Report: Iranian Attack on Israelis in Thailand Thwarted
Security forces in Thailand thwarted an Iranian plot to attack Israeli and western targets in the country.
Shavuos at the BESHT: Shavuos Night Lectures
As each year on the first night of Shavuos, lectures on a variety of topics will be held at the BESHT Center in Crown Heights.
Alternate Side Parking Suspended Monday June 6th
Alternate Side Parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Monday June 6, 2022 for Shavuot. Meters will remain in effect.
Weekly Story: To Receive the Torah B’simcha Ub’pnimious
I heard the following story at a farbrengen on Rosh Chodesh Sivan, and I thought people would enjoy it and the message it projects.
New Analysis Finds Consumers Reported Losing More than $1 Billion in Cryptocurrency to Scams Since 2021
Consumers reported losing over $1 billion to fraud involving cryptocurrencies from January 2021 through March 2022, according to a new analysis from the Federal Trade Commission.
Baby Boy!
Levi and Deby (nee Nacca) Ladaev from Crown Heights had a baby boy! Sholem Zocher will take place at 658 Montgomery Street #2G
Weekly Dvar Torah: Angels? Big Deal!
In This weeks Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman explains the uniqueness of a human being over an angel, and the reason that the Torah was given to one over the other.
Shabbos Achdus – A Bakosha Nafshis
The Rebbe requested, as a Bakosha Nafshis, that Jewish children, the guarantors for Torah, gather together on the Shabbos before Mattan Torah. Join the childrens’ Achdus gatherings b’ezras Hashem this Shabbos, 5 Sivan.
BDE: Mrs. Rivka Shubov, 89, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Rivka Shubov OBM, a long time Crown Heights resident who had great mesiras nefesh for yiddishkeit in Communist Russia. She passed away on Thursday night, the 4th of Sivan, 5782.
New Engagment!
Pesach Weiss (Crown Heights) to Zahava Cohn (Pittsburgh, PA)
NY Lawmakers Pass Stricter Gun Control Legislation
On the same day the alleged Buffalo shooter pleaded not guilty to gunning down ten people inside a supermarket last month, the New York assembly answered by passing sweeping new gun legislation.
Shone Halachos Competition and Prize Distribution Ceremony
On Wednesday evening, 24 Iyar, parents and bochurim from throughout New York gathered in the Oholei Torah Mechina Zal at 417 Troy Avenue to partake in the Shone Halachos Annual Competition and Prize Distribution Ceremony, a project of the Igud Menahalei Yeshivos, run by the principals of the Yeshivos with Rabbi Hershel Lustig at their head.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present this weeks unique photo of the Rebbe.
A Tearful Reunion in Ukraine For an Elderly Congregant and His Rabbi
As the door to the modest Kharkov apartment opened, an elderly man stood in the doorway. When he took in the sight of his visitor, Aizik opened his arms, and crying “Rabbi, Oy,” pulled his visitor in for a hug.
Shavuos Baal Peh Program For Young Shluchim
A new Yedios Klaliyos program from MyShliach will be piloted over Shavuos, encouraging young Shluchim to learn the chain of the Mesorah from the famed “Torah Chart” printed in the back of the Siddur, with an exclusive reward.
Lev Tahor Cult Members Convicted of Kidnapping In New York Court
After just one hour of deliberation, a jury convicted the Malka cousins for their role in the December 2018 abduction of two children and two subsequent attempted kidnappings.
Weekly Letter: True “Converts”
In his letter to one wishing to make a halachically recognized conversion, the Rebbe briefly explains what a Jew is and underlines the fact that Shavuos is when the entire Jewish people became true “converts”.
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