In United Lubavitcher Yeshiva, a Siyum celebration is not limited to the Talmidim: The Talmidim of the fifth grade classes were overjoyed to complete yet another Mesechta of Mishnayos, and to share the celebration with their fathers.
A 24-year-old homeless man has been arrested for the Friday morning slashing of a Chasidic man on a lower Manhattan subway platform.
Last night, the North Miami Beach community gathered together in Bais Menachem to partake in a Se’udas Hoda’ah, thanking Hashem for the miraculous return of two teenaged girls who were lost overnight in the woods near Orlando.
Rabbi Benzion Korf, headmaster of Lubavitch Educational Center of Miami, sent the following open letter to the Jewish community of South Florida, and the rest of Klal Yisroel, thanking them for coming together with prayer and volunteerism to see to it that the two missing students were returned safe and sound.
As the school year enters its final phase, eighth graders everywhere are making preparations for the traditional year-end graduation trip. In Miami, the students of Lubavitch Educational Center’s Klurman Mesivta have come up with an innovative way to raise the necessary funds for the trip – a ‘learn-a-thon.’
Chabad of Orange County, NY, directed by Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston, held a Benefit Concert & Gala Reception to benefit the ongoing community services offered by Chabad and pay tribute to the supporters who help make it happen. The event was held March 31st at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center.
The Chabad Shliach to Panama, Rabbi Ari Laine, brought down two veteran Sofrim, the brothers Rabbi Rachamim and Levi Ladaev of Paris, to check the Tefilin and Mezuzos of the local Jewish community.
The Brooklyn Heights Jewish Academy, a Lubavitch dream for decades, is finally becoming a reality. Last Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission gave its blessing to the plan for the school’s structure – located at 81 Atlantic Avenue, between Hicks Street and Henry Street. That’s in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, the first historic district designated by the city in 1965.
Levi Yitzchok Goldman (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Chaya Mushka Mondshine (Moscow, Russia)
The two North Miami girls who went missing yesterday after a Shabbos walk gone awry told their rescuers that hearing helicopters circling overhead in the darkness provided them with much needed reassurance and hope during a chilly Florida night spent lost in swamp-filled woods.
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.
Last night, Motzei Shabbos, at around midnight, a young Jewish woman was brutally assaulted and mugged in the lobby of her apartment building.
Finalists spent a life-changing Shabbos in Crown Heights as a reward for months of studying the 613 mitzvos.
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?
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.
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.
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