Lubavitch Educational Center In Miami, FL has announce plans to expand its facilities with the construction of a new 215,000 square foot building on its sprawling eight acre campus, to augment the other three campuses already in operation.
With less than 30 days to go before Yud Alef Nissan, preparations for the annual Mitzvah Tank Parade are in full swing. Following the resounding success of last year’s parade, which saw 120 tanks parading throughout NYC, anticipation for this year’s event is even greater.
In recent months, it has been extremely difficult to obtain appointments for passports and Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBA) for US citizens in Israel. Disappointingly, on Friday, March 10, the Embassy announced changes to a new system that basically closes the only avenue available to those with newborn children seeking to travel to their native United States for Pesach.
Mendy Bloch (S. Paulo, Brazil) to Malki Shmulevitz (Bais Shaan, Israel)
Rabbi Yekusiel Farkash is a respected Rabbinic authority in Israel, and related the special mission that the Rebbe gave to his wife.
The New York Lottery announced there were multiple top-prize winning tickets sold for the Mar 10 TAKE 5 MIDDAY drawing, including one sold at Discount Zone Inc, located at 418 Utica Ave in Crown Heights. The ticket was worth $11,100.00.
There is unbridled excitement in town with the imminent completion of the 20-year project of the full Rambam He’aruch set, authored by Rabbi Yaakov Bluming.
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.
Shabbos at the BESHT: Rabbi Rabbi Michoel Seligson will be giving this week’s shiur on Taking the message of Purim and preparing for Pesach.
This story I also heard from Rabbi Michoel Akiva Gershon ben Rochel Basya. May he and all those that need, be granted a Refuah Shleima. As always, your comments and feedback are most welcomed and appreciated.
If 770 had room for our teens to meet, learn together, farbreng together and even just to shmuz, we could bring the cure to the crisis of teens finding comfort in the wrong places.
A Palestinian terrorist, attempting to hurt Jews, placed a bomb on a bus traveling through Beitar Illit, hoping to kill, maim, and injure on Thursday. It was foiled not by a person, but by Hashem. The bomb malfunctioned.
Mendel Rutman (Crown Heights) to Bayla Fishman (Houston, TX)
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman delves into the greatness of the Jewish woman, highlighting their role with a special story of giving.
As a follow-up to last week’s minyan of Tehilllim at the ohel, several chassidim met up this Thursday morning 16 Adar, in 770 at the front of the shul, and recited the entire tehillim together in the merit of the expansion of 770.
The Vaad Hakohol of Crown Heights recently announced the revival of the popular “Mishpat Shalom” program to allow for the peaceful resolution of disagreements. The program will provide panels of three volunteers, under the auspices of the Beis Din of Crown Heights who will attempt to mediate various types of disputes, such as loans, business deals, contracts, landlord tenant, and even possibly family disputes.
In his letter, the Rebbe explains the right approach to Judaism – where the action comes before the reasoning and not the reasoning before the action, as one may tend to think. The mitzvos need to be done first and only after, do we learn the reasons.
