First Candle Lit in 770

X

<img src="https://media.chabadinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/messaging-whatsapp.svg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="icon">

Chabadinfo Updates

<img src="https://media.chabadinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/messaging-whatsapp.svg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="icon">

Crown Heights Updates

My stepson and his wife are making a sholom zachor this Friday night. It is illegal for me to attend because of the NYC curfew. Am I allowed to walk there from my home after my meal and walk home again after the sholom zachor?
If I said krias shema shacharis before the zman because I had to go to work, do I need to say it later after the zman before I eat?
What is the cutoff age that boys can swim with the ladies and girls and vice versa?
What are the questions I must ask to be involved as the clergy in a civil marriage?
My three children living with me have yahrtzeit for their mother next week. Should each one light a separate yahrtzeit candle? Also, does the 11-year-old son light one?

Rabbi Shais Taub: The Rebbe’s Father’s Letter to His Son

Beis Medrash

2 | Slideshow

In honor of the yahrzeit of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, the father of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, study a letter that he wrote to his son. The letter gives a taste of the Rebbe’s father’s complex, technical, and esoteric style as well as a glimpse into their personal relationship • Watch live

Rabbi Naftali Silberberg: Judaism Decoded (Part 3)

Beis Medrash

2 | Slideshow

Watch Rabbi Naftali Silberberg give a course on Torah Sheba’al Peh from JLI | From the Summer Learning Program • Watch Live

Kfar Chabad: Central Chof Av Farbrengen

Eretz Yisroel

41 | Slideshow

On Chof Menachem Av, hundreds of Anash from around Eretz Yisrael joined the central farbrengen at Beis Menachem in Kfar Chabad to mark the Yom Hilulah of Reb Levi Yitzchak Schneerson the Rebbes Father. With speeches by Rabbi Meir Ashkenazi, from the Vaad and Rabbi M. M. Raskin, whose father Rabbi Leib Raskin was Reb Levik’s Shamesh. The Rebbes Shliach to Thailand Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor, and Rabbi M. M. Alperowitz moderated the farbrengen. joined by Rabbi Moshe Horowitz • Photos

This Is The Very Last Chance…

Advertisement

Zoom

In only a few hours, the sun will set and the auspicious day of Chof Av will end. The Rebbe promises, the Rebbe fulfills: On Chof Av, we are blessed with abundance! • Full Article

Chof Av: Swift Mishnayos Shiur For Reb Levik (Audio)

Beis Medrash

Zoom

As per the Rebbe’s request, learn Pirkei Mishnayos beginning with the letters of the Rebbe’s father’s holy name: המקובל הגה”ח הרב לוי יצחק זצ”ל Your audio companion from Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz – alongside Yagdil Torah’s Kovetz Limud: Listen, Download

Photos: 3 Day CTeen East Coast Road Trip

News

Photos: Eliyahu Ezagui

46 | Slideshow

Chabad Shliach Rabbi Yaakov Wilansky from Roslyn Heights, New York, took his CTeen division on a three day road trip through the East Coast with some spectacular trips including laser tagging, Six Flags and Sky Zone. They also did a Bar Mitzvah on the manager of the local Sky Zone location • Photos

Chabad Shliach Rabbi Mendy Fried Installed As Chief Rabbi Of Ecuador

News

9 | Slideshow

On the eve of Chof Menachem Av 5782 Israel’s chief Rabbi Lau accompanied by Sydney’s Rabbi Yehoram Ulman and Argentina’s Rabbi Feigelstock and others, installed Chabad Shliach Rabbi Mendy Fried as Chief Rabbi of Ecuador • Photos, Video

Tonight: Central Chof Av Farbrengen in 770

770

3 | Slideshow

Anash and Temimim the world around are invited to Beis Chayenu – 770 for the central farbrengen in honor of the Yom Hahilula of Reb Levi Yitzchok Schneerson, the father of the Rebbe MH”M. The crowd will be addressed by Rabbonim, Mashpi’im, and Shluchim the Farbrengen will take place on Wednesday, Motzei Chof Av, Starting at 9:45pm • Full Details

Israel, Turkey To Restore Full Diplomatic Relations

Eretz Yisroel

Haim Zach / Government Press Office (Israel), via Wikimedia Commons

Zoom

Israel and Turkey will restore full diplomatic relations and dispatch ambassadors for the first time in years, the latest step in months of reconciliation between the two countries, the Israeli prime minister’s office said Wednesday • Full Story

Scooter Thief Caught; Released Without Bail In Crown Heights

Crown Heights

Zoom

The theft terror continues in Crown Heights, with a break-in at the new Kevutzah building-755 Eastern Pkwy. The theft took place Yesterday (Tuesday) at 2:45AM. A thief with a knife entered the building and stole a scooter belonging to one of the bochurim from the entrance floor after a few minutes • Full Story, Video

Picture Of The Day

InFocus

Zoom

On Chof Av, The Yidden of Vinnitsya, Ukraine, marked the Yahrzeit of Reb Levi Yitzchak Schneerson in His Home Country of Ukraine, with a gathering and farbrengen, with the local shliach, Rabbi Shaul Horowitz

Photos: Ma’ariv Of Chof Av In 770

770

80 | Slideshow

The Rebbe’s minyan for Ma’ariv on the night of Chof Av was very emotional, having the Rebbe’s place set up as Chazan. Many bochurim and Anash joined for Ma’ariv, with the strong request on everyone’s mind for the Rebbe to be revealed now. Photos by ChabadInfo.com photographer Dov Ber Hechtman • Photos

Should I Ask A Halachic Question by Email or In Person?

Video

Are there pros and cons to asking a Rabbi a Halachic question by email or text vs by phone or face? Rabbi Shlomo Goldfarb from Stump the Rabbi Answers • Watch

Watch: The Rebbe and His Father Debate

News

7 | Slideshow

Join us tonight for ‘An Evening of Learning’ with Rabbi YY Jacobson, honoring the Rebbe’s father on his 78^TH yahrzeit, in accordance with the Rebbe’s personal request. Full Story, Photos, Watch

Watch Live: N’shei Chabad Chof Av Farbrengen

Women

2 | Slideshow

Watch Live at 8:30pm ET: N’shei Chabad and N’shei Chabad Mivtzoim invite all women to a Chof Av Farbrengen in Crown Heights with guest speaker Rabbi Dovid Dubov, and a special Mivtzoim panel • Full Story, Watch Live

Watch Live: Chof Av Farbrengen With Rabbi Dovid Dubav and Rabbi Kalman Weinfeld

News

2 | Slideshow

Watch Live at 7:45pm ET: A special farbrengen as part of the Summer Learning Program, will be held at Mishkan Moshe, 580 Crown St. With Rabbi Dovid Dubav, Shliach in Princeton, NJ and Author of Yalkut Levi Yitzchak Al HaTorah. At 7:45-9:00pm. Followed by Rabbi Kalman Weinfeld, will continue the farbrengen from 9:00pm till 10:00pm • Full Story, Watch Live

Mazal Tov

Shmulik Greenberg – Kfar Chabad, Israel to Chani Hasofer – Tzfas, Israel

Velvel Reikhtman (Ben Reb Moshe) – Montreal to Channah Kagan (Bas Reb Zev Moishe) – Crown Heights

L’chayim will be Tuesday night in Ulam Chana – 556 Crown St.

Baby boy to Mendi and Devora Leah Labi (née Spielman) — Crown Heights

Videos

Beis Moshiach sidebar

HOT NEWS

No Free Lunch: What’s Really Going On in 1414?

In recent days, WhatsApp groups have been buzzing with rumors, photos, and videos surrounding major changes to the dining hall at 1414 President Street. Amid swirling speculation and concern, Chabad Info went to uncover what’s behind the sudden enforcement measures, new dining policies, and what it all means for Bochurim learning—or not learning—in the Yeshiva • Full Article
YTTL Queens Celebrates Bein Hazmanim Success with Grand Prizes and Rebbe’s Ksav Yad

The atmosphere of electrifying as the Bochurim of Mesivta YTTL Queens gathered in the OM dining room for a grand finale of an intensive and multifaceted Mivtza celebrating ruchniyusdike achievements • Full Story, Photos
A Call to Action: 15 Sivan

The Previous Rebbe, was arrested at midnight on the eve of the 15th of Sivan 5687, due to his incessant activities on behalf of Jews and Judaism throughout Communist Russia. However, as the Rebbe later explained, “during the imprisonment there was a ‘sowing’ which then enabled a tremendous growth in the dissemination of Chassidus” • Read, Download
Masked Intruder Smashes Window in Midnight Break-In Attempt Near 51st & Rutland

Masked perpetrator kicked the door and broke a window around 1:00 AM Monday before escaping; Crown Heights Shmira seeks public assistance • Read More, Watch

Editor's Picks

Cheder Ohr Menachem Kinder Daven First Tefilla Near the Nossi

No Free Lunch: What’s Really Going On in 1414?

Der Voyder Rov: The Chief Rabbi of the Soviet Union Under the Communist Regime

Chabad Calendar

No 3 Trains At Kingston Ave? MTA Plans Major Change to Subway Services in Crown Heights

Hungary Shluchim Gather For First-Ever Kinus Hashluchim, K’ish Echad B’Lev Echad

100 Moments: Lag B’Omer Joy in Meron

Thousands of Crown Heights Children March On Lag B’Omer

Gallery: A Weekly Moment With The Rebbe

Tour Yerushalayim: The Kosel, Tunnels & The City of David

From The Rebbe’s Pen: Keeping Moshiach In Mind In Your Plans

Beis Medrash

Why Only One Korban Pesach?

A Call to Action: 15 Sivan

What’s The Bracha On Bread?

Supporting Your Husband to Quit Smoking: A Chassidic Perspective

WhatsApp side bar

Opinions

Tomorrow Impacts Today and The Present impacts the Past

Op-Ed: A New Approach To “Mivtza Tzedakah” (Part 2)

The Divine Census and Quantum Collapse: Lessons in Identity and Potential

Op-Ed: A New Approach To “Mivtza Tzedakah”

First Candle Lit in 770

X