Aliya Gathers to Remember Deceased Colleague
This past Yud Kislev was one of the most uplifting and life-changing events in the last twelve years of Aliya history.
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Photos: Satmar Marks Yom Tov in Crown Heights
Satmar Chassidim gathered at the Bedford Avenue armory in Crown Heights Heights to mark Kuf Alef Kislev, the day Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum Ztz’l, the founder of Satmar Chassidus in America, escaped from the Nazis during the Holocaust.
Photos: ULY’s Father and Son Melava Malkah
This Motzai Shabbos, Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street hosted a special father and son Melava Malka and Farbrengen which coincided with Yud Tes Kislev.
Police Brutality Marchers Arrive in Crown Heights
Around 2,500 people protesting loudly against police brutality are marching eastward down Eastern Parkway, and will imminently arrive in Crown Heights. [Final update in extended article]
Shlomo Lichtenberg, 85, is currently studying at the Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem for the first time in his life.
Never Too Late to Learn: 85-Year-Old Immersed in Study at Mayanot in Jerusalem
The halls of the Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem buzz with youthful energy as young men in their late teens and 20s rush between classes, clutching notebooks, Talmuds and other Jewish texts.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Celebrating Study of Rambam
Rabbi Shmuel Butman recalls the day the Rebbe called him to his house, requesting that he publish a book commemorating the worldwide celebrations of the annual completion of the Mishneh Torah. His due date? Three weeks.
New Engagement!
Ephraim Moshe Laskar (Montreal, Canada) and Shira Esther Elbaz (Montreal, Canada)
Photos: Yud Tes Kislev in Oholei Torah
From Kindergarten all the way up through 8th grade, the students of Oholei Torah elementary school celebrated Yud Tes Kislev, the Yahrtzeit of the Mezritcher Maggid and day of liberation of the Alter Rebbe from Czarist prison.
Los Angeles Marks Alter Rebbe’s Yom Hageulah
The Lubavitch community of Los Angeles gathered together last night for a Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen with world-renowned author and lecturer Rabbi Simon Jacobson.
Shabbos at the Besht: ‘I Don’t Want to Be Botul’
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Motti Lipsker will lead a discussion on the topic – ‘I don’t want to be Botul.’
Sydney Comes Together to Celebrate 19 Kislev
More than 200 people ushered in the Chassidic new year at a farbrengen at the Yeshiva Centre in Sydeny, Australia, earlier this week.
As American as Apple Pie: Chanukah at the Stadium
The Atlanta Hawks had just finished their basketball game when Jewish music pounded through the speakers, and rabbis and fans got up to dance around the menorah in the center of the basketball court. For Emily Hanover who organized on behalf of the Hawks with Chabad of Atlanta, last year’s event, “was one of the proudest moments of my career.”
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe saying a Sicha after the lighting of the menorah on the sixth day of Chanukah, 1987. Photo by I. Dayan.
3 Shuls Farbreng Together for Yud Tes Kislev
The congregants of three Crown Heights Shuls all located on the same block – Beis Eliezer Yitzchok, Shain Shul and Chevra Shas – joined together for a special Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen, which was led by Rabbi Mordechai Gurary.
Oihel Nosson Farbrenges for Yud Tes Kislev
Marking Yud Tes Kislev, the community of Oihel Nosson held a Farbrengen with Rabbi Yossi Chazzan of Manchester, England.
Baby Girl!
Yehoshua and Freidy (nee Gurkow) Korenblit (Crown Heights)
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