In honor of Bais Iyar, the Yom Holedes of the Rebbe Maharash, the 4th Rebbe of Chabad, (5594-5643/1834-1882), Rabbi Michoel Seligson has provided an overview of the day which includes stories about the Rebbe Maharash.
In honor of the birthday of the Rebbe Maharash, we present a little known portrait of him originally published in the Israeli Newspaper HaMivaser, on the 14th of Kislev, 5773. The newspaper reported that the great grandchild of the Maharash’s daughter, Devorah Leah, who married Reb Moshe Arye Leib Ginzburg, said that his mother gave him the picture saying it was a family inheritance.
Zalman and Chani Greenbaum from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
On a brief visit to the United States, Israel’s Minister of the Diaspora and Combating Anti-Semitism Amichai Chikli made sure to stop by the Chabad community in South Florida.
In the spirit of Hakhel, Friendship Circle invites the community to join the annual Art of Friendship Gallery TODAY, Sunday, April 23, at the Jewish Children’s Museum from 3:00-5:00pm.
Three people were transported by EMS to the hospital Motzei Shabbos after the car they were driving in wrecked on Eastern Parkway.
Upon Khomeini’s rise to power the Jews were in danger. First hand account of the extraordinary rescue mission.
In honor of the siyum Ha’Rambam Sefer Yad Hachazoko on Rosh Chodesh Iyar, for the 42nd time and the opening of the 43rd new study cycle on the following day, Bais Iyar, Rabbi Michoel Seligson has provided an overview on the Rebbe’s insights on his Takana of learning Rambam every day and concluding it every year.
Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum, the director of the Jewish Uniformed Service Association (JUSA), was recognized for his dedication and service as Chaplain for the Baltimore Police Department.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe and the USS Missouri, where General Douglas MacArthur accepted Japan’s surrender.
There are everyday heroes who walk among us. The 4th annual Hatzalahthon is officially upon us!
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.
Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz is a Mechanech, Magid Shiur, Director of ‘Machon Taharas Habayis’, and Menahel of Cheder Ohr Menachem in Crown Heights. He will be giving this week’s lecture titled “The blessing called Rambam.”
Major traffic arteries near – and running through – Crown Heights will be closed Sunday as thousands of runners will be jogging the streets of Brooklyn for a half Marathon.
This past Wednesday was the 28th of Nissan, 32 years since the Rebbe cried out in public and expressed his tremendous anguish (agmas nefesh) that Moshiach has yet to come. In that sicha, the Rebbe also informed us, that since he did whatever he could and yet, he didn’t succeed in bringing Moshiach, he is giving us the task and responsibility to do so.
When a young child with her father stood in line to get a dollar from the Rebbe, little would you know that a connection would be made that would last for years. 30 years after receiving an extra dollar, watch as this woman tells of her continued connection with the Rebbe.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman grapples with the troubling yet inspiring words of the Rebbe that “I did all that I can do to bring Moshiach, but I failed. The solution is, that I give over this mission to you, do all that you can, to bring Moshiach.”
