As noted last week, I am continuing writing up aspects of the Rebbe’s farbrengens, that may not be known to all. As always, your feedback and comments are greatly appreciated and welcomed.
Chaki Vogel (London, UK) to Shayna Brod (Stockton, CA) L’Chaim: Sunday, Jan. 11th, 7:30pm at The Arches 1394 S. Johns Pl
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman speaks about the two types of exile, and how they are inextricably entwined, requiring us to break out on our own towards redemption.
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Adele Springer OBM, wife of the famed Mashpia Rabbi Itche Springer OBM, and a longtime resident of Crown Heights. She passed away on Friday, the 20th of Teves 5786.
The Shazak “Did You Know?” series is back again with the most updated and breaking news from the Parsha of Shmos.
Merkaz Sefarad Chabad and the Zaetz family are proud to invite you to the annual Hiloula of Rabbi Yaacov Abuhatzeira, זצוק”ל, a.k.a the Abir Yaacov.
Oholei Torah is proud to release a new music video titled The Shivim Shana Remix, created in honor of its seventieth year and inspired by a powerful moment in Chassidic history. The Shivim Shana Remix fuses four niggunim into one electrifying composition.
As we celebrate this week – Chof Daled Teves, yartzeit of the Alter Rebbe, first Chabad Rebbe, R’ Schneur Zalman – we share a letter of the Rebbe explaining one of the basic principles of the Chabad philosophy and way of life – that the head and the heart should govern and inspire the daily life of an individual in complete harmony.
In a Sicha from exactly 40 years ago, the Rebbe uncovers a fascinating proof demonstrating Yiddishkeit’s focus on the importance of the individual.
Residents of all ages are invited to come together for a neighborhood street clean-up and daffodil planting as part of a community effort to beautify Crown Heights and strengthen local pride.
Singer-songwriter and producer Moti Muchnik, known as Yechida Music, has released a new song, Blessings, blending folk-country–inspired sounds with meaningful messages from Chassidus.
Entry Point – New curriculum from Connection Point bringing the Rebbe’s guidance directly to children.
Today is a historic and joyful day as Oholei Torah celebrates its 70th birthday. Seventy years of chinuch. Seventy years of shaping lives. Seventy years of building generations rooted in Torah, Chassidus, and purpose.
In a powerful sichah delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbos Parshas Shemos 5752(1992), the Rebbe frames galus and geulah not only as eras in history, but as realities that can overlap in the same moment – and even inside the same person.
Rebbetzin Channah Hecht and her husband, Rabbi Sholem Ber Hecht, are the head Chabad emissaries in Queens, New York, where they have served the Sephardic community for the past fifty years. They are the proud parents of fourteen children and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was interviewed in December 2025.
Matty Baitelman (Los Angeles, CA) to Fraidy Silver (Brooklyn, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
The beautiful, modern, and accessible mikvah was built by the city’s rabbi and Chabad emissaries, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak and Chana Perlstein, with the support of philanthropic organizations and donors from around the world.
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