This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 103, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Female Judges in the Essay Contest; Self-Esteem; Lying; Criticizing Children Constructively; Reward and Punishment; Pleasure from Other’s Misfortunes.
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Arrested on charges of smuggling drugs, a soon-to-married Israeli couple have found themselves in a real-life nightmare after they were arrested in a Ukrainian Airport with two pounds of marijuana in their luggage. Relatives claim that they were framed and have launched a Pidyon Shvuim fund to help cover the legal fees ahead of their trial, which is set for February 25th.
The Chairman of the Israeli Knesset, Yuli Edelstein, and the Israeli Minister of Health, Rabbi Yaakov Litzman, welcomed a delegation of European Jewish children belonging to Chabad’s Morasha Educational initiative, who arrived in the Holy Land as part of the institution’s annual Bar and Bat Mitzvah trip.
Zalmy and Lana (nee Bordy) Schapiro (Philadelphia, PA)
Yitzchok and Chana (nee Rosenfeld) Frankforter (Atlanta, GA)
Delayed due to inclement weather, a sizable crowed turned out Motzai Shabbos for a Melava Malka in support of Gmach Keren Yisroel Aryeh Leib.
Shmuel Aryeh and Bracha Malka (nee Kolodny) Hackner (London, England)
The month of Adar is characterized with the spirit of joy, as the Talmud relates that “when Adar comes we increase in happiness.” Rabbi Yitzchak Shochet, Rabbi of London’s Mill Hill Synagogue, shares insight into how happiness is ultimately a choice, and when one chooses to be happy, all obstacles and challenges can be overcome.
The world’s oldest known complete Sefer Torah, which was discovered about six months ago, confirms that the Alter Rebbe was correct regarding the spelling of the words ‘Petzua Daka’ – ending ‘daka’ with an Aleph rather than a Hey.
Avremi and Samantha Epstein (Coral Springs, FL)
Last night, Rena Finder, one of the roughly 1,200 survivors rescued by Oskar Schindler, told her story to more than 400 people gathered at Chabad of Naples, FL.
A day after the shocking stabbing of a young Hasidic man in Crown Heights, elected officials gathered for a press conference and denounced the horrific and random attack.
On the northwestern slope of the iconic mountain that gave Montreal its name, the Borough of Outremont is a mix of stately but crumbling townhouses, converted warehouses, sleek luxury condo buildings, rambling mansions, and bars and boutiques common to an up-and-coming urban community.
The city’s Office of Emergency Management issued an advisory ahead of incoming low temperatures that could include sub-zero wind chills. Forecasts show a very cold weekend approaching New York, with temperatures below freezing.
We’re all familiar with the story of when the Ba’al Shem Tov asked Moshiach when he would come. Moshiach replied that the Geulah would be ushered in when the wellsprings of Chassidus were spread to the wider world.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Efrayim Mintz, executive director of the JLI, will lead a discussion on the topic – 10 Insights and Life Lessons from the Aron in the Mishkan.
