Laws and Customs: The Nine Days
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of the Nine Days for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
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Alternate Side Parking Suspended Monday-Wednesday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Monday through Wednesday, July 28-30 for for a Muslim holiday. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Picture of the Day: Spreading the Wellsprings
The Wellsprings Bungalow Colony Day Camp, under the leadership of head counselors Rabbi Avremy and Bracha Slavaticki, went on Mivtzoim this Friday to Hollywood Country Club in Monticello to distribute Shabbos candles. They were greeted with much enthusiasm.
Photos: Protecting the Protectors
Due to the renewed threat of Hamas rockets aimed at Ben Gurion Airport, the IDF set up a contingent of Iron Dome anti-missile systems in the vicinity of Kfar Chabad. On Friday, a group of Lubavitcher met with these soldiers and helped them put on Tefilin.
Learning and Fun Collide at CGI-Parksville
Camp Gan Israel in Parksville, NY marked the completion of the first session of camp, a month filled with learning, fun and spiritual growth. Of particular note was the success of the learning directors’ ‘Kluger’ program, a game-show which creates a fun and competitive atmosphere out of learning class.
New Engagement!
Chaim Rendler (Crown Heights) and Bracha Morozow (Crown Heights)
L’chaim Sunday night at 778 Montgomery St. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]
Video: Iron Dome Intercepts Missile Above Kfar Chabad
This afternoon, a rocket fired by Hamas from the Gaza Strip was intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome defense system in the skies above Kfar Chabad. Fragments from the rocket landed in a field in the outskirts of the town, mere yards away from residential housing.
Chabad of Berlin Arranges Meeting with Israeli Diplomat
In light of media bias against Israel and several recent anti-Semitic incidents in Germany, Chabad of Berlin organized a meeting yesterday, July 24, with Israeli diplomat Emmanuel Nahshon to discuss what can be done for the situations to improve.
Shabbos at the Besht: Ahavas Yisroel
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Naftali Silberberg, editor at JLI, will lead a discussion on the topic of Ahavas Yisroel.
Baby Girl!
Dovid and Hindy (nee Krinsky) Kanarfogel (Crown Heights)
Shluchim of the UK Gather
From a single house to a household name, Lubavitch of the UK has grown over the past 6 decades to a network of 115 Shluchim, who span the length and breadth of the United Kingdom.
Egotism and Judgementalism: Why It’s So Hard to Love
Do you ever encounter people that you know, who won’t say hello or good Shabbos to you, or even look you in the eye, while try as you might, you can’t think of what you have ever done to them. In fact you know for certain that you’ve never done them any wrong?
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov - Jax, FL
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe visiting Camp Gan Israel in Swan Lake, New York, summer of 1957.
Baby Boy!
Moshe and Chanie Silman (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor at 302 Schenectady Ave. [between Eastern Pkwy and Union St.]
Baby Boy!
Shmuly and Chana (nee Krinsky) Newman (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor at 587 Rutland Rd. [between Kingston and Albany Aves.]
Picture of the Day: A Jew is a Jew
This photo making its rounds on social media depicts a Lubavitcher putting on Tefilin with a Jewish pro-Palestinian protester.
Thief Steals Mail, Uses to Commit Identity Fraud
The residents of a Crown Heights apartment building recently noticed that some of their mail was going missing from their mailboxes. This coincided with several instances of identity theft among the building’s residents, with fraudulent transactions worth tens of thousands of dollars – all of which were a huge headache and took many hours of effort to resolve.
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