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]
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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)
Letter & Spirit: Learning Chassidus Is a Halachic Obligation
In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, in honor of Yud Tes Kislev – Chag Ha’ge’ula and Rosh Hashana of Chassidus, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he writes about the Halachic obligation for every Jew to learn Chassidus. 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.
Mayor and Police Commissioner Come to Crown Heights
Both NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio and NYPD Police Commissioner Bill Bratton came to Crown Heights in order to meet with community leaders in order to discuss the recent stabbing attack in 770 and the response to the incident.
Jewbellish The News: CNN Anti-Israel Bias
In the latest episode of Jewbellish The News, Big Dave, filling in for Mendy Pellin, exposes CNN’s anti-Israel bias, talks about America’s recovery from Black Friday, and asks why Hamas in Gaza are scared of rain.
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