New Engagement!
Levi (ben Menachem Mendel) Matusof (Calgary, Canada) and Mushka (bas Levi) Hendel (Marine Park, Brooklyn) .
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8:00pm: What Should our Attitude be towards Those with Attitude?
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?
Picture of the Day: There Are No Atheists in 18 Holes
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.
Picture of the Day: Signing Semicha Certificates
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.
Group Cancels Swastika Flight After Protest
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.
Ukrainian City Renames Street in Honor of the Rebbe
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.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Shulamis Bluming, 70, OBM
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.
Students Rewarded for 115,000 Lines Learned by Heart
Oholei Torah once again has brought excitement and special chayos to its talmidim with the annual Mishnayos Ba’al Peh project.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Glimpses of R’ Binyomin Klein
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.
New Engagement!
Zemach (ben Stewart) Diament (Montreal, Canada) and Batya (bas Moshe Chaim) Cohen (Crown Heights)
Guardian Angels Founder Slams NYPD-Jewish Ties
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.
Shabbos at the Besht: Cooking with Solar Heat on Shabbos
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Lerner, Rosh Kollel of 770 Montgomery, will lead a discussion on the topic – Bishul on shabbos: Cooking with solar heat.
Rabbi Heller: Crown Heights Eruv Is Reform Judaism
In a follow-up Shiur on the Crown Heights Eruv delivered on Thursday, Rosh Kollel Rabbi Yosef Heller doubled down on his previous comments lambasting the Eruv and those who use it, saying it is akin to Reform Judaism. The Shiur coincided with the release of a Halachic ruling from the Crown Heights Beis Din prohibiting the use of the Eruv.
UK Votes to Leave EU; Prime Minister to Resign
The UK has had its say, voting 52% to 48% to leave the European Union after 43 years.
Weekly Story: It Cannot Be Brought to the Table
Turning to the Tzemach Tzedek, the man said, “Rebbe, I promise you this whiskey was made this year exactly as I made it in previous years. There is no possibility of chometz in it. The Rebbe’s family can accept it, just as he allowed them to accept it in previous years.”
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe delivering a Maamar at a Farbrengen in 1970.
Baby Boy!
Aaron and Miriam Cohen (Crown Heights)
