Over the years Zvi Gluck has put together more than a few columns trying to get people to realize that while Purim is filled with fun and festivities, for some, it is a day that poses tremendous challenges with potentially life-altering consequences. As the father of three teenagers with another one swiftly approaching those foundational years as well, he has begun viewing Purim through a different prism.
In a race against time, the JEM worked team around the clock on two rare, long-lost photo collections to be released for Purim.
The Orthodox Union (OU) has published a Kashrus Alert after discovering an infestation in a Kemach Soup Mix.
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.
Last Shabbos I was in Toronto and heard the following story which illuminates the emphasis on Yud Aleph Nissan from Rabbi Michoel Akiva Gershon ben Rochel Basya Wagner, may Hashem send him a complete healing together with all who are in need.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman explains the underlying significance of the gallows built 50 cubits high during the events of Purim.
This past Motzei Shabbos, thousands of teens flooded Times Square in Downtown Manhattan to celebrate their Jewish pride. Mendelsphotography was there and captured the moments.
Chabad photographer Mordechai Lubecki photographed the Kever of Shimon Ben Yaakov Avinu in Eretz Yisroel.
This past week Merkos 302 has proven themselves once again with their unbelievable ability to continuously outdo themselves in carrying out the mission. But to do that they had to close 770 to the entire Crown Heights community.
Newtown Synagogue in Sydney’s Inner-West welcomed a delegation of Indigenous Canadian community leaders during their tour of Australia speaking on issues effecting Indigenous people.
After a 12-day sea voyage, the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (1880-1950), disembarked at the New York harbor on the 9th of Adar II of 1940, following his miraculous rescue from Nazi-occupied Warsaw.
A native Chicagoan, Moscowitz, who passed away Feb. 27 (6 Adar), was a lifelong educator who had a front-row seat to the growth of Orthodox Judaism in the city, particularly the meteoric rise of Chabad-Lubavitch, which was directed for decades by his son, the late Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz.
Last Monday, women of all ages joined together for Ten Yad’s Mega Hakhel Event – Happynest. The room was packed to the brim with the crowd overflowing into the hallway.
In his letter from a forthcoming volume of THE LETTE AND THE SPIRIT – the Rebbe analyzes the “Jewish Problem” as seen in the story of Purim and as it applies to all times and to all places. In this is seen the secret of our indestructability.
Shalom Dovber Hendel (Crown Heights) to Heti Leah Katz (Eretz Yisroel) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, at Eshel
An initiative took place today at the Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens, NY as a way of promoting and encouraging the expansion of 770.
Last week, members of Kollel Anash of Crown Heights and the Rosh Kollel Rabbi Michoel Lerner, took a Halachic tour of Mikvah Mei Chaya Mushka of Crown Heights. The Mikvah is located on Troy Avenue at the corner of Lefferts Street.
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