For over two thousand years, the Jewish people have waited to return to their homeland. Yet today, we are terrorized for wanting what is ours. Jews are being attacked and killed in the streets of our very own capital, Jerusalem.
About a month ago, rising Israeli singing star Nemuel teamed up with Israeli musician Danny Avidani to release an album, Hisgalus, which has seen tremendous success. Recently, the duo reunited at the studio to record a well-known stirring Chabad melody – the Nigun of R’ Sholom Charitonov.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of R’ Tuvia Giro, OBM, of Bat Yam, Israel, father of R’ Ronen Giro of Crown Heights. He was 92 years old.
Avremel and Shulie (nee Shur) Vogel (Crown Heights)
Levi Yitzchak Paul (Morristown, NJ) and Menucha Rochel Schuchat (Montreal, Canada)
Moshe Epstein (Columbia, SC) and Sara Teller (Crown Heights)
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?
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Berel Levin, chief librarian of Agudas Chassidei Chabad library, will lead a discussion on the topic – Eruv Chatzeirus.
Yitzie Kessler (Morristown, NJ) and Bayla Brafman (Miami Beach, FL)
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?
Over 200 people joined together for an evening of inspiration and achdus at the 3rd annual JNet Volunteer Appreciation Dinner, celebrating 8,000 Chavrusas.
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