Purim is here! The joyous holiday brings out the costumes, the gifts and charity! But there are those out there that may try and take advantage of our open and welcoming homes. Shomrim has compiled a list of tips that can help prevent the holiday from turning sad.
Dozens of Jews from all round Moscow gathered at the Marina Roshcha Synagogue on Taanis Esther for a Kinus of awakening and prayer, following the recent tragedies that have struck the Lubavitch community.
A moving Siyum Sefer Torah took place Sunday at the Chabad Shul in Sarcelles, a suburb of Paris, France. The Sefer Torah was dedicated in memory of Hatomim Elchonon Meir Ledayov, a local Bochur who tragically passed away two years ago at the age of 27.
Joseph Stalin, the dictator of the Soviet Union, responsible for the murder of over twenty million human beings (with some estimates running as high as 40,000,000) was one of the most evil tyrants the world has ever known. In modern times, he was paralleled only by Hitler, may their names be erased.
The executive director of Hatzalah in Ukraine, Rabbi Hillel Cohen, was attacked and stabbed last night by anti-Semites in Kiev.
Boruch and Itty (nee Brikman) Gancz (Crown Heights)
Berky and Breindy (nee Fass) Tarshish (Crown Heights)
Shmuel and Sara (nee Kabacznik) Vishedsky
Getzel’s Shul, 1414 President St. [entrance on Kingston Ave.]
Moishe and Sara (nee Hecht) Feiglin
Aliya, 525 East New York Ave. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.]
Boruch and Itty (nee Brikman) Gancz
365 Crown St. [between Brooklyn and New York Aves.]
Eliyahu and Draizy (nee Raskin) Junik
501 Crown St. [between Kingston and Albany Aves.]
Zalmen and Miriam Lazaroff
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Michael and Chaya (nee Partuche) Atzmon
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Boruch and Batsheva (nee Lieberman) Altein
555 Crown St. Apt 3H [between Albany and Kingston Aves.]
Henoch and Sarale (nee Mangel) Rosenfeld
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Noam Young (Los Angeles, CA) and Chanie Kravitz (Los Angeles, CA)
The Mayor of Tzfas, Mr. Ilon Shochat, visited Crown Heights on Monday and was given a guided tour of Chabad World HQ. Accompanying the Mayor was Rabbi Motti Dayan, a Lubavitcher member of the Tzfas city council, and Rabbi Mendi Kotlarsky, director of Merkos Suite 302.
About six months ago, Mrs. Rashi Minkowicz’s aunt Mrs. Shaindy Lieberman, Shlucha to Fort Lauderdale, FL, passed away at the age of 59. It happened a few days before the Yahrtzeit of Rashi’s grandmother and namesake, Mrs. Rashi Gansbourg, who also passed away at the young age of 37.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present two unique photos of the Rebbe during Megillah reading on Purim.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Ari Chitrik will lead a discussion on the topic – ‘Real Purim Torah.’
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Tzav. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one create a real relationship with G-d?
Back In the day when modern travel was still a dream, people would depend on a horse drawn carriage as their means of transportation. Such travel consisted of a horse, a coachman and, of course, a passenger – often an important dignitary or nobleman. Yet each of these components had their own divergent perception of the journey.
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 ‘A Commitment Beyond Understanding‘.
Last week, we announced that Levi Schneider of Crown Heights was the lucky winner of the Camp Emunah Split-the-Pot raffle, whose proceeds went to benefit the camp’s scholarship fund. Levi, who was out of the country when he purchased his winning ticket, stopped by this morning at the Camp Emunah Office and claimed his prize of $5,054.59.
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