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.
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.
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.
Following a tradition of 25 years, Oholei Torah Mesivta, led by Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm, had a campaign to finish the entire Mesechta of the year ba’al peh, which this year is Meseches Gittin.
With great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the sudden passing of Rabbi Yerachmiel Binyomin HaLevi Klein OBM one of the Rebbe’s Mazkirim. He was 79 years old. Levaya times updated in the Extended Article.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe during the distribution of Kos Shel Bracha, 1987.
Berel and Shternie (nee Stock) Hassan (Crown Heights)
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he addresses a number of questions on the seeming contradiction between G-d’s omniscience and man’s free will, evolution and Aggadah on medicine. 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.
In what has become an annual tradition for Rabbi Borenstein’s seventh grade class, they all got together in the backyard of his Balfore Place home for a Siyum and a barbeque.
As Rio de Janeiro prepares to host the summer 2016 Olympics, the city’s local Jewish community is busy with its own preparations.
Chief Rabbi Zalman Zaklas announced the opening of the very first kosher restaurant in Novosibirsk, Russia. The new eatery, named “Jerusalem Cafe’” offers a well rounded menu of kosher dishes and is centrally located in the Bait Menachem Community Center.
Maychee and Shaindy (nee Cadaner) Sherr (Crown Heights)
For the second year in a row, the Friends of the Young Israel of the West Side has sponsored a billboard in Times Square to commemorate the deaths of Eyal, Gilad, and Naftali, the three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped and murdered en route home from school in June 2014.
After a year of work, Israeli Chabad singer Alisaf Chefetz has released an upbeat, modern and lively recording of the old Lubavitcher Niggun from Leningrad. The Niggun is currently very popular among Israel’s Orthodox-Jewish community, especially at weddings.
300 parents and guest filled the Bal Harbour ballroom for the CHAP (Community Hebrew After-School Program) Annual Dinner this past Monday. Participants were mesmerized as children ages 5-12 opened up the evening in song and dance, setting the mood for an evening to remember.
Meir and Kayla (nee Coleman) Zaetz (Crown Heights)
On Wednesday morning, 2 Sivan (May 20), close to 750 parents, grandparents, and children gathered to learn together for 40 minutes at Kesser Torah College in Sydney. The project, called Generation Sinai, is aimed at connecting the generations in unity in preparation for receiving the Torah on Shavuot.
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