The ‘Tzfati’ members of kvutzeh have lately taken to reenacting an increasing number of routine occurrences from the later years of the Rebbe’s life. In this photo, they mimic the drawing of ‘Mayim Shelanu’ for the baking of Matzah, which the Rebbe began to perform on the porch of 770 in the late ’80s, as can be seen in this video.
In this 25th installment of the series, Rebbetzin chana relates an episode which occurred during the lifetime of her husband, Reb Levik, how he arranged a clandestine chuppah for a Jewish couple under the ominous shadow of the secret police.
Mendel (ben R’ Levi Yitzchok) Raskin (London, UK) and Chaya Alperin (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
L’chaim will be tonight, Tuesday at Empire Shtiebel
489 Empire Blvd. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]
I always knew my son’s school was special. Oholei Torah has always been at the forefront of educating our boys. However, I did not really appreciate how special the school’s role models are until our son became gravely ill.
Every year for the the past twenty years, the Rebbe’s birthday has been celebrated on Yud Aleph Nissan with a Mitzvah Tank parade around the city, and this year is no different. Sixty-two tanks – corresponding to the sixty two years of the Rebbe’s leadership – will be parading from Lubavitch World Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, reaching all the way to Manhattan.
Dovid and Golda (nee Fehler) Orenstein (Crown Heights)
Due to public request, Nechama’s Closet has extended the deadline for GRAND PRIZE only until Wednesday March 28th. Those of you who forgot to purchase your tickets have one more chance to do so. Take advantage of this opportunity – Win $100,000.
Six people, including five children, died in a burning building in Rechovot, Israel last night. Two more have been reported injured in the blaze, which broke out at 10 PM.
Merkos Shlichus preparations for Pesach 5772 are currently in full gear. Following two days of non-stop interviews with Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky and those who applied, the Merkos Shlichus vaad has been working non-stop to assign the applicants to their Seder locations. So far, over 550 student Rabbis have been volunteered to lead sedorim in over 190 cities all over the world.
Avigdor Omri Kessler (Los Angeles, CA) and Ariela Tzion (Valley Village, CA)
Hasidic Jews and Caribbean-Americans faced off yesterday, Sunday March 25, for a game of soccer in Hamilton Metz (AKA Lefferts) Park. Both sides gave it their best in the inclement weather, but when the dust settled our Noahide neighbors emerged victorious – 4 to 2.
Members of the U.S. Supreme Court waded Monday into the constitutional challenge to President Barack Obama‘s controversial health care overhaul.
Renew and Build the Energy of Your marriage with Pesach lectures by Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Smith and, together with Elisheva Smith, the acclaimed marriage workshop “Couplehood as a Spiritual Pathway: The Imago Journey for Jewish couples” utilizing the proven Imago dialogue techniques to create connection in marriage.
Aaron Ezagui (Crown Heights) and Miriam Malnik (Clarksville, MD/Crown Heights)
The little, yellow storybook house at 29800 Cannon Road blends in nicely with the Solon residences it neighbors. But the house is not a home.
In an exclusive interview, a 19-year veteran of the NYPD describes widespread manipulation of crime reports at the 100th Precinct in Queens. The sergeant says when he blew the whistle on the routine fudging of crimes, the department retaliated and transferred him to a midnight shift at Bronx Central.
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