In a leaked letter dated April 4th, 2024, a lawyer for the Agri Star Meat and Poultry plant, which owns the Shor Habor brand, writes to the Crown Heights Bais Din and the CHK outlining their grievance over the removal of the Hechsher, and states that although they do not want to go to court, they will if they have to.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman takes a look at this special week on the chabad calendar, and the connections between the mundane and spiritual worlds.
Ina rare incident Friday morning, an earthquake shook New York City, rattling Crown Heights along with the other boroughs.
Children from the Crown Heights community packed Anshei Lubavitch Shul in Crown Heights for a Grand Siyum Harambam event Thursday, closing out the 40th cycle of the Rambam and started the 41st cycle in style.
Yossef Porhel (Créteil, France) to Sarah Kaminsky (Netanya, Israel)
Chneor Altabe (Nice, France) to Hanna Zekri (St Cloud, France)
Mendel Gurary (Montreal, Canada) to Chanie Raichik (Crown Heights)
Photographer Mordechai Lubecki presents a galley of photos from his recent trip to Teveria, where he visited the sites and history in the special city.
With Tzitzis flying in the wind and fists closed tightly on their Mishnayos Baal Peh cards, nearly 100 Yaldei Hashluchim whizzed around the Port Washington Ice Skating Rink. As part of the MyShliach Chidon retreat, they were rewarded for their immense efforts in studying Sefer Hamitzvos in detail from their Chabad houses as far as Guatemala and Brazil.
On October 7th, Rami Davidian received a chilling text from Amit, pleading for her life. Watch the incredible story of courage and sacrifice as Rami rescued this young girl from being kidnapped by terrorists after the Nova Festival massacre.
In 5773, Rabbi Efraim Piekarski started Tosfos in English to help anyone understand Tosfos. Now, Tosfos in English is launching a WhatsApp community.
For the first time in modern history—and perhaps even longer than that—two sitting wartime presidents wrote letters in a new Torah scroll that will be dedicated to peace and unity, among the Jewish people.
In connection with the auspicious event in this week’s parsha, Shmini – the dedication of the Mishkan , we share this letter of the Rebbe, a fascinating letter to a supporter of his activities in the Holy Land – where the Rebbe expounds on the significance of “eight”. As represented by the 8 lights of the Chanukah menorah, the dedication of the Mishkan on the eighth day, the eighth day of Succos, Shmini Atzeres among others.
As one of many Chabad Young Professional getaways, the weekend allowed old acquaintances to reconnect and new relationships to be formed, something especially critical in this day and age.
In anticipation of this Sunday’s International JewQ Championship finale in New York, numerous regional Championships have taken place. For one hardworking group of kids, the competition was judged by Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard H. Bernstein together with Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov of The Shul – Chabad Lubavitch.
Last month, Yossi Uzan, 13, chose to honor his becoming a bar mitzvah by helping finance a source of clean potable water for its residents. He was influenced by the charitable giving of his parents, Rabbi Israel and Haya Uzan, co-directors of Chabad Lubavitch of Nigeria in the capital city of Abuja.
Yakov Blesofsky (Yarba Linda, CA) to Mushky Kovesh (Budapest, Hungary) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 7:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
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