Baby Girl!
Schneur and Hinda Esther (nee Nisilevitch) Teichtel from Bobigny, France had a baby girl!
New Shul and Mikva Dedicated in Upscale Moscow Neighborhood
There is no doubt that one of the fastest growing areas in Moscow is along “Leninsky Prospect”, one of the city’s major highways leading southward from its center. It comes as no surprise then, that there are already four active Chabad Houses dotting it, and there is still where to grow.
Crown Heights History: The Corner of Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue 1940 VS Today
When the Chabad Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway purchased the two adjacent buildings in the 1960s, they expanded the main synagogue until Kingston Ave. This expansion took out the five street level stores.
Chabad History With Rabbi Dalfin – The Beard, Grow it Without Trimming
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.
Picture of the Day
Upon hearing the details of the Rebbe’s campaign to sign up every Jew for a letter in a Sefer Torah at the Chabad Air stand at JFK Airport, Harav Herschel Shachter, a renowned Posek and Rav at YU, along with his Rebbetzin, purchased for their entire family in the Unity and Children’s Sefer Torah.
BESHT: Living with the Parsha
Shabbos at the BESHT: Rabbi Yosef Shmukler runs the smicha program in the kolel of Chabad of Upper West Side of Manhattan. He will be giving this weeks Shiur on Living with the Parsha.
Weekly Story: Coming on Time
As is well known during the saga of the Seforim, the Rebbe spoke about the importance of preparing for Yud Shevat especially during the thirty days from the tenth of Teves. Among the points he mentioned, was the instruction that a test should be given following every ten days. Therefore, I am posting a story that is relevant mainly to the students of our schools.
Weekly Dvar Torah: Climate Change
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman talks about this weeks Hayom Yom on air quality, which is true in spiritual sense as much as it is in a physical sense.
Crown Heights History: Crown Heights was Built for Rich People, Or Was it?
This series on Crown Heights History has been compiled by @crownheightshistory, a born and raised Crown Heightser, and shows some of the ongoing research taking place.
How Strangers Gave a Holocaust Survivor a Jewish Funeral
Living on the rough-and-tumble South Side of Chicago, it had been decades since Jakob, a child of a Holocaust survivor, had been in contact with organized Jewish community life, which is mostly concentrated in the city’s northern sections. By now in his 80s, his health had taken a turn for the worse, and it appeared that his life was coming to an end.
Expand770: Where Is The Logic?
We were given marching orders by our Moshe, our Rebbe. He told us that 770 is Beis Rabeinu Shebibovel, and we have the obligation of expanding the shul as much as is needed in order to accommodate all those who want to come to Beis Rabeinu. But where is the logic?
Weekly Letter: Kindness of the Nations Is Sin
With Yaakov’s descent to Mitzrayim, starts the journey of the Jewish people in exile, under the rule now of the non-Jews. The Rebbe in his letter explains the concept of “Kindness of the nations is sin” – so that we may be very cautious about the seeming kindness non-Jews may display to Jews. Sadly, many misinterpret this kindness as a positive thing and use it as a basis for closeness with the non-Jews.
770 Yeshiva Makes Public Statement, Says Moshiach Shiur Vandals Are Not Students
The 770 Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim has published a public statement decrying last night’s vandalism and disturbance at a public Moshiach Shiur, calling out the act and saying that those responsible are not students at the Yeshiva.
Argentine JewQ Champions Headed to New York After Mega Shabbaton
The regional JewQ Shabbaton in Buenos Aires sparked excitement for Jewish elementary students across Argentina.
Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein Appointed as New York State Assembly Assistant Majority Whip
On the first day of the 2023 legislative session, NYS Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced the appointment of Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein as the new Assistant Majority Whip of the New York State Assembly.
CTeen Summer Alumni Bring Chanukah To 17 Countries Around The World
From House Visits to Whatsapp Mitzvah Challenges, the hundreds of teenagers who joined CTeen this past summer brought the light of Chanukah to their hometowns and beyond.
JEM: Keeping Warm in a Cold World
When a Jew leaves a spiritually warm space for the sake of the Jewish community, he must don extra ‘warm’ garments.
