Mazal Tov! – 4 Sunday Night L’Chaims!
Levi Harel (Migdal HaEmek, Israel) and Batsheva Banayan (Panamá City, Panamá).
IYH at Aliyah, 527 East New York Ave, [bet Kingston and Brooklyn].
Lazer Rodal (Milan, Italy) and Malka Goldberg (Toronto, Ontario) .
IYH at Lubavitcher Yeshiva 570 Crown St, [entrance on Albany Ave].
Yitzchok Kirsh (Crown Heights) and Chaya Mushka Keller (Crown Heights) .
IYH at Oholei Torah, 667 Eartern Pkwy, in the woman’s section. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave].
Dovid Leib Shmerling (Melbourne, Australia) and Nechama Rochel Lezak (Los Angeles, CA) .
IYH at Agudah Shul, 456 Crown St. [bet Kingston and Brooklyn].
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
Click here for the Rebbe's letter of Minhogim to be observed on a Yortziat
The “Pan Kloli” will be read at around 12:00pm on Sunday at the Ohel.
The Rebbes house on President Street will be open for Shacharis at 9:30am and for Mincha at 3:15pm.
Mikvah Meir on Kingston & Montgomery will have around the clock hours starting Motzoai Shabbos through Sunday until 8:00pm. The price is $3.00 per person.
Starting 7:00am there will be both the Ohel bus and charter buses leaving to the Ohel through out the day from the front of 770.
The Gimmel Tammuz Farbrengen will take place on Sunday night at Bais Rivkah Campus Chomesh and at 770.
Minhogim, Gimmel Tamuz Info and Schedules
Click here for the Rebbe’s letter of Minhogim to be observed on a Yortziat
The “Pan Kloli” will be read at around 12:00pm on Sunday at the Ohel.
The Rebbes house on President Street will be open for Shacharis at 9:30am and for Mincha at 3:15pm.
Mikvah Meir on Kingston & Montgomery will have around the clock hours starting Motzoai Shabbos through Sunday until 8:00pm. The price is $3.00 per person.
Starting 7:00am there will be both the Ohel bus and charter buses leaving to the Ohel through out the day from the front of 770.
The Gimmel Tammuz Farbrengen will take place on Sunday night at Bais Rivkah Campus Chomesh and at 770.
In honor of Gimmel Tammuz Chabad.org updated TheRebbe.org site with fascinating new accounts and correspondence of the Rebbe with Presidents of the United States, Physicians, Rabbis, Philanthropists and Jewish Leaders. Click here to read the fascinating accounts and correspondence.I remember the one occasion that I spent Rosh Hashanah together with the Rebbe in 770 Eastern Parkway, Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, NY. And still then they were talking about an event that happened some years before, I think 1955.
3 Tammuz Special: The Chabad Approach to Life
In honor of Gimmel Tammuz Chabad.org updated TheRebbe.org site with fascinating new accounts and correspondence of the Rebbe with Presidents of the United States, Physicians, Rabbis, Philanthropists and Jewish Leaders. Click here to read the fascinating accounts and correspondence.
I remember the one occasion that I spent Rosh Hashanah together with the Rebbe in 770 Eastern Parkway, Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, NY. And still then they were talking about an event that happened some years before, I think 1955.
Photo Gallery: Maariv in the Rebbes House
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – In honor of Gimmel Tamuz, the Rebbes house will be open for tefilos, on Sunday Shacharis will be at 9:30am and Mincha at 3:15pm.
The following is a set of pictures of Maariv tonight, Motzoai Shabbos.
More pictures in the Extended Article!

Photo Gallery: Children from Sderot
Children from Sderot arriving in JFK. They will spend the summer at camp with Shluchim in United States
More pictures in the Extended Article! (by Chabad.org)
Mazal Tov! – New Engagment!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Levi Greisman (Jerusalem, Israel) and Rochel Leah Friedman (Overland Park, KS) on their engagement.
The L’Chaim will IYH be Monday night at Bais Rivkah, 310 Crown St, [between New York and Nostrand Ave].
In honor of Gimmel Tammuz Chabad.org updated TheRebbe.org site with fascinating new accounts and correspondence of the Rebbe with Presidents of the United States, Physicians, Rabbis, Philanthropists and Jewish Leaders. Click here to read the fascinating accounts and correspondence.When you sat in the Rebbe's presence, it was as if there was no one and nothing else in this world. He had a humble abode, a simple chair, a simple office. The entire day and night he studied Torah and was active in communal service, I do not know when he ate and slept...
3 Tammuz Special: Former Chief Rabbi: The Rebbe Was the Teacher and Leader for All Jews
In honor of Gimmel Tammuz Chabad.org updated TheRebbe.org site with fascinating new accounts and correspondence of the Rebbe with Presidents of the United States, Physicians, Rabbis, Philanthropists and Jewish Leaders. Click here to read the fascinating accounts and correspondence.
When you sat in the Rebbe’s presence, it was as if there was no one and nothing else in this world. He had a humble abode, a simple chair, a simple office. The entire day and night he studied Torah and was active in communal service, I do not know when he ate and slept…
One evening during World War II, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman, Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee, found himself fretting over the administration’s request of some $2 billion towards unspecified scientific research.
He proceeded to call the Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson, demanding answers: “Do you really expect me to sanction this enormous appropriation without any idea as to where it is going?”
After a long pause Stimson hesitantly asked, “Can you keep a secret?” McKellar assured him that he could, Stimson then whispered, “We are about to split the atom.”
McKellar erupted. “Are you crazy? This is a war; we have men out there; we need guns, planes, ammunition! And you There guys are fiddling around with atoms! Only months later did McKellar, along with the rest of the world, discover the true nature of this elusive program.
The Weekly Sedra – Chukas – Mortal Minds Don’t Always Think Alike. . .
One evening during World War II, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman, Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee, found himself fretting over the administration’s request of some $2 billion towards unspecified scientific research.
He proceeded to call the Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson, demanding answers: “Do you really expect me to sanction this enormous appropriation without any idea as to where it is going?”
After a long pause Stimson hesitantly asked, “Can you keep a secret?” McKellar assured him that he could, Stimson then whispered, “We are about to split the atom.”
McKellar erupted. “Are you crazy? This is a war; we have men out there; we need guns, planes, ammunition! And you There guys are fiddling around with atoms! Only months later did McKellar, along with the rest of the world, discover the true nature of this elusive program.
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Click here for the Weekly Parsha Comic from last year
Click Here for the English Text of the Haftorah
The Weekly Comic! – Haftora Parshas Chukas!

Campers Learn Jewish Tradition
PEORIA, IL — The groom was 10, the bride was 9 and the rabbi wore shorts.
A few dozen young people took part Thursday in a mock Jewish wedding at Camp Gan Izzy, a Jewish day camp run by Lubavitch Chabad of Peoria at Peoria Academy.
1. In this week’s Torah portion Hashem (G-d) sets down the statute of the Red Heifer (the Parah Adumah). The Red Heifer is a young cow that is sacrificed and whose ashes are used for the ritual purification of people who came into contact with a corpse.
2. The Rebbe now discusses the different types of Mitzvos (commandments):
There are three different types of Mitzvos (with regards to how we understand them):
The first type are Chukim/Statutes.
The Weekly Sedra – Parshas Chukas
The Rebbe says:
1. In this week’s Torah portion Hashem (G-d) sets down the statute of the Red Heifer (the Parah Adumah). The Red Heifer is a young cow that is sacrificed and whose ashes are used for the ritual purification of people who came into contact with a corpse.
2. The Rebbe now discusses the different types of Mitzvos (commandments):
There are three different types of Mitzvos (with regards to how we understand them):
The first type are Chukim/Statutes.
Photo Gallery: The Quiet Before the ‘Storm’
LAURELTON, Queens [CHI] — The thousands of guests that have arrived in Crown Heights for Gimmel Tamuz are taking advantage of the “quiet before the storm” and are visiting the Ohel before Sunday when there are fewer people than the masses that will be arriving on Sunday.
More pictures in the Extended Article! (Photos By: Meir Elfasi – Shturem.net)
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Sholom Ber and Nechama Farkash (Shluchim to Issaquah, WA) on the birth of a son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
To submit a Simcha or Mazal Tov please email us mazaltov@crownheights.info
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Yesterday, Wednesday July 3rd, close to 200 members of the Chabad Houses in the Park Slope and Brooklyn Heights areas gathered in the Brooklyn Borough Hall for an event marking 14 years since Gimmel Tamuz, which falls out this Sunday.
The keynote address was delivered by Rabbi Yosef Telushkin who enthralled the audience with his talk on “Love your neighbor as you love yourself”
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Brooklyn Heights & Park Slope Salutes the Rebbe
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Yesterday, Wednesday July 3rd, close to 200 members of the Chabad Houses in the Park Slope and Brooklyn Heights areas gathered in the Brooklyn Borough Hall for an event marking 14 years since Gimmel Tamuz, which falls out this Sunday.
The keynote address was delivered by Rabbi Yosef Telushkin who enthralled the audience with his talk on “Love your neighbor as you love yourself”
More pictures in the Extended Article!
Mazal Tov! – Its A Girl!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shmuley and Deborah Boteach (Englewood, NJ) on the birth of their daughter.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to her parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.
This weeks edition of the Crown Heights Newspaper, available for print.
Click here to download the newspaper in PDF format.
This Weeks Crown Heights Newspaper
This weeks edition of the Crown Heights Newspaper, available for print.
Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yossi and Sara Doba Glick (Shluchim to Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine) on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel.