Seeds in the Middle, an organization dedicated to bridging the gap between Crown Heights’ diverse communities via youth programs, hosted an event at Mendy’s Deli on Sunday, at which children from all backgrounds united to create a banner for the upcoming Winter Fest to take place later this week.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayishlach. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is the key to the greatest blessings?
Now in its tenth year, Bnos Chomesh has reached a very special milestone: the purchase of a building that its students can call home. A fundraising campaign has been launched to help them complete the purchase.
Walk down the block-long Ole Suhrs Gade Street in Copenhagen—from the Botanical Gardens at one end to Sortedams Lake at the other—and there is a certain old-world charm. Neighbors engage in quiet conversation or sip coffee at corner cafes, with dozens of bicycles parked in racks or leaning against the long rows of similar-appearing, walk-up apartment buildings that line both sides of the street. It is therefore easy to walk right past #10 Ole Suhrs Gade without noticing anything special.
Yeshiva World News reports that a source in the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem said that there was a slight improvement in the condition of Rabbi Adin Even Yisroel-Steinsaltz, who was rushed there last week after suffering a stroke.
Donald Trump is eager to move America’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a move deferred repeatedly by presidents of all political stripes, one of his top aides said on Monday.
In honor of the Chag Hageulah of the Mitteler Rebbe, whose very life was Chassidus, a Father and Son Chassidus program was held in the United Lubavitcher Yeshiva-Crown Street for the 7th and 8th grades.
A group of Israel Defense Forces soldiers wounded in terror attacks and as part of “Operation Protective Edge” in the summer of 2014 recently spent 10 days touring New York City, thanks to a program called Belev Echad.
Hundreds of Crown Heights women were treated to an special evening benefiting the PTA of Oholei Torah, with a chinese auction featuring nearly 100 prizes and inspiring speeches, alongside a lavish buffet prepared by the school’s cook.
A complete list of all the prize winners is in the extended article.
After years of intensive efforts and rigorous searching, Melbourne’s Chabad Youth is set to purchase their very own campsite. The new campsite, nestled in Victoria’s Great Dividing Range between Mt. Hotham and Mt. Bright, will serve as a multi-purpose facility – a home to both summer and winter camps; grade shabbatons; community retreats; and more.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of R’ Chaim Hetsrony, OBM, of Raanana, Israel, father and grandfather to a family of Chabad Chassidim and Shluchim in the United States, Canada and Israel.
There are many halachos that pertain to the holiday of Chanukah; comedians Meir Kalmenson, Binyomin Miller and Dovi Spero decided to tackle a few in this video.
As Chasidim around the world prepare to celebrate the Flagship Yom Tov in Chabad, Yud Tes Kislev, a brand new Farbrengen with the Rebbe was released by Jewish Educational Media (JEM).
The students of seventh and eighth grades in Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Montreal assembled in honor of Tes and Yud Kislev as part of the Chayolei Beis Dovid program run by Rabbi Levi Itkin.
Shloimy and Shifra Klein (Cedarhurst, NY)
Shneur Zalman Tarlow (Morristown, NJ) and Chaviva Elharrar (Montreal, Canada)
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 141, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Should Spouses Work Together? Is Tanya Racist? Lessons from Pearl Harbor; What Critical Traits Should We Look for in a Shidduch? How is Chassidus Unique in its Approach to Shalom Bayis?
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