The Amber Museum in Kaliningrad, which houses the world’s largest state exhibition on amber, is located in the Dohna Castle, built about 175 years ago as part of Königsberg’s fortification system. This week, the sound of the shofar was heard for the first time within the castle’s walls.
Chaos reined in 770 during Mincha Shabbos afternoon after extremist actions prompted Rabbi Braun to cancel Mincha and lock the Aron Kodesh.
Two major incidents happened at Chabad Houses this Friday including the arson of Chabad of Charlotte County and a bomb scare at Chabad of Chabad UCSB.
There are three categories of people, he said, the righteous, the wicked, and the intermediate. What is the difference between the intermediate and the righteous? The intermediate person may desire to sin like the wicked, but refrains.
For many years, the Rebbe granted yechidus to those celebrating a birthday. The exception was for birthdays that fell at the end or beginning of Tishrei. Since Rabbi Zeilingold’s birthday was shortly before Rosh Hashanah, as a bachur in the 1950s he was told that he would need to wait for his yechidus.
As Jews around the world seek to deepen their understanding of Torah and mitzvos, JNet’s latest Torah Unboxed episode offers timely guidance by exploring Rambam’s Mishneh Torah.
Starting from Rosh Hashana until after Simchas Torah, Crown Heights Hatzalah will again be setting up a first aid station in 770 to better serve the Crown Heights community over Tishrei and the many thousands of extra guests KA”H.
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
Leiby and Mushka (nee Moscowitz) Brikman from Montreal, Canada had a baby girl!
Shabbos at the BESHT: Rabbi Levi Kotlarsky runs Beis Ramik, he will be giving this week’s shiur on an Overview of Hilchos Shofar.
The event, Met@Chabad’s Largest Global Dating Event, drew 10,135 participants across five continents and more than 1,000 communities. Together they logged 30,405 nine-minute dates, with 47% leading to a match.
Being that this year is the Tzemach Tzedek’s 236 birthday, his kapital Tehillim for the upcoming year is chapter 87. I therefore chose to post a few stories about the Tzemach Tzedek which have a connection to the importance of participating in a farbrengen in general and especially on Shabbos Mevorchim, as the Rebbe notes twice in Hayom Yom that we should farbreng on Shabbos Mevorchim.
Spirit Airlines will be reducing its flight capacity by a staggering 25% year-over-year, bringing with it a wave of job cuts starting in November, according to a company memo.
We congratulated the Deputy Inspector on his recent promotion and welcomed the opportunity to begin building strong working relationships with him and his staff.
A fatal hit-and-run closed Eastern Parkway Friday morning after an 18 wheeler struck a person around around 5:30am.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman looks towards Rosh Hashana, the new year, and what exactly that means to us today.
A congregant of Chabad of San Francisco arrived for Shacharis Thursday morning only to discover the thefts of Tefillin and other items. The Chabad of San Francisco Shul is run by Rabbi Moshe Langer.
