Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of Eruv Tavshilin, Rosh Hashanah and the Ten Days of Teshuva, Blowing the Shofar, and Tzom Gedalia, for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
“Head of the Year” seems like an awkward and cumbersome name for ‘New Year’s Day’ doesn’t it? Rosh Hashanah literally means “head of the year” and the Jewish New Year carries this name for good reasons; reasons can actually make a difference to your life! This video from My Judaism will make it very clear in two minutes flat!
A hate-filled message was scrawled on a bench opposite the Brooklyn Children’s Museum in Crown Heights.
Worshippers gather on Motzei Shabbos to recite Selichos at Anshei Lubawitz of Borough Park. On October 19th, Judge Martin M. Solomon will decide the fate of this historic synagogue.
As 5777 comes to a close, JLI counts down the Top 10 biggest Jewish moments of the year.
Mendy and Tirtza (nee Phillips) Ross (Crown Heights)
When you think of a farbrengen, you may picture a venerable mashpia, perhaps with a long white beard, expounding on the intricate teachings of our Rebbeim as they pertain to daily life. What you don’t expect is a head table with young boys or girls, talking, encouraging, and inspiring an uplifted crowd.
Over 100 Jews gathered on Motzei Shabbos in the Marina Roscha synagogue in Moscow, Russia, for the recitation of Selichos. Following an inspiring Farbrengen and joyous dancing and singing, Selichos were recited, led by Chazzan Zalman Shimon Deren.
With many students’ homes still without power, internet and many under boil water restrictions after Hurricane Irma, one would think they’d be inclined to focus on their own problems. Certainly one would give them a pass for doing so and not worrying about others. But that’s not how the Lubavtich Educational Center in Miami works, or how it educates its students.
Shmuly Zucker (Seagate, NY/Los Angeles, CA) and Sahar Levi (Los Angeles, CA)
Hundreds gathered at midnight Motzei Shabbos to recite Selichos at the 17 Rue des Rosiers Synagogue in the Pletzel, Paris’ Jewish Quarter, where the Rebbe prayed during his residence in the city.
The Chabad Lubavitch community has taken a historic step forward in combating child abuse. A prestigious group of seven international Lubavitch Rabbinical leaders have signed a proclamation addressing abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community, and ruling that abuse can be reported to straight to government authorities without rabbinical approval.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 180, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: I’m Burned Out: What Can I Do to Experience an Inspiring Rosh Hashana? How to React to the Gender Identity Crisis? Why Are We Afraid of an Ayin Hora During Pregnancy? Why Are Baalei Teshuva Mistreated?
Chicago supermarket chain Jewel-Osco, which features one of the largest Kosher offerings in the Midwest, held their fourth annual “Taste of Kosher Food Fair” this past Sunday.
At around 1:00am hundreds of men, women and children made their way to 770 for the customary beginning of Slichos on Motzei Shabbos.
Levi Edelman (Brunoy, France) and Esther Goodman (Highland Park, NJ)
Faced with the indescribable destruction of Hurricane Irma, a Chabad shliach to the Caribbean has refused to evacuate to a more stable location, remaining behind to help with the rescue efforts on the devastated island.
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