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Levi and Chani (nee Ehrentreu) Rosenfeld (Toronto, Canada)
CrownHeights.info presents an audio recording of the Brochos given by the Rebbe on Erev Yom Kippur.
Audio: The Rebbe’s Yom Kippur Brocho
CrownHeights.info presents an audio recording of the Brochos given by the Rebbe on Erev Yom Kippur.
Taking on the task of feeding the thousands of guests after Yom Kippur and during Sukkos was not enough for Nachum Markowitz. Standing outside 770 today, Erev Yom Kippur, he was handing out 'Lekach' and drinks of orange juice ahead of the fast.
Markowitz Gives Lekach Erev Yom Kippur
Taking on the task of feeding the thousands of guests after Yom Kippur and during Sukkos was not enough for Nachum Markowitz. Standing outside 770 today, Erev Yom Kippur, he was handing out ‘Lekach’ and drinks of orange juice ahead of the fast.
Photos: Kapores on Erev Yom Kippur
Erev Yom Kippur Jews worldwide took part in the age-old custom of ‘shlugging’ Kapores. In Crown Heights it was organized by NCFJE, who had locations in a number of places in the neighborhood.
An order list released this morning by the Supreme Court detailing which cases would be heard during its upcoming term did not include the Rubashkin case, leaving many wondering what that omission might mean.
Rubashkin Case Not on Supreme Court List ..So Far
An order list released this morning by the Supreme Court detailing which cases would be heard during its upcoming term did not include the Rubashkin case, leaving many wondering what that omission might mean.
Picture of the Day: Reaching Heights in the Heights
A reader sent us this photograph of a construction worker doing carefully balanced work atop a Crown Heights building. Can you identify where the picture was taken?
Postcards to My Younger Self (Part 1)
Shoshanah Silcove, an American freelance writer and a Machon Chana Alumnus who lives with her family in Melbourne, Australia, penned the following article in which she chronicles her arduous journey back to her Jewish roots through written correspondence with her former self.
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe!
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute present two unique photos of the Rebbe performing Kapporos in front of 770 in 1990.
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London Boys Clock in over 10,000 Minutes of Tehilim
The students of Lubavitch Boys’ School in London had a massive Chayos in saying Tehillim over Rosh Hashana. A special chart with all the different time slots where it is possible to say tehilim over Yom Tov was given out to help boys keep a track on how much they said.
Photo Gallery: Kapparos in Russia
In the first set of photos, Jews in Moscow’s Marina Roshcha neighborhood gather around the country’s chief rabbi, Berel Lazar, to perform Kapparos and receive ‘Lekach.’
Congregants of Empire Shtieble gathered late Monday night to perform Kapparos in front of the Shul.
Photo Gallery: Kapparos at Empire Shtieble
Congregants of Empire Shtieble gathered late Monday night to perform Kapparos in front of the Shul.
A few months ago, a video was uploaded to YouTube in which a 10-year-old boy in the Philippines sings Avraham Fried's English hit “Don't Hide from Me” at a performance in his school's auditorium.
Video: Philippino Child Performs Another Fried Song
A few months ago, a video was uploaded to YouTube in which a 10-year-old boy in the Philippines sings Avraham Fried‘s English hit “Don’t Hide from Me” at a performance in his school’s auditorium.
While parents ran into stores frantically looking to buy the new “Mitzvah Boulevard,” friends and family of the actors and producers were treated to a special screening of the new video.
Photos: Mitzvah Boulevard World Premiere
While parents ran into stores frantically looking to buy the new “Mitzvah Boulevard,” friends and family of the actors and producers were treated to a special screening of the new video.
A documentary filmmaker and the defense attorney for Sholom Rubashkin appear on Fox News to discuss why they believe the U.S. Supreme Court should agree to hear Rubashkin vs. United States.
Video: Fox News Discusses Rubashkin Appeal
A documentary filmmaker and the defense attorney for Sholom Rubashkin appear on Fox News to discuss why they believe the U.S. Supreme Court should agree to hear Rubashkin vs. United States.
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Weekly Photo: From Days Gone By
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present this vintage photograph of a Chossid helping a young Bochur do Kapparos. Can you identify those in the picture, when and where it was taken?
Answer to last week’s photo in the extended article.
The Beis Din of Crown Heights has released a pamphlet - in both English and Hebrew - which contains instructions for many customs and Halachos, as well as the answers to many questions regarding the upcoming Yom Hadin.
Guide: Times, Halachos and Customs for Yom Kippur
The Beis Din of Crown Heights has released a pamphlet – in both English and Hebrew – which contains instructions for many customs and Halachos, as well as the answers to many questions regarding the upcoming Yom Hadin.
