This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 49, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: Parents Involvement in Children’s Marriages, the Baal Teshuvah’s Plight, Friendships, Competition and More.
Mendel and Shayna (nee Perl) Konikov (Crown Heights)
More than 700 people gathered in Montpellier, a city located on France’s Mediterranean coast, on Sunday night, the sixth night of Chanukah, for an historic lighting of the Chanukah Menorah, with the presence of the mayor and the regional governor.
More than 200 people gathered outside of Shoprite Mall in Liberty, NY, on Motzei Shabbos, December 20th, the fifth night of Chanukah, for the historic lighting of a public Chanukah Menorah.
Hundreds of children and parents from all areas of Montreal participated in the 42nd annual Grand Chanukah Carnival, arranged by Beth Rivkah of Montreal.
Anash and Bochurim gathered at Beis Rivka Campus Chomesh for the annual Central Hey Teves Farbrengen.
Yossi and Chani (nee Vilenkin) Wilschanski (Crown Heights)
An amazing story of Hashgacha Protis occurred to the operators of a Mitzvah Tank in Ottawa, Canada’s Capital, this Chanukah. What began as the unexplained diversion of the Mitzvah Tank to a new location, ended with the grandson of Holocaust survivors – who had just discovered his Jewish identity – finding his way home to his roots.
Even before its official opening, the new Kollel in London is attracting much attention from the local community. A program titled “A taste of Yeshiva” was arranged for the Bank Holiday on Thursday, when many in the UK have off from work. This was attended by as many as 40 members of Anash of the Stamford Hill community and beyond.
Yankie and Malkie (nee Kaler) Scheinfeld (Baltimore, MD)
Pictures from the L’chaim of Shalom Lipszyc (Woodbury, NY) and Rochel Leah Cohen (Montreal, Canada), which took place Sunday night at Chovevei Torah in Crown Heights.
A full week of celebrations spread the Chanukah light throughout Ukraine’s capital, Kiev, this year.
The Jewish community of Moscow, Russia, gathered on Wednesday, the last day of Chanukah, to mark the completion of the Rambam with a grand Siyum and Seudas Mitzvah.
As Ukraine struggles with political and economic turmoil, the country has begun strict measures to conserve energy and electricity. But even as the residents of Kharkov braced themselves for daily blackouts of electricity, the lights of Chanukah burned brighter than ever.
An amazing ‘feel-good’ phenomenon has been sweeping social media this holiday season: police officers pull over motorists for minor infractions and instead of giving tickets, the officers are handing out gifts of cash or presents. One Texas Shliach was ‘ensnared’ in this holiday endeavor.
7-year-old Mendy Dukes of Crown Heights, son of well-known songwriter Sarah Dukes, composed and recorded his very own song, titled ‘Yevarechecha.’ The song was recorded and arranged by Fitche Benshimon.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Berel Levin, chief librarian of the Agudas Chassidei Chabad library, will lead a discussion on the topic – Hey Teves: Trial and tribulations.
