Mossad Chinuch Oholei Torah – Oholei Menachem, the very first yeshiva the Rebbe founded in 5716/1956, stands ready as we celebrate the Shnas HaShishim of the Rebbe’s leadership. All 1600 talmidim, ka”h, in all nine divisions have learned and davened, each in their level, in preparation for this Yud Shvat.
KSCVK and Devorah Benjamin will be hosting their annual auction on Sunday, May 25th. Will you be coming in person?
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Carrying forward the legacy of Reb Shmuel Moshe Hakohen Benjamin A”H
It’s the battle of the informal social media mediums, and with the Hachtorah looming this Sunday night the flood of information is hard to contain! Yesterday a twitter account with the name ‘Vaad Hakohol’ began circulating in the comments section of the CrownHeights.info. Just a day earlier Zaki Tamirs VoteTamir blog came back to life with announcements about the Hachtorah ceremony of Rabbi Yosef Braun, while the Vaad Twitter account promises to give up to the minute info on the Vaad.
Building on the astounding success of previous years, organizers of the annual International Convention for Tmimim are expecting a very large turn out. An evening with a packed program including speakers from various Yeshivas as well as a special video presentation is planned.
Itzik and Chaya (nee Arad) Schwartz
711 Montgomery St [between Kingston and Albany Ave]
Arele and Chanie (nee Gansburg) Loschak
647 Maple St [between Albany and Troy Ave]
Joshua and Claudia Levine
1574 Carroll St [between Troy and Schenectady Ave]
Michael and Avigail Hartman
580 Crown St, Apt A205 [between Albany and Troy Ave]
Yoni and Aviva Marrus
2213 W. Mequon Rd, Mequon WI 53092
Hersh and Leah Shira (nee Casper) Batkin
Chabad of Newton, 32 Loring St, Newton, MA
Bryan and Fruma (nee Perlman) Raymond
64 2nd Ave, Kingston, PA
Tzvi and Shana (nee Gross) Kravitz
109 S Formosa Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Berel and Rachelly Wilhelm
254 S Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004
Shlomo and Nechama (nee Welton) Rothstein
Chabad at Vanderbilt, 436 Village At Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN
With the winter Shabbosim ending very early Jewish children are left with not much to do, enter Jewish Kids Radio. Providing amazing and meaningful content hundreds of kids from around the world have been tuning in to hear the Chassidishe stories, answer questions and win special prizes.
Shlomo and Nechama (nee Welton) Rothstein (Nashville, TN)
Saadya Notik (Seattle/Crown Heights) and Mushky Hayes (Ottawa, Canada)
We are receiving many tips that the NYPD’s Traffic Police are out this morning with a vengeance, towing any cars that are improperly or illegally parked cars.
Rabbi Levi and his wife Dena Sanowicz along with their son Shmuel Dovid of Crown Heights will IYH be moving out on Shlichus to Wayne, NJ where they will direct the Friendship Circle of Passaic County, as well as serve as Youth Directors at the Chabad Center of Passaic County.
The NYPD is trying to teach cops to tell the truth – and nothing but the truth – when they’re in court. After a spate of cases in which cops were prosecuted for lying, the Police Department has created a handbook with tips for testifying.
Hatzolah of Los Angeles has put it’s 3rd ambulance into service. This ambulance was donated by Mr. Alex and Eva Friedman in memory of their friends and neighbors in Kiskufelgyhaza, Hungary that were killed in Auschwitz in 1944.
A Rebbe is far more than a Rabbi. The latter is a person who is knowledgeable about Jewish laws and practices. The Rebbe, on the other hand, not only possesses such revealed knowledge, but is also an expert on the inner essence of life, the concealed knowledge. The Rebbe is often described as a person touched by G-d, someone who possesses immense powers to sustain the lives of his followers, his Chassidim, on earthly and spiritual planes. The Chassidim, in turn, feel dependent on their Rebbe for guidance and help in accessing Divine grace about all matters — spiritual and mundane (Dr Joseph H. Berke: A Tale of Two Orphans)
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“They believed in G-d and in Moshe His servant” (Exodus 14:31)
A Rebbe is far more than a Rabbi. The latter is a person who is knowledgeable about Jewish laws and practices. The Rebbe, on the other hand, not only possesses such revealed knowledge, but is also an expert on the inner essence of life, the concealed knowledge. The Rebbe is often described as a person touched by G-d, someone who possesses immense powers to sustain the lives of his followers, his Chassidim, on earthly and spiritual planes. The Chassidim, in turn, feel dependent on their Rebbe for guidance and help in accessing Divine grace about all matters — spiritual and mundane (Dr Joseph H. Berke: A Tale of Two Orphans)
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –“They believed in G-d and in Moshe His servant” (Exodus 14:31)
Yud Shevat (the tenth of the Hebrew month of Shevat) marks the anniversary of the passing of the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn. For Chassidim today, however, the primary significance of Yud Shevat is that it is the day on which the Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, accepted the reins of Chabad leadership 60 years ago.
In honor of 60 years CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present a vividly powerful description of a memorable event that took place in 770 over 40 years ago: the completion of the “Sefer Torah to Greet Moshiach,” commissioned by the Previous Rebbe in 1942, and finally completed on the eve of Yud Shevat, which that year also happened to be Erev Shabbos. With special thanks to Rabbi Yossi Lew, Chabad emissary to Atlanta, Georgia, and Dean of the Atlanta Semicha Program.
Shuki Greenberg (Crown Heights) to Sheina Kanar (London, UK)
L’Chaim Motzai Shabbos at Beis Levi Yitzchok
556 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave]
Eek! Here’s one subway ride that will make your skin crawl.
The nightmare of every subway rider was caught on video after a chubby sewer rat crawled up the leg of a sleeping straphanger on a No. 4 train in Brooklyn and came face-to-face with the man.
New York, NY – Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Friday and Saturday, January 14-15, for snow removal, and on Monday, January 17 for Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.
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