After a full day of learning Nigleh and Chassidus, welcoming newly arrived friends and more, the Temimim who arrived to spend Tishrei with the Rebbe farbrenged with Shliach Rabbi Avrohom Sternberg, of New London, Connecticut, at Kollel Menachem.
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Carrying forward the legacy of Reb Shmuel Moshe Hakohen Benjamin A”H
Thousands turned out for the annual Jewish Music and Cultural Festival in Syracuse, NY. On hand were volunteers with Chabad of Syracuse who set up a Shofar workshop and Rosh Hashanah display.
Rayi Stern (Tarzana, CA) and Dina Abrahams (London, England)
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 35, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info beginning at 8:00pm. This week, in a special Rosh Hashanah edition, Rabbi Jacobson will address the topic: How can one experience true and lasting renewal?
Levi Gombo, owner of Gombo’s Bakery on Kingston Ave., and enthusiastic fan Yisroel Brickman pose in front of a poster advertising the establishment’s delicious line of honey-infused baked goods made specially for Rosh Hashanah.
Hundreds of worshippers gathered last night in the Marina Roscha synagogue in Moscow for the first recital of Selichos, which was preceded by a grand Malave Malka and Farbrengen.
Dozens gathered to recite the first Slichos in the Rebbe’s home on President St. The Slichos were led by the Chazzan Rabbi Zalman Baumgarten.
Hate crimes against Jews in New York City have quickly risen over the summer. The New York Post reports anti-Semitic incidents rose 35 percent by Sept. 9 compared to 2013.
On Yud daled Kislev a couple of years ago an idea was born: for a nominal fee of $100, Devorah Benjamin of KSCVK will take your name, the name of your child, friend or relative and daven at the Ohel for a shidduch. The money will go straight to KSCVK’s fund for Crown Heights Chassanim and Kallos.
On Thursday evening, Sept. 18, over a 100 women from Florida’s First Coast gathered at Chabad of Jacksonville’s Mandarin Headquarters to unite, be inspired and most of all learn to make Challah.
In the latest episode of Jew-bel-ish, Lubavitcher comedian Mendy Pellin shows off the brand-new apples for Rosh Hashanah, and does a new, sweet spin on the outdated Ice Bucket Challenge.
“For almost two days, I couldn’t contact my brother Benny,” writes Zvi Hershcovich, editor-in-chief of Bill 613, a Montreal Jewish community news website. Zvi describes in great detail the harrowing ordeal of his brother and sister-in-law, Rabbi Benny and Sonia Hershcovich, who recently survived a devastating hurricane that ravaged the town of Cabo S. Lucas, located at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, where they serve as Chabad emissaries.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe davening Mincha, circa mid 1980s.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Oholei Torah Mashpia Rabbi Michoel Seligson will lead a discussion on the topic – The Head of the Year.
Daniel Huebner (Pittsburgh, PA) and Raizel Bernstein (New Jersey)
Last week, Oholei Torah Mesivta had the honor of hosting Rabbi Moshe Leiberman from Boston. Being that the bochurim are learning Gemara Mesechtes Gitin, and Rabbi Lieberman is an authority in this field, he came to show the boys how the laws of divorce that are discussed in the gemara are applicable today.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of Selichos, Eruv Tavshlin and Pruzbul for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
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