Girls Gather in the Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s Home
Despite the heavy snow that covered the streets of Crown Heights, some 200 girls trudged through the snow and gathered at the Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s home at 1304 President Street.
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Photos: Digging Out of One Heavy Snow Storm
It isn’t the amount that makes a storm so bad, but that certainly helps. Crown Heights woke up this morning to well over 12 inches of snow, but this snow is physically heavy which makes it difficult to walk, shovel, plow and drive in.
Picture of the Hour – Children Davening in ULY
At this hour children in United Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Crown Street are finnishing up Shacharis, and are about to start a regular day of learning. Despite the storm classes were mostly full this morning.
One of the inspiring speakers at 1993's Kinus Hashluchos was Mrs. Esty Cohen (Rubin) OBM, a young Shlucha from Albany who would later build a family and a community in Manchester, England.
Esty’s Inspiring Kinus Speech
One of the inspiring speakers at 1993’s Kinus Hashluchos was Mrs. Esty Cohen (Rubin) OBM, a young Shlucha from Albany who would later build a family and a community in Manchester, England.
School Closures
Oholai Menachem – No School through first grade. Upper grades should call after 11AM for early dismissal information. No transportation will be provided.
ULY Crown Street – No School through first grade. Grades 2-8 should call after 11AM for early dismissal information. No transportation will be provided.
Darchai Menachem – School starts 10AM for all ages, dismissal is at 4PM
Bais Rivkah – Closed. Grades 7&8 Call after 9AM for update.
Bnos Menachem – Pre School closed. Grades 1 and up have regular school.
Mosdos Day Care Center – Closed.
Photo Gallery: Kinus Hashluchos 5771 Begins
Photos by: Ettie Klein
Registration for the annual International Kinus Hashluchos has opened Wednesday at the Jewish Children’s Museum, with over 500 shluchos already in attendance.
Chabad Celebrates Ribbon Cutting of New Center & Torah Writing Ceremony
Chana Burston, co-director of Chabad of Orange County, Chabad Board President Gil Goetz, Monroe Village Mayor James Purcell, Board member Lester Pleeter, Rabbi Pesach Burston, Director of Chabad of Orange County, Board members Mitch Wenzel and David Dixler and Rabbi Yisroel Rubin, Regional Director, Chabad Eastern New York State
GOSHEN, NY [CHI — On Sunday, January 23, a large crowd gathered to celebrate the ribbon cutting and grand opening of Chabad’s new Monroe-Chester Center. The celebration also included a ceremony inaugurating the writing of a brand new Torah scroll.
Op-Ed: The Key to Peace in the Crown Heights
by Mottel
A week has gone by since an “Installation Ceremony” crowned Rabbi Yosef Braun as the third member of the Crown Height’s Beis Din. The event, the culmination of months of backroom deals, private negotiations and heated public debate, should have brought an end to the discord and fighting that has plagued our community. Yet all was not as it seemed. Rabbi Osdoba, the senior member of the Beis Din, made a simple request – that Rabbi Braun show the two smichas mentioned in the psak. His request unfulfilled, Rabbi Osdoba was absent from the installation.
What happened, and what does all of this mean to us?
Kinus Hashluchos 5771: Behind the Scenes
Chabad House Compass Express
Photos by: Bentzi Sasson
It’s 9:00am on a rainy December morning and Rabbi Schneor Nejar is already entering his second meeting of the day. Surrounding the conference table are members of the NYPD Community Affairs Bureau who are there to discuss security precautions for the upcoming Kinus Hashluchos at Lubavitch World Headquarters, which is expecting some 2,800 women from over 70 countries.
Lone Star Students Put Finishing Touches on Jewish Weekend
by Reuvena Leah Grodnitzky – Chabad.edu
Participants of last year’s Grand Texas Intercollegiate Shabbaton mark the close of the Jewish Sabbath with a musical Havdalah ceremony.
An estimated 200 students from 12 campuses across Texas and neighboring states will be descending on Texas A&M University next month for the third-annual Grand Texas Intercollegiate Shabbaton. Hosted by the Rohr Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Student Center, the Feb. 18 to 20 weekend gathering is already generating a groundswell of excitement.
Baby Boy!
Levi and Shoshana (nee Glickman) Sarfati ( Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Moshe Yitzchak and Chana (nee Mergui) Lieblich (Shluchim to Wilmington NC)
There are no words to describe the recent events our community has been through, amongst them the untimely passing of Hachosson Yossi Kreiman OB”M. In light of this, the bochurim of Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad have composed a song in his memory, which expresses the troubled times we live in, as well as the positive manner in which we respond to our troubles, as we strive to stay strong through these final darkest days of golus.
A Song for Yossi Kreiman OBM
There are no words to describe the recent events our community has been through, amongst them the untimely passing of Hachosson Yossi Kreiman OB”M. In light of this, the bochurim of Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad have composed a song in his memory, which expresses the troubled times we live in, as well as the positive manner in which we respond to our troubles, as we strive to stay strong through these final darkest days of golus.
By Rochel Goldberg
We live in a world that would be unrecognizable to King Achashverosh; but the newly released the Kol Menachem Megillas Esther, Slager Edition, bridges the gap between Achashverosh and Android, between Persia and iPads, between G-dly intervention and Google.
A Megillah For Modern Times
By Rochel Goldberg
We live in a world that would be unrecognizable to King Achashverosh; but the newly released the Kol Menachem Megillas Esther, Slager Edition, bridges the gap between Achashverosh and Android, between Persia and iPads, between G-dly intervention and Google.
Photos: 4 Inches in less than 2 Hours
Snow began falling in Crown Heights just after 8:00am, and already there is over 4 inches on the ground. The storm is expected to dump up to 8 inches, then turn into rain, sleet and ice.
Here Comes the Snow: Get Ready for Another Wallop
NBC
Steel yourself for another blast of snow — the sixth winter storm of the season. A fast-moving but powerful Nor’easter that could bring between 5 and 10 inches in the city will move into the region Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
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