Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Roderman regularly mans a Tefilin stand in the Machane Yehudah marketplace in Jerusalem. On Friday, while chatting with an IDF soldier, he was surprised by the young man’s Hungarian-Chasidic accent.
The relative calm in Israel on Sunday was shattered in the evening hours when an Arab-Israeli terrorist drove his car into a young woman and stabbed three other victims north of the city of Hadera. That gruesome attack was followed by another four stabbings that occurred today, Monday.
A Chabad synagogue in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG), Montreal, was apparently the victim of an act of vandalism this past Motzei Shabbos: someone knocked over the large menorah that stands outside the center.
In the year since Daily Wisdom, an anthology of 378 daily inspirational lessons culled from the vast and deep Torah teachings of theLubavitcher Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory—was released in the English language, it has made Torah and its timeless teachings to an ever-increasing circle of readers.
Pictures from the Lechaim of Yerachmiel Bensaid (Paris, France) and Devorah Leah (Debbie) Bentolila (Kinshasa, DR Congo) which took place in the Lubavitcher Yeshiva hall in Crown Heights.
Yudi and Chavi (nee Meyers) Hershkop (Crown Heights)
Tzvi Hirsh Rimler (Monsey, NY) and Masha Mazer (Chandler, AZ)
Yerucham and Sarah (nee Karp) Katz (Crown Heights)
Police are investigating an incident where a ‘Molotov cocktail’ was thrown at two Yeshiva students who were walking on a busy street in midtown Manhattan. UPDATE: NYPD sources confirm this incident is being investigated as a possible hate crime. The perpetrator reportedly said “I will come back with a knife and kill you”.
Talmud Torah “Raishis Chochma”, which has been operating in the Russian capital for a number of years, recently moved into a brand new and much larger building in the center of the city.
Chananya (ben Uri) Niasoff (Crown Heights) and Tzirl (bas Lipa) Brennan (Crown Heights)
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 85, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: What Defines a Chassidishe Person? Do Non-Jews Have a Soul? Lying and Trust Issues; Pre-Marital Challenges.
“Before our Rebbi started using Gemara Academy, I never looked at Tosefos. It was too hard,” said Yaakov, a mesivta student. “After using the program, I could understand the text perfectly.”
Hundreds of members of the Lubavitch community in Paris, France gathered for their traditional Shabbos Bereishis Melava Malka in the spirit of Hakhel in the hall of Beis Chaya Mushka. Special gueest speaker was Rabbi Binyomin Zilberstrom from Jerusalem, Israel.
As students move back into their dorms on campuses nationwide, Chabad is doing its thing, welcoming them with opportunities to make it a spiritually enriching year.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Monday, October 12, for Columbus Day. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
A young Jewish couple has traveled more than 2,500 miles with their 10-month-old son from Brooklyn, N.Y. to provide UC Riverside students with free WiFi, a kosher meal and a safe space to discuss Judaism.
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