A Crown Heights man was robbed at gunpoint and the thieves – two men and a woman – made off with his cellphone and $1,100 in the virtual ‘crypto-currency’ Bitcoin.
Rav Chaim Kanievsky, a Lithuanian Gadol considered by many to be the leading Posek in the Orthodox-Jewish world, recently wrote a Halachic response in which he asserted that the branches of the Menorah in the Beis Hamikdash were not round – a point famously iterated by the Lubavitcher Rebbe several decades ago.
The Klein family is sitting Shiva after the passing of Rabbi Binyomin Klein OBM at his home, 750 Eastern Parkway [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.] until Thursday morning. Shacharis : Sunday morning 9:30am. Monday through Wednesday 8:00am and 9:30am. Mincha […]
Victor Espinoza, the jockey who prayed at the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens on Thursday ahead of competing in the Belmont Stakes, won first place in the annul race today, making him the first jockey to claim the elusive Triple Crown trophy in 37 years.
At the Exodus from Egypt the Jews experienced true unity. The experience at Sinai caused them to become one. In order to order bring this into practical reality today, in a way that even a child can appreciate, it needs to involve something tangible.
With anticipation builds for Sunday’s final showdown, Yesterday, 139 student finalists from around the world descended upon the Jewish Children’s Museum. They were divided up into three teams: “Yad Hachazaka” “Sefer Hamitzvos” and “Peirush Hamishnayos,” and given ID cards to match.
Bochurim enrolled in the Semicha program at the Rabbinical College of America in Morristown, NJ posed for a group photo together with the schools dean Rabbi Moshe Herson and the Menahel Ruchni Rabbi Chaim Schapiro.
Shmuly And Devoree (nee Miller) Axelrod (Crown Heights)
Over 1000 men, women and children gathered in front of 770, the Lubavitch World Headquarters, to partake in the Levaya of Rabbi Binyomin Klein OBM one of the Rebbe’s trusted secretaries.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yakov D. Cohen will lead a discussion on the topic: The United Nations, from the inside out.
We present the following photo gallery of the illustrious life of Reb Binyomin Klein, OBM, trusted secretary and devoted Chossid of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, who passed away last night at the age of 79. The photos are courtesy of Lubavitch Archives.
The Lubavitcher Yeshiva Simcha Hall on Crown and Albany in Crown Heights was swarming with hundreds of boys this past Thursday evening, 17 Sivan, ready to receive their long-awaited “sefarim vouchers” that they earned this year by attending Yeshivas Erev Yehuda Kalman.
Victor Espinoza, a jockey who plans to compete in the upcoming Belmont Stakes horse race, visited the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens yesterday to say a prayer – and perhaps get a dose of divine intervention.
Following a tradition of 25 years, Oholei Torah Mesivta, led by Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm, had a campaign to finish the entire Mesechta of the year ba’al peh, which this year is Meseches Gittin.
With great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the sudden passing of Rabbi Yerachmiel Binyomin HaLevi Klein OBM one of the Rebbe’s Mazkirim. He was 79 years old. Levaya times updated in the Extended Article.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe during the distribution of Kos Shel Bracha, 1987.
Berel and Shternie (nee Stock) Hassan (Crown Heights)
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