It was a fight for their lives, a combined 90 years in prison could have been the punishment handed down by the courts of the State of New York had they have – Chas Veshalom – been found guilty, but have been miraculously saved from this evil decree.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Three Crown Heights Shuls got together in honor of Yud Tes Kislev and together they learned Tanya, attended a Shiur and later farbrenged into the night. The program was Hosted by Oihel Nosson who invited Beis Shmuel and Cong. Ahavas Yisroel.
Starting with a delicious seuda, Cheder at the Ohel students and teachers had a very lively Farbrengen. Led by Rabbi Mendy Levin (Australia), Rabbi Leibel Paris and Rabbi Naftoli Charytan the Cheder boys chanted the 12 peskukim with chayos along with nigunim and a lively benching.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Tzvi Hirsh (Henry) Frank, a longtime resident @ 701 Empire Blvd in Crown Heights, originally from Scottsdale, AZ.
At last year’s Kinus Hashluchim, the International Moshiach Campaign of “Merkos 302” took up a new initiative— to provide a compelling thought on Moshiach for every day of the year. The fruit of their labor has just been published in a new book, Moshiach Day by Day.
Almost nine years after the first American tanks began massing on the Iraq border, the Pentagon declared an official end to its mission here, closing a troubled conflict that helped reshape American politics and left a bitter legacy of anti-American sentiment across the Muslim world.
This past Yud Kislev, the students of the Lubavitch Educational Center in Miami were treated to something very special.
In this 10th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes how she and her husband Reb Levik, unable to attend their son’s wedding in Warsaw, celebrated the occasion in their apartment in Dnepropetrovsk.
Parents, supporters, friends and members of the greater Monsey community gathered this past Sunday night in the ballroom of the Regency Banquet and Conference Center in Nanuet, for the fourth annual Monsey Beis Chaya Mushka High School for Girls dinner.
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The Lubavitch community in Miami Beach got together last night for a Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen at the Jewish Learning Center on 41st St. Attending were Rabbi Avrohom Korf, Head Shliach to Florida, who gave the opening address; Rabbi Leibel Schapiro, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Gedola of Greater Miami; Rabbi Pinchas Weberman who made a ‘Siyum HaShas;’ and Guest Speaker Rabbi Yossi Groner, Head Shliach to the Carolinas, who gave the keynote address.
CrownHeights.info is happy to present a free download of this week’s Torah portion of Vayeishev from the New Lifestyle Chumash, to order your copy visit: www.lifestylebooks.org
Algemeiner Cartoonist Chava Light gives her take on why Matisyahu really trimmed his stubble.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Earlier this week, executives from the Port Authority visited Crown Heights and the Lubavitch World Headquarters. They were accompanied by Rabbi Sholom Moshe Paltiel, Shliach in Port Washington, New York and Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky of Merkos Linyonei Chinuch.
To preface, I’m a 21 year old bochur who is currently in his last stage of the “system.” We all hear the statement that “the Yeshiva System is messed up;” it is echoed daily by people all across Lubavitch: students, parents, teachers, Shluchim, observers, etc.
In honor of Yud Tes Kislev, we present this unique photo from the archives of Shmuel Zalmanov of Israeli President Mr. Shneur Zalman Rubishov (Shazar) arriving at the central Yud Tes Kislev farbrengen in Kfar Chabad during the ’60s.
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