It took decades for Shlomo — now the famed Chasidic singer Shlomo Simcha — to learn that the Rebbe was the one behind his going to Reb Asher’s school. It was at a wedding he was singing at in Lakewood, New Jersey, which Rabbi Hertz was attending as the grandfather of the groom. That night, Rabbi Hertz revealed to him all the details in conversation.
Bingo Wholesale has completed the purchase of a large industrial property at 18 Warsoff Place in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area, paving the way for what is expected to become a new Bingo supermarket location significantly closer to Crown Heights than the chain’s current Brooklyn store in Boro Park.
The community is invited to a joyous Hachnasas Sefer Torah on Sunday, June 21, 2026, 6 Tammuz 5786, celebrating the completion of a Sefer Torah dedicated in memory of Yisroel Shlomo Frank ע”ה.
Professor Shimon Silman and his wife of a few months came to see the Rebbe. They were the last to enter Yechidus that night. He placed his PAN (personal note) on the desk, expecting the Rebbe to ask about his recent marriage or spiritual commitment to fully transition to a Chabad lifestyle, coming from Litvish backgrounds. Instead, without even looking up from the note, the Rebbe asked a single, piercing question: ‘What is your profession?’
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.
Yehuda and Michal (nee Perman) Kirsh from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Early voting is well underway and will continue through June 21, giving residents across Crown Heights and East Flatbush the opportunity to make their voices heard before Election Day.
Shmuly Sufrin (Long Beach, CA) to Shayna Evenchik (Cleveland, OH)
Avrohom Yeshaya Raskin (East-Bentleigh, Australia) to Ester Batya Kahana (Kiryat Yearim, EY)
Community members gathered at Beis Chaya Mushka in Paris for an uplifting evening of inspiration, Chassidus, and renewed commitment to the Rebbe’s mission.
Being that Gimmel Tammuz was this past Thursday I will post two points. The first one is something I recently heard from Rabbi Nissim Mangel Sheyichye, and the second one is something I said during a farbrengen on Wednesday night.
The Rebbe held 21 farbrengens on Shabbos Parshas Korach. The sichos from these farbrengens span just over 600 pages in the Yiddish Hanochos (transcripts) in Sichos Kodesh, and around 75 pages in the 8 English Hanochos published by Sichos in English.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman reviews the last thirty-two years since Gimmel Tammuz. Where are we holding, what do we still have from the Rebbe, and what is our ongoing mission for which we must keep on striving.
The slain officer is named as Lt. Col. Dor Gedalia Ben Simhon, 32, the commander of the 401st Armored Brigade’s 52nd Battalion, from Beit HaShita.
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Yitzchok Meir Hertz OBM, a longtime Chabad Rov, educator, and Rosh Yeshiva in London, England, who passed away on Friday, the 4th of Tammuz 5786.
New York and New Jersey will host eight matches of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, including the July 19 final at MetLife Stadium. As they do every time a World Cup comes to their country, Jewish communities across the region are welcoming a wave of visiting fans, among them Jews who have never set foot inside a Jewish community in their lives.
During the repetition of the Amidah, something unexpected happened. Someone walked over and extinguished the candles that were burning near the amud. For a brief moment, I faced a choice. Should I respond? Should I say something?
