On A Roll Crafts: Tu B’Shvat Activity
Tu B’shvat is right around the corner Here is a great way to make the fruit look even more enticing! Not only will you get to enjoy healthy fruit, but you’ll also become a fashionista in the process!
Bais Rivkah EmBRace Enhances Your Shabbos Table With Alumnae Virtual Event in Honor of ט״ו שבט
Join Bais Rivkah Alumnae for a virtual event to enhance your Shabbos table in honor of Tu B’Shvat. The event will take place on ZOOM on January 25th, 8:00pm to 9:”00pm.
Homesick For Lubavitch Podcast: “In Defense of Gezhe” With R’ Mendel Duchman
But while R’ Mendel very much lives in “today,” he is also a staunch defender of the idea of “gezhe,” or the value of holding on to one’s past that can be traced to the old home back in Russia.
Chaim V’Chessed: US Embassy to Offer Solution for Newborns in Israel
We are now pleased to announce that the US Embassy will hold a special event at Chaim V’Chessed offices on Monday, February 5. At the event, parents of newborns will be able to apply for a Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) and first-time passport for their children.
LIVE at 7:00PM: Annual Crown Heights Hiloula Event of Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhatzeira
Merkaz Sefarad Chabad in partnership with the Lipsker and Zaets families, (decendants of the Abir Yaacov and the Baba Sali), invite you to join in the annual Hiloula of Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhatzeira this coming Tuesday night, January 23rd.
Picture of the Day
A Crown Heights resident taking a walk Tuesday morning captured the beautiful sunrise over Eastern Parkway by the Brooklyn Museum.
Photographer Marc Asnin says he first saw pure love for incarcerated Jews when he visited a prison in Florida with the Aleph Institue's Rabbi Menachem Katz. Above, Katz blew the shofar for prisoners before Rosh Hashanah. Photo by Marc Asnin
Photographer Marc Asnin Chronicles the Humanity of the Down-and-Out
Growing up in the upwardly mobile Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., award-winning photographer Marc Asnin says he was always a “loud and proud Jew” with a big heart and a deep concern for the underdog and the bullied—the kinds of people who have defined his professional life as a documentary photographer.
Credit: Yisroel Teitelbaum
HY”D: Tragic Deaths of Twenty One IDF Soldiers In Gaza Yesterday
The IDF announces the names of twenty one soldiers who were killed in an incident in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday, during which two building collapsed following a large explosion, and a tank was apparently hit by an RPG.
NYC to Clear $2 Billion in Medical Debt for 500,000 Residents
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan today announced a pioneering medical debt relief program, that will invest $18 million over three years to relieve over $2 billion in medical debt for hundreds of thousands of working-class New Yorkers.
Report: Israel Proposes Two Month Truce in Exchange for Freeing All Hostages
Israeli leaders have proposed a cease-fire of up to two months in exchange for the release of all the hostages in Gaza, officials said Monday.
PSA: Tu B’Shvat This Thursday, Get Your New Fruit at Mr. Greens
It’s Tu B’Shvat already, and Mr. Greens on Albany Ave is well prepared. As everyone searches for a new fruit to make a Shehecheyanu on, Mr. Greens has arranged for a wide variety of exotic and delicious fruit for any palate.
Application For 2024 Summer Youth Employment Program Is Now Open
New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) Commissioner Keith Howard today announced the opening of applications for the 2024 Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), providing 100,000 summer jobs and other paid opportunities to young people ages 14-24.
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin Interviews Rabbi Elchonon Poupko on Chabad, Litvaks, 770 Issue, and Shluchim
In this Meaningful Interviews program, Rabbi Chaim Dalfin questions Rabbi Elchonon Poupko, a noted author and 11th generation Rabbi, about his opinion on Chabad-Litvak relationship, the 770 issue, Chasidus study at YU and Litvish yeshivos, the Rebbe and his ancestors.
Chof Beis Shevat: Resources & Farbrengen
To assist Chassidim and their families in their preparation, Vaad Or Vechom Hahiskashrus is pleased to present our Chof Beis Shevat resource site, filled with hundreds of interesting and useful resources on the life of the Rebbetzin.
Chabad House at UW-Madison Eyes Expansion, Student Housing as Demand Grows
The Rohr Chabad House at UW-Madison hopes a proposed five-story expansion can help alleviate two persistent space crunches in Downtown Madison: one largely within its own facilities, the other in off-campus student housing stock.
Mikvah.org Launches New Taharas Hamishpacha Helpline and More
With Hashem’s help and the Rebbe’s brachos, Mikvah.org is excited to announce the soft launch of a Taharas Hamishpacha Helpline, staffed by experienced certified Kallah Teachers, and Rabbinically endorsed by a committee of prominent Chabad Rabbonim who are experts in this field.
EmBRace Magazine Edition #15: Money Matters
I could never wrap my head around it. The more the merrier, no? Why say “no” to more good? Why not accept more donations and save them for later? What does “more than enough” even mean? Until, one day, I heard myself saying, over and over, “It’s so nice of you to offer, but we have more than enough, boruch Hashem.”
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