New Engagement!
Dovid Mordechai Leitner (Morristown, NJ/Monsey, NY) and Chava Leah Mahony (Worcester, MA/Pittsburgh, PA)
Video: Avraham Fried Shoots an M-16
Chasidic music star Avraham Fried stopped by an IDF shooting range in the town of Beit El, where he will be performing at a concert this week.
Audio: Nephew of 9/11 Terror Victim Tells Story
Rabbi Peretz B. Eichler of Yeshiva World News interviews a nephew of Abe Zelmanowitz, HYD, a 9/11 terror victim.
NYPD Beats Borough Park Shomrim at Baseball Game
On Wednesday night, September 10th, the Borough Park Shomrim faced off against the NYPD’s 66th Precinct at the fifth annual Greenfield Classic community softball game. Both teams played a great game, and the score was close throughout the seven innings. At the end the NYPD pulled through to a victory, defeating the Shomrim players 10 to 7.
Newly Discovered Edits on Tanya Lessons Published
In honor of Chai Elul, the birthday of the Baal Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe, the Rebbe’s handwritten hagoas (edits) on the text of Shiurim Bsefer HaTanya have been publicized on the website Hagaos.com. This treasure trove of manuscripts has never before been publicized.
Shabbos at the Besht: Chai Elul
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Efraim Mintz, executive director of the JLI, will lead a discussion on the topic of Chai Elul.
Letter: Our Miraculous Wedding
The following letter was sent to CrownHeights.info by Refael and Sarah (nee Procaccia) Cohen, whose wedding – set to take place Thursday night, September 4th – had to be rescheduled for Friday morning after the groom was denied entry into the United States and sent back to Brazil by Customs and Border Protection. As promised, the full story of their ordeal and ultimate triumph are presented to our readers.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe at a children’s rally, circa 1969.
Hawaiian Island Gets First Ever Sefer Torah
It’s not every day that a new Torah arrives on Kauai. In fact, it is something that has never happened before, at least not until recently, said Gani Kauai Rabbi Michoel Goldman.
Gratitude Is Good for the Soul; and the Body Too
“Do not all men desire happiness?” This rhetorical question was posed by Socrates to his students. The response was unanimous: “There is no one who does not!”
Baby Boy!
Dovid and Gittel Hershkowitz (Crown Heights)
Twin Boys!
Sholom Ber and Elie (nee Hoffman) Estrin (Raleigh, NC)
The Sholom Zochor will be at 400 Forest Hills Rd. Sandy Springs, GA.
Hundreds of Jewish Families Stuck in Ukraine War-Zone for High Holidays
Hundreds of Jewish families are staying in the flashpoint eastern Ukraine cities of Donetsk and Mariupol and will spend Rosh Hashanah there. The families are hoping for an extended calm after the signing of a cease-fire agreement reached last week between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian militias, said the chief rabbi of Donetsk, Rabbi Pinchas Vishedski.
Video: Senator Ted Cruz Booed for Pro-Israel Remarks
Last night, at a gathering with Arab Christians, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was booed for saying “Christians have no greater ally than Israel,” and “Those who hate Israel hate America. Those who hate Jews hate Christians.”
Letter & Spirit: The Danger of Concessions
In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present a letter of the Rebbe in which he explains the dangers of giving liberated land back to Israel’s enemies. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by his son-in-law Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
Remembering Reb Moshe Katsenelenbogen, 83, OBM
Moshe Katsenelenbogen, or Reb Maishke, as he was later known, was born on the 11th of Nissan in 1931 in Gzhatsk, in the former Soviet Union, to Rabbi Michoel and Sarah Katsenelenbogen, the youngest of five children.
Baby Boy!
Dovid and Devorah Leah (nee Hertz) Kotlarsky (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor at 1568 Carroll St. [between Troy and Schenectady Aves.]
