Chabad on Hand for Jewish Culture Festival
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.
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New Engagement!
Rayi Stern (Tarzana, CA) and Dina Abrahams (London, England)
8:00pm: How to Experience True and Lasting Renewal?
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?
Picture of the Day: Making the New Year Sweet
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.
Photos: Moscow Jews Gather at Midnight for Selichos
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.
Photos: Slichos in the Rebbe’s House
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.
Swastikas scrawled in a Crown Heights building in August, 2014.
Anti-Semitism in New York City Up 35%
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.
Need a Shidduch? Devorah Benjamin Has an Idea!
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.
Accident Victim Memorialized at Mega Challah Bake
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.
Video: The Honey Bucket Challenge
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Lubavitcher comedian Mendy Pellin shows off the brand-new apples for Rosh Hashanah, and does a new, sweet spin on the outdated Ice Bucket Challenge.
The aftermath of Hurricane Odile in Cabo, Mexico. Inset: Rabbi Benny Hershcovich.
The Story of a Young Family’s Survival of Deadly Storm
“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.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe davening Mincha, circa mid 1980s.
Shabbos at the Besht: The Head of the Year
This Shabbos at the Besht, Oholei Torah Mashpia Rabbi Michoel Seligson will lead a discussion on the topic – The Head of the Year.
New Engagement!
Daniel Huebner (Pittsburgh, PA) and Raizel Bernstein (New Jersey)
Gemara Comes to Life at Oholei Torah Mesivta
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.
Laws and Customs: Week of Selichos
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.
United We Stand: Can Individuality and Unity Coexist?
“Unity,” what a beautiful thing. Its virtuous qualities are echoed by politicians and clergymen as well as leaders, activists and ordinary folk of all ilk and class. The word conjures up fuzzy images of an idyllic state of existence – a world in which there is no strife – where humanity is bound by a single objective and a single mind and heart.
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov - Jax, FL
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