Following a spiritually uplifting Shabbos in Crown Heights, some 2,000 Cteen’ers hopped on the subway and traveled to Times Square for a Havdalah ceremony and concert, all broadcasted live online and on the American Eagle jumbotron, and capped off with a video of the Rebbe. The result was a Kiddush Hashem of immense proportions.
Dovid Abba and Chaya Goldstein (Crown Heights)
The man who was brought in for questioning in relation to the stabbing of 26-year-old Leiby Brikman in Crown Heights earlier this month was not responsible for the attack, the NYPD said.
Witness a monumental event for Jewish teens – a display of Jewish pride and unity – which will take place tonight in New York’s Time Square. The gathering will feature a special havdalah ceremony, inspiring speeches and concert with 8th Day, beginning at 8:45pm (EST).
Shmaryahu and Chaya Mushka (nee Zilbershtrom) Labkowski (Toronto, Canada)
Nearly 2,000 Jewish teenagers and their chaperones from 23 different countries have gathered in Crown Heights for three days of learning, touring, socializing and soaking in the atmosphere of all that CTeen has to offer.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a picture of the Rebbe leaving the Mikvah, mid 1980’s.
Roovy (Yisroel Reuven) Shapiro (Florida/San Diego, CA) and Shevy Leeds (Pittsburgh, PA)
During Rabbi Moshe Orenstein’s tenure as mayor of Bnei Brak, Israel, he came to visit the Rebbe. Of the two topics he discussed with the Rebbe, the Rebbe’s responses wren’t not expected in either. As he would so often do, the Rebbe used both issues raised as opportunities to convey life lessons.
Eli Yaakov Cohen (Aventura, FL) and Nechama Dina Schachter (Hollywood, FL)
The American Ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, stops on his way to run the Tel Aviv marathon to put on Tefilin with a Lubavitcher Bochur.
The students asked him, Rebbe you are the sar (Prince) of the Torah, why do you follow the Rebbe of Lubavitch, aren’t you daas haTorah?!
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Lerner, Rosh Kollel of 770 Montgomery, will lead a discussion on the topic – Hilchos Hotzo’ah – carrying on Shabbos: what is the best manner to wear a towel to the mikva?
Pictures from the L’chaim of Mendy Bass (Postville, IA) and Debora Epelbaum (Buenos Aires, Argentina), which took place Thursday night at The Shul at 481 Albany Ave. in Crown Heights.
This Monday, 20 Adar, February 29, an international day of learning will unite children across the world through Torah study.
Chabad on Campus centers will host a total of seven regional Shabbatons this year throughout North America, and one in Europe, to unite students from various campuses by celebrating Shabbat together. Two of them have already taken place: one in Southern California two weeks ago and one in Philadelphia this past weekend.
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, we present a unique letter written by the Rebbe in 1945, while he was still known as the Ramash and was chairman of Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch. In it, the Rebbe thanks a well-known supporter for his generous contributions, and explains the difference between the infinite and unlimited effects of a good deed and the limited qualities of an evil deed, which do not have a lasting existence and are ultimately annulled. 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.
