New Engagement!
Zalmi Gansbourg (Crown Heights) and Zeldy Glassner (Montreal, Canada)
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Guns, Explosives Found in Crown Heights Apartment
It seemed like routine fire, in a non-descript little apartment in Brooklyn, but what firefighters found was anything but routine.
PSA: Daylight Savings Time Begins Motzai Shabbos
Daylight Savings Time begins on Motzai Shabbos and we ‘spring ahead’ – at 2:00am it will become 3:00am, taking away an hour of sleep.
Shabbos at the Besht: Do Wealthy People Also Need Bitachon?
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Zalman Goldberg, renowned lecturer and director of gotbitachon.com, will lead a discussion on the topic – do wealthy people also need bitachon?
Weekly Story: ‘America Iz Nisht Anderish’
Next Shabbos is Tes Adar Sheini, the 76th anniversary of the Frierdiker Rebbe’s dramatic rescue from a burning Warsaw and his arrival in America. “America Iz Nisht Anderish” was the Frierdiker Rebbe’s statement upon his arrival in America.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Purim Farbrengen
Spending Purim with the Rebbe was always a memorable experience. From the reading of the Megillah to the general atmosphere which prevailed, the Rebbe uplifted the Chassidim throughout.
Picture of the Day: Jewish Teens Unite in Samara
Jewish youth from the Russian city of Samara attended an Enerjew Shabbaton last weekend, led by local Shliach Rabbi Shlomo Deutch. Enerjew is the teen division of Chabad of the Former Soviet Union.
New Engagement!
Aryeh Leib (ben Moshe- Little People) Klein (Crown Heights) and Shainy (bas Shlomo) Futerfas (Crown Heights)
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe entering 770 to daven.
The Photos that Make Up the Photo of the Rebbetzin
1000 individual portraits of high school students holding up a portion of what – combined – made up an amazing portrait of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka. This amazing feat, coordinated by photographer Chaim Perl, was this years group photo for the high school convention and we take a behind the scenes look of how it was created.
Police Announce Capture of Brikman Stabber, Skepticism Persists
Hundreds of concerned resident of Crown Heights turned out to attend an “update meeting” with the NYPD following the arrest of the person they believe responsible for the stabbing of 25-year-old Yehuda Leib Brikman.
Letter & Spirit: Artificially Raising Crop Yields
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, we present a unique letter written by the Rebbe in 1968, in which he explains the concept of holiness/kedusha as it relates to the Holy Land and to other areas. In the P.S. of the letter, the Rebbe touches on the subject of increasing land productivity through artificial means, and makes some interesting comments about the safety of doing this. 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.
New Engagement!
Yanky Abrams (Manchester, England) and Rochel (bas Mendy) Zirkind (Montreal, Canada)
Friendship Circle Increases in Adar Joy
The YAD – Boys of the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn, which includes boys ages 9 and up and their buddies from local Yeshivas, gathered at the Jewish Children’s Museum for a very special dancing and open mic night in celebration of Rosh Chodesh Adar II.
Two Teenagers Shot in Crown Heights
A teenage boy and girl were shot just at around 3:45pm Thursday on President Street and Franklin Avenue, near Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights.
Australian Billionaire Bails Out Chabad School
Australia’s third richest man, Harry O. Triguboff, pledged one million dollars to help rescue the troubled Yeshiva Centre, Chabad’s flagship school in Bondi.
Breaking: Suspected Stabber Has Been Arrested
A source within the 71st Precinct has notified CrownHeights.info that the man who allegedly stabbed Leiby Brickman in Crown Heights exactly one month ago has been arrested and taken into custody. The suspect has been identified as 26-year-old Keny Rochelin.
