It’s Never Too Late – for a Matzah Bakery
On Wednesday, Pesach Sheini, one of the Satmer Chedorim in London invited Tzivos Hashem to come and run a model Matzah bakery as a special treat for their Talmidim.
Paris Lag Ba’omer Float to Feature Local Landmarks
The students of Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, France were hard at work over the past few days, building a miniature model of their Yeshiva, as well as other France landmarks, for their float that will grace the Lag Ba’omer Parade in Paris Sunday.
Basketball Player Blessed Before NBA Finals Game
Basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder Kevin Durant received a ‘triple blessing’ from three Los Angeles Chabad Rabbis yesterday, hours before game 6 against the L.A. Clippers in the NBA playoffs. The blessings must have worked, because the Thunder won that game 104 to 98.
Picture of the Day: Flowers from the Mayor
Today, Rabbi Yanki and Esty Jacobs, Chabad on Campus Shluchim to the Netherlands and directors of Chabad in Amsterdam’s Financial District, were surprised and honored when an assistant to the Mayor of Amsterdam, Mr. Eberhard van Der Laan, came by their house to deliver flowers and best wishes from the Mayor.
Injured Israeli Soldier: Trip Was Motivation to Continue
Achiya Klein, an officer in the Israel Defense Force, was working with his unit on a recently-discovered terrorist tunnel between Gaza and Israel, 20 meters underground, when an explosion rocked the tunnel and knocked him unconscious.
by Rochelle Ginsburg
ULY Students Gear Up for Lag Ba’omer
As the day of Lag Ba’omer approaches, the students of United Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street are hard at work measuring, drilling, sawing, gluing and painting as they prepare their float for the Great Parade.
The Blessing Within: Quantifying Our True Worth
The holocaust was such an inconceivable occurrence, that even a half century later one cannot begin to put it into perspective. I often wonder how we were ever able to pick up and move on.
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov - Jax, FL
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe listening to a child recite one of the 12 Pesukim at the Lag Ba’omer Parade of 1987. More pictures from that historic event in the extended article.
Reb Yoel Kahn: Physical Reward
Due to the overwhelming response and demand from the community, Reb Yoel Kahn agreed to present a weekly webcast on topics that are timely and relevant. This week’s topic is titled ‘Physical Reward‘.
Baby Boy!
Leibel and Mushka (nee Cohen) Lipskier (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Maychee and Shaindee (nee Cadaner) Sherr (Crown Heights)
Mixing ‘sacred’ with ‘profane,’ Chabadnik Yossi Rabinovitz built an e-commerce business good enough for a top Israeli accelerator.
Start-Up Star’s Feet Set Firmly in Two Worlds
Yossi Rabinovitz, CEO of Israeli e-commerce start-up SelfPoint, is selling to customers around the world, and his pop-up grocery platform development company is a member of the Microsoft Ventures Accelerator, showing that the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) high-tech revolution is growing rapidly and making him its “poster boy.” SelfPoint lets customers easily set up and use an online store for their merchandise.
Times of Israel
Letter and Spirit: An Exchange with Herman Wouk
As a follow up to last week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, we present a letter written by famed Orthodox Jewish author Herman Wouk to the Lubavitcher Rebbe (in response to the letter we published last week), as well as the Rebbe’s subsequent response to him. The Rebbe’s letter was written through his trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and both letters were made available by his son-in-law Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
Oholei Torah’s Marching Band Practices on Kingston
44 boys from Oholei Torah elementary school will be part of a marching band at the Lag BaOmer parade this coming Sunday. Seizing the decent weather the band marched on the streets of Crown Heights and practiced their beats.
Chabad Rov Decries Lack of Tznius on Lag Ba’omer
A sharp letter regarding certain practices that have taken root in the Lubavitch community on Lag Ba’omer was released today by Rabbi Y. Y. Yeruslavsky, a leading Chabad rabbinical authority in Israel.
Students Enjoy Cross-Brooklyn Biking Trek
Yesterday, the Oholei Torah Mesivta class of Rabbi Chaim Yisroel Wilhelm enjoyed a biking trip around Brooklyn. The outing was intended to boost the Bochurim’s learning by providing them with a refreshing break from the rigors of study.
South Florida Benefactor of Chabad Remembered
While workmen transformed the Chabad of South Broward building’s exterior from South Florida stucco to the look of Old Jerusalem, Rabbi Raphael Tennenhaus remembered the man who envisioned a Florida Jerusalem campus.
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