Erev Yom Tov we received the tragic news of the passing of Hagon Rav Shmuel HaLevi Wosner OBM, a renowned Posek of our generation and the author of many important Halachic publications. He was 101 years old.
In this newly-discovered film, the Rebbe can be seen distributing Matzah on Erev Pesach and davening Shachris on Chol Hamoed Pesach, 1962. Rabbi Aharon Goldstein, who was present, and whose father filmed these scenes, provides a running commentary.
In Kiev, Yud Alef Nissan, the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s birthday, wasn’t like every other day. Between Farbrengens and other commemorations, the Chief Rabbi and Head Chabad Shliach of Kiev, Rabbi Jonathan Binyamin Markovitch, was honored with a special diplomatic title.
Rabbi Pinchus Feldman, Regional Director of Chabad NSW in Australia, sells the Sydney Jewish community’s Chametz to The Honorable David Clarke MLC, NSW Parliamentary Secretary for Justice, in the presence of Rabbi Eli Feldman, Vice President of the Rabbinical Council of NSW.
Under slight rainfall Crown Heightsers set out this morning to fulfill the custom of Biur Chometz – the burning of Chometz. As in previous years a spot in front of 770 was designated as the central location, while many made little fires near their homes.
The Israeli youth who fabricated a missing person’s report, which prompted a massive manhunt by security forces near Chevron on Thursday, was “looking for attention,” the army’s top spokesperson said today.
With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Ada Herzog, OBM, a young mother and member of the Montreal Lubavitch community. She was 38 years old.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present two unique photos of the Rebbe – speaking with a man at a Farbrengen and distributing Kos Shel Brocho after the conclusion of Yomtov.
In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, in honor of Pesach, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he underlines the importance of a Jewish name, and its fundamental role in our redemption from Mitzrayim. The Rebbe implies that having a Jewish surname is of significance as well. 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.
What time do we do Bedikas Chometz? When is the last time to eat Chometz? And burning Chometz? The Crown Heights Beis Din’s Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba compiled a list of times beginning tonight and going through the first days of Yom Tov.
“In truth I am too frail and would not come to study daily, but I feel that I owe a debt to the person whose heart is transplanted in my body,” Israel, a Tel Avivian nonagenarian, told Rabbi Shaul Reitzes, 34, who heads the senior adult education learning program, Tiferet Zkeinim Levi Yitzchak. This month marks thirty years since its inauguration.
After 10 hours of intense searching, the IDF has announced that they have found the missing 22-year-old Israeli citizen alive and unharmed in Chevron.
When he was 7, Maor S. from the southern Israeli town of Kiryat Malachi lost his mother to cancer. Each year, his grandmother and aunt struggled to find the emotional strength to celebrate his birthday with the happiness the boy deserved, but it was always difficult. They were all the more worried when it came to preparing for Maor’s bar mitzvah at the age of 13, when he would be called to the Torah and in Jewish tradition considered a man.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday said a framework agreement reached at talks on Iran’s nuclear program is “a good deal” that would, if fully implemented, prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
In honor of Pesach, 5,500 of the neediest Jewish children across Ukraine, Russia and the Former Soviet Union are now receiving special clothing packages made possible thanks to the FJC’s partnership with the IFCJ and the Gloria-Jeans franchise.
A Parade of 65 Mitzvah Tanks driving through the streets of New York City is sure to generate quite a bit of conversation, and in the age of social media, much of that conversation will take place online. CrownHeights.info’s editors read through many New Yorkers’ Tweets on the parade – and choose our favorite ten, which we share with our readers.
Four European Union commissioners – of economy, law, taxes and education, the Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and representatives of over 20 European countries participated in a ceremony held at the European synagogue to commemorate the Shloshim of 37-year-old Dan Uzan, who was killed by an Islamic terrorist while guarding a synagogue in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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