Gan Yisroel-NY Campers Travel to the Ohel
The campers and staff of Gan Yisroel-New York spent the early hours of the day Sunday on their respective preparations in anticipation of a trip to the Ohel in honor of Gimmel Tamuz.
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Scene from the Crown Heights riots. Inset: Rabbi Avraham Lapine with his wife and son.
Op-Ed: Healing the Racial Divide
Rabbi Avraham Lapine, director of Chabad at the University of Missouri, who lost his mother at the age of five to a brutal murderer who broke into their home, wrote the following op-ed about healing the racial divide engulfing the United States, which was printed in The Columbia Daily Tribune.
Rabbi Mendel Fogelman of Chabad of Central Massachusetts at the home of Mrs. Michelson in 2015.
Oldest American, 113-Year-Old Goldie Michelson, Passes Away
The oldest American person has died at her Massachusetts home at age 113. Goldie Michelson was a month short of her 114th birthday.
Photo: Shlomo Levi
Lubavitcher Rebbe Street Sign Vandalized
A shocking and shameful incident has shaken up the Chabad community in Be’er Sheva, Israel: A sign bearing the name of a street named after the Lubavitcher Rebbe, OBM, was vandalized by unknown perpetrators.
New Engagement!
Berel (ben R’ Yosseleh) Gurevitch (Crown Heights) and Chana (bas R’ Moshe) Drizin (Crown Heights)
Video: First Smashing Week at LDC-Monsey
Lubavitch Day Camp of Monsey completed its first exciting, fun and meaningful week of the summer. See the highlights of the week in this video slideshow.
Boca Shliach Inspires Sydney on Gimmel Tammuz
A Gimmel Tammuz Farbrengen, likely the first in the world for 5776, was held Thursday night in Sydney, Australia, at the Yeshiva Centre – Chabad NSW HQ.
Facebook Sued for $1 Billion Over ‘Terror Platform’
Israeli and American families of victims of Palestinian attacks filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Facebook, claiming the social network is providing a platform for militants to spread incitement and violence, their lawyers said Monday.
Start-Up Torah Welcomed at 770
A Hachnosas Sefer Torah was held in 770 yesterday, Sunday, after Mincha, dedicated by the Beis Yisroel Torah Gemach in conjunction with Rabbi Yossi Schildkraut of San Paulo, Brazil, and all the Shluchim who came for Gimmel Tammuz.
New Engagement!
Menachem Mendel Lifshitz (Crown Heights) and Rochie (bas R’ Eliezer) Arnauve (Paris, France)
TRAGEDY: Child Passes Away after Drowning
A 4-year-old child has tragically passed away early Monday morning after drowning in a pool in Upstate New York. The boy, Shimon ben Leah Malka Esther Weiss, OBM, and his family were guests in the KMS bungalow colony in Swan Lake, New York.
Levaya info in the extended article.
Photos: Sunday at the Ohel
On Sunday, thousands more came to pray at the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens, in honor of Gimmel Tammuz.
Photos: The ‘Pan Kloli’ is Read at the Ohel
On Sunday afternoon, the day after Gimmel Tammuz, the Pan Kloli which was signed by many Chassidim, was read at the Ohel.
4-Year-Old in Critical Condition after near-Drowning
A 4-year-old child is in critical condition after drowning in a pool in the KMS Bungalow Colony in Swan Lake, NY. Please say tehillim for Shimon ben Leah Malka Esther.
8:00pm: When Is/Isn’t Humor Appropriate?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 122, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: When Is/Isn’t Humor Appropriate? Can Non-Jews Study Torah? Should I Always Trust My Mashpia’s Advice?
Rabbi Jacob I. Schochet receives a dollar from the Rebbe
Story: Learning Ahavas Yisroel from the Rebbe
In 1952, at the suggestion of his uncle Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Isaac Hodakov, chief aide of the Rebbe, 17-year-old Immanuel Schochet traveled from Toronto to the Lubavitch school in Brooklyn, New York. Initially, while attending the school, located in Crown Heights, close to Lubavitch World Headquarters, known as “770”, he found Chassidic life foreign. Although he enjoyed the gatherings presided by the Rebbe, he had little understanding of a Rebbe’s role and felt out of place whenever the crowd sang melodies for lengthy periods. In addition, he found the study of Chassidic texts bewildering.
Photos: Motzai Shabbos at the Ohel
Thousands spent Shabbos Gimmel Tammuz at the Ohel, davening and farbrenging throughout, while after Shabbos thousands more continued making their way to daven at the Rebbes Ohel.
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