Tribute in Light. Photo: Jackie, Flickr
9/11 – 15 Years
Today, 9/11/15 marks 15 years to the terror attacks on our country, the attacks that claimed 2,977 lives including 343 firefighters and 72 police officers.
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ULY Students Experience Halacha Hands On
At Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Crown Heights, the students not only learn halochos and Minhagim, they live it! As part of the Minhagim for Chodesh Elul, expert sofer Rabbi Levi Ladaev came down to the Yeshiva to check the Mezuzos of the 7th grade classes and to demonstrate to the talmidim what it takes to check a mezuzah.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Individualized Education
In this week’s Living Torah, the Rebbe addresses what a teacher’s responsibility really is. Every child is different; while some students respond to discipline, others need more tender care. Examining the specific needs of each individual child is the core responsibility of an educator.
(From left) Mendel Weinfeld, Dan Goldman and Mendel Erlinwein in Orinda, CA.
Roving Rabbis Celebrate Bar Mitzvah in Town Square
“Roving Rabbis” Mendel Weinfeld and Mendel Erlenwein were handing out Shabbat candles, mezuzahs and kosher food while making their usual rounds in Contra Costa County in California when they got an unusual request.
Grandparents and North Miami Beach, Fla., residents Simcha Gottlieb and Frumma Rosenberg-Gottlieb are gearing up to participate in an intergenerational bike-a-thon on Sept. 11, Grandparents Day.
First-Time Florida Bike-a-Thon Champions Seniors
Lawrence Rekblatt, 22, is getting ready to ride in a bike-a-thon to honor senior citizens. Organized through Chabad’s United Jewish Generations program in North Miami Beach, Fla., the ride will bring different generations together on Grandparents Day, which is celebrated annually on the first Sunday after Labor Day. This year it falls on Sept. 11, marking the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and U.S. Pentagon.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Rachel Zippel, 90, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Rachel Zippel, OBM, of Milan, Italy, a holocaust survivor and matriarch of a large family that includes many Chabad Chassidim and Shluchim all over the world. She was 90 years old.
Rabbi Levi Baumgarten greets a visitor inside his Mitzvah Tank.
Weekly Story: It Disappeared
Two hours passed, and then three and no one was coming out of the surgery room. “You could understand how our emotions and fear grew from minute to minute being in the dark for so long.” Mr. R. D. paused for a moment as he tried to control his emotions, recalling the events of eight years ago, and then continued; about four hours after the operation began the doctor came out with a puzzled look on his face.
Shabbos at the Besht: Teshuvah in the Light of Chassidus
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Naftaly Silberberg will lead a discussion on the topic – Teshuvah in the light of chassidus.
Music Video: Hakol Letova
A man comes to Shul for Mincha, but there is no Minyan yet. He is asked by a fellow congregant to wait until more men arrive, but he must hurry because he has an important job interview scheduled. This latest Dovid Gabay music video explores the famous words of Rabbi Akiva – “everything Hashem does is for the best.”
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe receiving and Aliyah to the Torah.
Baby Boy!
Nissi and Chaya (nee Raskin) Eber (Crown Heights)
Twin Girls!
Arele and Leah (nee Piekarski) Chazan (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Yossi and Rivky (nee Lerman) Pelman (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Menachem Mendel and Leah Simon (Crown Heights)
Weekly Letter: Predestination and Free Choice – Are They Compatible?
As we prepare for the upcoming new year, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he addresses the interesting question of how to reconcile “being inscribed for the New Year” and the idea of free choice. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
Deaf Rabbi to Lead High Holiday Services in Sign Language
Those who attend High Holiday services this year at the Brooklyn Hebrew Society of the Deaf will have no excuse if they fall asleep during the rabbi’s sermon, jokes Rabbi Yehoshua Soudakoff. They probably wouldn’t anyway, as services are conducted in American Sign Language.
Israel Begins Building Underground Barrier to Block Hamas Tunnels
Israeli defense officials on Thursday said the government has begun work on a massive underground barrier along the border with Gaza meant to block Hamas terrorists from tunneling into Israel.
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