In the ultra-orthodox community, conformity is a way of life.
That is why a series of startling edicts from their leading rabbis are hardly controversial at all.
A debate on free speech is rippling through the Lubavitcher Hasidic community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Last week, the rabbinical court known as the Beth Din of Crown Heights ordered members of the Lubavitcher community not to speak to the police or the news media on a range of issues related to crime.
Westchester County’s government officials were treated to a festive Chanukah celebration on the fifth day of Chanukah, as the seven Chabad Lubavitch Shluchim to Westchester County New York visited the headquarters of Westchester County government offices bringing the joy and inspiration of Chanukah in the spirit of Pirsumei Nissa to the highest levels of county government.
On the eighth night of Chanuka the Minnesota Timberwolves held their annual Jewish Heritage Night in conjunction with the local Minneapolis Jewish Federation and the United Jewish Fund and Council of St. Paul.
Cheder at the Ohel’s 5th grade created a Chanukah carnival for the whole school. The students made creative games and booths for the other boys to enjoy, and it was a smashing hit!
Yossi and Gita Zaklikowski
525 Lefferts Ave #3B [Between Lamont Court and Kingston Avenue]
Tzali and Chanie (nee Raskin) Vishedsky
801 Montgomery St. [between Albany and Troy Avenues]
Naftoli and Dalya (nee Marciano Michalowski
691 Crown Street [between Troy and Schenectady Avenues]
Nuchie and Chavie (nee Rosenthal) Schapiro (Los Angeles, CA)
Yisroel and Gittele (nee Rabiski) Fridman (Toronto)
Yossi and Rivki (nee Bukiet) Sandhaus (Toronto)
Moshe Pinchus (ben R. Zev) Katz (Crown Heights) and Chaya Mushka Shuchat (Caracas, Venezuela)
L’Chaim Monday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [entrance on Albany Ave]
“It’s the depths that make the heights. It’s the roots that make the branches. It’s the night that creates the dawn. It’s the darkness that gives birth to Light.”
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We all have our share of dirty laundry. No one in the world is born great. Everyone has skeletons in their closets. Do we shove it all under the bed, or do we deal with it, become amazing people, and move on? People who do the former are forgotten. Those who do the latter serve as an example for all us for all time.
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like to present two unique photos of the Rebbe leaving 770 in the winter of 1975, on his way to the gravesite of his father-in-law. With special thanks to Hayward family for the photos.
In sharing his fond memories of his good friend Mendy Deren, Senator Joe Lieberman connected the event marking Mendy’s Shloshim to Chanukah with the observation that “the story of Chanukah was essentially a war of the Greeks vs.the Chassidim.” The Greeks felt that we had to assimilate into the foreign culture and Chassidim like Mendy showed us how we can engage the world while remaining pure and faithful to the values of Torah.
Last night, Wednesday Dec. 8, the last night of Chanukah, was the 31st Annual South Florida Chanukah Festival. The event welcomed a crowd of over 10,000 people, and thousands more via the live webcast on CrownHeights.info!
This year again, hundreds of people attended the annual menorah lighting on the most famous square in Holland, the Dam square in Amsterdam.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Police have set up a crime scene inside of the construction site on Crown Street, where a couple of Bochurim found a dead body.
ROSTOV [CHI] — Chanukah in Rostov was celebrated like never before, with programs for all ages, the highlight of which was a Chanukah concert and person of the year award attended by over a thousand people.
MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ [CHI] — Hundreds of local residents participated, despite frigid weather, in the lighting of NJ’s largest Menorah, first replica of the “National Menorah” in Washington, DC, this past Sunday, 5th night of the holiday. Participants included: Monroe Township Mayor Richard Pucci, Senator-elect Linda Greenstein, members of town council, Monroe High School marching band, Cantor Mordechai Schwartz, and the Budapest Jugglers. Hot latkes, doughnuts and sizzling drinks were served following the ceremony.
Dear friends,
As you may know, this motzei shabbos Hatzalah in conjunction with Maimonides Hospital is hosting an event for men and women at the Jewish Children’s museum.
Chaim and Sora (nee Myers) Emanuel (Crown Heights)
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