Gainesville police made an arrest Thursday in the vandalism of signs at Chabad UF last week Friday. Geoffrey Lush, 50, was arrested Thursday evening by Gainesville Police Department and charged with property damage to a religious building and writing a threat or act of terrorism.
Crown Heights Anash will be joining farbrengens across the Shchunah for Yud Tes Kislev, the Rosh Hashana L’Chassidus. Below you will find a list of local Farbrengens open to the public.
I asked him: What’s your Hebrew name, Chaim? He said no! I asked: Henach? He said no. I asked: Hirshel? He again said no. After a long minute that felt like an eternity, Dr. Kissinger exclaimed: Avrohom! My Hebrew name is Avrohom.
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
The Largest Menorah, which proudly stands each year at Grand Army Plaza near Crown Heights was put up Friday, prepared for another year of spreading light and goodness through the world.
Shalom and Mashie (nee Feldman) Vogel from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Shalom Zachor: 414 Crown Street
Dov Yehudah and Mushkie (nee Silberberg) Steinmetz from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Ari and Mindy Goodman from Chicago, IL had a baby boy!
As this Shabbos is Yud Tes Kislev, the day that the Rebbe Rashab coined Rosh Hashanah L’Chassidus, as well as starling that the spreading and clarifying concepts on Chassidus began in earnest, (and for this reason we find the term before Peterburg (i.e. the chassidus that the Alter Rebbe said before his arrest) and after Peterburg ( the Chassidus he said after his liberation), therefore, I decided to note some aspects about Yud Tes Kislev and Chassidus.
In honor of the Yud Tes Kislev, marking the Geula of the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Michoel Seligson has recorded a series including facts and stories about Yud Tes Kislev by the Rebbe.
Shabbos at the BESHT: Rabbi Yoni Katz runs JewishBrooklyn.nyc which provides Chassidic walking tours around Crown Heights to people of all walks of life. He will be giving this week’s lecture using the phrase “To 770 they are marching in.”
In honor of Yud Tes Kislev, we are excited to kick off a new podcast series focusing on the theme of Building a Family, with a Chassidic discourse.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman explains the special significance of Yud Tes Kislev the Rosh Hashana of Chassidus.
“Leaves” is Rabbi Pinchos Kurinsky’s third collection of lyrical illustrated poems – mostly on spiritual topics, plus autobiographical vignettes and allusions to current political and social issues. Rabbi Kurinsky, a Chabad Rabbi, is particularly fond of insights from Hassidism and kabbalah.
With the approach of the Chag HaGeulah of Yud-Tes Kislev, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky released an open letter to the community, reminding everyone to take part in the annual ‘Chalukas Hashas,’ an initiative begun by the Alter Rebbe following his release from prison:
There is a mistaken notion by some in the frum community that growing the beard is a chassidic conduct, limited to those with a high level of piety and commitment. A newly published compilation by Rabbi Moshe Nissan Wiener debunks this myth.
The Ohel Bus Service will be providing subsidized transportation round trip from Crown Heights to the Ohel for Yud Tes and Chof Kislev.
