Shabbos at the Besht: The Joy of Adar
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Levi Kaplan will lead a discussion on the Halachos of Mishloach Manos and the Joy of Adar.
Video: Herbs that Sooth and Relax
Appearing recently on CBS’s The Couch, Sara Chana Silverstein, a Lubavitcher herbalist and alternative medicine specialist, gave some tips on how to sooth stress and achieve relaxation with herbs and other natural remedies.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a photo of the Rebbe in conversation with a New York politician following a
private audience, circa mid-1960s.
Reb Yoel Kahn: Automatic Business
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 ‘Automatic Business‘.
Priorities, Priorities! Confusing the Book for the Cover
Legend has it that the late Albert Einstein, in need of a clasp to hold together some papers from a recently completed project, spent a considerable amount of time trying to straighten-out a twisted paper clip. While struggling with the dysfunctional object, his assistant found a box of new clips. Einstein took one of the new paper clips reshaped it and used it as an instrument to repair the old bent one.
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov - Jax, FL
Dallas Women ‘Bake a Difference’
Chabad of Dallas inspired the perfect recipe for more than a loaf of bread, the 1st Annual Let’s Bake a Difference, an evening of friendship, consideration, education, and caring for others.
Dallas Morning News
Baby Girl!
Ari and Shaindy (nee Levin) Pinson (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Sholom Ber Ceitlin (Montreal, Canada) and Chana Pevzner (Geneva, Switzerland)
From Days Gone By: Shock and Tears
Moments before the Rebbe’s Levaya, on the 3rd of Tammuz, 1994, a photographer captured this image of shocked Chasidim waiting outside 770.
Over 40 Children Attend Released Time Winter Camp
This week, the Jewish Released Time program under the auspices of the NCFJE, arranged a mid-winter camp for public school children during their winter vacation and over 40 children attended the camp.
Sale of WhatsApp Reveals Story of Rags to Riches
The Facebook purchase of WhatsApp for $19 billion has made headlines in past 24 hours, and the tough beginnings of founder and CEO Jan Koum show the intelligence and spirit of a man coming from practically nothing and growing into a billionaire.
Baby Girl!
Shmuly and Peshka Mandelbaum (Lakewood, NJ)
Twins! Girl and Boy!
Dovber and Yocheved (nee Rodman) Shapiro (Las Vegas, NV)
Baby Boy!
Shmaya and Rivka Krinsky (Crown Heights)
The Rabbi in the Ring
Rabbi Yossi Eilfort, an assistant Chabad rabbi from San Diego, Calif., recently made news when he fought his first amateur MMA fight, winning by TKO in the second round. Several publications covered the story, but much of coverage focused more on the oddity of a man of G-d stepping in to the MMA ring and less on the spiritual message he was trying to convey by doing so.
by Ben Kazink
Man Celebrates Bar Mitzvah at 82
Rabbi Moshe Klein of Crown Heights travels every Thursday to an old-age home to help the Jewish residents put on Tefilin. One elderly Jew from the former Soviet Union would always refuse week after week, saying he never did it before and didn’t want to begin now.
De Blasio: Yes, It Is My Role as Mayor to Defend Israel
During an interview on MSNBC Wednesday, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio was confronted by the host, Chris Hayes, regarding a speech he gave last month to AIPAC. The host questioned the mayor as to why he proclaimed that defending the state of Israel is part of his job description as mayor of New York City.
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