New Engagement!
Simcha Bloom (Sydney, Australia) and Mushky Notik (Seattle, WA)
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New Engagement!
Michel Skura (West Palm Beach, FL) and Chani Jalusi (Coral Springs, FL)
8:00pm: The Challenges and the Opportunities of Vacation; Contemporary Lessons from 12 Tammuz; Reward and Punishment
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 73, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week, in a special summer edition, Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: The Challenges and the Opportunities of Vacation; Contemporary Lessons from 12 Tammuz; Reward and Punishment.
Center With a Soul Goes Up in Wilmette
Affluent Wilmette, a Chicago suburb on Lake Michigan where homes go for 40% more than other area suburbs, attracts well to do families looking for amenities and good public schools. Compared to neighboring Skokie, Northbrook or the Rogers Park neighborhood, it does not have much of a Jewish infrastructure.
Bringing Judaism to a 1000 Cities and Towns
This summer Merkos shlichus Bochurim will travel to over 1000 cities and towns. Their goal: Meet Jewish people and help bring them closer to their creator.
Photos: CGI-Parksville Campers Enjoy ‘Skate Estate’
The campers of Camp Gan Yisroel-Parksville awoke Thursday morning under the impression that it would be just another regular day in camp. But there is no such thing as a “regular day” in Gan Yisroel.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Moussia Zaltzman, 6, OBM
With great sadness, shock and deep pain we inform you of the tragic and untimely passing of Chaya Mushka (Moussia) Zaltzman OBM, daughter of Rabbi Zalman and Perla Zaltzman Ybd”l Shluchim in Canada. She was 6 years old.
Suspicious Package Shuts Down Eastern Parkway
Eastern Parkway was shut down Shabbos afternoon after police received a report of a suspicious package near 770. The entire vicinity remained closed for over two hours as police investigated.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Never Too Young
The education the previous Rebbe received from a young age increased his desire to help others, and even as a child, he was prepared to pay a high price for his ideals, as the story of his first imprisonment relates.
Photos, Video: YSP Goes on First Trip
Yesterday, Thursday, the Talmidim of YSP-Morristown were treated to their first trip of the summer: Bounce!
Video: After 29 Years, Mother’s Dying Wish Fulfilled
When Matthew Jurgens‘ mother passed away when he only two years old, her last request from Rabbi Anchelle Pearl was for her son to have a Bar Mitzvah.
15-Year-Old Assaults 82-Year-Old; Steals Jewelry
A 15-year-old boy punched an 82-year-old man and stole the chain off his neck — before being chased down by a detective who witnessed the attack, police said.
Video: Crown Heights Children Show Musical Talent
Last Thursday, Rosh Chodesh Tamuz, Mamesh Music held their 4th annual end-of-year recital at Beis Levi Yitzchok, with two separate recitals for the boys and girls program. Over 70 students performed a large range of Niggunim on the keyboard, piano, violin, flute, guitar, drums, percussion, and even mandolin!
Shabbos at the Besht: Yud Beis Tammuz
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Seligson will lead a discussion on the topic of Yud Beis Tammuz.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe touching the Mezuzah as he leaves his office to Daven downstairs, circa mid 1970s.
Yaldei Hashluchim Gather in Argentina for Regional Shabbaton
Gimmel Tammuz was a few months away, but for the Yaldei Hashluchim in South and Central America and Spain as well, the preparations were well underway. The boys and girls who live hundreds of miles away from a well-established community spent once-a-week learning online about Chasisishe Inyonim as it pertains to a Chossid.
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Story: The Rebbe Rayatz and His Jewish Interrogators
In honor of Yud Bais/Yud Gimmel Tammuz – the birthday and day of liberation of the Frierdiker Rebbe, we share the now well-known story of the Frierdiker Rebbe’s interrogation by the GPU in 1921.
