This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 130, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Are We Allowed to Study Kabbalah? What Is the Proper Balance Between Science and Religion? Can Our Minds Actually Control Our Hearts? Since G-d is Indivisible How Can We Call a Soul a Chelek Elokah M’Maal Mamash?
Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins denied on Saturday an accusation in a lawsuit that he plowed into a bicycle deliveryman while driving on a Manhattan street and then fled.
The NYPD arrested 34 people along the J’Ouvert parade route in an effort to prevent another deadly celebration this year.
Continuing their quest to insure that Jewish children get the best possible education, both in Judaic and Secular studies, Mr. and Mrs. Yosef Popack have once again stepped up to the plate. They have graciously helped beautify the building at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Ocean Parkway by putting down new floors in the classrooms.
In last week’s Living Torah from JEM, Rabbi Marvin Tokayer recalled the life changing audience in which the Rebbe brought the plight of the Jewish community in Japan to his attention, along with the suggestion that he might hold the solution to their problem.
While their Talmidim get ready for the new Shnas Halimudim, United Lubavitcher Yeshiva is preparing their Yeshiva building for another great year.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Shmuel Pevzner, Director of Merkaz Avrechim, will lead a discussion on the topic – Chasidisher Elul.
During the entire year, the king is in his palace. Most of his subjects in the capital city, know there is no possibility of them gaining an audience to see and speak to the king. Even from those who hope and apply for an audience, only a select few are actually allowed in. And there is no guarantee that the King would grant their request.
A drive-by shooting left one man dead and two others wounded in Crown Heights. The incident occurred at around 10:30pm Thursday night on Saint Marks Avenue near New York Avenue, about six short blocks away from Monday’s West Indian/Labor Day parade route.
As Bais Chaya Mushka and Bais Rebbe of Los Angeles prepare to welcome back their students, BCM held an all-staff in-service day to get everyone back into the spirit of learning and growth for the new school year. In this same spirit, teachers and staff from Cheder Menachem and other local schools were invited to attend as well.
Mendy Wilmowsky (Crown Heights) and Chanchie Krinsky (Morristown, NJ)
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe waiting as a small child kisses the Torah.
As we approach the beginning of the month of Elul, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he underlines the significance of managing a Jewish home with its many benevolent acts, however insignificant they may seem, and especially in this month of special Divine grace and favor. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
The Banquet. It is always a momentous occasion that evokes many feelings. It happens every year at the end of the Global Kinus Hashluchim. But the one that took place a few days ago at the end of the historical Kinus attended by 500 Shluchim from Europe was something special.
On Sunday August 21st the Congress of Shluchim and Lay leader partners of Chabad Argentina was held in the city of Tucuman. To honor the Bicentennial of the Argentine Independence and the Jewish year of Hakhel, a year of gathering for the Jewish people, more than 70 Rabbis representing 40 national institutions of Chabad Lubavitch along with their partners took part in this congress.
In the aftermath of the tragic loss of 13-year-old Avrohom Chaim Feldman, OBM, friends of the family and fellow Mispallelim at Empire Shteibel have set up a funding campaign to help ease the financial burden of the Levaya and burial, as well as other expenses.
These days there are many artists and art-lovers flocking to the exhibition center of Moscow’s municipality to view the paintings of Rabbi Ovadya Isakov, Chabad Shliach and Rabbi of Derbent, capital of Russia’s Dagestan region.
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