Photos: Boys Compete in the Chidon Hamitzvos
Yeshiva students from around the world took part in an exciting competition, marking its second year since its return.
4
8:00pm: Our Yeshiva System; Dating Advice; Lashon Hara
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 70, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week, Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Our Yeshiva System (Continued); Dating Advice; Lashon Hara.
Now Live: Chidon Sefer Hamitzvos Game Show
Taking place now in Crown Heights, contestants from around the world are facing off in a competition displaying their knowledge in the Halachos in the Sefer Hamitzvos. The amazing even is coming to a conclusion with a final competition and the event is being broadcasted live here on CrownHeights.info.
Video: The Early Days of Chabad on Campus
A reader brought to our attention this fascinating video on YouTube: a vivid portrayal of the activities of Rabbi Yoseph Samuels and the Chabad House at the University of Washington, filmed in 1975.
Illustration Photo.
Man Robbed at Gunpoint for $1,100 in Bitcoin
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: Menorah Was Not Round
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.
Info to be Menachem Avel the Klein Family
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 […]
Jockey Who Visited Ohel Wins Triple Crown
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.
Weekly Living Torah Video: A Call for Unity
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.
Chidon Hamitzvos Kicks Off to a Great Start
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.
Morristown Semicha Program Poses for Group Photo
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.
Baby Boy!
Shmuly And Devoree (nee Miller) Axelrod (Crown Heights)
Over 1000 at the Levaya of the Mazkir
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.
Shabbos at the Besht: The U.N., from the Inside Out
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yakov D. Cohen will lead a discussion on the topic: The United Nations, from the inside out.
Photo Gallery: The Life of Reb Binyomin Klein, OBM
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.
Boys Awarded for Excellence at Yeshivas Erev Finale
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.
Jockey Prays at Ohel Ahead of Race
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.
Submit a Story
