Like other members of this city’s tight-knit and closely packed Jewish community, attorney Phil Abraham heard a rumor last year about the fate of an empty building that recently had served as the site of an assisted-living facility: a mosque was moving into the Slade Mansion, right across the street from Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, a prominent Reform temple which Abraham serves as president.
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After their bus broke down, the students of United Lubavitcher Yeshiva were graciously taken home by the Beis Rivkah school bus.
Tonight at 8:00pm a special Farbrengen commemorating the 201st Yartzeit-Hilula of the Alter Rebbe will be held, streaming live from Thornhill, Ontario.
In an open letter to Oholei Torah, a parent asks: When the dust settles and the fad of the Shofer is permanently behind us, what is the takeaway for the future? Will those entrusted with the education of our children see this as a lesson to be learned, or will it take another wakeup call (heaven forbid) to get the point across?
Shlome and Ariella (nee Nates) Kohn (Crown Heights)
With sadness we inform you of the tragic passing of Hatomim Aharon Yosef Magidman, OBM, of Beitar Illit, Israel.
After noticing quite a few children walking to school without proper winter coats, a group of Crown Heights businessmen teamed up and purchased hundreds of children’s winter coats in various sizes and styles to be distributed absolutely free of charge.
Over 200 Chabad Shluchim from all over Eretz Yisroel gathered this week in Nir Etzion, a resort town not far from Haifa, for a regional Kinus Hashluchim.
In a speech delivered on the evening of Tuesday, Tevet 21st 5774, Rabbi Yoel Kahn spoke out against the perception that people might be able to more easily find spiritual fulfillment through sources other than Chassidus.
All Chasidim recognize the importance of the daily learning of Chasidus, and that their lives would be completely different with it. Yet, it’s still a challenge: getting stuck, fumbling between maamorim, and the fact that maintain a daily regimen requires a lot of perseverance.
At a recent concert, Benny Friedman tells the story of a group of people who traveled to northern Minnesota to see Bob Dylan’s childhood home, and the girl who stayed behind because it was Yom Kippur. The story is followed by a lively rendition of his hit song ‘Mi Shema’amin.’
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a photo of the Rebbe speaking to someone after a ‘General Yechidus’ in the late 1980s.
Chaim Ozer and Racheli (nee Green) Metal (Summerlin, NV)
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Va’eira. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is true freedom?
It’s cold. It’s been snowing off and on for the past week. Flu season has started. Right about now, wouldn’t some hot soup sound really good?
In accordance with the Rebbe’s directive that talmidim should prepare themselves in honor of Yud Shvat, a Hashkem (‘early bird’) program for the talmidim of the Oholei Torah Mesivta is in full swing.
After learning all about the greatness of the Rambam, his Seforim and accomplishments, the boys of Gan Temimim-Lubavitcher Yeshiva Preschool in Crown Heights also got a lesson in keeping healthy and safe.
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