Shabbos at the Besht: The Gift of Transformation
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Chaim Schochet will lead a discussion on the topic: The gift of transformation.
Singleness or Harmony? The Kabbala of Jewish Unity
“Unity, unity,” what a beautiful idea. Its virtues issue forth from the mouths of politicians and clergymen. Its praises roll from of lips of leaders, activists and ordinary folk of all ilk and class. The word conjures up images of an idyllic state of existence – a world in which there is no strife nor struggle – where humanity is bound by a single objective with a single mind and a single heart.
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov - Jax., FL
DA Candidate Ken Thompson Visits 770
Brooklyn D.A. candidate Kenneth P. Thompson visited Crown Heights yesterday (Thursday). His first stop was at 770, where he stood at the spot were the Lubavitcher Rebbe handed out dollar bills to world leaders and community residents alike. This was followed by […]
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Avi and Chaya (nee Bryski) Lesches (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 329a Crown St. [between New York and Nostrand Aves.]
Video: Rabbi Benny’s Weekly Torah Thought
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thoughts on this week’s Parsha, Nitzavim-Vayelech, titled ‘Don’t Stop Moving!’
Here’s My Story: Turning the Wheels
With the founding of the State of Israel in 1948, the Henry Ford Motor Company realized that the new state would need a huge number of vehicles for the military and the government, and it announced plans to build a car assembly plant in Israel.
by Ephraim Ilin
Head Shluchim Treat Juniors to Day of Appreciation
Six families on Shlichus in Monmouth County, NJ were treated to a fun-filled day of relaxation and rejuvenation by head Shluchim Rabbi Baruch and Tova Chazanow, who wished to express their feelings of appreciation to the shluchim for all their hard work and devotion to the Rebbe’s Shlichus during the past year.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe entering his car on his way to the Ohel in the early 1980s.
Twin Girls!
Laibel and Chani Berkowitz (Huntsville, AL)
Baby Boy!
Uri and Gitty Kogan (Toronto, Canada)
Yehuda and Batsheva Glick
Home at Last: Chabad Couple Finds Their Calling
Even before Batsheva and Yehuda Glick married in 2007, they wanted to serve as Chabad-Lubavitch shluchim. But the couple, in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., had a hard time finding a post.
From Days Gone By: Yeshiva in Morocco
Students of Yeshivas Oholei Yosef Yitzchok-Lubavitch in Casablanca, Morocco, pose for a group portrait.
Lubavitcher Appointed Rabbi of Central Synagogue in Israel’s Fourth Largest City
Rabbi Shneur Zalman Ashkenazi has been appointed as the spiritual leader of the central synagogue of Rishon Letzion, Israel’s fourth largest city, in a ceremony Tuesday evening.
First Letters Written in New Sefer Torah for Scotland
Close to 100 people attended a pre-yomtov event at Lubavitch of Glasgow, Scotland, where they witnessed the start of a new Sefer Torah, commissioned by the children of Rabbi Chaim and Sora Jacobs in honor of their parents’ 44 years of dedicated service to Scottish Jewry as Shluchim of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
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Uriel and Dvorki (nee Solomon) Rivkin (Tampa, FL)
NYPD Issues Safety Guidelines for Tishrei Visitors
As multitudes of guests from around the world flock to Crown Heights for the High Holidays, the police officers at the 71st Precinct’s Community Affairs Division have requested that we inform the visitors of the following basic safety tips to adhere to during their stay:
Evening of Tribute for Chabad at Jersey Shore
Over 300 people joined Chabad at the Shore for its first Summer Gala, titled “An Evening of Tribute,” on Thursday, August 22, at the Katz JCC in greater Atlantic City.
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