The first few hundred copies of a fascinating new biography of the Tzemach Tzedek, written by Rabbi Sholom D. Avtzon, have arrived in Crown Heights bookstores today.
This Shabbos, in honor of GImmel Tammuz, many Shuls in Crown Heights will be hosting a Farbrengen with a special guest who will give words of inspiration. Following is a list of 40 Crown Heights Shuls that will be hosting such an event on Shabbos afternoon.
After sponsoring the recent Siyum Hashas at Chovevei Torah, prominent Crown Heights attorney Rabbi Shimon Aharon Rosenfeld has once again rewarded excellent learning in the Chovevei Torah Zal. While most bochurim in the yeshiva have completed and mastered the entire Mesichta Kiddushin, Mendy Ross, Shaya Spielman and Shaya Zirkind were selected to be put through a complete and thorough testing of the entire 82 blatt meshichta memorized and all at one time.
Pictures from the L’chaim of Shlomo Bogart (Sharon, MA) and Chana Rosa Petrikovsky (Great Neck, NY), which took place at Eshel in Crown Heights.
Boys at Cheder Darchai Limud were rewarded with a trip to Strike Ten Lanes in Mill Basin, followed by a pizza and ice cream party at Dagan’s Pizza down the road. The boys had to work really hard for this trip; they were tested on the Chumash they had learned throughout the year, demonstrating mastery in the skills learnt and becoming engaged in the story from the text. For some of these boys, getting tested on entire perokim at once was quite a feat.
JETS (Jewish Educational Trade School) in California celebrated seven successful years at a graduation banquet on 24 Sivan.
An inspiring Farbrengen took place in Ohel Chana Seminary, Melbourne on Thursday night in preparation for Gimmel Tammuz. The seminary is unique in that it remains open throughout the entire year, even after the formal academic year has ended.
Just days before Gimmel Tammuz, friends gathered in support of the Camp F.R.E.E. – Gan Israel Scholarship Fund. The funds raised will help bring a summer of fun, friendship, and memories to children who may not otherwise have the opportunity to enjoy camp due to difficult economic circumstances.
Students of Israeli Yeshivas who spent the year learning in 770 pose for a group portrait in front of 770. In the front row sit mashpi’im Rabbi Yoel Kahan and Rabbi Shlomo Zarchi.
One of the visible markers of Lubavitch Hassidim is their earnest and concerted efforts to reach Jews in all corners of the globe. This includes posting emissaries in far-flung places and the effective use of modern media to deliver their message to the masses. The Lubavitch endeavor has also aimed to improve accessibility to Jewish tradition, including translating the works of Lubavitch hassidic masters.
A Crown Heights resident was shocked today when she opened her mailbox, finding inside two slips of paper with horrendous hate messages written on them.
This is the first year that Gimmel Tammuz falls out on Shabbos in 14 years. As such, the administrators of Ohel Chabad Lubavitch, led by Rabbi Abba Refson, are in a frenzy of preparation for an unprecedented amount of guests who will be spending Shabbos there.
Poland’s Attorney General says the practice of Kosher and Halal ritual slaughter violates the nation’s animal protection act.
In honor of Gimmel Tammuz, CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute present this collection of historic photos, taken by David Schweke and Dr. Shlomo Newfield, of various Chassidic gatherings: the Rebbe giving out kos shel brocha at the end of Passover 5737 (1977), a bride and groom getting the Rebbe’s blessing outside his study and a captive audience before the Rebbe in the winter of 5737 (1977).
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This Shabbos, 3 Tammuz (June 23), marks eighteen years since the Rebbe’s histalkus. We present here an inspiring article written specially for the Avner Institute by an individual who merited a special relationship with the Rebbe — Benzion Rader, who is the author of Challenge, an inside account of Chabad of Great Britain and the Holy Land, which was published in the early 1970s under the Rebbe’s guidance.
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