Laws and Customs: The Nine Days
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of the Nine Days for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
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Chabad History With Rabbi Dalfin – Who Was the Chabad Leader in Buffalo in Early 1900s?
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.
Crown Heights Shomrim and The Jewish Future Alliance Notify The Community of Shabbos Protest
Crown Heights Shomrim and the Jewish Future Alliance published a PSA to the Crown Heights Jewish community notifying them of a protest planned for the Barclay Center over Shabbos.
Mendy J – Shalom Aleichem the Acapella Version
The catchy mid-tempo ballad was composed by Yochanan Gordon and performed by Mendy J earlier this year. By popular demand, Mendy collaborated with music producer Moishy Goldstein and Zemiros choir to release an acapella version of the hit song.
Your Erev Shabbos Tzedaka Can Save a Life
While you prepare for Shabbos, at home or upstate, one family will be preparing for Shabbos in the hospital, another day in the battle to keep their son alive.
Keep Cool! Heat Wave To Continue Through Monday
New York City Emergency Management Department and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene advise New Yorkers to take precautions as dangerously high heat is expected through Monday.
New Engagement!
Zev Edelstein (Milwaukee, WI) to Mushky Niasoff (Manchester, UK)
Weekly Story: From Which Vantage Point Are You looking?
In 5709 (1949) the Frierdiker Rebbe decided to become an American citizen. Due to his health situation, it was extremely difficult for him to travel anywhere, so with the assistance of lawmakers, a rule was passed that in certain circumstances the court, i.e., the judge and the assistants can come to the new citizens’ residence.
Students at the University of California at Santa Barbara gathered at the center of their campus to put on tefillin as part of the “Tefillin Together” challenge uniting Jewish students across North America.
Weekly Dvar Torah: Sustaining One Jewish Soul – The Profound Impact of Spiritual Assistance
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman breaks down the significance of saving a person’s life, and how much more so the significance of saving a soul.
Picture of the Day
Way back in 1977, three young university students had some spare time over the summer holidays. So, they rented a motorhome, added some lettering and pictures using some coloured tapes, and went to explore regional Australia, to see if they could connect with anyone Jewish.
Mid-Atlantic Regional Shluchim Conference Poses For Group Photo
Nearly 100 Shluchim from across Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. converged on Chabad of Princeton University for the annual Mid-Atlantic Regional Kinus.
New Edition of Har Habayis Anthology Released for the Three Weeks
Explore the history and ongoing relevance of the sacred location of the Beis Hamikdash with the new edition of “Har Habayis: A Collection from Chazal and Commentaries on the Site of the Beis Hamikdash,” compiled by Rabbi Mendel Raskin, produced by the Moshiach Office at Merkos 302.
Weekly Letter: Why Do the Righteous Suffer and the Wicked Prosper?
These Three Weeks – a time of much suffering for our people and of mourning the destruction of our Battie Mikdosh – is a suitable time to share a letter where the Rebbe deals with the age-old question, asked by Moshe Rebbeinu and others: Why do the righteous suffer and the wicked prosper?
New Engagement!
Mendel Kaplan (Crown Heights) to Mussie Gorkin (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!
Mendel Volovik (Pittsfield, MA) to Tzivia Treitel (Montreal, Canada)
All It Took Was One Cruel Moment…
In the blink of an eye, 15-year-old Mendel Bluming, a lively, cheerful bochur, was suddenly fighting for his life on the side of a road. It is up to us to write the end of the story.
The newly opened Finkelstein Chabad Center is a 6,000-sqaure-foot, two-story building in the heart of downtown Ottawa, Canada. Rohr Chabad Student Network of Ottawa
Shopify CEO Makes Good on 18-Year-Old Promise to His Campus Rabbi
In 2008, Harley Finkelstein was a young law student at the University of Ottawa when he told Rabbi Chaim Boyarsky that he’d like to one day help purchase a building for Chabad at the campus. Now Finkelstein has made good on his promise.
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