Video: Tisha B’av at the Western Wall
The sights and sounds of the night of Tisha B’av at the Western Wall, the only remnant of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem after it was destroyed by the Romans almost 2,000 years ago.
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The Tefillin Box
At the Shipudei Beer Sheva Mediterranean style eatery, they are used to serving hummous, shwarma and falafel. These days, owner Yossi Bitton has thrown some spiritual food into the mix with a Tefillin box that he’s installed, offering patrons the chance to wrap Tefillin and say the Shema prayer.
8:00pm: Final Hours of Tisha B’Av: The Birth of Healing in the Throes of the Abyss; Power of Positive Attitude; A Shliach’s Frustration
When the flames rose to their highest, Moshiach was born. This is how the closing hours of Tisha B’Av are described. Ostensibly, the 9th of Av is the darkest day of the year. Chassidus however uncovers the soul of this day, revealing its enormous energy and how it contains the seeds to be the brightest day of the year. To better understand this powerful idea and tap into the final potent moments of Tisha B’Av, tune in this Sunday at 8-9pm EST to the live broadcast of MyLife Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson. Discover how the paradox of the 9th of Av – and its aftermath – offers us the original and ultimate healing system; a 1947 year old time-tested system that teaches us how to grow through loss, build after destruction, and thrive despite any wound or trauma.
Photo: Shturem.net
Chabad Shul’s Aron Kodesh Set on Fire in Bnei Brak
At some point during the night of Tisha B’av, the Chabad Shul in the Shikun Hey neighborhood of Bnei Brak, Israel was broken into and the Aron Kodesh was set on fire.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R’ Yosef Elyovitch, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of R’ Yosef Elyovitch, OBM, a longtime member of the Lubavitch community in Antwerp, Belgium, and one of the founders of the Chabad House in the city.
Where Will ‘Roving Rabbis’ Observe Tisha B’Av? Just About Everywhere
The summertime travels of “Roving Rabbis”—young Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students and newly minted rabbis who visit isolated Jews and small Jewish communities all over the globe—are filled with exciting, hectic days and nights in which they share the joys of Judaism with others. But on Tisha B’Av, they have a unique opportunity for a relatively quiet day of reflection, in which they can learn more about the local Jewish community and deepen their times with them.
Picture of the Day: ‘And This Is the Torah..’
An NYPD officer from the 77th Precinct stopped inside 770 for a quick visit during Shachris Thursday morning. Upon discovering that he is Jewish, the Mispallelim honored him with Hagbaha – the lifting of the Torah.
Shomrim Help Non-Jewish Contractor Nab Thief
A contractor doing work on a Jewish home in Crown Heights was suddenly shocked to discover that a man was stealing valuable tools and equipment from his work van. He confronted the man and demanded that they be returned, but instead the man attacked him with a screwdriver he had just stolen.
London Yeshiva Marks Completion of Maseches Gittin
It was a full house for the the 33rd annual Siyum at Yeshiva Gedolah Lubavitch-London, which celebrated the completion of Mesechtas Gittin by a number of its Talmidim.
JEM Introduces WhatsApp Series on Parenting
This Monday, JEM will be starting a 10-part series over WhatsApp on the topic of parenting. The videos will be sent to the over 7,000 subscribers of their daily videos broadcasts.
Twin Sisters, Married to Twin Brothers, Give Birth 20 Minutes Apart
In what is being reported as a “first in the world”, two Orthodox-Jewish twin sisters in Israel, who are married to twin brothers, gave birth to girls 20 minutes apart.
Crown Heights Teen’s Uplifting Poem Goes Viral
A Crown Heights teen, 11th grader Chanie Gorkin, is getting credit for writing an uplifting poem that has been getting a lot of attention on social media in the United States and especially the United Kingdom.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe during the distribution of dollars in the large Shul of 770, taken in the early 1990s.
Baby Girl!
Yanky and Melissa Laine (Crown Heights)
Letter & Spirit: The Cause of the Churban
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, in honor of Tisha B’av, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he explains the story of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza and how it explains the reason for the churban Bais Hamikdash. From the cause of the problem, says the Rebbe, we can learn the solution. The letter was written in English through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
Photos: CGI-Montreal Enjoys Grand Trip to Theme Park
Campers and staff at Gan Yisroel-Montreal enjoyed the first month’s grand trip to La Ronde, an amusement park in Quebec.
Brooklyn Jews Increasingly Turning to Self-Defense
Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jews are arming themselves with potentially deadly weapons – their own bodies: CBS2 reports that a growing number of religious Jews are taking self-defense classes in martial arts with Sensai Steve Issak who developed and teaches a course he calls Shima Juijitsu.
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