With sadness we inform you of the passing Friday of Zlata Esther Sharfstein, OBM, of Crown Heights. She was 53 years old. Levaya times updated.
The son of the Rebbe of Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok of Jerusalem was in Moscow for a brief visit Thursday, which he utilized to visit the disputed ‘Schneersohn Collection’ currently being housed at the Museum of Tolerance in Russia’s capital.
An official who oversees Washington D.C. police has been named the first ever inspector general of the New York Police Department.
During the annual Kinus Hashluchim in early November, 2013, the worldwide Chabad community was dismayed to hear the news that Rabbi Nachman Sudak, head Shliach to the UK, had suffered a serious heart attack.
Last night, the students of the Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Morristown, NJ gathered to mark the Shloshim since the passing of their colleague Hatomim Gedalia Greenzayd, OBM, of Vinnitza, Ukraine, who was tragically killed in an accident on Kingston Ave. last month.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present two unique photos of the Rebbe standing outside 770 seeing off a group of visitors, circa early 1960s.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Motty Lipskier will lead a discussion on the topic – Baby Einstein: Why are we taught the entire Torah before being born, if we are then made to forget it.
The laws of Tzara’at—the biblical skin disease that affected gossipers and slanderers in ancient times, rendering them ritually impure – contain an intriguing anomaly. On the one hand the well-versed sage, not necessarily a Kohan (priest), is empowered to analyze the skin condition to determine whether or not it is Tzara’at. On the other hand, only a Kohen can actually render a person impure. That is to say, regardless of the expert’s opinion, one is not ritually impure until a Kohen utters the words, “You are impure.”
Zalmen and Chashi (nee Vischetsky) Shaikevitz
585 Montgomery St. [between Brooklyn and Kingston Aves.]
Shmueli and Sora (nee Margolis) Milecki
1232 Sterling Pl. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]
Baruch and Chaya (nee Pelman) Rozmarin
717 Empire Blvd. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]
Akiva and Rivky (nee Feldman) Nussbaum
1401 President St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.]
Reuvy and Moussia (nee Lipskier) Kaminetzky
1454 President St. [between Kingston and Albany Aves.]
Eliyahu and Mushky (nee Avtzon) Eidelman
541 Crown St. [between Kingston and Albany Aves.]
Shmuly and Rochi Silberstein
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Levi and Chaish (nee New) Mentz
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Reuvy and Moussia (nee Lipskier) Kaminetzky (Crown Heights)
Zalmen and Chashi (nee Vischetsky) Shaikevitz (Crown Heights)
Eliyahu and Mushky (nee Avtzon) Eidelman (Crown Heights)
In an open letter [Kol Koreh] the executive arm of Vaad Rabonei Lubavitch have established a day of fast and prayer in light of the many recent tragedies that have struck the Chabad community around the world.
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 ‘What is Torah?‘.
When Friendship Circle of West Bloomfield, Michigan started offering programs for children who have special needs 19 years ago, Rabbi Levi and Bassie Shemtov’s mission was to assist and support families of children with special needs.
As a follow up to the controversial op-ed we published last month decrying the almost three months of ‘summer vacation’ allotted to students of Crown Heights’ schools, we present to our readers an issue of the weekly publication by Merkaz Anash ‘Hammaseh Hu Ha’ikar,’ in which the Rebbe’s stance on the matter is made very clear.
In connection with the release of a new documentary on the Beilis blood libel, which took place a century ago in Kiev, we present to our readers a fascinating letter on the subject written by the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe through his trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, which was made available by his son-in-law Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
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