The annual global conference of Chabad emissaries, or shluchim, will begin at week’s end in New York City. About 3,500 shluchim are expected to take part, and to discuss matters at the center of Jewish life worldwide.
Shmuly and Sara Leah (nee Spielman) Shuchat (Crown Heights)
Today, Monday, the 20th day of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan, marks the 155th anniversary of the birth of visionary Jewish leader and Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn. Though he lived only to age 59, he served as a noted leader for the largely rural Jewish communities throughout the expanses of the Russian Empire, guiding their transition to life in the modern era. During his life, he fought the oppression of both the Czarist and Bolshevik regimes as well as the tides of assimilation corroding traditional Jewish life.
Chaim Marks (N. Hollywood, CA) and Rachel Skupsky (Pittsburgh, PA)
Hundreds of women and girls turned out Sunday night in support of Ten Yad, an organization which helps Kallahs. The event was held in the Razag Ballroom in Crown Heights, with a lavish food buffet, an auction viewing capped off by hilarious entertainment.
Marking a year to the passing of Reb Shmuel ‘Muleh’ Azimov OBM, the beloved head Shliach of Paris, the community got together for a Melava Malkah.
Chaim Goldenberg (Montreal/Paris) and Sterna Zerbib (Paris, France)
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 88, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: What Defines a Shliach? Our Stance on Israel; Why Not Appoint a New Rebbe? Continued; Advice to a Journeyer; What does Bechinah Mean?
Plans for a seven story 129,724 square foot apartment building on S. Johns Place have been filed with the Department of Buildings, of which 83,789 will be residential and make up 122 apartments averaging around 650 square feet per apartment.
Rabbi Hershel Lustig, principal of Oholei Torah, paid a visit to the Vizhnitzer Rebbe of Bnei Brak, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager, who is currently residing in Crown Heights during an extended visit to the United States. The purpose of his visit was to gift ‘Reb Mendeleh’ a special sefer, which bears a connection between the two men.
Regional Shabbatons, the Yaldei Hashluchim Book Library, online Farbrengens and surprise nosh packages are all part of the mix when it comes to caring for the well-being of Shluchim’s children. But on Wednesday, it was the “big brothers” of MyShliach’s Ach Sheli program who were given the attention.
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Shlomo Zalman Tzvi halevi ben Yehudis Chava, a 36 year old who suffered a heart attach and is currently in the Intensive Care Unit and needs a complete refuah shlaima.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Nissin Moskovitz, OBM, of Caracas, Venezuela, Father of Rabbi Moishe Moskovitz, the Chief Rabbi and Chabad emissary to Kharkov Ukraine. He was 86 years old.
A Crown Heights man’s car was stolen by two teenagers after he left it unattended with the keys in the ignition, but was able to track it down thanks to a built-in GPS system.
Yitzy and Menucha (nee Fajnland) Geisinsky (Crown Heights)
Avraham Fried today released his latest new single, titled ‘Riboin,’ which is available for listening and download free of charge.
Two yeshiva students were injured in a terrorist attack near the light rail station on Jerusalem’s Ammunition Hill Friday afternoon.
