Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Fraida Gluckowsky, 84, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the sudden passing of Mrs. Fraida Ratza Gluckowsky OBM, a much beloved educator in Toronto, Canada. She was 84 years old.
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Tri-State Jews Gather in Crown Heights for Hakhel
Last week Sunday, the third of Adar Sheini, shluchim and their communities from across the Tri-State area, including a large contingent from Philadelphia and a group of students from Tufts University – graduates of the acclaimed JLI Sinai Scholars program – came to Crown Heights for a full-day Jewish Unity Experience in honor of Hakhel, coordinated by the Merkos Suite 302 Hakhel Office.
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Shmuli and Aidy (nee Katzman) Bendet (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Ben Anati (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) and Shevy Hirsch (Coral Springs, FL)
New Engagement!
Ari Kapeluschnik (Crown Heights) and Chana Knapp (Montreal, Canada)
New Engagement!
Sruli Portnoy (Manchester, England/Jerusalem) and Chaya Trappler (Crown Heights/Jerusalem)
Video: Purim 5776 in Crown Heights
CJ Studios sent a filming crew to the streets of Crown Heights on Purim day to capture the sights, sounds and spirit of the joyous holiday.
Music Video: Mazal Tov!
Eli Marcus, brother of the the 8th Day duo and a rising star in the world of Jewish music, performs his newest single, ‘Mazal Tov,’ which is the words of the Rebbe’s letter congratulating a bride and groom on the occasion of their wedding.
Rabbi Benny’s Weekly Torah Thought: The One With the Filthy Chef
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parsha, Tzav. This week Rabbi Benny answers the question: Why does the Torah tell us that the Priest who would clean the Altar from the ashes needed to change his clothes to remove the ashes? Shouldn’t there have been two people to do the job?
Florida Shluchim Receive AIPAC’s ‘Ally of the Year’ Award
Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries who serve Jewish students at the University of Florida in Gainesville were presented with the “AIPAC Ally of the Year” award on Monday during the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington, D.C.
Joy of Purim Brought to Moscow’s Elderly and Infirm
Hundreds of Jewish elderly and infirm residents of Moscow experienced the joy of Purim at an event at the Shaarei Tzedek Chesed Center.
Shabbos at the Besht: The Greatest Gift You Can Give
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Chaim Schochet will lead a discussion on the topic – The greatest gift you can give: a purim lesson.
40 People Saved in ‘Mitzvah Tank Miracle’
A Chabad ‘Mitzvah tank’ in Israel went up in flames during a public reading of the Megillah on Purim, but miraculously, all those inside escape unharmed.
Melbourne’s Business District Celebrates Purim
This year marked Chabad of Melbourne-CBD’S 18th Purim in the City, under the leadership of Shliach Rabbi Chaim Herzog.
Weekly Story: The Power of Chinuch
In the car, they began seriously discussing this issue and then on Route 5, they noticed a sign, Starbucks next stop. Being that he was a Starbuck fan, he pulled off and went to buy his cup of black coffee. The girl behind the counter served him with courtesy and then asked him, “Excuse me, but are you perhaps a Rabbi?”
by Rabbi Sholom Avtzon
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique set of photos of The Rebbe giving Matanos La’evyonim on Purim after Davening.
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