The life of the Rebbe has been written, rewritten, then rewritten again many times over as new information, stories, and accounts have come to light. Today we got the slightest snippet of another glimpse into the Rebbe with the revelation of some bare FBI files declassified some time ago.
At a farbrengen of the Rebbe about the need to expand 770, the Rebbe uses very sharp words about people who think that this project has nothing to do with them, rather to someone else. “This is from the reasons that the Beis Hamikdosh was destroyed, and if we don’t build it now, it’s as if we are also destroying the beis hamikdosh”.
We apologize, but your Amazon packages in Crown Heights might be arriving with a slight delay today due to your local Amazon deliveryman being arrested over a stolen package.
Rabbi Dovid Leib Grossbaum was sent on bochurim shlichus to Miami Beach Yeshiva Gedola in years 1974-1976. He later went on Shlichus as a kollel yungerman to be part of new Kollel in Melbourne Australia in 1979. He was also a Meishiv in Smicha program in Melbourne Smicha in years 1997-2007 and most recently a Meishiv Yoreh Deah in 770 for 5 years 2012-2017.
Recently a letter of Reb Chatcha Feigjn, one of the Frierdiker Rebbe’s secretaries in Europe was published. There he writes the following story which he heard directly from the Frierdiker Rebbe.
A two car crash at the intersection of Carroll Street and Schenectady Ave sent a vehicle into a traffic pole Thursday night. no Injuries reported.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman tells a story to illustrate the importance of a Tomim, bringing the meaning of a Tomim to life on the 103rd Yartzeit of the Rebbe Rashab.
As we enter Chodesh Nissan, the month of Geulah, the Moshiach Chidon is thrilled to announce this years Hakhel Moshiach Chidon, bigger and greater than ever before.
The atmosphere is electric as the JewQ Champions converge on Stamford, Connecticut, for the JewQ Championship event and CKids Shabbaton this weekend.
The building at 333 Albany Ave, located between Eastern Parkway and Union Street, is now the future home of Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch School of Crown Heights, and will house its preschool for this coming year.
Beni Guedj (Sarcelles, France) to Eden Elbaz (Versaille, France)
On her first day in the South Florida correctional facility in 2022, Sara remembers thinking to herself, “welcome to the jungle.” As a naturally quiet and private person, it was hard for her to adjust to the chaos of jail life. And yet, she says, in a place of such darkness and isolation, she discovered through a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi a deeper light that carried her through imprisonment.
With one week remaining until the auspicious day of Yud Alef Nissan, an ambitious undertaking has been initiated by the team at JEM’s audio app, Ashreinu.app – the restoration of all the audio from the years 5748 – 5752.
The Albany Supreme Court ruled Thursday afternoon that important parts of the recently enacted substantial equivalency regulations exceeded the State Education Department’s authority. Judge Christine Ryba therefore struck from the regulations the provisions that imposed penalties on parents and yeshivas if SED determined that the school was not substantially equivalent.
In preparation for the Rebbe’s birthday on the Yud Alef Nissan, we share a letter in which the Rebbe acknowledges and thanks the correspondent “for your good wishes on my birthday” and reassures him there is no need to feel embarrassed about reminding an older person of his birthday.
Yagdil Torah has compiled a publication with Mishnayos and selected pieces of the Rebbe Rashab’s Torah for Beis Nissan. The publication has been made available at the organizations office and on CrownHeights.info.
The Mitzvah Tank Parade is fast approaching, and the Mitzvah Tank Office has released a special promo video featuring Rabbi Mordy Hirsch, Director of the Mitzvah Tank Office, and Rabbi Yerachmeal Jacobson.
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