Baby Girl!
Levi and Chanie (nee Spielman) Vogel (Crown Heights)
Weekly Living Torah Video: The Role of Girls in the Army
Amid the ongoing debate surrounding the role of women in the military, JEM brings the Rebbe’s words on the topic.
Rabbi Benny’s Weekly Torah Thought: The One with the Mexican Linguist
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parasha, Yisro. This week Rabbi Benny answers the question: Why does the Torah teach us about the Jewish unity around Mount Sinai, if the Egyptians also had the same type of unity when attacking us for annihilation?
Weekly Story: The Aleph Beis Is Also Toras Hashem
“I couldn’t control my curiosity, so although one is not allowed to question the actions of his Rebbe I said “Rebbe i understand that you gave the daf yomi shiur, even though it was difficult for you, because there is no one as capable or qualified as you. However,when it comes to teaching a Jew the Aleph-Beis, why did you have to trouble yourself?”
Baby Girl!
Zalmy and Esther Leah (nee Munitz) Pinson (Pomona, NY)
Bike Lanes Proposed on Crash-Prone Crown Heights Side Streets
Five miles of new bike lanes and a turn restriction on one of the borough’s most dangerous intersections may soon come to two Crown Heights side streets, according to a new proposal from the Department of Transportation.
New Engagement!
Shloimi Gross (Melbourne, Australia) and Sarah Katz (Montreal, Canada)
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Harav Yisroel Belsky, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Hagon HaRav Yisroel Belsky, OBM, one of the Roshei Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in Flatbush, and a leading Posek in the United States. Rav Belsky is renowned as one of the most brilliant Torah minds of our generation, with a grasp of virtually the entire Torah and instant recall and knowledge all across the spectrum. He was 77-years-old.
Kinus Hashluchos: Lunch and Sessions
On Thursday, the first day of the International Kinus Hashluchos, a series of seminars and workshops were held in the Union-Bedford Armory in Crown Heights.
Oholei Torah Mesivta Visits OK Labs
Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm, Menahel of the Oholei Torah Mesivta, together with Maggid Shiur Rabbi Moshe Halperin, took a group of Bochurim for a tour of the OK Lab offices on Troy Avenue, just up the block from the Mesivta building.
Shabbos at the Besht: Stories and Encounters with the Rebbetzin
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yehuda Clapman, world-renowned Sofer and lecturer, will lead a discussion on the topic – Chof Beis Shvat: Stories and encounters with the Rebbetzin.
Baby Boy!
Shaya and Rochel Leah (nee Goldstein) Engel (Crown Heights)
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe giving l’chaim to someone during a Farbrengen, circa early 1960s.
Baby Boy!
Laiby and Chaya (nee Nemtzov) Lewis (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Mendy and Shaina (nee Heber) Simpson (Crown Heights)
Kinus Hashluchos: Registration and Sessions
Hundreds of Shlucos from around the world have converged in Crown Heights for the annual Kinus Hashluchos, to receive inspiration, elevation and recharge their batteries, as well as mark the 27th Yahrtzeit of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, OBM.
New Engagement!
Noach Salowitz (Worcester, MA) and Chaya Schreiber (New Orleans, LA)
