On Sunday, the Jewish community will celebrate the holiday of Shavuot, marking the Sinai revelation, when the Jews received the Torah 3,328 years ago. Now thousands of Jews, no longer under Communism’s hammer and sickle, can appreciate its meaning at a profoundly advanced level.
After many months of anticipation, Jewish music superstar Avraham Fried will be releasing his first new album in over four years today, Monday. Included in the album is the popular single Hineni B’yodcho, which was the subject of some controversy after a studio recording was leaked to the public without the singer’s permission.
Crown Heights community activist Yaacov Behrman marched alongside New York City Public Advocate Letitia James at the annual Israel Day Parade in Manhattan yesterday, Sunday.
While on a short visit to Moscow, Russia’s capital, the Rebbe of Chernobyl arrived on Friday to visit the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berl Lazar.
Avi Dahan (Daytona, FL/Israel) and Rochel Markel (Miami, FL/Pittsburgh, PA)
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 118, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: How Do We Explain the Relevance of Shavuot to a Secular World? How Can I Balance My Talents and the Need to Earn a Living? Temptation: Is Walking with My Eyes Closed the Solution? When, if Ever, is it My Place to Rebuke Someone? Fully Invested or Not Concerned About Parnasa – Which One is it?
Two bumbling criminals were arrested after plainclothes police officers observed them showing each other how to hide a handgun in their pants.
A unique EnerJew seminar focused on planning activities and special programs during the summer in the Federation of Jewish Communities’ (FJC) network of summer camps across the former Soviet Union (FSU), took place in a Moscow suburb last week. 30 EnerJew activists from 15 FSU cities came together to create a pilot project -” SummerJew” that would integrate the youth movement in sleep-away and day summer camps.
The Crown Heights father of two who was killed early Tuesday morning on St. Johns Place near Schenectady Avenue was murdered by an ex-con over his ‘Air Jordan’ sneakers, the New York Daily News reports.
In an effort to help mitigate their costs, Hatzolah of Mill Basin is holding their Online Auction today. It is being dedicated in memory of Mrs. Evelyn Racer a”h and prizes include $3,600 Cash, Tickets to Israel, $1,000 to Bloomingdale’s and much more!
Sruly (ben Yossi) Avtzon (Crown Heights) and Chaya (bas Benji) Stock (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parsha, Bechukosai. This week Rabbi Benny answers the question: If the Torah demands a spiritually elevated lifestyle, then why does G-d promise all sorts of physical rewards and benefits for diligent Torah study?
In several hours, some 1,200 Bochurim will gather in six different locations around the world, for a global Shabbos Hachana to Gimmel Tammuz – arranged by the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim. An additional five locations – including the annual National Shabbaton in Israel, which hosts 1,600 – are in the works, to take place in the upcoming weeks.
Until last Sunday afternoon, Binyamin and Tzvi Hirsh were still Victor and Gregory. Inspired by a week-long Hakhel trip to Crown Heights and the Ohel, they then celebrated their Bris near the Ohel.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of the month of Sivan and the Yomtov of Shavuos for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
A new Sefer Toroh was completed and dedicated to the French-speaking Jewish community of New York at the CCF center this past Lag Ba’omer.
When Rabbi Yoel Kahn discovered that his Shabbos guest had crossed the International Date Line during the Omer Count, he realized that for him, Shabbos was already the fiftieth day of the Omer, and the festival of Shavuos. Uncertain of what his guest should do, he advised him to approach the Rebbe directly as he left the synagogue following the Morning Services.
