New Engagement!
Yossi (ben Yudi) Eber (Crown Heights) and Gitty Friedman (Monsey, NY)
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Mendy and Cheyenna (nee Borenstein) Hershkop (Crown Heights)
Girls’ School Has Mock Wedding in Honor of 14 Kislev
The students at Cheder Chabad Girls of Long Island had a most enjoyable time conducting a mock wedding in honor of the 14th of Kislev, the Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s anniversary.
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Abi and Devorah (nee Yomtov) Raskin (Crown Heights)
From Days Gone By: On the Rebbe’s Dais
Elder Chassidim sit on the dais at the Rebbe’s Farbrengen, circa mid-1980s. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
Weekly Living Torah Video: The Power of Tanya
When the Rebbe sent Rabbi Nissan Mangel to Lakewood, New Jersey, to teach Tanya, he didn’t fully know what to expect.
Weekly Story: Chassidus vs. Kabbalah
Through a story, I would like to address h a question that is frequently asked: “What is the difference between Chassidus and Kabbalah? Are they similar to each other, the former being merely an explanation of the latter? And if they are distinct, which one is greater?”
CTeen Launches New Poland and Israel Trip
After three years of providing a quality summer experience in the American Southwest, CTeen has announced a brand new program: an immersive trip through Poland and Israel.
Classic Chabad Manuscript Now Online in English
Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch passed away in the Jewish year 5626 (1866). Now, 150 years later, large portions of one of his most widely learned works, Derech Mitzvotecha, have been made available online in English for the very first time.
Shabbos at the Besht: The Chidush of the Alter Rebbe
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Berel Levin, chief librarian of Aguch, will lead a discussion on the topic – Yud Tes Kislev: the Chidush of the Alter Rebbe.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present two unique photos of the Rebbe officiating at a wedding, circa 1960.
City Leader Gets Hate Mail for Supporting Chabad
A city leader in Boca Raton, FL, received anti-Semitic verbal abuse on social media and via email after supporting plans for a new Chabad synagogue and Jewish museum, Florida’s WPTV reported.
Amid Blackout, Chabad Rabbi Delivers Coffee to Power Workers
“Webster dictionary defines the Hebrew word “mitzvah” as “a meritorious or charitable act.” Wednesday morning, Rabbi Yisroel Hahn was doing just that,” reported KHQ News of Spokane, WA.
8 IDF Soldiers Wounded in 2 Vehicular Attacks
A Palestinian terrorist rammed his vehicle into six IDF soldiers Friday afternoon as they stood on the side of the road near the entrance of the Palestinian village of Beit Umar, which is located off of Route 60 in between Gush Etzion and the West Bank city of Hebron. Earlier on Friday, two IDF soldiers were wounded in a vehicular-ramming attack near the West Bank settlement of Kfar Adumim.
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Aryeh Leib and Mushky (nee Klein) Moskovits (Crown Heights)
Thousands Bring Joy to Orphaned Bride and Her Groom
As thousands of well-wishers from around Israel and the world danced and sang outside the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, hundreds more inside could be seen crying bittersweet tears as they witnessed the marriage of Ariel Biegel and Sarah Techiya Litman, the young woman whose father and brother were murdered by terrorists less than two weeks ago.
Letter & Spirit: Genetic Mutations
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, we present a letter from the Rebbe to a geneticist who had trouble understanding how it was scientifically possible for Yaakov to mutate the genes of sheep through visual stimulation. 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.
