Video: What Is Our Best Protection?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Eikev. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is our best protection?
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Gan Yisroel West Wraps Up Amazing Summer
Gan Yisroel West, which opened its doors in the summer of 2008, directed by Rabbi Shlomo Menkes and his wife Aliza, is possibly the most unique and out-of-the-box camp experience out there. Campers get up-close and personal with nature on the beautiful ninety-two acre campus in the hills of central California.
Flashback: Lubavitch and Almaty, 1991
Presented in this album are photos of the Kinus Hashluchim that took place in Russia 25 years ago this week. The shluchim visited the town of Lubavitch, printed a Tanya, visited the Ohel of the Tzemach Tzedek and the Rebbe Maharash, and saw the chotzer of Lubavitch from where the Rebbeim ran the Lubavitch movement for over a century.
Tannersville Holds Yarchei Kallah in the Spirit of Hakhel
Jews from all walks of life gathered in the Beis Menachem Shul of Tannersville, New York for an evening of Chassidus and Nigleh in honor of The Rebbe’s father Reb Levi Yitzchok in the spirit of Hakhel.
European Kinus Getting Underway in Moscow
Hundreds of Shluchim have begun arriving in Moscow for a historical European Kinus Hashluchim. The Kinus will begin with a trip to Lubavitch, Liadi and Liozna.
‘Day of Festivities’ Marks Crown Heights Riots
People gathered on Eastern Parkway today, Sunday, for a ‘festival’ marking 25 years since the Crown Heights Riots. The event was the first part of a controversial ‘day of festivities’ which was organized to commemorate those dark and tragic days.
8:00pm: How Can We Balance Fun and Higher Purpose?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 128, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: How Can We Balance Fun and Higher Purpose? What is the Significance of Chof Av? What Attitude Should We Have to Jews Marching With Palestinians? Are Garments Anything More Than Superficial? How Important is a Beard?
Cartoonist Takes on Bernie Sanders, Al Sharpton
Back in February, cartoonist Hersh Goldman of Massachusetts drew two cartoons expressing his indignation that then-presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, a Jew, met with and praised one of the main instigators of the Crown Heights riots, Al Sharpton.
New Shluchim to Arizona
Rabbi Bentzion and Chaya Shemtov have joined the international family of the Rebbe’s Shluchim as they open a Chabad outpost for the first time in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
Video: Campers Pelt ‘Netanyahu’s Car’ with Eggs
A video of two ‘summer activities’ filmed at two separate Satmar day camps in New York has been making waves on social media. The video shows young campers marching against Israel, and others pelting a car meant to mimic the one driven by the Israeli Prime Minister with eggs.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Prisoners Are People
While the modern legal system has prisons at the core of its establishment, the Torah never features prison as a form of punishment, even as a deterrent. This, because the idea of locking someone up is antithetical to the nature of humanity. According to the Torah, a person was put on this earth for a purpose. Withholding one’s ability to achieve that purpose is the most inhumane treatment they can possibly suffer.
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Weekly Story: Lose the Rush
One young chossid, who owned a pair of strong, young horses, heard about Reb Hillel’s predicament. Approaching Reb Hillel, he confidently offered to help. “I can get you to Lubavitch before Shabbos. However, you must agree to two things.
Shabbos at the Besht: Tu B’Av and Chof Av
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Seligson will lead a discussion on the topic of Tu B’Av and Chof Av.
Lubavitcher Stabbed by Man Yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’
A 62-year-old Lubavitcher man was injured after being stabbed by a man yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’ in Strasbourg, France. The victim was identified as Shalom Ber Levy, who is a longstanding member of the Chabad-Lubavitch community in Strasbourg and father of Chabad Shluchim in France and Israel.
Memorial Marks 25 Since Murder of Yeshiva Student
A somber memorial service was held today to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the murder of Yankel Rosenbaum, HYD, who was stabbed to death shortly after the Crown Heights Riots broke out in the summer of 1991.
Video: Why Do We Celebrate 15 Av?
The Talmud states: “Never were there more joyous days for the Jewish People than the 15th of Av and Yom Kippur,” listing five or six joyous events that occurred on 15 Av throughout history. But what is it about the energy of the 15th of Av that attracts so much joy?
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