In Wake of Tragedy, Chasidim Write ‘Pan Kloli’ to Rebbe
A Pan Kloli on behalf of all the Rebbe’s Chasidim was read at the Ohel today, in the wake of repeated tragedies that have recently occurred in the Chabad community. Video added
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Congregation Agudas Yisroel, located at 456 Crown St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.], invites all members of the community to hear the reading of the Megilliah this Purim.
PSA: Megillah Reading Every Hour on the Hour
Congregation Agudas Yisroel, located at 456 Crown St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.], invites all members of the community to hear the reading of the Megilliah this Purim.
Purim at C.A.Y., 2013.
Chevra Ahavas Yisroel Purim Party Canceled
For years, hip congregants at a popular Brooklyn Hasidic synagogue packed a raucous Purim party. The annual fete was the biggest event on Chevra Ahavas Yisroel’s social calendar–until this year.
Wall Street Journal
Hundreds Attend Levaya of Beloved Shlucha
Hundreds of men, women and children from the Chabad community in Crown Heights and around the world gathered in front of 770 Eastern Parkway this morning to pay their last respects to a beloved Shlucha and mother of young children, Mrs. Rashi Minkowicz, OBM, who passed away suddenly and tragically late Tuesday night.
Eight Years of Maamorim Celebrated
Every morning at the break of dawn, a group of Chasidim gathers together at Congregation Tiferes Menachem (AKA Re’im Ahuvim) in Crown Heights to study a Maamer of the Rebbe.
Video: The Meaning of Purim
This fantastic new edition of the ‘Elevate Series’ explores the deeper meaning of yet another holiday – Purim. The film is orated by two Shluchim and educators from South Florida: Rabbi Chay Amar, Shliach in Golden Beach, and Rabbi Yakov Garfinkel, Program Director of Lubavitch Educational Center.
Picture of the Day: Seminary Girls Share Joy of Purim
Students of the Chaya Aydel Seminary in Hallendale Beach, FL bring Shalach Monos and Purim joy, along with their principal Rabbi Yossy Lebovics, to residents of the Pembroke Park Retirement Home.
Ad Mosai?! Enough!
Following the rash of recent tragedies that has befallen the Chabad community, an emergency meeting was held between the members of Agudas Chasidei Chabad. A worldwide prayer gathering will take place at the Ohel followed by the reading of a Pan Kloli in the name of all Chabad Chassidim.
Assemblyman Dov Hikind dressed as a "black basketball player," Purim, 2013.
Op-Ed: Don’t Dress Up in Blackface this Purim
‘Tis the season when some are forced to explain the historically-uninformed why dressing up in blackface is something that just plain shouldn’t be done.
by Ben Faulding
File photo: Rabbi Berel Lazar with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Putin’s Jewish embrace: Is it love or politics?
When even Russian policemen had to pass security checks to enter the Sochi Winter Olympics, Rabbi Berel Lazar was waved in without ever showing his ID.
JTA
Tonight: Watch a Farbrengen of the Rebbe
A group of yungerlite organized a special extended screening of a Purim Farbrengen the Rebbe held in 1972. The viewing will take place in Kolel Menachem on Kingston Avenue and Union Street at 8:45pm and will feature four Sichos.
Students Awarded for Compositions on Rebbe’s Sichos
A new initiative was launched earlier this year at Oholei Torah Mesivta, in which the Bochurim set out to complete an entire volume of Likutei Sichos and write a synopsis of each Sicha.
Photo: Bentzi Sasson
Videos: Dudu Fisher at the National Jewish Retreat
In honor of Purim, TorahCafe.com has released three exclusive music videos from this past year’s National Jewish Retreat!
Laws and Customs: Taanis Esther and Purim
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Taanis Esther and Purim for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
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Dozens of Rockets Fired into Southern Israel
Over 60 rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel over the past few hours. The Islamic Jihad terror organization is claiming responsibility.
2 Dead, 22 Hurt, Others Missing in Manhattan Explosion
Two people are dead, 22 are hurt and others are missing after two buildings collapsed following a gas leak explosion that rattled upper Manhattan and shattered windows with a blast that could be felt blocks away.
Photos: Mordechai in Shushan at ULY’s Gan Tmimim
Little ‘Mordechais’ from Lubavitcher Yeshiva’s Gan Tmimim on Crown Street got to feel what Mordechai felt when Haman led him around on the king’s horse and dress, when they all got to ride on a pony in front of their school this morning.
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