Baby Boy!
Baby Boy!
Mendy and Chaya Greenberg (Wasilla, AK)
Hundreds Turn out in Support of Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Lubavitcher Yeshiva put on a special program for men this Motzai Shabbos with hundreds turning out in support. The program included an auction viewing, delicious hot food three famous resturanst including Izzy’s Smokehouse, Boeuf and Bun and the Sushi Room, topping it all off was a concert with Beri Webber.
Businessman Donates Mansion to Chabad of Worcester
Worcester businessman Barry Krock and his wife, Janet, have donated their $1.5 million mansion to Chabad of Central Massachusetts, directed by Rabbi Mendel Fogelman. The grand home will be converted into a Jewish community center and offices, to be called the “The Krock Family Chabad Center for Jewish Life.”
R. Mendel Gordon to Address Kinus Hatmimim
With just a week and a half left to Yud Shevat, Bochurim around the world are preparing to spend Yud Shvat at the Rebbe’s Ohel and in Crown Heights, learning this year’s Bosi Legani Ma’amorim, and taking on Hachlotos Tovos.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Leah Rosa Friedman, 2, OBM
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of Leah Rosa Friedman, the 2-year-old daughter of Rabbi Avraham Friedman of Ramat Shlomo, Jerusalem, Israel.
Weekly Living Torah Video: The Rebbe on Crime in NYC
This week’s Living Torah from JEM is themed around the crime and its challenges within communities.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R’ Bentzion Friedman, 84, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing shortly before Shabbos of Rabbi Bentzion Friedman, OBM, of Crown Heights, a beloved educator and Lamdan. He was 84 years old.
Weekly Story: Write Your Notes in German
The captain of the boat sounded an alarm; They were spotted by a German Submarine. He announced we must lighten the load and therefor all passengers may keep only one valise or box, everything else must be thrown overboard. The people were scared for their life and obeyed this instruction and shortly afterwards there were hundreds, and indeed thousands of valises floating in the water. Then to everyone’s fright, the German submarine rose out of the water and everyone became petrified.
Baby Boy!
Uri and Chanie (nee Adler) Feldman (Baltimore, MD)
H&M Pulls ‘Talis Scarf’ in Israel Due to Backlash
Swedish retailer H&M has pulled the availability of a striped scarp in Israel amid backlash on social media that said the item too closely resembles a Talis (Jewish prayer shawl).
Tel Aviv Gunman Killed
An Arab gunman who killed three Israelis in a Tel Aviv bar last week was killed on Friday in a shootout with police, following a massive manhunt that put Israelis on edge while the killer was on the loose.
Shabbos at the Besht: A Torah Approach to Leadership
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Chaim Schochet will lead a discussion on the topic – When silence is louder than words: a torah approach to leadership.
Info to Be Menachem Avel Meir Schrieber
Meir Schrieber is sitting Shiva after the passing of his father, Chaim Elisha, OBM, at 510 Crown St. Apt. #3G. Shachris – 7:00am (Sunday Shachris will be at 8:00am) Mincha – 1:45pm (Sunday Mincha will be 4:15pm) Maariv – Bizmano At the family’s […]
College Students Uplifted at Miami Torah Experience
The 7th annual Miami Torah Experience took place in North Miami Beach, Florida Dec 23-Dec 31, 2015 with over 20 participants from various universities worldwide.
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique collection of photos of the Rebbe seeing off a group of Talmidei Hashluchim, circa 1962.
Letter & Spirit: Basic Points in Chassidus
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, in honor of Chof Daled Teves – the Alter Rebbe’s Yahrtzeit, we present a letter of the Rebbe in which he briefly explains a few basic points of chassidus. 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.
