This coming Monday Keren Simchas Chosson V’Kallah will host the Australian ‘Monday Morning Cooking Club’ for a cooking demonstration ahead of the Yom Tov of Sukkos. The group just released their book in the United States. Join KSCVK on Monday, […]
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Kaporos, Erev Yom Kippur and Yom Kippur for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Yossi and Chanie (nee Stock) Hecht (Ocala, FL)
As parts of Boulder, Colorado continue to be overwhelmed by the massive flooding that has already taken the lives of three people, Jewish residents scramble to pump out their basements and keep their valuables on high ground.
Rabbi Shea Hecht, Chairman of the NCFJE, has announced that Rabbi Dovid Fisher and Mr. Morris Gad will be subsidizing the cost of Kaporos chickens for Crown Heights Community. The chickens will cost only $10.
For the sixth year in a row, a group of Mekurovim from Moscow accompanied the chief rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar, to New York to spend the Shabbos of Selichos in the Rebbe’s ‘Daled Amos.’
We received the following letter from a CrownHeights.info reader, who had a close call with carbon monoxide poisoning after leaving his stove on over three days of Yomtov. Carbon monoxide (or CO) is an odorless gas that is often a byproduct of burning natural gas. It can be deadly if inhaled in high concentrations.
Mr. Armand Koskas, father of Crown Heights resident Yonason Koskas, has not been seen since yesterday (Wednesday) morning. The elderly Mr. Koskas is suffering from Alzheimer’s, RL.
Update: he family was notified by NYPD detectives that Mr. Armand Koskas was found in a hospital. Thank you to all those who assisted in the search.
In the hot sun for hours on end, Devorah Benjamin sits outside the Empire Kosher supermarket collecting money for financially struggling young couples to help pay for their wedding expenses. A pair of teenage hooligans took advantage and robbed Mrs. Benjamin, stealing her bucket full of cash and coins.
Following his victory in the New York City Republican mayoral primary on Tuesday, former MTA chairman Joe Lhota visited the Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens today in advance of Yom Kippur.
Mendy and Chana Sarale (nee Kaplan) Chayo (Redondo Beach, CA)
About 1,500 employees of the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon, Israel, along with the mayor of Ashkelon, gave Avraham and Ricky Lerer a standing ovation.
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, delivers his thoughts on Yom Kippur, titled ‘Get Me Some Jonah Love.’ A bonus music video, titled ‘In The Whale’s Belly,’ is included for your enjoyment.
Yesterday in the late afternoon, a Shomrim volunteer was patrolling the streets when he noticed three African-American kids entering an alleyway and behaving like they were up to no good.
The Jewish community of the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, Canada, and specifically the members of Chabad of Okanagan, got to take part in a once in a lifetime experience to help complete a Torah, something all members of the Jewish faith hope to do at some point during their life.
The 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks was commemorated last night with two beams up light shining toward the sky at the spot where the World Trade Center towers once stood.
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