Laws and Customs: Shavuos
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of the Shloshes Yemei Hagboloh and Shavuos for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
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Inset: Surveillance video shows the perpetrator making a getaway on foot.
Shooting Ends 80-Day Violence-Free Streak
A 37-year-old African-American man died after being shot multiple times during an argument outside a Crown Heights apartment building Thursday evening, DNA Info reports.
Young-Yeshivah Celebrates Year of Success
Tonight, over 130 young men and women from Melbourne’s ‘Young-Yeshivah’ community gathered for a Melava-Malka – a first-anniversary celebration of gratitude and support.
Baby Girl!
Tuvie and Hindy (nee Bruchstat) Greisman (Crown Heights)
Rare Footage of the Rebbe Doing Havdalah
What happens when The Rebbe notices a new silver spice-box? A rare film of the Rebbe performing the Havdala ceremony at the conclusion of Shavuos and Shabbos in 1976, and subsequent distribution of kos shel brocha, wine from the “cup of blessing.”
New Engagement!
Nachum Yusewitz (Crown Heights) and Chyena (bas Menachem) Blau (Crown Heights)
Angry Students Spread Inflammatory ‘Pashkvils’
This morning, residents of Crown Heights left their homes to find that during the night “Pashkvils” (anonymous leaflets) had been placed in the windshields of cars all over the neighborhood. The leaflets were placed by several students of Oholei Torah Mesivta, who were protesting a supposed “slight” to the Rebbe’s “honor” during the school’s group portrait that took place Wednesday.
Eighth Graders Compete in Shoneh Halachos
Eighth graders from Oholei Torah and Lubavitcher Yeshiva competed in a Shoneh Halachos competition. The goal of the program is to increase the knowledge of Halacha and Yiras Shamayim.
Please Say Tehillim For…
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Simcha bas Esther, who was recently admitted to the ICU and is battling ‘yene machla,’ and needs our prayers for a speedy and complete recovery.
Congregant Gifts Torah to Long Island Chabad House
A year of writing 320,000 letters with a feather and ink on parchment has led to the Stony Brook, NY Chabad Outreach Center’s newest Torah.
Long Island Herald
Rabbi Mordechai Piron, speaking about his interactions with the Rebbe in the Jewish Educational Media video "Faithful and Fortified."
Remembering Rabbi Mordechai Piron, 93
Major Gen. Rabbi Mordechai Piron, chief rabbi of the Israel Defense Force during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, as well as a strong advocate for war widows and orphans, passed away on May 27. He was 93 years old.
Shabbos at the Besht: Shabbos Achdus
This Shabbos, the Besht will be hosting a ‘Shabbos Achdus,’ with a lecture by Rabbi Efraim Mintz, executive director of the Jewish Learning Institute.
New Engagement!
Shimshon Zeidman (Walnut Creek, CA) and Xany Leon (Carlsbad, CA)
L’chaim will be Sunday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Baby Boy!
Chaim and Rivky Kaplan (Tzfat, Israel)
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe entering a children’s rally in the early 1970s.
To Indulge or Not to Indulge?
Should we all abstain from physical pleasures in order to become more “Holy” before the Almighty?
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov - Jax, FL
Report: Carjackers Lure Drivers Out of Running Vehicles
Carjacking has become disturbingly common in the Tri-State Area, with hundreds of cases terrifying drivers. As CBS 2’s Kathryn Brown reported, experts said everyone should be aware of the new modus operandi that criminals are using to get their cars.
CBS NY
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