A musically gifted, saintly-looking rabbi reinvented American folk song Man of Constant Sorrow in a parody of the blues track created in honor of Purim. Rabbi Tuvia Bolton, Dean of Yeshiva Ohr Tmimim in Kfar Chabad, Israel, titled the parody Constant Smile and posted it on YouTube last week.
In honor of Purim, Rabbi Chaim Lipszyc, whose father Rabbi Shmuel Lipszyc directs Chabad Center of Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY, shared with us a fascinating story that began with misfortune on Simchas Torah and ended with triumph on Purim later that year.
This past Wednesday, Rabbi Baruch Epstein, director of community developments for Chabad of Illinois and director of Congregation Beis Menachem of Chicago, was invited to give the invocation at a session of the Cook County Board of Directors.
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Liora Rochel bas Sarah, who is undergoing a procedure today and urgently needs good news.
Dozens of volunteers, hundreds of deliveries and thousands of yards of ribbon – all for the delivery of over 6,000 Shalach Monos and Achdus baskets over Purim and the days prior by the Oholei Torah PTA.
Eli and Nechama (nee Kleinman) Goldman (Crown Heights)
Berel and Mirel (nee Salek) Prager (Crown Heights)
Berri and Mushky (nee Dubrawsky) Spitezki (Vancouver, Canada)
This Monday, the 16th of Adar II (March 17), there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12. Buses will leave 770 at 11:30am and return at 2:00pm. Transportation will cost $3.
Hatzalah of Crown Heights has been coping with a string of robberies that have occurred over the past month, which have left the volunteer organization struggling with losses of several thousands of dollars.
Purim on the streets of Crown Heights. Part 3.
Purim on the streets of Crown Heights. Part 2.
Purim on the streets of Crown Heights. Part 1.
In honor of Purim, we present an op-ed written by one of our readers – with his tongue planted firmly in his cheek. The views expressed in this article are neither ours, the writer’s nor of any sane human being.
In its Adar Beis edition, A Chassidisher Derher Magazine features the story of the President who visited the Rebbe, amongst other Purim related articles. 43 years ago, President Zalman Shazar visited the Rebbe on Purim, in a most unique visit.
Tzally and Miriam (nee Wilmowsky) Perlow (Crown Heights)
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