BDE: Mrs. Sima Okunov, 103, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Sima Okunov OBM, a Crown Heights resident and sister of Hachosid Dovid Okunov HY”D. She passed away on Wednesday, the 20th of Kislev, 5783.
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New Engagement!
Chaim Wolf (Brooklyn, NY) to Mashie Vilenkin (Toronto, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:30pm at Bais Rivkah 310 Crown Street
Chabad South Broward Chanukah Festival Main Seating Sells Out
Management at the massive 7,000 seat concert hall at Hard Rock theater in Hollywood, FL, have expressed surprise by the speed at which tickets sold out for the Chabad concert to be held there on Chanukah, featuring Ishay Ribo and Avraham Fried, saying they have never seen tickets sell this fast for any event.
In The Business of Tefillin, Mivtzoim At A Business Convention
Home Care Agencies and their business partners convened this week for an annual Home Care Show, providing opportunities for Agencies, Partners, and Vendors to meet and greet. It was also the perfect opportunity to do a little Mivtzoim.
Gallery: 600 Join Yud Tes Kislev Event In Bnei Brak
Over 600 participants joined a historic Yud Tes Kislev event in Bnei Brak Tuesday night, with notable Rabbonim and Mashpiim present at the event.
Gallery: Yud Tes Kislev Celebrated In Kfar Chabad
A lavish Yud Tes Kislev event for the Chabad community of Kfar Chabad took place Tuesday night, organized by the Kfar Chabad local committee headed by Rabbi Shimon Rabinovitch.
AUDIO: HaRav Joseph “Yoshe” Ber Soloveitchik Speaks About The Alter Rebbe From The Point of Misnagdim
Listen to this fascinating speech given by HaRav Yoshe Ber Soloveitchik, a clandestine Chabadnik, at the Boston Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen of 5729.
Aviv Keller in his home (Photo: Mrs. Shulamit Tilles)
Blessed as a Child, He Lived to Almost 104
In the summer of 1929, the Sixth Rebbe — Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory—blessed young Aviv Keller, then 10 years old, with long life. That blessing was fulfilled and last week—93 years after that event—he passed away, just weeks shy of his 104th birthday, on the Hebrew date of 24 Tevet, the anniversary of the passing of the Alter Rebbe, the founder of Chabad.
Tut Altz Offers New Interactive Kids Program
Always looking to promote ideas of Moshiach and Geulah, the Moshiach Office at Merkos 302 is offering a unique and interactive children’s program to help teachers and parents bring these messages home.
Ukraine Jews Travel to Resting Place of Chabad Founder
This past Shabbat, Osipenko was among 45 members of the Jewish community of Kiev’s “Left Bank” to enjoy an uplifting and cathartic Shabbat in Haditch at the resting place of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the first Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe, whose liberation in 1798 from a Czarist prison on the 19th day of the month of Kislev is being celebrated this week.
Thousands of NY Families Victims of EBT Card Skimming
Families across New York City are having money stolen from their SNAP benefits. When they ask city and state agencies to step in, nothing happens.
Crown Heights Singer “Moish” Drops Heartfelt Chanukah Single
Sometimes things look picture perfect, but are more complicated under the surface. ‘Talking to the Candles’ is a conversation with the Chanukah candles about coming out of the other end of a hard time.
MyShliach Launches new Hakhel-Out-Of-The-Box Initiative
Just in time for Chanukah of this special Hakhel year, a new initiative is underway to help facilitate Hakhel gatherings for young Shluchim worldwide.
Schedule: Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengens Across Crown Heights
Crown Heights Anash will be joining farbrengens across the Shchunah for Yud Tes Kislev, the Rosh Hashana L’Chassidus. Below you will find a list of local Farbrengens open to the public.
This Yud-Tes Kislev Learn The Piskei of The Alter Rebbe
Lekovod Yud-Tes Kislev, join one of these Halacha shiurim based on the Piskei Alter Rebbe.
600 Bochurim Take Second Test of Halikut Program
An incredible 600 bochurim took the second test of the Halikut program, in which bochurim learn and memorize a full volume of Likkutei Sichos.
Chabad of The UAE Launches First Kosher Supermarket In The Country
Rabbi Duchman announced the opening of “Rimon Market” Dubai’s first Kosher Supermarket today as a project that will make it much easier for Jewish families to come live and visit the UAE.
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