New Engagement!
Shneur (ben Chaim Shlomo) Cohen (Montreal, Canada) and Rivka Lea (bas Mendel) Zalmanov (Crown Heights)
Video: Café Offers Jobs to Adults with Special Needs
A new café and art studio opened by Chabad’s Friendship Circle in West Bloomfield, Michigan, is offering priceless opportunities to adults with special needs.
New Engagement!
Zalman Shimon Itkin (Scranton, PA) and Malka Lerman (Crown Heights)
Prague Bids Farewell to Shluchos Seminar Participants
Filled with inspiration and relaxation, 150 Shluchos who had gathered at the fifth Chana Seminar in Europe, arranged by Chana Margolin of Brussels, departed with revitalized energies to their homes.
Arsenal of Weapons Found in Crown Heights Apartment
Police confiscated a cache of weapons from a Crown Heights apartment Thursday, including six firearms and over 100 rounds of ammunition.
Baby Girl!
Eli and Basha (nee Steinhauser) Sandhaus (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Efraim and Sarale (nee Fellig) Katz (Crown Heights)
Weekly Story: Rashbi Himself Was Dancing With Him
In Miron, the talmidim noticed him dancing with another elderly Jew, whom they didn’t recognize, but didn’t think too much about it. After all, there were many groups that were dancing in their own circle. So they continued in their own circle.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Behind the Rebbe’s Hakhel Campaign
This week’s Living Torah presents a fascinating glimpse into the Rebbe’s passion for Hakhel. In a candid and revealing back and forth with Rabbi Savitski, Chief Rabbi of Boston, the Rebbe cites a range of sources in support of the practice.
Kosher Frozen Foods Recalled Due to Listeria Outbreak
Dr. Praeger’s Sensible Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling various not-ready-to-eat frozen food items due to the potential for these products to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. This voluntary action is being undertaken in cooperation with the US Food and Drug Administration because the recalled products contain vegetables that are part of the recent CRF Frozen Foods recall.
Video: Is It Possible that Yoshke Is the Messiah?
Renowned author and lecturer Rabbi Manis Friedman was asked, “is it possible that Yoshke is the Messiah?” His response may surprise you.
Shabbos at the Besht: The Eruv – Myths and Facts
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Berel Levin, chief librarian of Agudas Chasidei Chabad, will lead a discussion on the topic – the Eruv: myths and facts.
Congress Passes Bill Protecting Milah, Shechitah
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill expanding the protection offered by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to include male circumcision and ritual animal slaughter.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Bentzion Shagalov, 92, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Bentzion Shagalov, OBM, a longtime member of the Lubavitch community in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood of Jerusalem. He was 92 years old.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a pair of photos of the Rebbe during a Lag Ba’omer Parade in the 1970s.
New Tefillin Stand Unveiled at JFK’s Terminal 4
Family, friends and volunteers gathered Thursday afternoon for an event in tribute of Rabbi Kuti Rapp OBM, and an unveiling of a new and more permanent Tefillin Stand, which is operated by Chabad of the Airport at John F. Kennedy’s International Airport, Terminal 4.
Mazal Tov! Rav Vozner’s Disabled Granddaughter is a Kallah (ad)
Yitta Miriam, 26, is one of the ten siblings. She is one of Rav Vozner’s granddaughters and has much perseverance and Emunah. Like any birth of a child, her arrival brought joy and light into the world. However these were not regular circumstances.
