Young Ukraine Shluchim Count Chanukah Blessings
While for many Jewish children Chanukah means vacation or wonderlands and Dreidel houses, the little Shluchim in Sumy, Ukraine, had a different Chanukah experience.
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New Engagement!
Shmuly Lotman (Milwaukee, WI) and Bluma Pinson (Crown Heights)
OK Employees, Children Treated to Chanukah Parties
OK Kosher Certification recently treated its employees and children to annual Chanukah parties in its in-house party lounge.
Shabbos at the Besht: Bitochon and Simcha
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Shmuel Heber will lead a discussion on the topic – Bitochon and Simcha.
Menorah Light Shines in Australian Capital
For the second year in its history, the Australian National Menorah was lit in the Parliament of Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory, on the eight day of Chanukah, the festival of lights. The event was organized by Chabad-ACT.
Poisonous Chemical Daubed on French Synagogue
Fourteen people were mildly poisoned by a toxic substance that was applied to the keypad of an electronic lock of a synagogue south of Paris.
CTeen Committee Votes to Keep Shabbaton in Crown Heights
“To stay or to go?” was the question that puzzled organizers of the International CTeen Shabbaton ever since the conclusion of last year’s Shabbaton.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe during Krias Hatorah, circa mid-1980s.
New Engagement!
Levi Ainsworth (Melbourne, Australia) and Toby Bartfield (Coral Springs, FL)
New Engagement!
Yisroel Dovid Pekkar (Pittsburgh, PA) and Chaya Faigy Levilev (Crown Heights)
Photos: Hundreds Participate in Hey Teves Farbrengen
Anash and Bochurim gathered at Beis Rivka Campus Chomesh for the annual Central Hey Teves Farbrengen. One highlight of the evening was a riveting speech by Nat Lewin, one of the lawyers who helped secure a victory in the Seforim case.
Baby Girl!
Shmulie and Raizy (nee Gottleib) Margolin (Cleavland, OH)
Letter & Spirit: The ‘Why’ of Our Challenges
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, as we read in this week’s Parsha about the descent of Yaakov to Mitzrayim and the beginning of our first golus, we present an in-depth letter of the Rebbe in which he explains the “why” of personal challenges, as well as the communal challenges of our people, as experienced in golus. 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.
Photos: Shopping for Seforim at Kehot!
One of the Rebbes instructions marking Hey Teves was the encouragement to buy Seforim. Honoring this Kehot has been hosting a sale, marking down Seforim by as much as 50% off. Hundreds have been taking advantage in person, with thousands around the world placing their orders by phone or online.
Photos: Hey Teves Seforim Fair for ULY Students
United Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street held today their annual Hey Teves Seforim fare. There were over 100 titles available ranging from classic children’s books to new stories to books in Yiddish and Hebrew and a large assortment of Seforim.
Oholei Torah Celebrates Hey Teves
Celebrating a chassideshe Yom Tov in a most appropriate manner was the goal of the PTA, as they held their 12th annual Hey Teves Book Fair.
Weekly Story: The Value of a Sefer
The townspeople of Zhitomir were not all that pleased. “This sefer is much too overpriced,” they declared. “A sefer of this size is never sold for even close to such a sum!”
by Rabbi Sholom Avtzon
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