Photos: A Recap of Thursday, Day 2 of the Kinus
A collection of photos from Thursday’s breakfast, sessions, general session, dinner and farbrengen.
Photos by Itzik Roytman
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Shabbos at the Besht: Five Guest Speakers
This Shabbos at the Besht, five Shluchim who have arrived for the annual Kinus will lead discussions on a variety of topics. See extended article for full schedule.
Photos: The Shluchim’s Pan Kloli
One of the highs of the Kinus Hashluchim is when the Pan Kloli [general pan] is read at the Ohel. On Friday, all of the Shluchim who attending the Kinus signed the Pan Kloli, requesting improvement in world economy, strength to increase the number of Chabad Houses worldwide, spare us from tragedy and to take us out of Golus and bring Moshiach.
Photos by Benams
Video: Netanyahu Sends Greetings to Kinus Hashluchim
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sends greetings to the International Conference of Chabad Lubavitch Shluchim, 2014.
Tznius ‘Talking Windows’ Return to Kingston Ave.
Crown Heights residents may recall seeing a 55-inch screen in Kinston Bake Shop last year during Tishrei, playing clips of the Rebbe speaking about Tznius. Well, they are about to see round two – only this time, there will be three screens in three different locations.
by Molly Resnick
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe talking to someone between Sichos at a Farbrengen in the late 1960s.
Photos: General Session at the Marriott
At the evening general session in the Brooklyn Marriott, several Shluchim took to the podium to share their insights into the work of Shlichus.
Photos by Benams
Sign Greeting Young Shluchim Destroyed
A sign welcoming the young Shluchim who traveled in to Crown Heights for the Kinus Tzeirei Hashluchim, was torn down and destroyed just a few hours after it was hung up.
Baby Boy!
Itche and Nechomie (nee Paris) Zalmanov (Crown Heights)
Photos: Between ‘Sessions’ Shluchim Meet
Once again this years Kinus Hashluchim sessions and seminars took place at the Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge. In between the sessions Shluchim took the opportunity to meet and greet friends whom they haven’t seen in months.
Photos by Benams
40 Years to Mivtzah Taharas Hamishpacha Spawns New Organization
“in the beginning G-d created man and woman in Gan Eden. How do we get back there? …only G-d knows!” is the title of an event being hosted by The Jewish Bride Institute, a brand new Crown Heights-based Jewish women’s organization, to take place this Monday at the Jewish Children’s Museum.
Friendship Circle Moms Have a Night Out
The Friendship Circle of Brooklyn treated its “super moms” to an enjoyable program and some well deserved time out: an evening with Mrs. Shifra Klein of Joy of Kosher Magazine. The program was titled “Shabbos in an Hour.”
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Samuel Klein, 91, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing today of Mr. Samuel Klein, a holocaust survivor and one of the foremost supporters of Chabad institutions in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was 91 years old.
Weapons Bound for East Jerusalem Intercepted
A large amount of knives, tasers, and fireworks were intercepted by Israeli Police shortly after arriving from China to the Ashdod Port. The packed container was supposed to be transporting “X-Mas decorations.”
Rabbi Mendy and Mushkie Kesselman, and their son Nosson, now 6 months old, packed up their belongings this summer and left the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., to establish a Chabad House in Frisco, Texas.
90 New Couples to Move Out on Shlichus
When Mushkie Kesselman was growing up, the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory—was a big part of her life, despite the fact that the 22-year-old was just a toddler when he passed away in the summer of 1994.
JCW Relaunches with New Website
After shuttering its website in back in February, followed by a successful crowd-funding campaign of over $150,000 in July, Jewish Community Watch has made good on its promise and launched a new and improved website dedicated to combating child abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community. Included in the new site is the organization’s controversial ‘Wall of Shame,’ bearing the names of 93 alleged child abusers, along with over 150 pages of educational material.
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