There are a few different camps for boys, of different ages and levels, going on in Moscow this summer. The camps were initiated by the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Berel Lazar, in order to enhance the pure Yiddishe chinuch of Jewish children in Moscow and in all of Russia.
In anticipation of their upcoming Merkos Shlichus assignment, 275 Bochurim gathered at the Jewish Children’s Muesum for an intensive instructional seminar. They are preparing to be dispatched to tens of cities around the world, where they will bring much needed Jewish resources and inspiration to local Jewish communities.
Visiting day in Yeshivas Kayitz Kingston was much more than merely a day when parents drove up to see their sons.
Yanki and Esty (nee Lasker) Jacobs (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Mendy Baitelman (Richmond, BC / LA) and Leah Rosenberg (Montreal, Canada)
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 125, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: ‘Wasting Time’ in Yeshiva vs. Secular Education and a Job? The 9 Days: Why Do We Grieve Till This Day? Are There Modern Day Miracles? I Still Can’t Master Bitachon!
Close to 200 teens from across Israel took part in the first CTeen Israeli Shabbaton this past Shabbos.
13 buses pulled into Camp Gan Yisroel-Montreal late Thursday night, returning lots of happy, tired campers and staff after an amazing trip to Six-Flags La Ronde amusement park. In the words of one camper, “it was our best trip ever!”
With great shock and sadness we inform you of the very untimely passing of Mrs. Chaya Mushka (nee Berkes) Stiefelmann OBM, a young Shlucha in Brazil. She was 28 years old.
Rabbi Bentzion Yaakov Wosner, Av Beis Din Shevet Halevi Monsey-Beit Shemesh, has come out with a second letter in support of the Crown Heights Eruv, laying down the Halachic basis for its validity, and going so far as to claim that “it’s impossible that the Lubavitcher Rebbe was opposed to the construction of an Eruv in Crown Heights, and that anyone who says so is being deceitful.”
On Thursday, a tremendous act of Chesed and Kiddush Hashem was performed by a New Jersey Shliach and Shlucha, after a bus carrying several dozen campers and counselors broke down on their way back from a trip.
In this passionate Sicha, the Rebbe raises an important issue regarding the education of our children.
Sholom Ber and Feigy (nee Mandel) Wircberg (Crown Heights)
Mendy Fried (New York, NY) and Cheyena Zirkind (Fresno, CA)
Campers at the Mei Menuchos Bungalow Colony in South Fallsburg, NY, enjoy a day in the sun with their teacher, Rabbi Meir Rodal.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yosef Schmukler, Magid Shiur of the Midtown Kollel and mechaber sefer Umkah Shel Halochoh, will lead a discussion on the topic of the Mezuzah.
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