The right question—at the right time—can be the difference between, G-d forbid, breaking a marriage or saving one. Why? Because every question, no matter how small, forces us to think. And where the mind goes, the heart often follows.
From Surgery to Mivtzoim. Rabbi Yossi Swued, a Chabad Shliach at Western University in London, Ontario, donated his kidney through Renewal this past Friday. Immediately after the surgery he went to Mivtzoim, putting Tefillin on his Jewish doctor.
It was during the difficult times of World War I in Europe that Rabbi Yisroel Friedman (1854–1934), leader of the Chortkov Chassidic court, fled to Vienna, Austria. At the time, the city was outside the combat zone and considered a safe haven.
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.
Shabbos at the BESHT: Rabbi Boruch Sholom Jacobson is a shliach to Hunter College in NYC. He will be giving this week’s shiur on Taking Matan Torah into the summer.
Four Israeli soldiers were killed and five were wounded by an explosion in a building in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis this morning, the military announces.
I am posting a thought I mentioned at a pre-Shavuos farbrengen. As always, your comments and feedback are welcomed and greatly appreciated.
Yossi Swued, 27, is a Chabad Shliach at Western University in London, Ontario, and the father of two young children. He was inspired to become a kidney donor after seeing friends and six cousins do the same.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman follows the Torah from Har Sinai to a Jewish child’s study, linking the esoteric Torah with the actions that make the Jewish people so special.
Pesach Chaim Newman (Crown Heights) to Bluma Raizel Lewis (Old Tappan, NJ)
It was the summer, I was sitting outside, and I felt like I wasn’t doing my avoida b’simcha, living b’simcha. Stam, I was feeling a moichin d’katnus, and for those who know me, you know I don’t like that.
It was Friday night, early Shabbat morning—June 26, 2021—less than 48 hours after the tragic collapse of the Champlain Towers in Surfside, Florida. The air was thick with smoke, grief and uncertainty. That night, I was among a group of Hatzalah members and medical professionals from the Surfside Jewish community who had just completed a long shift at the Family Reunification Center, providing emergency medical care, writing prescriptions for lost medications, and offering emotional support to survivors and displaced families.
On the eve of Shavuot, as Jews worldwide prepared to celebrate the giving of the Torah and the festival of first fruits, a horrific antisemitic attack shattered the peace at the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colo. Rebbetzin Chanie Scheiner of Chabad-Lubavitch of Boulder, who had participated in previous Run for Their Lives marches, was home preparing to host the Shavuot celebration at Chabad instead of joining the weekly walk that Sunday afternoon.
The House of More’s response raises new questions while leaving the original halachic concerns largely unaddressed. Let’s examine their key points systematically.
Sixty young Jewish professionals from 36 cities gathered for the sixth annual Chabad Young Professionals Encounter: Guatemala, a four-day summit focused on resilience, identity, and Jewish leadership in a post-October 7 world, with an impact that reverberated across the globe.
The brutal reality of war hit the Jewish community of Zhytomyr, Ukraine, once again when they received word on Wednesday of the death of Andrey Kurovskiy. Kurovskiy, a non-Jewish Ukrainian, taught computer science in the community’s Or Avner Jewish day school for more than two decades.
At a time of turbulence and uncertainty in Eretz Yisroel – in battling the enemy, we share a letter of truth and clarity from the Rebbe, who addressed the same issues of decades ago. The issues the Rebbe addressed then included returning the liberated areas of Yehudah and Shomron and dealing with terrorist attacks, among others.
