New Engagement!
Aizik Vogel (Postville, IA) and Hinda Rivka Simmonds (Winnipeg, Canada)
Letter & Spirit: ‘Genocide’ Against Amalek
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he convincingly explains how a compassionate G-d can mandate a seemingly “inhumane” law – to annihilate an entire nation, Amalek. 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.
Community Grows, Generation Gap Closes
The generation gap grows wider and wider, but in the Jewish community of Venice & North Port, FL, one team of Chabad representatives might have found a way to fix that.
Thieves Steal Packages from Delivery Truck, Store
Wednesday evening, two thieves approached a UPS delivery truck on Albany Avenue and stole a package off the back of it.
Video: Couple Breaks into Car, Steals iPod
A young couple walking along Albany Ave. between Lefferts and Empire Blvd. late last Thursday night, presumably after an evening of drinking, broke into the vehicle of a member of the Crown Heights community and stole an iPod.
Picture of the Day: Mega Challahs
Gumbo’s Bakery showcases its gargantuan Challahs, baked in anticipation of next week’s Purim festivities.
New Engagement!
Yoel Vogel (Crown Heights) and Rivky Bryski (Crown Heights)
Israeli President Tours ‘Schneersohn Library’
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, who arrived in Moscow yesterday for a two-day state visit to Russia, was given a tour this morning of the Jewish Museum of Tolerance, which houses the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe’s library of Seforim that was confiscated by the Soviet Union.
Truck Bursts into Flames in Chabad House Parking Lot
A pickup truck caught fire outside a Chabad Jewish community center in Yonkers, NY, last night.
Music Video: Bar Mitzvah Time
Superstar Lipa Schmeltzer and rapper Nissim Black pair up for their first time ever in a joint music video, lending their talents to The Bar Mitzvah Fund — an organization aimed to raise money for less fortunate families making Bar Mitzvahs.
Here’s My Story: Finding My Mission
For more than 40 years, Rabbi Shraga Faivel Rimler has served as the spiritual leader of the New Brighton Jewish Center in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. He was interviewed in the My Encounter Studio in Brooklyn, in April of 2013.
The Sound of Megillah Readings to Fill Jerusalem as Part of ‘Azza Zaza’
When Rabbi Yisroel and Shoshana (“Shoshi”) Goldberg first arrived in the upscale Jerusalem neighborhood of Rechavia six years ago, they operated out of synagogues and held classes in private homes whose owners were only too happy to welcome them. But being without a physical center did not stop the couple from taking to the streets and starting what has turned into their own special brand of public Purim celebration, to which they gave the moniker “Azza Zaza.”
Third Volume of The Letter and the Spirit Published
Nissan Mindel Mindel publications, directed by Rabbi Sholom and Frida Shapiro, has announced the publication of a third volume of the popular series The Letter and the Spirit, containing a wide array of the Rebbe’s letters from the archives of Rabbi Dr. Nissan Mindel, a personal secretary to the Previous Rebbe and The Rebbe, whose responsibilities included the Rebbe’s correspondence in English.
Oholei Torah Prepares for Upcoming Dinner
This coming Sunday, March 20th, 10 Adar Sheini, the Oholei Torah Ballroom will be decked out in its finest as hundreds of guests will gather for the Annual Dinner Gala. An event that received special recognition from the Rebbe, with a letter addressed to the Dinner each year.
Flint Jews Offer Fresh Water and a Helping Hand
The national spotlight is again on Flint as Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder gets ready to testify before Congress on Thursday as to what state officials did or did not know, or do, regarding the city’s lead-tainted water supply.
Like Speed Dating, But With Torah
The New York Jewish Week yesterday profiled the outreach work of Chabad emissary Rabbi Hanoch Hecht, the ‘Six-Minute Rabbi’ who brings serious, albeit abbreviated, learning to those who can’t get out of the office.
Nepal Shliach Rescues Two Israeli Women
Two Israeli women in Nepal were evacuated by helicopter to a local hospital after suffering from severe hypothermia. The evacuation was arranged by the Chabad Shliach in Nepal, Rabbi Chezky Lifshitz.
