
Hatzalah Hosts Maimonides for Annual Melava Malka and Health Symposium
Hundreds of men and women turned out this Motzai Shabbos for Crown Heights Hatzalah’s annual Melava Malka, health symposium and raffle for $18,000.
Hundreds of men and women turned out this Motzai Shabbos for Crown Heights Hatzalah’s annual Melava Malka, health symposium and raffle for $18,000.
Zalman and Chaya (nee Brafman) Lever (Crown Heights)
Shmuel and Malki (nee Kitchner) Edwards (Miami Beach, FL)
Back in 1850, Solano County’s Indian Chief didn’t bargain for a Chabad Center, but chances are he’d be a proud man today knowing that one of California’s first counties named for him, has closed on a new property—the first Jewish building of its kind in the county, and one that promises to be a game-changer for the Jews of this area.
In this excerpt from a video produced by JEM for the International Kinus Hashluchim, the treasurer of Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy of Springfield, MA, Mr. Jeffrey Kimball, relates two stories of the Yeshiva’s founder, Rabbi Dovid Edelman, OBM, who passed away Friday shortly after his 90th birthday.
Levi and Maryasha (nee Duchan) Djian (Crown Heights)
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Dovid Edelman, OBM, veteran educator and Shliach, who was much beloved by the Jewish community he served in Springfield, Massachusetts. His passing occurs mere days after he celebrated his 90th birthday.
This Motzai Shabbos, men and women are invited to join Hatzalah of Crown Heights for a Melava Malkah, featuring a hot buffet and wine tasting, alongside a health symposium and entertainment by Benshimon Orchestra and singing sensation Yoni Z. Also, a $770 gift certificate to CH Cycles and a case of assorted fine wines will be raffled off among those participating.
The Canadian town of Windsor, located in southern Ontario across the river from Detroit, marked the first baby born in the year 2015 – a healthy baby boy born to local Chabad Shluchim Rabbi Sholom and Rivka Galperin.
Following the passing yesterday of former governor of New York Mario Cuomo, father of current governor Andrew Cuomo, we present a video of the senior governor’s encounter with the Rebbe, which took place in October of 1990.
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of R’ Chaim Steinhauser, OBM, of Crown Heights. He was 69 years old.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe during davening in the early 1970s.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Lerner, Rosh Kollel of 770 Montgomery, will lead a discussion on the topic – Does a non-Jew receive a reward for doing Mitzvos?
Shmulie and Esty (nee Kaminker) Slavin (Crown Heights)
Chana Sudak (Edgware, England) and Eliezer Tunk (Edgware, England)
In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present an intriguing letter from the Rebbe in which he makes a connection between tefillin, oil and gas exploration in the Land of Israel and a teaching of the Baal Shem Tov. 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.