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Moishe and Sarale (nee Naparstek) Orimland (Ventnor, NJ)
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New Shluchim to Mississippi
After decades of being served by “Roving Rabbis”—rabbinical students sent by Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters to traverse the state each summer—Mississippi is poised to become the 49th state in the union to have its own full-time Chabad presence.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Batsheva Kalmanson OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Batsheva Kalmanson OBM, wife of the Mashpiah Rabbi Yekutiel Dov Kalmanson OBM. Levaya times added.
Video: Avraham Fried Comforts Mourners with Song
Chasidic singing star Avraham Fried sings his classic ‘Tanya’ while visiting the Sha’ar family tonight, Motzei Shabbos, to comfort them on the loss of their 16-year-old son, Gilad, OBM, who was murdered by Palestinian terrorists along with two of his friends.
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Yehoshua and Rivky Botnick (Ottawa, Canada)
Reb Dovid Malka’s Tefilin Lost and Found
Rabbi Uri Pilichowski was on vacation with his family in Scottsboro, Alabama when he made a startling discovery while browsing through a store that sells unclaimed airline baggage – seven pairs of Tefilin on sale for just $45 dollars each. The return of two of those pairs – which once belonged to Reb Dovid Malka, OBM, of Crown Heights, and which he gave to his oldest grandson for his Bar Mitzvah shortly before he passed away last fall – is an amazing tale of Hashgacha Protis.
Shomrim Catches Car Burglar Red-Handed
A car burglar on the prowl at 6:00am was apprehended by a group of Shomrim volunteers, following a phone call to their hotline.
Video: Remembering the Rebbe
In this New York Times feature video, a few of the tens of thousands of pilgrims who flocked to his gravesite on the 20th anniversary of his passing are interviewed.
Russia’s Chief Rabbi Farbrengs in Brighton Beach
Hundreds of Jews packed into the Sea Breeze Jewish Center in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn for an evening of reflection and inspiration on the day of Gimel Tamuz. In addition to the inspiring messages by the speakers, they were moved by the songs of the Rebbe and a film commemorating his life’s work.
Shabbos at the Besht: A Healthy Argument?
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Lerner, Rosh Kollel of 770 Montgomery, will lead a discussion on the topic – “Can a Machlokes be healthy?”
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe clapping at a Farbrengen in the mid 1980s.
Video: Camp Gan Yisroel Visits the Ohel
Camp Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY commemorated Gimmel Tammuz with the appropriate Hachonos in Camp and a visit to the Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens. The trip culminated with a lebedike fabrengen in Crown Heights.
Birth of a Fool: The Disgrace that Stems from Obsession and Greed
If you didn’t know that the Torah had a sense of humor, you probably missed the narrative at the center of this week’s Parsha – the legendary tale of two highly influential leaders, Balak and Bilaam who rapidly slipped from grace and glory into the depth of shame and depravity.
From Days Gone By: Lubavitch Girls in the USSR
A group of Lubavitch girls living under the Stalin regime in the Soviet Union pose for a photograph, circa late 1930s. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
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Yitzy and Malka (nee Silberberg) Bluming (Crown Heights)
Letter & Spirit: Jewish Forefathers on Film
In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present a letter of the Rebbe in which he responds to a filmmaker regarding the depiction of biblical figures in film and other media. 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.
