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Letter & Spirit: The Heavens Belong to G-d
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he addresses the interesting question – how is it that man explores the heavens if it states that “the heavens belong to G-d and the earth he gave to the children of man.” 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.
New ‘Shluchim’ to Crown Heights?
Repair the World, a progressive-reform Jewish outreach group, has announced the opening of a new community center in Crown Heights. According to the group’s leader, they intend to target the “largely underserved” population of non-Orthodox Jewish millennials in the neighborhood.
After 15 Years, Chabad Center in East Boca Approved
It’s been called one of the most contentious construction projects in the history of the city. And after months of protracted debate, Boca Raton leaders gave their blessing to an 18,000-square-foot synagogue and museum to be built by Chabad of East Boca, directed by Rabbi Ruvi New.
Suspicious Item in Trash Can Causes Scare
Yesterday at around noon, an employee at Kahan’s Grocery store in Crown Heights spotted a suspicious object inside a trash can on Kingston Avenue.
Jewish Women Gather in Prospect Park to Make Challah
Nearly 300 Jewish women from all over brownstone Brooklyn packed into the Prospect Park Picnic House to learn the spiritual secrets and customs of making challah bread during Challah On The Park on Thursday night, May 14.
Chidon Finalists Arrive in Crown Heights
Driving up Kingston this morning you can’t miss the warm welcome, a beautiful Bruchim Habaim to the 116 girl finalists that have come in from around the world for the Chidon Sefer Hamitzvos.
Hundreds of UK Students Unite for Shabbos Dinner
Hundreds of hungry students and community members descended on Chabad of Nottingham, UK, for a four-course dinner at its annual ‘Shabbat 200′ celebration.
Video: How to Remain Positive
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Naso. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we remain positive?
Baby Girl!
Yisroel and Nechama Dina (nee Stern) Zilbershtrom (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Ari Greene (Tarzana, CA) and Shaina Wolff (Crown Heights)
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Moshe Dick, 49, OBM
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the untimely passing of Moshe (Mitchel) Dick OBM, a former resident of Crown Heights and worker in the Yeshiva in Morristown. He was 49 years old.
Here’s My Story: Completely Unwarranted Love
Rabbi Pinchas Weberman is the rabbi of the Ohev Shalom Congregation of Miami Beach, which he founded in 1960. He was interviewed for JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project twice in his home, once in 2010 and the other 2011.
New Engagement!
Dovid Greenwald (Flatbush, NY) and Shevi (bas Chaim) Druin (N. Miami Beach, FL)
Chabad Puts Down Roots in Laid-Back Jamaica
Most people go to Jamaica to relax, but Rabbi Yaakov Raskin and his wife Mushkee aren’t there to take it easy. As the first-ever permanent Chabad emissaries to the island nation famous for rum, reggae, and runners, they have been hard at work since last fall, serving the Jews who live and vacation there.
New Engagement!
Mendy Drihem (Montreal, Canada) and Mushka Kaplan (Los Angeles, CA)
French Lawmakers Pass Bill Requiring ‘Neutrality on Religion’ at Preschools
French lawmakers passed a law requiring “religious neutrality” in all educational institutions for children under the age of 6.
