Yeshivas Kayitz-Costa Rica Returns
After a brief hiatus, Yeshivas Kayitz-Costa Rica (YKCR) has announced that it will be opening this year for its fourth summer.
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8:00pm: Rebbe, Faith, Making the Seder Meaningful and Seudas Moshiach
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 62, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week, in a MyLife Yud Alef Nissan and Passover Special, Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Rebbe, Faith, Making the Seder Meaningful, Seudas Moshiach and More. Plus: New Segment – Essay Analysis and a Surprise Announcement.
Ukraine Matzah Bakery Continues Its Unique Legacy
At the state-of-the-art Tiferes Hamatzos bakery in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, matzahs are hand-rolled and baked under strict rabbinical supervision. In this eastern Ukrainian city—the country’s fourth-largest, and historically one of its most Jewish—the crisp, round matzahs are carefully packaged and then shipped throughout Ukraine. But Dnepropetrovsk’s matzah output goes far beyond Ukraine’s redrawn borders; the bakery annually produces more than 70 tons of the crunchy unleavened bread, much of which is sent abroad and made available to consumers in Europe, the Americas and even Israel.
Video: Passover Rube Goldberg Machine
Students of Technion University in Israel got ready for Passover, the festival of freedom, this year by letting their imagination run wild. Watch closely as this ‘Rube Goldberg Machine,’ created by students from the Faculties of Mechanical Engineering, Architecture and Town Planning, relates highlights of the Passover story.
New Engagement!
Getzy Raskin (Crown Heights) and Mushka Pruss (Crown Heights)
More than 600 Crown Heights homes, in an area stretching from Albany to Brooklyn Aves. and from Pacific St. to Lincoln Pl., have joined the neighborhood’s protected historic district. It's the third section of Crown Heights North to receive landmark status in the past eight years.
Large Swath of Northern Crown Heights Landmarked
More than 600 Crown Heights homes, in an area stretching from Albany to Brooklyn Aves. and from Pacific St. to Lincoln Pl., have joined the neighborhood’s protected historic district. It’s the third section of Crown Heights North to receive landmark status in the past eight years.
Boruch Dayan Homes: R’ Tzvi Menachem Greenbaum, 86, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of R’ Tzvi Menachem Greenbaum OBM, a resident of North Miami Beach and active in the Jewish community who was nicknamed by the Rebbe ‘Mendel der Soldat’. He was 86 years old. Levaya and Shiva times added
Baby Girl!
Schneur and Rivky (nee Korf) Berger (Miami Beach, FL)
Girls Show Love to Classmate Battling Cancer
A Lubavitch Girls’ School in Los Angeles came together to raise the spirit and show support for a fellow student who is battling cancer. The gesture, which came as a complete surprise to the girl, brought tears to the eyes of even the veteran LAPD officers who witnessed it.
‘I Will’ Wall Provides Inspiration and Optimism
All it took was some pieces of ordinary plywood, a can of black chalkboard paint, and rainbow-colored chalk to create a wall of hope.
Op-Ed: Don’t Blame That Fire on Shabbos
Crown Heights lawyer and activist Eli Federman took to the pages of today’s New York Post to counter those who blame the observance of Shabbos on the horrific tragedy that claimed the life of seven children in Flatbush Friday night.
The Crown Heights Beis Din has released a list of food items that bear the Badatz’ Hashgacha for use on Pesach. Included as well is a list of Zmanim for the community’s convenience over the Yomtov.
Badatz Releases List of Approved Pesach Foods
The Crown Heights Beis Din has released a list of food items that bear the Badatz’ Hashgacha for use on Pesach. Included as well is a list of Zmanim for the community’s convenience over the Yomtov.
New Replica of 770 Coming to UK
Yeshivas Lubavitch of Manchester has been granted planning permission for the redevelopment of the Beis Menacham School at Park Lane, Broughton Park, to provide a 20,000 sq. ft. yeshiva, school and Shul.
Shabbos at the Besht: Shabbos Hagodol
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Ari Chitrik, Maggid Shiur in Beis Shmuel, will lead a discussion on the topic of Shabbos Hagodol.
Baby Girl!
Shloimie and Shoshie (nee Lerman) Eichler (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Shuli and Esty (nee Lasker) Kahan (Crown Heights)
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