Torah Café, a project of the Jewish Learning Institute, has compiled a series of nine video lectures on the two Holy Temples, their destruction, and the third one which will soon be rebuilt. Each video corresponds to one of the nine days of mourning between Rosh Chodesh Av and Tisha B’Av.
Cleaning up the bunkhouses, showering, white shirts, phone calls and letters home: Camp Gan Yisroel-NY was abuzz on Friday preparing for the day of rest.
A car driven by a Jewish member of the Crown Heights community struck a 15-year-old African-American teenager on Thursday, critically injuring him.
Nissen Lewis (Manchester, UK) and Yael Webber (London, UK)
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of the Nine Days for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Sara Nechama Baumgarten, OBM, matriarch of a family of hundreds of Lubavitcher Chassidim all over the world, and a beloved member of the Crown Heights community for more than half a century. She was 87 years old.
Shlomie and Mirele Silver (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz‘s Weekly Blog is now available in an Audio presentation, narrated by Rabbi Sholem Perl of Los Angeles.
Reb Hillel was averse to saying “al naharos Bavel” on weekdays before bentching and would seek a reason to say “Shir HaMaalos” instead. He had his students on constant lookout for a seudas mitzvah, such as a bris or siyum mesechta, when one is supposed to say “Shir HaMaalos.”
Partnering with a local Jewish organization, Camp Gan Israel Yeka sees a bright future providing much needed reprive for children in war-torn Ukraine.
With sadness we inform you of the sudden passing of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok (Fitche) Shur OBM, a beloved Mashpia and true example of a Chossid who helped support the education of children. He was 65 years old.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe during Krias Hatorah.
More than two dozen alleged gang members were busted for killing a rival and conspiring to murder others in a Crown Heights turf war, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
This week we present a letter from the Rebbe to then Mayor of Burlington, Vermont Bernie Sanders thanking him for his proclamation in honor of the Rebbes birthday. Also this week, we present excerpts from a Chof Av Farbrengen in which the Rebbe stresses the unique power in the learning of children, and especially at this time. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
Following the sudden and untimely passing of Reb Yankel Ziskind OBM, his wife and four children – two of whom have special needs – are now faced with bills and expenses from medical care and the funeral, along with the future family costs. In response a fundraising campaign has been launched by Bikur Cholim.
Police have arrested a 14-year-old teenager in connection with the attempted theft of a bicycle where he pointed a gun at a store owner.
Mr. Ephraim Potash serves on the board of directors of the Lubavitch Yeshiva in London, where he resides with his family. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in Montreal in February of 2015.
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