Today we are finishing the 43rd cycle of the daily Rambam and Sefer Hamitzvos. In just a few weeks, on Acharon Shel Pesach, it will be exactly 40 years since the beginning of this special takana.
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Landa, a shliach in Toronto, and father of four young children. He passed away on Tuesday, the 16th of Adar II, 5784, following an extended illness. Updated with Levaya information
Schneur and Devorah (nee Goldberg) Greenwald from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
On behalf of your Crown Heights neighbors, friends and relatives, we would like to extend our most heartfelt thanks to the hundreds of people and families who stopped by the “Stock Porch” and so generously donated Matanos L’evyonim, as well as to the hundreds who donated online.
Yom Chadash takes you on a musical journey through all the unique parts of Klal Yisrael, blending them into a beautiful tapestry of Achdus and Unity. Yom Chadash was composed by Yitzy Waldner, and features English, Hebrew, and Yiddish sections, representing the full spectrum of Klal Yisrael.
Chabad, and the Crown Heights Jewish community, was featured on Galileo, a German YouTube channel with 3.24 Million subscribers. Rabbi Yoni Katz of Crown Heights hosted the crew and toured the community with them.
The US did not use its veto against a UN Security Council Resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during the month of Ramadan and calling for the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas, allowing the resolution to pass.
The Morristown anash community hosted its annual Grand Purim Party this past motzei Shabbos at the Rabbinical College of America. The Purim party is a long standing tradition and the most highly anticipated and attended community event of the year.
CARES, a well-known social services organization in the Jewish community, is excited to announce the launch of a hiring initiative for its Family Peer Support Services (FPSS) program.
Thousands of Mishloach Manos and uncounted leinings of Megillas Esther this year in Bais Lubavitch of Paris.
Crown Heights photographer Rachel Miriam Silverman captured the faces and costumes on the streets of the Shchuna Purim day.
Danielle Dvir works in Digital Marketing, specializing in Social Media Management. Early morning October 7, Danielle and her friends found themselves under rocket fire at the Nova Music Festival. She sat down for a portrait with Yisroel Teitelbaum of The Jew Project.
The Book of Esther is read on Purim at the Rebbe’s house on President Street.
Following the annual tradition, the Davidov Brothers present a Purim mashup for your enjoyment.
Hundreds of Crown Heights residents and guests packed Bais Rivkah Lefferts Motzei Shabbos for the annual Community Purim Party arranged by Bais Shmuel.
The Rebbe’s Post-Purim 1980, letter to a senior official in Israel’s Defense Department, analyzing an incident with President Carter, Secretary of State Vance, and “the Jews who finally stood up for themselves.”
In light of the day of mourning declared in Russia following a terror attack Friday night in Moscow, the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar, sent instructions to all communities in Russia to cancel all musical events on the holiday of Purim.
