What does it feel like to try and communicate when you have an expressive language disorder? Maybe something like talking through a mouthful of marshmallows. How about trying to follow verbal instructions when you’re a visual processor? A lot like focusing on a story while wearing blackout glasses and having the ABCs whispered in your ear. We often hear the names of different disabilities, but do we really understand the challenge they imply?
Mendy and Sheiny (nee Springer) Rivkin (Towson, MD)
“Every year before the summer, generally at the Yud Bais Tammuz Farbrengen, the Rebbe would speak about Tznius”, says Oholei Torah Mashpia Rabbi Michoel Seligson. At his suggestion, CrownHeights.info presents a new weekly feature for the summer months: a short thought of the Rebbe on tznius, as compiled by Rabbi Seligson.
It was an Israel-committed group of several dozen who came to Chabad of Melbourne-CBD’s luncheon with Arnold Roth, whose daughter Malki was tragically murdered in a Hamas massacre perpetrated in the heart of Jerusalem.
In the latest episode of Jew-bel-ish, Lubavitcher comedian Mendy Pellin accepts the ‘ice bucket challenge,’ but finds a Heter to do it with hot Matzah ball soup to show his true commitment.
Rabbi Sender and Rebbetzin Sara Gordon, Chabad Shluchim to Ottawa, Canada, created an innovated platform for elderly North American volunteers to connect with Israeli students and help them learn English. In its short lifespan, the program has seen tremendous growth and remarkable success.
As the search for the missing yeshiva bochur in Jerusalem enters its fifth day, the father of Aron Sofer is asking the public to keep his son foremost in their minds and deeds.
Surrounded by guests from around the world and more than 25 Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries from Asia who are in India for a regional conference, Chabad of Mumbai’s headquarters—also known as Nariman House—opened its doors once again today.
Near Lake George in New York’s Catskill Mountains, a popular destination among vacationing Orthodox-Jewish city-dwellers, Shliach to Saratoga Rabbi Abba Rubin set up a makeshift Shul for them to gather and Daven in.
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Boruch Saadiya ben Shaindel Liba, a 20-year-old Bochur who is undergoing a complicated operation.
Benny and Davina (nee Cohen) Amrami (Los Angeles, CA)
Gan Israel Day Camp in Edgware, UK has always had a name for exciting activities, superb staff and an all-round wholesome, fun summer experience, but this year the camp’s reputation brought it registration on an unprecedented scale.
This morning, hours before a ceasefire was set to take hold between Israel and Hamas, dozens of rockets and mortar shells rained down on southern Israel from Gaza. One rocket caused much damage and destruction to the homes of Rabbi S. Gruzman and Rabbi Shneur Lieberman, both Chabad Shluchim in Ashkelon. In the nearby Eshkol region, a mortar shell killed one Israeli man and injured two others.
Pini and Dini (nee Raskin) Foreman (Chicago, IL)
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Nosson Vogel, OBM, a veteran member of the Lubavitch community in London, UK. He passed away last night in Har Nof, Israel, where he resided in recent years.
For the last 29 years, Randi Luxenberg of Great Neck, N.Y., has bought rather traditional items for her husband, Arthur, to mark their anniversary—shoes, wallets, business accessories. For their 30th anniversary, however, she decided to try something very different.
A new contingent of Iron Dome operators has just been assigned to the vicinity of Kfar Chabad, amid Israel’s ongoing battle against Hamas and their rockets – many of which are being deliberately aimed at the adjacent Ben Gurion airport.
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