1,400 Gather for Chidon Game Show and Award Ceremony
1,400 people gathered in The School of the Deaf Auditorium in Crown Heights Sunday to watch the boys finalists compete in the International Sefer Hamitzvos tournament.
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Young Woman Viciously Assaulted and Mugged
Last night, Motzei Shabbos, at around midnight, a young Jewish woman was brutally assaulted and mugged in the lobby of her apartment building.
Uplifting Shabbos for the Chidon Finalists
Finalists spent a life-changing Shabbos in Crown Heights as a reward for months of studying the 613 mitzvos.
8:00pm: How Extreme Should We Be in Filtering Children’s Exposure?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 111, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Can I Help A Friend Believe in Himself When I Struggle With Confidence Myself? What Is the Significance of Beis Nisan? How Extreme Should I Be in Filtering Children’s Exposure?
Two Missing Teenage Girls Found Safe
After a grueling night of searches, the two missing Florida high school girls have reportedly been found in a heavily wooded and swampy area near the resort where they were staying. UPDATE: B”H they are out of the woods and en route to the hospital.
Laws and Customs: Nissan and Pesach
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of the month of Nissan and the Yom Tov of Pesach for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
More people than ever are being ticketed for texting while driving in New York State. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday that the number of tickets issued to people violating the state’s ban on texting while driving has increased by 840 percent since 2011.
Tickets for Texting While Driving Surge in NY
More people than ever are being ticketed for texting while driving in New York State. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday that the number of tickets issued to people violating the state’s ban on texting while driving has increased by 840 percent since 2011.
Two High School Girls go Missing in Orlando
Two 16-year-old girls, students of Lubavitch Educational Center in Miami, went missing today in Orlando, where they were enjoying a Shabbaton with their classmates. The two girls went out for a walk on Shabbos afternoon and still haven’t returned. The public is asked to say Tehillim for them. Update: Possible Sighting
Chidon Finalists Treated to Water Park Trip
On Thursday morning, 292 boys, Chidon finalists from around the world, descended upon the Jewish Children’s Museum ready to begin the legendary weekend of fun and excitement that the Chidon Sefer Hamitzvos has become.
Weekly Living Torah Video: ‘Make Sure the Seder is Well Publicized’
Nowadays we’re all familiar with the highly successful communal Passover Seders that Chabad organizes around the world. While Jews from all walks of life are invited and encouraged to attend, these events have become synonymous with Israeli backpackers touring the Far East and Asia.
Rabbi Benny’s Weekly Torah Thought: The One With the Fungus
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parsha, Tazria. This week Rabbi Benny answers the question: If the portion speaks about such a severe impurity as Tzara’at, then why would the portion be called with the name Tazria, which refers to conception and life?
Bochurim Memorize Sichos in Memory of Young Girl
40 students at Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch of Queens studied and memorized the Rebbe’s Sichos on different holidays to commemorate the 13th Yahrtzeit of Batsheva Kanelsky, OBM.
Baby Boy!
Benny and Davina (nee Cohen) Amrami (Los Angeles, CA)
Mesivta Lev Tmimim Successfully Raises $320,000
Winding down its first successful year, Mesivta Lev Tmimim-Lubavitch of Monsey launched a campaign to set the foundations for its continued growth. The campaign was successful beyond their wildest imaginations.
Orthodox-Jewish Man Stabbed in NYC Subway
An Orthodox-Jewish man was slashed on a Manhattan subway platform in a possibly random attack early this morning.
New Engagement!
Mendy Dubrawsky (Los Angeles/Vancouver) and Chanale Pruss (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Shmuly and Chana (nee Rosenfeld) Wolosow (Crown Heights)
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