New Engagement!
Shloimy Katzman (Crown Heights) and Gittie Weiss (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:30pm at 699 Crown Street Side Door
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Baby Boy!
Yehudah Leib and Nechama Aviva (nee Weinstein) Welton from Pittsburgh, PA had a baby boy!
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BREAKING: Biden Drops Out of US Presidential Race
An expected turn of events Sunday as US President Joe Biden announced his decision to drop out of the US presidential race, allowing his party to select another candidate to face off against former US President Donald Trump.
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JLI: You’ll Never Expect What Judaism Says About Science
Can Religion and Science Coexist? Join Yechiel Krisch and David Kaplan as they unpack the relationship between religion and science.
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Multiple Hospitalized In Serious Crown Heights Crash
Multiple people were transported to the hospital from a serious motor vehicle crash in Crown Heights Motzei Shabbos.
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Laws and Customs: The 17th of Tammuz and the 3 Weeks
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of the fast of the 17th of Tammuz and the three weeks for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
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Massive Moat, At Least Nine Meters Deep Found In Jerusalem Excavation
After 150 years of research: Archaeologists in the City of David have uncovered one of the monumental fortifications that protected the kings of Jerusalem.
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History of Crown Heights: The Farband – 305 Kingston Avenue
by Crown Heights Historian Shmully Blesofsky VIA his Instagram account History of Crown Heights. 305 Kingston Avenue is a building with a uniquely designed exterior and an interesting story. Located in the heart of Crown Heights on Kingston Avenue and […]
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The Rebbe’s Involvement in the Sefer Kevuda bas Melech
In 5741 (1981), R. Moshe Nissan Wiener published Kevuda bas Melech, which includes all the detailed dinim and halachic views concerning tznius. In his words: “Throughout all the stages of its preparation, I constantly updated the Rebbe and asked for directives.”
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Oholei Torah Celebrates Decade of YKP Overnight Camp with Closing On 230-Acre Property
These new grounds spanned 230 acres and included 70 buildings, recreation areas, a lakefront, a dining hall, and housing for staff families. Additionally, there were halls suitable for a shul and battai midrashim.
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Chabad Hosts Jewish RNC Guests Stranded By Flight Cancellations
Thousands of Jewish visitors who had come to Wisconsin for the Republican National Convention, found a warm welcome at Lubavitch of Wisconsin. When they were unable to return home Friday, after an IT outage caused thousands of flights to be canceled or delayed, Chabad once again welcomed Shabbat observers stranded in Milwaukee for the weekend.
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Day-to-Day Guide for the 3-Weeks & Summer Part #I
We present a guide of laws & customs along with selected sichos for the summer months. Part I covers the 12th-13th of Tammuz, as the Three Weeks and the 17th of Tammuz, as well as supplementary summer-related guidance.
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Every Farbrengen On Video Now Available, All in One Place
Following the announcement by JEM that all major collections of videos of the Rebbe have been published, we are now proud to introduce the new Farbrengen Index.
Baby Girl!
Mendel and Chayale (nee Gorman) Aber from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
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BESHT: Chag Hageulah 12 – 13 Tammuz
Shabbos at the BESHT: Rabbi Dovid Leib Grossbaum was sent on bochurim shlichus to Miami Beach Yeshiva Gedola in years 1974-1976. He later went on Shlichus as a kollel yungerman to be part of new Kollel in Melbourne Australia in 1979. He will be giving this week’s shiur on the Chag Hageulah: 12 – 13 Tammuz.
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Crown Heights Gun Buyback To Offer $500 For Every Operable Gun
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and New York City Police Commissioner Edward A. Caban today announced that a Gun Buyback event will be held on Saturday, July 20, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 1250 Saint Johns Place, Brooklyn. Those who turn in operable guns and assault rifles will receive a $500 bank card.
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Weekly Story: Yud Beis Tammuz Part 2/2
As noted last week I am posting another segment from the unedited draft of the Introduction to the volume biography of the Frierdiker Rebbe. Hopefully it will give you some insight of the Frierdiker Rebbe’s life, and of a few of his accomplishments.