Chanie Simon knows her son is in good hands. Fifteen-year-old Shmully, who came from London, England, to South Florida to attend yeshiva at the Mesivta of Coral Springs, is enjoying his first year there so much that he wants to go back next year.
In conjunction with the completion of the 30th cycle of the study of Rambam, Chabad of Mineola sponsored an elaborate Siyum with the participation of the community leaders and many unaffiliated Jews.
With the end of the 30th cycle of Rambam’s Mishneh Torah only two weeks away, Lubavitcher communities and emissaries around the world are in full gear preparing for the siyumim, the completion ceremonies the Rebbe urged to Jews everywhere. In honor of this occasion, Kol Menachem is pleased to announce a special sale!
Ultra-Orthodox parties inside Israel’s government say they will oppose any new law that would apply Israel’s compulsory military draft to ultra-Orthodox men — a stance that bodes ill for the stability of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition.
Anyone who reads my blog knows that I’m just not that big a baker. So when Purim comes around, I’m not about to make my own hamantaschen. The bakery stuff is good enough for me. I still like to get into the Purim spirit, so coming up with something that has three corners (reminiscent of Haman’s three-cornered hat) is a must. Last year, I made these puff pastry ones, filled with sauteed spinach, cabbage, and pumpkin fillings. This year, I knew I had to step it up.
Visiting a police station is a common rite of childhood. But going to a police department to say thank you is not common, said Yehudah Kohn of Teaneck. Which was why he brought his son Joshua, 7, to an event Sunday sponsored by Chabad of Teaneck in which children made thank you cards and gifts and brought them to Teaneck police officers.
A Crown Heights photographer stopped his car, grabbed his camera and caught this moment in the nick of time before Moshe Ivry continued bouncing down Kingston Ave.
SYDNEY, Australia [CHI] — In a setting of soft lights, beautiful music and phenomenal entertainment, The Yeshiva Centre – Chabad NSW HQ held its annual Gala Dinner last week at the Sydney Exhibition and Convention Centre in Darling Harbour.
Schneur Zalman (ben R’ Naftoli) Gottlieb (Crown Heights) and Chaya Wilansky (Montreal, Canada)
These words, “A dinner darf men hoben”—“A dinner is needed”—were the Rebbe’s answer to Reb Dovid Deitsch, when asked if it’s so necessary for Educational Institute Oholei Torah to make a dinner annually. Since then, Oholei Torah has had a dinner every year, and with great success.
Three years later, the loss is still palpable. On Daled Adar, a month our sages note is filled with simcha, nine year old Levi Yitzchak Wolowik returned his Soul to the Creator. His memory is most appropriately honored at the Levi Yitzchak Library and Family Center in Cedarhurst, an exuberant place where children and young adults can enjoy great Jewish books and other wholesome and fun activities.
Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street hosted a unique father and son dance in honor of the beginning of the month of Adar. In addition to dancing with live music, kids got to decorate their own cookies as well.
The name of a Polish champion horse that surfaced in coverage of the Scottsdale, Arizona Arabian Horse Show has caused a dustup because his moniker is associated with attacks on Jewish people.
Jewish residents and visitors to Queenstown will soon have the support of what is thought to be the area’s first synagogue and kosher food supplier, the Queenstown Chabad House.
Crown Heights [CHI] — A Crown Heights Bochur, who will be getting married next week, was walking with a friend toward Prospect Park last night. As they were passing the botanical gardens, a large group of about 30 African–American teenagers passed them by, snickering and shouting Anti-Semitic epithets which cannot be repeated on this website.
Marking the start of the joyous month of Adar, the boys in the older division of the Friendship Circle of Crown Heights had their 3rd annual Rosh Chodesh Adar Dance Night, with live music and nosh.
CrownHeights.info is happy to present the first in a series of short pieces on Chinuch by Rabbi Nochem Kaplan. In the inaugural segment he discusses “The power of positive attention”. He posits that a few encouraging words are the best motivator and the best reward for children. Complimenting children for following rules and good behavior and telling them that we are proud of them almost guarantees that it will be repeated.
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