Thursday evening, Kinus Hashluchos held their general sessionin the main ballroom of Oholei Torah. The session was entitled ‘The Profile of a Chossid: Reflecting the Past, Focusing on the Future’ and was chaired by Mrs. Miriam Friedman from Birmingham, AL.
From ‘Struggling with Juggling’ to ’Making them Daven’ through ‘Delightful Decor’ a host of workshops were presented, aimed squarely at helping Shluchos tackle some of the daunting tasks that Shluchos are known to complete with grace behind the scenes.
A Yeshiva student in 770 has been suffering in recent days from threats and verbal abuse every time he attempts to enter 770. His crime? Assisting police officers when they came to investigate the shocking attack on a respected Mashpia last Wednesday, as reported here on this website. [Update: Hanhalah response added]
On Chof Beis Shvat, the girls of Ohel Chana in Melbourne Australia organized their very own kinus, with the theme being the important role of women, as Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka has shown.
When a camera crew stopped in to film the exhibition of hasidic art he organized in Brooklyn during Sukkot last year, Rabbi Yitzchok Moully was pleased. When they mentioned that they were working with Oprah Winfrey on her documentary about hasidic life, he was, he said, intrigued — but not particularly excited.
It was a weekend of firsts for the 420 teens and shluchim attending the International Teen Shabbaton last Shabbos. At the Shabbaton banquet, Yarin Benaloul, the president of the CTeen’s boys division of Las Vegas Nevada, shared that his community has drastically changed as a result of the dedication of CTeen rabbi, “Rabbi Oz” AKA Chaim Ozer Metal.
In this 19th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana reminisces about an episode with a Jewish writer named Markish, which took place while they were living in Dnepropetrovsk.
Cheder Chabad Girls had an inspiring Chof Beis Shvat today.
A few months ago, shoppers walking along Kingston Ave. noticed something different on the block between Montgomery St. and Empire Blvd: Q-Cumber Café was closed. In its place was a hip new Pizza shop with a [not too] different name – Pomodori [Italian plural for Tomato].
A new red box with a telephone was installed in downstairs 770 with a direct line to Hatzalah for use in case of an emergency. CrownHeights.info was told that this was done after the payphones had been removed and should Hatzalah’s assistance be needed, there is a way – aside from shouting – to call for their help.
A twenty seven year old Jewish man from Brooklyn found himself facing a difficult dilemma after crossing against a red light on his way to Chabad of Downtown Los Angeles on Shabbos morning.
Shluchos that have been streaming into New York for the annual International Kinus visited the Ohel of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin this morning.
The Skverer Rebbe from Boro Park, Rabbi Yechiel Michl Twersky, recently visited the Shul in Bal Harbour, FL. After davening Shachris, he had a meeting with Rabbi Sholom Ber Lipskier in his study, where he spoke about the Lubavitcher Rebbe, OBM.
It was a sight that turned more than a few heads in the Bloomingdale area. On Sunday, a group of rabbis danced through the streets, taking turns carrying a newly completed Torah in a celebratory parade that ended at at 3005 Waylon Ln., Valrico, the home of the new Torah.
In advance of the release of his debut album, singer Yoely Falkowitz released a music video of his new song Areivim, a large part of which was filmed in and around 770.
Sruly Epstein (Columbia, SC) and Shlomit Dean (Crown Heights)
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Plans for a women’s division of Hatzalah dedicated to assisting in emergency births have been scrapped as the women, after consulting with a respected Brooklyn rabbi, have instead decided to create their own independent volunteer service, titled Ezras Nashim, that will be staffed entirely by women.
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