New Engagement!
Levi Yitzchak Paul (Morristown, NJ) and Menucha Rochel Schuchat (Montreal, Canada)
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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?
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Dovber Winner, 3 Months, OBM
With great sadness and shock we inform you of the sudden passing of Dovber Winner, the three-month-old son of Arizona Shluchim Rabbi Yossi and Naomi Winner.
Beyond EuroMaidan: Victory in the Rebbe’s Birthplace
Rafi Martienko, age 21, knew he was Jewish, but had never cared much one way or another. Having lived all his life in Kiev, Ukraine, he watched avidly as the EuroMaidan protests brought the corrupt government of Viktor Yanukovych to its knees and the subsequent chaos due to the (still ongoing) Donetsk region revolt. But his take on all this was as another patriotic Ukrainian — Jews and Judaism had no meaning to him.
Thousands of Students Kick Off Highschool Convention
Thousands of students from 32 schools around the world are in Crown Heights and have joined together for the annual High School Convention, taking place in the spirit of Hakhel in Crown Heights.
Weekly Living Torah Video: A Purim Miracle
In this amazing clip, Rabbi Yoseph Itzhak Gurewitz recalls the time that he was sent by the Rebbe to study in Israel. When Purim arrived, the Rebbe requested that they bring the joy of the festival to soldiers stationed on bases across Israel – some of which were in dangerous places.
CTeen’s Thank Crown Heights
Last Friday, Over 2,000 teens from around the world united in Crown Heights for a weekend of inspiration at the largest and most impressive CTeen International Shabbaton to date. Here is a thank you massage they want to share with the resident of Crown Heights.
Weekly Story: “If he Said it, it is so”
Reb Pinchos Koritzer once called in one of his chassidim and instructed him to travel to certain cities and towns in order to raise money. At that time he also gave him a paper on which he wrote the names of chassidim, stating you should make sure to meet each one and inform them of the reason you are visiting on my behalf.
Shabbos at the Besht: Eruv Chatzeirus
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Berel Levin, chief librarian of Agudas Chassidei Chabad library, will lead a discussion on the topic – Eruv Chatzeirus.
New Engagement!
Yitzie Kessler (Morristown, NJ) and Bayla Brafman (Miami Beach, FL)
Rabbi Benny’s Weekly Torah Thought: The One With the Watermelon Fund
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo S. Lucas, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this week’s Parsha, Vayakhel. This week Rabbi Benny answers the question: Why did the very skilled craftsmen who worked on the Tabernacle also spend their time crafting the very simple items such as hooks and pegs? Couldn’t they work on the elaborate stuff, while leaving the simple work to other, less talented workers?
JNet Celebrates 8,000 Chavrusas
Over 200 people joined together for an evening of inspiration and achdus at the 3rd annual JNet Volunteer Appreciation Dinner, celebrating 8,000 Chavrusas.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe touching the ‘Poroches’ on his way out of 770, circa mid 1970s.
New Engagement!
Meir Krinsky (Crown Heights) and Shirelle Meer (Morristown, NJ)
