations to come together and bash Israel for daring to defend itself against Palestinian terrorism.
Hundreds of women turned out Sunday evening for the auction and evening of entertainment benefiting Lubavitcher Yeshiva. Following the Chinese auction viewing, which was complimented by delicious hot food from a number of popular local restaurants, the crowdwas entertained by the music of Sarah Dukes and heard and inspiring talk from Mrs. Rivkah Slonim.
Update: List of Chinese auction winners in the extended article.
Delivering the guest speech at this years Kinus Hashluchos Gala Banquet will be Mrs. Judith Kallman, a holocaust survivor who authored the book “A Candle in My Heart” which detailed the story of her survival.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 146, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: How Does the Torah Truly View Women? Is “Tracht Gut Vet Zein Gut” the Answer to Every Hardship? What’s Wrong with Whistling? At What Point is it Okay to Quit My Job? Is the Choice to Vaccinate Children a Personal Decision?
Menachem Mendel (ben Benji) Korf (Miami, FL) and Moussie (bas Yossi) Futerfas (Crown Heights)
Rebecca Rabinor’s son Samuel is turning 11, and thanks to the arrival of a Chabad couple to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, he has a rabbi to help him study for his bar mitzvah.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Monday, January 16, for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Sarah Nechama Yarmush OBM, the matriarch of a large Chabad family, many of them Shluchim of the Rebbe, passed away on Thursday, 15 Teves, 5777. She was 91 years old.
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Meir Tzvi Gruzman OBM, a resident of Kfar Chabad who was among the Roshei Yeshivos of Tomchei Temimim. He was 83 years old.
Follie and Elky (nee Levin) Dubov (Manchester, England)
Management at electronics giant B & H Photo Video are faced with a problem that other companies would kill to have: having to relocate their warehouses because business is booming.
Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown St. put on a special program for men this Motzai Shabbos with hundreds turning out in support at their annual auction event. The program included an auction viewing, delicious hot food from famous loacl restaurants including Izzy’s Smokehouse and Boeuf and Bun, all while the crowd enjoyed the entertainment of magician and mentalists Marc Garfinkel.
On Friday night, NYPD officers caught a recidivist car burglar rummaging through a Jewish-owned car he had broken into in the heart of Crown Heights. The thief, Charvis McCracken, 45, was caught red-handed inside the vehicle only three months after he was arrested for car burglary and possession of a loaded gun.
A record snow pile-up in Portland, Oregon, means school’s closed yet again, but kids won’t miss a favorite this Friday at the Chabad preschool.
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