Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R. Binyomin Mentz, 85, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Binyomin Mentz OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights. He was 85 years old.
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Baby Boy!
Shlomo and Ariella (nee Friedman) Goldin (Irvine, CA)
Twin Boys!
Getzy and Shaina (nee Gopin) Markowitz (Montreal, Canada)
Machane Heights Day Camp Announces Head Staff
Machane Heights Day Camp of Crown Heights, the unique bicycling camp for elementary age boys (5-8th grades), operating out of the Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street, is proud to announce that after three successful summers, the head counselor this summer will be Rabbi Dovid Blasberg.
Picture of the Day: Slovakians’ Nigunim in Montana
Last night, Shliach Rabbi Boruch Myers and his colleagues from Bratislava, Slovakia, performed a concert of Chabad Niggunim in Billings, Montana – an event that was described as a tremendous Kiddush Hashem. Rabbi Chaim Shaul Bruk drove in from Bozeman, where he leads Chabad of Montana, to attend the uplifting event.
New Mivtzoim Startup Crunches Data to Identify Jews
Mivtzoim meets big data: A Lubavitcher-owned company, Gorin Systems, has developed an innovative system to help Shluchim and others doing Mivtzoim identify who is likely Jewish based on their last name and historical immigration records.
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Yitzy and Chana (nee Kugal) Hershkop (Kingston, PA)
10:00pm: Shloshim of Rabbi Yehoshua Gordon, OBM
Many hundreds are anticipated to attend the Shloshim Memorial Event paying tribute to the life and legacy of Rabbi Yehoshua B. Gordon, of blessed memory. The Shloshim will take place tonight at 7:00pm PST (10:00pm in New York), at the headquarters of Chabad of the Valley in Tarzana, CA, and thousands more will join online via live stream, which can be watched here on CrownHeights.info, courtesy of Chabad.org.
The Rebbe on that fateful day shortly before going to the Ohel, as Rabbi Yehudah Krinsky stands beside him.
Events of 27 Adar 1 Vividly Recounted
Today, the 27th of Adar I, marks the day the Rebbe suffered a stroke in 1992. The Rebbe’s personal secretary, Rabbi Yehudah Krinsky, described the events of that fateful day in vivid detail, which we share with our readers courtesy of Lubavitch Archives.
Rogers Park Sings the Tale of ‘The Maggid’
Watch a classic Chassidic story told with a modern twist In “The Maggid” – the single off of Rogers Park’s debut album with the same title. With a driving backbeat and electrifying vocals, Rogers Park’s Yosef Peysin and Mordy Kurtz are storming the Jewish music scene with creativity and soul.
Music Video: Jerusalem Prayer
For over two thousand years, the Jewish people have waited to return to their homeland. Yet today, we are terrorized for wanting what is ours. Jews are being attacked and killed in the streets of our very own capital, Jerusalem.
Video: Nemuel and Danny Sing Nigun of R’ Sholom
About a month ago, rising Israeli singing star Nemuel teamed up with Israeli musician Danny Avidani to release an album, Hisgalus, which has seen tremendous success. Recently, the duo reunited at the studio to record a well-known stirring Chabad melody – the Nigun of R’ Sholom Charitonov.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R’ Tuvia Giro, 92, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of R’ Tuvia Giro, OBM, of Bat Yam, Israel, father of R’ Ronen Giro of Crown Heights. He was 92 years old.
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Avremel and Shulie (nee Shur) Vogel (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Levi Yitzchak Paul (Morristown, NJ) and Menucha Rochel Schuchat (Montreal, Canada)
New Engagement!
Moshe Epstein (Columbia, SC) and Sara Teller (Crown Heights)
8:00pm: Are Women Inferior?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 106, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Are Women Inferior? Isn’t “Noshim Daaton Kaloh” derogatory? 12-Steps Continued; Is Resignation or Berating Oneself Ever Acceptable? What Does Tzimtzum Mean?
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