Chabad Shluchim in Israel are scratching their heads in bewilderment trying to figure out what to do after Israeli Education Minister Rabbi Shai Piron announced that public schools will not have a vacation day this year on Lag B’Omer – as was usually the case in the past.
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Rabbi Don Yoel Levy, head of the OK Kashrus certification organization, wrote the following article decrying the prevalence of so-called ‘Pesach Lists,’ which purport to identify which medications and other non-food household items are Kosher for Passover.
From the Safer Haminhagim: Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, one reads the passage that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. Yehi Ratzon in the Extended Article.
A new organization, created by two young mothers inspired by the ‘Mitzvah for Rashi’ Campaign, will bring much-needed help to new mothers whose babies must stay in the NICU neonatal intensive-care unit. The organization is called “Yanuk,” which means nursing and is the root word for tinok, infant.
Shmully and Michelle (nee Chandler) Lieberman (Crown Heights)
Over 650 people from the de Vimy, Lubavitch, and Cote St Luc communities in Montreal, Canada were treated to a thrilling hockey game at the Bill Durnan Arena on Motzei Shabbos Parshas Tazria.
A man was knocked to the ground and robbed of his cell phone while walking down Montgomery Street Sunday evening, witnesses called Shomrim while another chased the thief and managed to recover the cell phone.
Benny Nisnevich (Crown Heights) and Alex Baig (Long Beach, CA)
L’chaim will be Tuesday at the Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Pkwy. [corner Kingston Ave.]
What is the evolution of Chassidic Dance? AMK Productions brings us another hilarious video showing us the various dances that have become quite standard at today’s weddings.
Following the major success and popularity of the first broadcasts of MyLife: Chassidus Applied, Rabbi Simon Jacobson will air Episode 12 tonight, Sunday, April 6th (6 Nissan) here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week’s class is titled “Maintaining Shalom Bayis During Pesach and Shliach Rivalry.”
This video tribute to beloved Shlucha Rashi Minkowicz, OBM, was shown to the hundreds who gathered to mark her Shloshim Thursday evening at the Chabad Center she founded with her husband in Alpheretta, Georgia.
From the Safer Haminhagim: Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, one reads the passage that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. Yehi Ratzon in the Extended Article.
One of the largest groups to ever visit Israel, the 2014 Rohr JLI Land & Spirit Israel Experience recently concluded its sprawling 10-day tour of the Holy Land. Along the way, it held no less than seven mega events in cities across Israel.
The following story was transcribed in the diary of Rabbi Nissan Mindel, OBM, a secretary of the Frierdiker Rebbe and the Rebbe. His son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Schapiro, was kind enough to share it with our readers.
Rabbi Levi Cunin, Shliach to Malibu, California, relates the following story of Hashgacha Protis as told to him by his son, who had just arrived home for Pesach from Yeshiva in Brunoy, France.
That is the question posed by Tablet Magazine, after uncovering information that the Hall-of-Fame pitching legend, who famously refused to play in the first game of the 1965 World Series because it coincided with Yom Kippur, was visited in his hotel room the next day by Rabbi Moshe Feller, Director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Minnesota.
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