After tremendous efforts by the Shul’s leaders, and much generosity from the Shul’s congregants and friends, Chevrah Ahavas Yisroel came up with the necessary funds just in time to close the deal on their new building.
The Chaya Aydel Seminary in Hallandale Beach, Florida, has added to their curriculum the study of the renowned Hemshech Ayin Beis, the lengthy series of discourses from the Rebbe Rashab. This past Shavuos marked the 100th anniversary since this “Wondrous and Profound” series of Maamorim began in the town of Lubavitch in 5672 (1912).
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A delegation from the Rabbinical Centre of Europe (RCE) met last week with Prime Minister of Montenegro, Igor Lukšić, to commemorate and celebrate the recognition of Judaism as an official religion and the Jewish community as an official minority in Montenegro. In February, Prime Minister Lukšić signed an agreement with Jewish community leaders to recognize the Jewish community as an official minority in Montenegro.
As Gimmel Tammuz once again approaches, it’s appropriate to reflect on the past eighteen years and analyze the effect that the Rebbe’s passing has had on his Chassidim, and how we have dealt with the situation overall.
A popular Israeli singer was spotted studying with a few Kvutzeh Bochurim in 770. This singer is a close friend of many in the Chabad community. He composed a song in honor of the Rebbe titled “Menorah.” Can you identify him?
Once the infamous Berlin Wall came down in 1989, the sweeping reconstruction that began in West Berlin at the war’s end was repeated and even accelerated in what had been the Communist controlled East Berlin.
French police said Wednesday they have detained two suspects in connection with an attack on Jewish youths in Lyon but that the main perpetrator of the assault was still at large.
An early morning fire on Crown Street today displaced an elderly Crown Heights couple and sent two people to the hospital.
The bochurim of Oholei Torah’s Shiur Daled, who will be spending the next year (or two) on Shlichus in various Yeshivos and outreach institutions all over the globe, posed yesterday for a group portrait outside 770.
This morning at approximately 2:00 AM, two Tzfati thugs savagely beat a homeless man who often collects money at 770. Following the cruel beating, which occurred right outside 770, the assailants fled the area, leaving the man lying on the floor screaming for help.
As part of student enrichment, the Mayanot Women’s Program often hosts a variety of renowned speakers to give classes. On the 24th of May, Mrs. Molly Resnick was invited to talk to the students about her history, her relationship with the Rebbe and her views on the broad spectrum of the Jewish world.
Hersh and Leah Shira (nee Casper) Batkin (Stamford, CT)
Crownheights.info and Lubavitch Archives present this vintage photograph of seven Chassidim posing for a portrait. Can you identify those in the picture, when and where it was taken?
Answer to last week’s photo in the extended article.
Yeshivas Erev of Crown Heights runs a project for the study of Mishnayos called Mishnas Gavriel, named after Rabbi Gavriel Noach and Rivka Holtzberg, HYD. The program is arranged by the Igud Menahlei Yeshivos.
As the summer is nearly upon us in its official capacity, we soon will mark the legal-age since the infamous 1991 Crown Heights riot.
As the week of Shiva after the passing of Reb Shmuel Isaac Popack concluded, his family gathered for the Hakamas Hamatzeva. Hundreds of people, from the community and beyond, came to visit the family and share their words of comfort and consolation.
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