A new volume of correspondence belonging to the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory, sheds new light on the Berlin and Paris lives of his daughter and the son-in-law who would succeed him, particularly the increasing push by the Jewish leader for his son-in-law to assume ever more vital and public roles.
Chabad Shliach to Chernigov, Ukraine, Rabbi Yisroel Silberstein put Tefillin on with esteemed Ukrainian Professor Aleksey Brick, a Holocaust survivor, on International Remembrance Day.
Every event has its pinnacle – high point – and for the Shluchos that is when they all get recognized in the annual roll call where each continent, country, state, and city gets an honorary mention. Capping that moment is when the Shluchos join hands and break out in a lively dance.
Leibel Kudan (Hallandale, FL) and Shaina (bas R Sholom-Ber) Baumgarten (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim tonight, Monday at Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Pkwy [corner Kingston Ave]
Levi Yitzchok Heidingsfeld (Melbourne, Australia) and Chayeh Mushke Eidelman (Manchester, UK)
Levi and Shaina Cohen (Manchester, UK)
Producing an event like the Kinus Hashluchos Gala Banquet is no small feat. A crew of over 200 waiters and chefs. Lighting, sound and video along with broadcasting live over the internet make up another 50. This gallery is in recognition of them.
As the banquet reached its midpoint Shluchos got to enjoy a delicious dinner, which they did not need to prepare, and in the interim they posed for our photographer.
Once again CrownHeights.info is featuring live posts from the Gala Banquet of the Kinus Hashluchos, this in addition to the live feed hosted here.
Shmuly Tevel (ben R Pinchos of Crown Heights) and Mushka Nisilevitch (bas R Leizer of Aubervillie, France)
L’Chaim tonight, Sunday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
Emphasizing the theme of this year’s Kinus, of “Ishu’beiso”, Mrs. Aidel Kuraveky of Moscow, Russia, told theshluchos last night, “Shlichus is our family and family is our shlichus, when those two meet harmoniously, that is the most beautiful thing ever.”
In this week’s “Opening the week with the Rebbe”: Sicha from the 15 of Av 5743, the Rebbe speaks about the Jews trapped behind the Iron curtain and prophesizes that they will be freed very soon.
Rabbi Odom Brandman of Chabad Buckhurst Hill is running the 26 mile London Marathon this year to raise much needed funds for his Chabad House and the important services they provide to the wider community.
The Egyptian revolution 2011, through the pen of Yechiel Offner.
The active winter continues as a high pressure system brings another arctic chill into the Tri-State after a slow snow melt on Sunday morning.
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