With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Lepkivker, OBM, of Bnei Brak, the patriarch of a prominent Lubavitch family and the father of three longtime members of the Crown Heights community. He was 86 years old.
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What imagery might be conjured in one’s mind when contemplating the road traveled by a secular Jew on his or her way to a future life of Torah observance? If this Jew is a painter, a musician, a poet, a dancer or any other soul of artistic persuasion, what scenery, symphony or passionately penned lyrics could we expect to emerge from the depths of such an endeavor upon arrival?
Chanoch Rosenfeld (Crown Heights) and Mushkie Junik (Crown Heights)
The Lubavitch community of Bnei Brak celebrated the completion of a new Sefer Torah – the first in 42 years – to be housed at the local Chabad Shul which bears the name of the Alter Rebbe.
Moishy and Rivka (nee Moskovitz) Korf (Crown Heights)
Ari Dorfman (S. Paul, MN) and Ilana Yarmak (Los Angeles, CA)
Schoolchildren throughout Jerusalem awoke Wednesday morning to an announcement more common for North America than for the Jewish state: snow day, no school. A storm flowing from Eastern Europe is drubbing northern and central Israel with heavy winds and snow.
The Jewish community of University City in S. Diego, CA, has for many years lived without the ability to leave their homes on Shabbos with a baby carriage or a Talis, due to the lack of an Eruv. Thanks to a 14-year campaign, the local Chabad Center has finally obtained the permits necessary, and construction has already begun on the project.
With snow having fallen on both New York City and Jerusalem, both 770 Eastern Parkway and its replica in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo are covered by a blanket of fresh snow.
Mendy (ben Eli) Barber (Crown Heights) and Sara (bas Dovid Mendel) Morozow (Crown Heights)
With temperatures expected to be dangerously cold beginning Tuesday through Thursday, Mayor de Blasio today issued an update on the frigid temperatures, urging New Yorkers to take steps to protect themselves and help others who may be at increased risk of health problems.
The photo of a rabbi reaching through the prison bars embracing the inmate on the other side, begs for background.
At least 12 people died in an attack on the Paris headquarters of the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine.
With sadness we inform you of the passing Tuesday of Mrs. Leba Chaya Chesney, OBM.
Yisroel and Chaya Mushka (nee Goldin) Pekar (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Shemos. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What keeps us in balance?
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