The annual Chidon haTanach, a worldwide teenage competition on knowledge of the 24 books of the Tanach, took place in Israel on its Independence Day, last Thursday. 16 youngsters from 9 countries participated in the final round, one of them Michal Shpilvitz from Belarus, a student of Chabad’s Or Avner schools, which are under the auspices of the Federation of Jewish Communities (FJC).
Following the tragic passing of Shliach Rabbi Moshe Muller, OBM, and another local member of Anash, Rabbi Mendel Gorman, OBM, a wave of sadness and mourning has filled the Lubavitch community of London. Seeking to break through this sorrow and bring light to the subject, Rabbi Levi Sudak of Edgeware, may he live and be well, wrote the following open letter to his fellow Shluchim and Anash in London – and around the world as well.
After recent lull in such attacks, a Palestinian terrorist stabbed an Israeli man in Jerusalem.
Is the secret to fulfilling relationships and powerful intimacy found in a 4,000 year-old tradition? Join an unforgettable lecture by Rabbi Yossi Jacobson on how to remain sane and spirited through the roller-coaster of married life, courtesy of Torah Cafe.
Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Horowitz, renowned Posek and author of bestselling works on Halacha Shevach Yakar and Shevach Hamoadim, delivers a Shiur to the Talmidim Hashluchim in the Chabad Yeshiva of Sydney, Australia, while visiting the city.
Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Ocean Parkway’s 13th Annual Chinese Auction took place Sunday in the Beis Rivkah Ballroom in Crown Heights. Hundreds of friends and supporters turned out throughout the day, enjoying a sumptuous hot buffet and Viennese table, all while supporting the Yeshiva. Winners list added!
Shluchim from across California gathered last Monday evening at Chabad West Coast Headquarters in Los Angeles, California for their annual Farbrengen in honor of Bais Iyar.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 115, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: What do we learn from R’ Yisroel Aryeh Leib, the Rebbe’s brother? How Can I Stop My Past From Creeping into My Present? Can a Perfect Life Be Meaningful? How to Respond to Missionaries?
An Associated Press editorial says that the burning of a Jewish school bus by African-American children evokes the tensions that prevailed in Crown Heights during the infamous riots that plagued the community in the summer of 1991.
When participants from 11 Israeli high school robotics teams discovered that they would be competing in St. Louis smack dab in the middle of Passover, they had a feeling that Chabad would be able to help.
One day after four more juveniles were arrested for setting fire to a school bus parked in front of a Crown Heights Jewish girls’ school, the NYPD has dropped hate crime charges against all of the young arsonists.
Five years after he founded Jewish Community Watch (JCW), an organization dedicated to rooting out child abuse in Orthodox-Jewish communities, Meyer Seewald is saying goodbye.
The 37 Shluchim families from across Asia that gathered this week in Thailand for the annual regional Kinus Hashluchim enjoyed three inspiration filled days. In accordance with the spirit of Hakhel, this year’s Kinus was expanded to include men, women and children. The participants enjoyed Shiurim, workshops, Farbrengens and more.
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parsha, Kedoshim. This week Rabbi Benny answers the question: Why is the Torah so severe when it comes to someone having weights or scales that are not perfectly balanced? Aren’t there more grave sins than off-balance scales?
A group of Chasidic children tore down and stole an Israeli flag that was flying in front of a home in upstate New York. Israelis and many Jews around the world marked the Israeli Independence Day yesterday on Thursday, May 11.
Rabbi Fishel Jacobs, known as the ‘Power Rabbi,’ is an ex-law enforcement officer, author and inspirational speaker. Here he performs one of his unforgettable karate breaks, four industrial cinder blocks with his head!
Refoel Yehuda Polter (Oak Park, MI) and Chaya Yehudis (bas R’ Velvel) Oster (Crown Heights)
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