Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Baltimore Purchases Dorm
Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Baltimore completed the purchase of a new building which will function as a dormitory for the upcoming school year.
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A CrownHeights.info reader sent in this mobile phone picture of Rabbi Karps Oholei Torah class posing for a class picture in front of 770 this afternoon.
Picture of the Day – A Class Group Picture
A CrownHeights.info reader sent in this mobile phone picture of Rabbi Karps Oholei Torah class posing for a class picture in front of 770 this afternoon.
Tuesday the 6th of Iyar marks the 21rst Yahrtzeit since the passing of Reb Yisroel HaLevi Duchman OBM.
Reb Yisroel was known for his unique Hiskashrus with the Rebbe, and his special love and Ahavas Yisroel for every single yid regardless of one’s background and affiliation
Reb Yisroel was a simple and devoted Chossid who never missed a day of davening in 770.
Tuesday: 21rst Yahrtzeit of Reb Yisroel Duchman OBM
Tuesday the 6th of Iyar marks the 21rst Yahrtzeit since the passing of Reb Yisroel HaLevi Duchman OBM.
Reb Yisroel was known for his unique Hiskashrus with the Rebbe, and his special love and Ahavas Yisroel for every single yid regardless of one’s background and affiliation
Reb Yisroel was a simple and devoted Chossid who never missed a day of davening in 770.
by Yosef Shidler - Emunah Magazine
Recently one of Crown Height’s most amazing personalities, Rabbi Yosel Tevel z”l, tragically passed away. He was the founder of many Crown Heights organizations, including Ahavas Chesed among others. Many people don’t know that in his early years, right after he got married, he spent some time helping the Chabad Shliach of Berkeley (or “Berzerkeley” as he would call it), California. While there, he met people from various backgrounds with many different stories. The following is just one of many:
A Great Man Cared : A Satmar In A Chabad House
by Yosef Shidler – Emunah Magazine
Recently one of Crown Height’s most amazing personalities, Rabbi Yosel Tevel z”l, tragically passed away. He was the founder of many Crown Heights organizations, including Ahavas Chesed among others. Many people don’t know that in his early years, right after he got married, he spent some time helping the Chabad Shliach of Berkeley (or “Berzerkeley” as he would call it), California. While there, he met people from various backgrounds with many different stories. The following is just one of many:
On Friday, April 9th, the government issued a sentencing memorandum urging the court to impose a life sentence on Sholom Rubashkin, facing his conviction on bank fraud charges.
This recommendation comes despite the fact that Mr. Rubashkin is a non-violent first time offender, who made timely interest payments to the lender bank until his plant was raided. He never intended to cause loss to the bank. Despite massive pre-trial publicity, all immigration charges were dropped. The life-sentence recommendation entirely disregards Mr. Rubashkin's exceptional record of charity and good deeds and that he is the father of ten children, including a severely autistic 16-year-old son, all of whom depend on him greatly.
This recommendation comes despite the fact that Mr. Rubashkin is a non-violent first time offender, who made timely interest payments to the lender bank until his plant was raided. He never intended to cause loss to the bank. Despite massive pre-trial publicity, all immigration charges were dropped. The life-sentence recommendation entirely disregards Mr. Rubashkin's exceptional record of charity and good deeds and that he is the father of ten children, including a severely autistic 16-year-old son, all of whom depend on him greatly.
Rabbis Urge Jews to Support Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin
On Friday, April 9th, the government issued a sentencing memorandum urging the court to impose a life sentence on Sholom Rubashkin, facing his conviction on bank fraud charges.
This recommendation comes despite the fact that Mr. Rubashkin is a non-violent first time offender, who made timely interest payments to the lender bank until his plant was raided. He never intended to cause loss to the bank. Despite massive pre-trial publicity, all immigration charges were dropped. The life-sentence recommendation entirely disregards Mr. Rubashkin’s exceptional record of charity and good deeds and that he is the father of ten children, including a severely autistic 16-year-old son, all of whom depend on him greatly.
15 Year Old Fight put to Rest with New Letter
In the storm of emotions following the Rebbes Passing on the 3rd of Tammuz in 5754, a group of over 30 individuals in Crown Heights, took it upon themselves to summons the administration of Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch, and Agudas Chasidei Chabad to a Din Torah before the Crown Heights Beis Din, over what they alleged was matters pertaining to a will supposedly left behind by the Rebbe.
By Reuven Blau for the NY Post
This is one Jew who has decided to live high on the hog.
Jason Marcus is opening a restaurant for people who “like bacon with everything” and wish that their “bowls of moules-frites would never end” in the middle of the Orthodox enclave of Williamsburg.
Video – “Treif” Opens in Williamsburg
By Reuven Blau for the NY Post
This is one Jew who has decided to live high on the hog.
Jason Marcus is opening a restaurant for people who “like bacon with everything” and wish that their “bowls of moules-frites would never end” in the middle of the Orthodox enclave of Williamsburg.
Photo Gallery! – Lubavitcher Yeshiva Auction!
The annual United Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Ocean Parkway had a beautiful auction last night, Sunday at Beis Rivka. Below is the list of winner and pictures from the event.
26 Adar II, 5749 · April 2, 1989
The Mayor of Ariel, Israel visits the Rebbe: “Tell the people in Israel to publicize everywhere that all the rumors that Israel will give back land have no basis in reality. These rumors are the cause of intifada, for they give the message that there is something to gain through violence. Israel will remain whole, and Moshiach will soon add the rest of its lands, peacefully and pleasantly without any battles.”
This Weeks Living Torah Clip – Roadmap – Mayor Builds Israel
26 Adar II, 5749 · April 2, 1989
The Mayor of Ariel, Israel visits the Rebbe: “Tell the people in Israel to publicize everywhere that all the rumors that Israel will give back land have no basis in reality. These rumors are the cause of intifada, for they give the message that there is something to gain through violence. Israel will remain whole, and Moshiach will soon add the rest of its lands, peacefully and pleasantly without any battles.”
New Engagement! – Motti Torenheim and Rivkah Kulik
New Engagement!
Motti Torenheim (Crown Heights) and Rivkah Kulik (Sydney, Australia)
L’Chaim Monday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St [hall entrance on Albany Ave]
By Liel Kyzer for Haaretz
ISRAEL — Jerusalem police on Monday charged a 20-year-old ultra-Orthodox man with disorderly conduct and desecrating the state flag, after he allegedly set Israel's flag on fire in the Shabbat Square in Jerusalem a day earlier.
Police Charge Charedi for Torching Israeli Flag
By Liel Kyzer for Haaretz
ISRAEL — Jerusalem police on Monday charged a 20-year-old ultra-Orthodox man with disorderly conduct and desecrating the state flag, after he allegedly set Israel’s flag on fire in the Shabbat Square in Jerusalem a day earlier.
Top NYPD Cops Under Fire Over Recent Shootings
NY Post
Police officers and detectives at a scene of a shooting on April 7th where 4 youths were shot on Franklin Ave.
Top cops from some of the city’s most violent precincts are facing the NYPD’s “firing squad” over an escalating wave of shootings, sources said.
A routine meeting last week turned into a thrashing session during which precinct commanders were berated for the outbreak of bloodshed.
By Victor Whitman for Record Online
Five teens have been charged with a hate crime after sheriff’s deputies say they spray painted swastikas and other graffiti in several buildings at the Kaiman Bungalow colony on Mount Hope Road.
Teens who Spray Painted Swastikas in Bungalow Charged with Hate Crime
By Victor Whitman for Record Online
Five teens have been charged with a hate crime after sheriff’s deputies say they spray painted swastikas and other graffiti in several buildings at the Kaiman Bungalow colony on Mount Hope Road.
Jewish Family Injured in Crash with Police Van
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Members of a Jewish family were injured in a wild crash with a police van last night. The incident took place at around 10:00pm at the intersection of Carroll Street and New York Avenue where according to eyewitnesses a police van blew through the red light and collided with the van.
For the 7 weeks of sefira, MyShliach has launched the Pirkei Avos Learning contest. Every week there will be a sicha to download and learn for that week’s Perek of Pirkei Avos.
Shammai said: Make your Study of the Torah A Fixed Habit
For the 7 weeks of sefira, MyShliach has launched the Pirkei Avos Learning contest. Every week there will be a sicha to download and learn for that week’s Perek of Pirkei Avos.
by Shiela Steinman Wallace - jewishlouisville.org
Chabad of Kentucky, now marking its 25th year in the Commonwealth, has hired Rabbi Chaim Litvin, the son of Rabbi Avrohom and Golda Litvin, to assist with its operations and programming.
Chabad Hired New Rabbi
by Shiela Steinman Wallace – jewishlouisville.org
Chabad of Kentucky, now marking its 25th year in the Commonwealth, has hired Rabbi Chaim Litvin, the son of Rabbi Avrohom and Golda Litvin, to assist with its operations and programming.
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