Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Mottel Sharfstein, 88, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Mordechai Eliezer (Mottel) Sharfstein OBM, longtime resident of Crown Heights. He was 88 years old.
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Photos: Campers of the First Month Bid Farewell
The atmosphere in the dining room was a mixture of joy and melancholy as the first trip of Camp Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY, came to an end. Joy, as the winners of bunk, learning class, and sports competitions were announced, and the sadness of parting as campers wished their friends farewell.
Pioneers Seek to Create New Chabad Village in Israel
A group of ambitious young Lubavitch families are on the cusp of making history: the founding of a new Chabad village in Israel’s formidable but beautiful Negev Desert.
Shluchim of Long Island Gather
Over 30 Chabad Shluchim on New York’s Long Island came together for a full-day regional kinus at the Chabad House of Huntington/Melville, followed by an evening banquet at the Jewel Hall nearby.
Picture of the Day: Bais Rivkah Day Camp
The girls and staff-members of Crown Heights’ Bais Rivkah Day Camp posed today in the school building’s playground for group portrait, as they mark the start of the second month of summer vacation.
Rabbi Shaul Perlstein lights a candle in memory of the slain men.
Chattanooga Jewish Community Gathers for Healing After Shooting of Five Military Men
As residents of Chattanooga, Tenn., continue to grapple with the killing of five members of the U.S. military last week, about three-dozen members of the Jewish community gathered for Shabbat services at the Chabad-Jewish Center of Chattanooga. Then, on Sunday morning, about 50 people came together for a vigil that included the reading of Psalms, Mishnah study, prayer and candle-lighting.
Manholes Explode, Con-Ed Still Working to Restore Power in Crown Heights
With the season’s first multi-day heat wave refusing to break, high electricity demand put a lot of stress on the system’s infrastructure, which caused manhole explosions all around Crown Heights.
File photo: The scene of a previous dollar van crash that occurred in April.
Dollar Van Driver Hits 2 People in Crown Heights, Flees
A dollar van driver plowed into a pedestrian and pinned another between two cars in Crown Heights last week before trying to flee the crash scene on foot, police and prosecutors said.
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Picture of the Day: Son Continues Father’s Tradition
Rabbi Kuti Rapp, OBM, would customarily lead a Siyum on the completion of every Halacha of Rambam during the annual cycle of study. Shortly after his tragic death by a car accident, upon the completion of Hilchos Parah Adumah, his son, Shneur Zalman Tzemach Rapp, was asked to take his place and lead the Siyum in 770.
Baby Girl!
Yehoshua and Muki (nee Simpson) Rivkin (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Shmuli and Mushky (nee Chayempour) Tuvel (Kew Gardens, NY)
Video: The Week in Review at YSP
The fourth week of camp was filled with excitement, learning, fun and inspiration at Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ.
Video: Neturei Karta Join Toronto Anti-Israel March
Neturei Karta activists attended the annual Al Quds Day rally in Toronto, Canada. The rally, and many like it around the world, are sponsored by the Iranian regime, and calls for ethnic cleansing of Israelis are a common occurrence during them.
Summer Sizzles in Longmeadow, MA
School may not be in session, but summertime is busy at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy (LYA) in Longmeadow, MA. LYA organizes a Sizzlin’ Summer Barbecue for the community that grows bigger and better each summer. At the barbecue, people of all ages and from different segments of the community attend, and LYA staff take advantage of the opportunity to shmooze with them.
Chabad.org Broadcasts Daily Siyumim for 9 Days
Chabad.org is once again proud to partner with the NCFJE, which has been broadcasting live siyumim on the radio for over thirty years, to bring you live broadcasts of daily siyumim for the nine days.
New Engagement!
Yanky Stambler (Kfar Chabad, Israel) and Mushky Duchman (Crown Heights)
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Should Camps Hire a Counselor Who Cuts His Beard?
Rabbi Moshe Wiener, author of the Sefer Hadras Ponim Zokon on the Halachic prohibition of cutting one’s beard, send us the following letter from the Rebbe to the directors of a summer camp who asked whether it was okay to hire a staff-member who cut his beard.
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