A shocking and shameful incident has shaken up the Chabad community in Be’er Sheva, Israel: A sign bearing the name of a street named after the Lubavitcher Rebbe, OBM, was vandalized by unknown perpetrators.
Berel (ben R’ Yosseleh) Gurevitch (Crown Heights) and Chana (bas R’ Moshe) Drizin (Crown Heights)
Lubavitch Day Camp of Monsey completed its first exciting, fun and meaningful week of the summer. See the highlights of the week in this video slideshow.
A Gimmel Tammuz Farbrengen, likely the first in the world for 5776, was held Thursday night in Sydney, Australia, at the Yeshiva Centre – Chabad NSW HQ.
Israeli and American families of victims of Palestinian attacks filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Facebook, claiming the social network is providing a platform for militants to spread incitement and violence, their lawyers said Monday.
A Hachnosas Sefer Torah was held in 770 yesterday, Sunday, after Mincha, dedicated by the Beis Yisroel Torah Gemach in conjunction with Rabbi Yossi Schildkraut of San Paulo, Brazil, and all the Shluchim who came for Gimmel Tammuz.
Menachem Mendel Lifshitz (Crown Heights) and Rochie (bas R’ Eliezer) Arnauve (Paris, France)
A 4-year-old child has tragically passed away early Monday morning after drowning in a pool in Upstate New York. The boy, Shimon ben Leah Malka Esther Weiss, OBM, and his family were guests in the KMS bungalow colony in Swan Lake, New York.
Levaya info in the extended article.
On Sunday, thousands more came to pray at the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens, in honor of Gimmel Tammuz.
On Sunday afternoon, the day after Gimmel Tammuz, the Pan Kloli which was signed by many Chassidim, was read at the Ohel.
A 4-year-old child is in critical condition after drowning in a pool in the KMS Bungalow Colony in Swan Lake, NY. Please say tehillim for Shimon ben Leah Malka Esther.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 122, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: When Is/Isn’t Humor Appropriate? Can Non-Jews Study Torah? Should I Always Trust My Mashpia’s Advice?
In 1952, at the suggestion of his uncle Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Isaac Hodakov, chief aide of the Rebbe, 17-year-old Immanuel Schochet traveled from Toronto to the Lubavitch school in Brooklyn, New York. Initially, while attending the school, located in Crown Heights, close to Lubavitch World Headquarters, known as “770”, he found Chassidic life foreign. Although he enjoyed the gatherings presided by the Rebbe, he had little understanding of a Rebbe’s role and felt out of place whenever the crowd sang melodies for lengthy periods. In addition, he found the study of Chassidic texts bewildering.
Thousands spent Shabbos Gimmel Tammuz at the Ohel, davening and farbrenging throughout, while after Shabbos thousands more continued making their way to daven at the Rebbes Ohel.
A suspect was wounded after being shot by police officers in Crown Heights early Sunday morning. Police were responding to calls for shots fired and upon arriving on scene observed a man with a gun in his hand.
In 1974, Nicaragua, under the dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza Debayle, was trying to recover from a devastating earthquake. Sensing a business opportunity, Massachusetts lawyer Jeffrey Kimball approached Nicaragua’s ambassador to the United States, Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa (Debayle’s brother-in-law), offering the country his assistance.
In honor of Gimmel Tammuz, Bais Rivkah Day Camp joined together for a Hakhel concert with Jewish children’s entertainer Rabbi Chaim Fogelman, after which each camper took upon herself a good resolution and wrote it down on a piece of paper.
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