257 students received their rabbinical ordination in a special event on the grounds of the Rabbinical Collage of America. Also, a 200 year old Sefer Torah that was rescued from the holocaust was present to the RCA.
Rabbi Menachem Meir Blau OBM, a passionate Chossid devoted to the Rebbe and his instructions, passed away on 21 Sivan 5776. He was 70. Levaya and Shiva times added
28 bochurim of the Oholei Torah Mesivta learned the entire mesechta of Baba Basra, the largest mesechta in Shas, by heart. Another seven bochurim learned the entire mesechta Sukkah, and 46 bochurim learned the entire sefer of Likutei Amorim of the Tanya.
Israel has reached a reconciliation deal with Turkey to end a bitter six-year rift between the Mideast powers, an official said Sunday.
Benyamin Uriel Yehoshua Gerard (Ocean Township, NJ) and Deena Perdeck (Manchester, NJ)
Today, 20th of Sivan, close to 100 talmidim of the 8th grade of Oholei Torah graduated the Mechina Division – and now are moving on the Mesivta.
Levi (ben Menachem Mendel) Matusof (Calgary, Canada) and Mushka (bas Levi) Hendel (Marine Park, Brooklyn) .
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 120, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: What Should our Attitude be towards Those with Attitude? To What Extent Should Things be Pinned on Parental Influence? What Does Torah Say about a Second Spouse When Mashiach Comes?
Seeing a golfer’s car with the Illinois license plate “ATHEIST” on it, Rabbi Yosef Shmuel Moscowitz of Chabad of Bucktown and Wicker Park in Chicago couldn’t help but reach out.
Ahead of an event where 257 newly minted rabbis will be receiving their ordination, Rabbi Yisroel Meir Lau, the former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel and the current Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv was seen signing Semicha certificates for the last four groups of Morristown, NJ Semicha graduates.
A group has cancelled plans to fly a swastika flag over the beaches of Long Island after a protest by local politicians, which were joined by Shliach Rabbi Eli Goodman of Chabad of the Beaches.
Pulling down on a light-blue tarp, Rabbi Shmuel Kaminezki and Rabbi Mayer Stambler unveiled a brand-new street sign this morning in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine: Menachem Mendel Schneerson Street, 1.
With sadness we inform of you of the passing of Mrs. Shulamis Bluming OBM, a beloved educator who taught thousands of students in Beis Yakov of Boro Park. She was 70 years old.
Oholei Torah once again has brought excitement and special chayos to its talmidim with the annual Mishnayos Ba’al Peh project.
In honor of his first Yahrtzeit today, the My Encounter with the Rebbe team presents some snippets about Rabbi Binyomin Klein, a trusted secretary of the Rebbe, who was a true friend and supporter of the My Encounter project.
Zemach (ben Stewart) Diament (Montreal, Canada) and Batya (bas Moshe Chaim) Cohen (Crown Heights)
Guardian Angels founder and popular radio host Curtis Sliwa minced no words on his WABC Drive at Five radio program on Thursday afternoon, taking direct aim at the NYPD’s Jewish liaisons and challenging police to reevaluate its coveted chaplaincy positions.
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