With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Chaim Burston OBM, a famed Rebbe and storyteller who educated hundreds of students throughout his career. He passed away on Shabbos, the 18th of Teves, 5784.
If you have a flight scheduled to leave JFK Airport in NYC on Monday, New Years, after 2:00pm, you might want to consider a backup plan as a planned Pro-Gaza Protest is scheduled to “Flood JFK For Gaza”.
X account @Ryansikorski10 had a “revelation”, among many other extreme views posted to his social media, in that the Battle of Brooklyn, a battle of the American Revolutionary War, took place all that a Jewish neighborhood could one day be built in Crown Heights.
A Baltimore Fire House has arranged an annual holiday display with a miniature train garden complete with a mini fire house, full town, and a special building with replicas around the world. Can we officially add it to the list of 770’s across the globe?
Motzei Shabbos LIVE Show! A snippet of all your loved shows, plus footage you’ve never seen before.
Unless a last-minute deal is struck, one of the nation’s largest health insurance companies will no longer cover one of the city’s most prominent hospital networks.
Rabbi Ari Rubin, based in Cairns and co director of Chabad North Queensland an associated community with Chabad of Rural and Eeguonal Australia, revealed that between ten and twenty Jewish families have experienced flooded homes, with at least two lacking insurance coverage.
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
Zalmi and Esty Katz from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Shabbos at the BESHT: This week’s shiur will be given by Rabbi Michoel Seligson on the 20th to the 24th of Teves, The Rambam and The Alter Rebbe.
This week a friend told me that he heard a beautiful story which he heard at a farbrengen from Rabbi Dovid Sholom Pape. So, I went over to him, and while the person related it to me properly, Rabbi Pape gave me some additional aspects of the story.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman delves into the preparations made for Yaacov’s arrival in Egypt, its spiritual significance, and some baffling questions.
The following story was posted to social media by Sarah Dukes, and tells a special story of a young girl who was Davening each day for a soldier in the IDF who turned out to be a family friend.
Nathaniel Melchior and Alon Segev, two reserve soldiers in the 404th Battalion of the 282nd Fire Brigade, did not expect this on their reserve service: they discovered an intact ancient oil lamp dating from the Byzantine period.
Menachem and Sheva Roitblat from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 770 Empire Blvd #5F (between Troy Ave and Schenectady Ave)
Lubavitcher and Crown Heights resident Zalmy Neparstak has a big Mazal Tov, he has completed the NYPD’s rigorous training and graduated as a police officer.
Rabbi Yitzchak Vorst, a child survivor of the Holocaust who went on to become the founding Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in the Netherlands and influence Dutch Jewry through his writings, personal warmth and loving acceptance of everyone he met, passed away on Wednesday night, 28 Elul (Sept. 14). He was 85 years old.
