The 3rd of Tammuz (this year corresponding to Saturday, July 9, 2016) marks the anniversary of passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson OBM (1902–1994). Honoring this occasion, JNet is running a study campaign, encouraging all Jews to unite by studying a sicha.
Elie Wiesel, Author, Activist and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, passed away yesterday at his home in Manhattan. He was 87.
In honor of Gimmel Tammuz, a committee of Chabad women known as Crown Heights Women for the Safety and Integrity of Israel brought the Jewish community together on June 26th to pay tribute to the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s unparalleled leadership and staunch advocacy for The Land of Israel’s security, territorial integrity and unconditional Jewish settlement throughout the country.
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 121, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Is It Possible that What Was Relevant 25 Years Ago is Not Relevant Now? Has the Role of a Rebbe Changed? What is the Significance of Writing a “Pan”? What Meaning Can We Find in Gimmel Tammuz?
In a warning that’s sure to disappoint many who enjoy sneaking a taste of cookie dough, the FDA said this week that people should not eat raw dough or batter of any kind due to an ongoing outbreak of illnesses related to a strain of E. coli bacteria found in some recalled flour.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) and parking meter regulations will be suspended on Monday, July 4, for observance of Independence Day. Alternate side parking regulations also will be suspended Tuesday through Thursday, July 5-7, for a Muslim holiday. Parking meter regulations will be in effect on those days.
A Chabad Lubavitch leader in Russia condemned a state-funded channel’s airing of Palestinian allegations that an Israeli rabbi approved the poisoning of Palestinian wells.
Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, prolific author and outspoken activist Elie Wiesel died Saturday at the age of 87. Wiesel was perhaps best known for his major role in promoting Holocaust education, and for perpetuating the memory of the Holocaust in the post-World War II era with his memoir “Night,” based on his experience as a teenager in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
With narration by Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, the clip follows a timeline through the years with an inside peek into the details of the Rebbe’s Ohel visits, providing an entirely new perspective on the Rebbe’s devotion and care in praying for the Jewish people.
After securing some pledges from generous individuals, she informed the Rebbe of the plans. The Rebbe then instructed her (then in the early 60’s) to obtain Italian tiles. He explained that if the Mikva can boast of Italian tiles, it would bring pride to those who use it.
Rabbi Sholom Ber Shuchat, Crown Heights resident and Dayan on the Beis Din of Agudas Harabonim in New York, has inspected the Crown Heights Eruv and written a comprehensive Halachic pamphlet on its validity. He is the first Chabad Rov to publicly come out in support of the Eruv, albeit with the stipulation that it should be improved so that it complies with the Halachic approach of the Chabad Rebbeim.
450 supporters and special guests of Chabad of the Valley joined together recently in a historic Tribute Dinner honoring the Life, Legacy and Vision of Rabbi Joshua B. Gordon, of blessed memory.
Following the release of a letter by R’ Bentzion Wosner of Monsey/Beit Shemesh proclaiming that those who use the Crown Heights Eruv are not being Mechalel Shabbos, two Rabbonim have released harsh responses, castigating him for contradicting the ruling of the local Beis Din in their own jurisdiction.
Avrumi Freeman (Toronto, Canada) and Cherry Wolff (Crown Heights)
A father was killed and his wife and two teenage children were wounded in a terror shooting attack on their vehicle on Route 60 on Friday afternoon. The car overturned after a Palestinian gunman fired shots at the family. The incident occurred near Aduraim Junction, 15 kilometers south of Kiryat Arba, Chevron. Update: The Niftar was identified as Rabbi Miki (Michoel) Mark, HYD.
Yossi Myhill (Montreal, Canada) and Mushki Uzvolk (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Last week saw the graduation of young ladies from the Machon Chamesh Jewish Institute in Moscow, who received their Bachelor degrees in Public Relations and Economics. The diplomas were distributed at a moving graduation ceremony in Moscow’s Jewish Community center.
