BDH: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Labkowsky OBM
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the untimely passing of California Shliach Rabbi Menachem Mendel Labkowsky OBM, after battling an illness.
He is survived by his wife Miriam, his children Nochum, Eliezer, Sender, Schneur Zalman, Aidy Chazzan, Leah Kesselman, and Mushka Rosenfeld, all of whom live in California.
Alexander Needs Your Prayers Once More
During the past summer, Schneur Chaim Yitzchak Alexander ben Nechama Dina, suffered a terrible, life threatening illness in his leg. With hope and prayer in our hearts, we appealed to you all, to help us arouse Hashem’s mercy and bring a speedy recovery to Alexander.
Torah relates that the Egyptian exile involved hard labor of “chomer u'leveinim” — mortar and brick. Whatever spiritual refinement G-d intended for the Jewish people through that exile could only be acquired through mortar and brick — otherwise, G-d would never have put them through it.
Weekly Living Torah Video: Brick and Mortar
Torah relates that the Egyptian exile involved hard labor of “chomer u’leveinim” — mortar and brick. Whatever spiritual refinement G-d intended for the Jewish people through that exile could only be acquired through mortar and brick — otherwise, G-d would never have put them through it.
3 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Yisroel and Mushky (nee Borevitz) Kaplan
1216 Carroll St. [between New York and Nostrand Ave.]
Aharon (AJ) and Mimi (nee Schochet) Fehler
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Chaim and Chaya (nee Miller) Lipszyc
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New Engagement!
Zalmy (ben R’ Mendel) Hershkop (Crown Heights) and Mushka Shubov (Toronto, Canada)
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute present this unique collection of photos of the Rebbe entering his car in the early 1980s.
Shabbos at the Besht: What Is Real Truth?
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Motty Lipskier will lead a discussion on the topic – ‘what is real truth?’
New from JEM: First-Person Miracle Accounts
Just when it seems to be needed most, a powerful new DVD has been released, featuring wondrous stories of the Rebbe.
Chabad of Dumbo Gets Its Own Torah
They have dedicated Torah’s in cities across China and Russia, and now the Kamhin families of Mexico and Hong Kong have continued their tradition by gifting a new Torah to Chabad of Dumbo, in Brooklyn, NY.
New Engagement!
Levi Baumgarten (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Mushky Moskovits (Crown Heights)
L’chaim Motzei Shabbos at Bais Rivkah
310 Crown St. [between New York and Nostrand Ave.]
New Engagement!
Yitzi Blasenstein (Sydney, Australia) and Henny Simon (Crown Heights)
A stage set. A packed house. All eyes focused on the King of Chassidic Music with rapt attention, not wanting to miss a note of the soul stirring melodies.
Video: When Avraham Fried Sang with the Survivor
A stage set. A packed house. All eyes focused on the King of Chassidic Music with rapt attention, not wanting to miss a note of the soul stirring melodies.
New Engagement!
Michael Bank (Los Angeles, CA) and Shaina Weiner (Los Angeles, CA)
New Engagement!
Shmully Wolfson (Monsey, NY) and Rochel Fischel (Las Vegas, NV)













