Belgian MP Visits 770
Mr. Ludo Van Campenhout, vice-mayor of Antwerp and a member of the Belgian parliament, toured 770 during a visit to Crown Heights on Tuesday coordinated by Belgian head shliach Rabbi Shabtai Slavaticki.
Williamsburg Man Assaulted in Possible Hate Crime
A Chasidic man was assaulted in Williamsburg on Friday morning, and the NYPD is investigating it as a possible bias attack.
Arrest Made in Firebomb Attack; Jews Not Target
Police have arrested a man on charges of attempted murder for throwing a Molotov cocktail at a Midtown street corner where two Lubavitcher Bochurim were standing. Police say the two were not the intended target.
Picture of the Day: Contest Winners Rewarded
Right at the beginning of the school year, the 8th Grade of Oholei Torah began a special contest connected with missions of the various mitzvahs and chassidishe conduct of the month of Tishrei. These included Mivtza Shofar, Mivtza Lulav, learning on your own time, davening Chol Hamoed with the Minyan, going on Tahalucha, Hakhel gatherings etc.
Story: A Tanya Printing in War-Torn Lebanon
Rabbi Aharon Eliezer Ceitlin, OBM, who passed away yesterday at the age of 62, related the following story that he experienced while on Shlichus in Erezt Yisroel during the Lebanon war in 1982. The story was transcribed by Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedolah of Melbourne, who heard it from Rabbi Ceitlin at a Farbrengen, and later shared the transcription with him to review for accuracy.
Dvar Torah: A Small Believer
Quoting from the midrash, Rashi (possuk 5 of chapter 7) notes that Noach only entered the Teva when the rains began pouring down. That is proof that Noach himself was somewhat skeptical about the flood and only when he actually saw it, did he enter the Teva.
by Rabbi Sholom Avtzon
Shabbos at the Besht: Exploring Desperate Cases in Beis Din
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yisroel Newman will lead a discussion on the topic – exploring desperate cases in beis din.
Terrorist Wearing Press Disguise Stabs Israeli Soldier
A Palestinian terrorist disguised as a journalist stabbed an IDF soldier in Kiryat Arba, near the holy city of Chevron.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe giving a coin to a child for Tzedaka.
Arab Mob Torches Joseph’s Tomb in Shechem
A mob of hundreds of terrorists set fire to the compound housing the tomb of Joseph in the historic city of Shechem (Nablus) before dawn on Friday, bringing widespread condemnation from around the world.
Info to Be Menachem Avel Shimon (Kyle) Weisman
Shimon (Kyle) Weisman is sitting Shiva after the passing of his father, Moshe Aaron (Michael), OBM, at the basement Apt. of 1539 President St. [between Albany and Troy Aves.] until Wednesday morning. Visiting hours are between noon and 11:00pm. Hamokom […]
Video: Baby Named After Departed Shliach
Moshe and Rivky Cyrulnik, members of the Chabad community in Melbourne, Australia, already had a name picked out for their newborn baby boy. But when the news reached them a few hours before the Bris that the beloved Shliach and Mashpia Rabbi Aharon Eliezer Ceitlin had passed away, they decided to name him Aharon Eliezer in his memory.
The Terror in Israel Could Not Stop Him
The terrible violence from terror attacks going on in Israel now did not stop one young man from carrying out his Bar Mitzvah dreams: Simon Wurm from Vienna came with his family to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah in Jerusalem.
Baby Boy!
Levi and Chayale (nee Weingarten) Groner (Pelham, NY)
Photos: Learning the Complexities of Scribal Art
Children learn what it takes to write a Torah scroll and other Jewish ritual items with Chabad’s Jcrafts in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mendy and Esther Turk, newlyweds from Brazil, arrived in Israel just two days ago to start their new life together with a year of study in Jerusalem.
Newlyweds Describe Jerusalem Bus Station Attack
Newlyweds Mendy and Esther Turk, who arrived in Israel just two days ago to start their new life together with a year of study in Jerusalem, received a slightly different “welcome” than they may have been anticipating.
100′ Attened the Levaya of R. Aaron Leizer Ceitlin OBM
Hundreds gathered in front of 770 – the Lubavitch World Headquarters – to partake in the Levaya of the Shliach and noted Mashpia Rabbi Aaron Eliezer Ceitlin, OBM.
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