With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Eliezer Dov Zylbernagel OBM, a resident of Crown Heights and more recently Baltimore, at the age of 77. Levaya and Shiva information in the Extended Article.
On Monday, the 15th of Iyar (May 4), there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12 featuring a raffle, refreshments and an amazing program. Buses will leave 770 at 5:00pm and return at 7:45pm. Transportation will cost $3.
A pervert on a rampage, who groped two Jewish women and attempted to touch a few more, was apprehended and arrested thanks to one of the victims – who called Shomrim and persisted in pressing charges.
When Shraga Jameson and his wife experienced a personal tragedy, they decided to travel to the Rebbe in search of some solace. After a seemingly uneventful first encounter, they decided to write the Rebbe about their troubles.
A 31-year-old Jewish man was assaulted by a Black man on Albany Avenue Friday night and police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.
In his bid for the 43rd District Assembly Seat Menachem (Mendy) Raitport is hosting a Community Rally and Carnival Sunday on Kingston and Eastern Parkway in front of the Jewish Children’s Museum.
“There are times when life on shlichus is tough but I’d never want to switch it with anything else,” declared nine-year-old Sender Ouiezerat, shliach to Shanghai, China, during his speech at the gala banquet of the Asian Regional Kinus HaShluchim. “After all, it is we who are on the front lines bringing Moshiach.”
In preparation for the 59th Annual Dinner of Oholei Torah, bronze plaques have been erected on the main entrance ways of the Anchor building of Oholei Torah’s Eastern Parkway Campus, dedicating them in everlasting memory of the mossad’s co-founders, Reb Michoel and Rebbetzin Esther Teitelbaum, OBM. They will now be known as the ‘Sha’arei Teitelbaum,’ gateways of Torah and Avodah.
The following heartwarming and inspiring story was sent to us by Rabbi Levi Kaplan, Shliach in Baltimore, MD. It was written by K.Y.L., a Lubavitcher therapist working in Baltimore’s inner city public schools:
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yossi Engel, Shliach to Adelaide, Australia, will lead a discussion on the topic – Don’t run away from materialism, elevate it to it’s intended purpose.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique collection of photos of the Rebbe at the Lag Ba’omer Parade of 1976. With much thanks to Dr. Bernarard Cohen.
On Yud daled Kislev a couple of years ago an idea was born: for a nominal fee of $100, Devorah Benjamin of KSCVK will take your name, the name of your child, friend or relative and daven at the Ohel for a shidduch. The money will go straight to KSCVK’s fund for Crown Heights Chassanim and Kallos.
When the Baltimore unrest broke out this week, Jewish Uniformed Service Association of Maryland (JUSA) director and Chabad Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum went straight to work.
Chanan and Aliza Krivisky (Jericho, NY)
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, in anticipation of the Yomtov of Shavuos, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he explains why G-d gave 613 commandments to the Jews and 7 commandments to the rest of humankind, the benei Noach. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
