Following the tragic fire that claimed the lives of seven Jewish children Friday night, the FDNY is handing out free smoke detectors and batteries, along with fire safety brochures, in four locations in Flatbush today, Sunday.
The Levaya for the seven children of the Sassoon family, who died tragically Friday night in a fire in their Flatbush home, will take place today, Sunday, at Shomrei Hadas Chapels in Borough Park, beginning at 3:00pm.
Today, Beis Nissan, marks the Yahrtzeit of the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneersohn (“Rashab”), who passed away in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, in 1920.
Yossi and Toba (nee Goldfein) Goldstein (Bala Cynwyd, PA)
A group of approximately 20 youths attacked a synagogue in the London borough of Stamford Hill over the weekend, yelling “we will kill you,” beating worshipers and vandalizing property.
Against the backdrop of its beautiful new state-of-the art bunk-houses and swimming pool, Camp Gan Israel-Detroit Director Rabbi Moishy Shemtov and Mashpia Rabbi Yosef Y. Gourarie proudly announced the head staff for this coming summer – 5775.
The Rebbe separates challah from baked matzos and oversees as they are packed and sent off to the Holy Land. 7 Nissan, 5747 – April 6, 1987.
A malfunctioning hot-plate is believed to have caused a Friday night fire that claimed the lives of seven Jewish children – all members of the same family, ages 5 through 15 – in the Midwood section of Brooklyn. Only the mother and one 14-year-old daughter survived.
This past Wednesday night, a group of staff from Montreal’s Lubavitch Yeshiva practiced chest compressions and mouth to mouth on training mannequins. It was part of a CPR and AED (Automated External Defibrillator) course organized by Yeshiva parent Shmarya Plotkin, who aims to get at least two defibrillators inside every Jewish school in Montreal.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Lerener, Rosh Kollel of 770 Montgomery, will lead a discussion on the topic – The Hhstory and reasons behind the Chumra of ‘Gebrochts.’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the eve of the election turned to a well-known Orthodox figure and asked him to pray for him at the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Ohel in New York, Behadrey Haredim reported.
A group of activists are planning a march in Crown Heights to raise “awareness and change for Jewish wives who are ‘chained’.” According to organizers this march is in response to a so-called “crisis in our community.”
A Chassidus essay challenge hosted by The Meaningful Life Center, which over 500 participated in, will announce the winner of the $10,000 prize in the weekly MyLife: Chassidus Applied broadcast this coming Sunday here on CrownHeights.info
Three term New York State Governor George Pataki received a box of Shmurah Matzah from Rabbi Levi Krinsky, Shliach to the State of New Hampshire.
A new piano solo, composed by Sarah Dukes and performed by Mendy Portnoy from Israel, expresses the feelings of despair Sarah was feeling when daily headlines highlighted the incessant rockets raining down on Israel.
Yaniv and Brina Bazel (Crown Heights)
In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present a letter from the Rebbe In it he uses the scientific method to give an in depth analysis to the question: What is the purpose of life? The meaning of a Jew? as he explains the concept of a Higher Authority responsible for an orderly universe in its minutest detail. the entire system is beyond our comprehension. 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.
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