New Engagement!
Sruli Portnoy (Manchester, England/Jerusalem) and Chaya Trappler (Crown Heights/Jerusalem)
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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?”
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.
Baby Boy!
Peretz And Mussie (nee Weingarten) Wolowik (Crown Heights)
Photo Gallery: Purim on the Streets of CH #3
Beautiful spring weather brought out some amazing costumes along with hundreds of people carrying large baskets of Shalch Manot in celebration of the holiday of Purim. Our photographers captures some of the sights and feelings from the street of Crown Heights.
Letter & Spirit: The Urgency of Education
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, in honor of Purim, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he makes reference to the Purim Megillah as it relates to the urgency of devoting time to the education of our children, as Mordechai did in a time of crisis. The letter was written in English through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
Photo Gallery: Purim on the Streets of CH #2
Beautiful spring weather brought out some amazing costumes along with hundreds of people carrying large baskets of Shalch Manot in celebration of the holiday of Purim. Our photographers captures some of the sights and feelings from the street of Crown Heights.
A Purim Telegram in 1962
A telegram sent by the Rebbe to two individuals in Amsterdam, encouraging them to “use out the remaining hours of Purim to increase in Mishloach Monos Matonos and all practical and influence others to do do as well” was sent in 1962.
