L’Chaim: Wilhelm – Junik

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

Is it ok to walk the Sefer Torah through the congregation for people to kiss it before leining?
Can Any Bechor Wash the Kohanim for Duchening?
Which Feather Should I Use for Writing STaM?
מענה לשון בסופו
Can one buy a tail of a calf from a Goy to use for wrapping the Parshiyos of Tefillin, or because it is very hard to tell different tails from each other, we are worried that he might switch it for a nonkosher tail?

Intention: A Glimpse Into Oholei Torah

News

Zoom

Each month, the ‘Intention’ newsletter published by Oholei Torah offers a monthly glimpse into the goings on in Crown Heights’ largest boys school. This edition: Featuring a family profile on the Forster family and Oholei Torah alum Rabbi Yisroel Noach Lipskier • Full Story, Download

New Shluchim Moving to Small Montana Town

News

Zoom

The centre will be the fourth Chabad center to open in Montana; the other three are in Bozeman, Missoula and Kalispell. “I’ve been keeping an eye on Billings for 15 years,” said Rabbi Chaim Bruk, Senior Shliach to the western state. “It became clear that the need was strong.” The town with a population slightly over 100,000 will be served by Rabbi Shaul and Mrs. Mushky Shkedi • Full Story

We Will Dance With The Tzedakah Boxes!

Video

Boxes! When Moshiach comes, we will dance to the Holy Land and we will be able to point and say, “Here is King Moshiach. To receive ‘The Daily Video’ send a WhatsApp message to 718-687-8900 or an Email to MyMaor.org • Watch

whatsapp chabadinfo

Crown Heights Gathers For CIG Kumzitz

Crown Heights

59 | Slideshow

Occasionally on Motzaei Shabbos, the “CIG Organization” led by Yudi Grunberg and Meir Buktsin holds a special Kumzitz for the residents of Crown Heights. This week’s event took place at the Rubashkin’s Residence along with singer Amiran Dvir, a popular singer and entertainer, who came especially from Eretz Yisroel for this event. Images captured by photographer Dov Ber Hechtman • Photos

Picture of the Day

InFocus

2 | Slideshow

Rabbi Shneur Zalman Zaklas, Shliach to Novosibirsk, the capital of Russia’s Siberian Region, was pictured standing next to the Mufti (Islamic religious leader) of Gaza, as well as the Mufti of Russia during an interfaith conference in the city. Rabbi Zaklas and the Mufti of Gaza exchanged kind words in Hebrew. In an interview that followed the encounter, Rabbi Zaklas said “I do not know who the Mufti of Gaza is, and to what extent he played a part in the violent incitement that is taking place there. He was at the event and we spoke, and the message was a message of peace and unity.” • Full Story

FIFTY Lucky Watch Winners Announced For Avos Ubanim Program

News

Zoom

As posted earlier on Chabadinfo.com, Igud Hamelamdim’s Global Avos Ubanim program ran a mega raffle last week on fifty watches. The following are the fifty winners from around the world • Winners

Teens Charged With Hate Crime For Vandalism At Chabad Rabbi’s Home in Bonita Springs

News

Zoom

Two teenagers face felony hate crime charges after they vandalized the home of a Chabad Shliach in Bonita Springs, with the religious leader calling for kindness in its wake • Full Story

Major Enrollment Decline In Public Schools In Our Neighborhoods

Crown Heights

Zoom

Chalkbeat has analyzed the number of students in public schools that has fallen sharply across New York City this year, according to state data released this week • Full Story

Seven Years of Work And Anticipation: Nemuel Alef’s “Bikurim Album” – Is Here!

Video

After Seven Years of dreaming and planing, The Bikurm album of the Jewish singer star Nemuel Alef is finally here. The album contains Fifteen songs that combine Chasidic and Israeli, songs for the soul alongside rock, punk and electronic. They are song by a wide and diverse team of composers in Jewish music, including Itzi Waldner, Eli Klein and Itzi Berry, Moshe Laufer, Elhanan Elhadad, Yoeli Dickman, David Ichilevich and many others • Preview

Shabbos Times for Parshas Terumah

News

Zoom

ChabadInfo.com wishes you a good Shabbos! Above are Shabbos times for five major Lubavitch communities. Consider joining one of the “ChabadInfo Updates” Whatsapp group in order to get vital information directly to your message inbox • Join

Happy Is Not Enough

Video

Rabbi Elchonon Halperin goes by the Rebbe during the month of Adar. To receive ‘The Daily Video’ send a WhatsApp message to 718-687-8900 or an Email to MyMaor.org • Watch

For Your Shabbos Table: Joy Amidst Turmoil

Opinion

Zoom

From the desk of Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Director of the Meaningful Life Center: The first cardinal rule of every venture is defining its mission statement. Without a concise and clearly stated purpose, everything that follows will be scattered and confused. Goals will be hard to set, and success will be difficult if not impossible to measure. The mission aligns all the steps of the operation from start to finish – from concept to final product, from the strategies and plans, to the actions and goals. It brings together and coordinates the entire enterprise into one seamless unit • Click to Read

Jewish Girl Escapes Violent Arab Husband Via Hospital Basement

News

Zoom

Rivka’s difficult life story began when she was just five. She was born to a chareidi family in a city on the periphery and when her parents divorced found herself being passed from hand to hand. When her mother remarried she thought she’d found peace, but the incessant fighting between her mother and her new husband’s two children from a previous marriage only caused the situation to deteriorate • Full Story

Packed OT Ballroom Commemorates Life of Zushe Wilhelm

Crown Heights

41 | Slideshow

The ballroom of Oholei Torah was filled last night with people young and old, coming together to commemorate the life of Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm on the occasion of his shloshim. Those in attendance heard from a lineup of speakers and were presented with a unique teshura following the event. Images captured by photographer Dov Ber Hechtman • Full Story, Photos, Video

Photos: This Week in 770

770

135 | Slideshow

Uplifting and rousing moments, as well as ‘ordinary’ moments; this week 770 has been full of photogenic scenes, some of which have been captured for posterity through the lens of ChabadInfo.com photographer Dov Ber Hechtman. Enjoy this week’s gallery of the week of Parshas Terumah in Beis Chayenu • Photos

L’Chaim: Namdar – Edelman

Simchas

43 | Slideshow

The Namdar (Gothernburg, Sweden) and Edelman (Brunoy, France) families celebrated the l’chaim of their children Mendel and Sheina last night in the JCM. Images captured by photographer Shmulik Reinitz • Photos

Mazal Tov

Mendel Shloima Litzman – Monsey NY, to Rivka Polter – Orangburg NY

L’Chaim: tonight (Tuesday) in ULY crown st.

Mendy Holtzberg – Monterey, California to Leah Schmerling – Crown Heights

L’Chaim: Wednesday, May 14 in the JCM

Yossi Zaltzman — Toronto, Canada, to Chana Rivka Stolik — Crown Heights

Videos

Dvar Malchus: 3 Levels of Geulah

X

Array
“Quickest Way to Bring Moshiach”

X

Array

Beis Moshiach sidebar

HOT NEWS

33 Photos of the Rebbe at Parades

In honor of Lag Ba’omer we are presenting 33 pictures of the Rebbe, from the Lag Ba’omer parades over the years, we are hoping and praying that this year we should merit to see the Rebbe once again • Photos
The Rebbe’s Four Lag B’Omer Mugah Ma’amorim, Explained

The only four Mugah Mamorim from the Rebbe in Honor of Lag B’omer taught by Shliach Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz • Full Story, Watch
Dvar Malchus: 3 Levels of Geulah

Chabadinfo.com Exclusive: In the sicha of Parshas Emor 5751, the Rebbe explains 3 levels of Geulah, and how we prepare and bring about each of them • Learn this week’s Sicha with ChabadInfo’s Weekly Shiur of the “Dvar Malchus” Sicha in English, presented by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Lipskier, Mashpia of Mesivta of Melbourne, Australia • (Originally posted in 5775) • Watch
Rabbi Yossi Paltiel: The Story Behind Lag B’Omer

Listen as Rabbi Yossi Paltiel masterfully tells over the story of Lag B’Omer and stories of Lag B’Omer with the Rebbe • Listen

Editor's Picks

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

L’Chaim: Majeski – Hendel

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir Visits 770

Gallery: A Weekly Moment With The Rebbe

Kashrus Alert: Unauthorized CHK Logo on Shor HaBor Products

Hundreds Join Isru Chag Pesach Kinus Torah In 770

Gallery: Last Minute Pesach Preparations in Crown Heights

Rabbonim Clarify Halachos Ahead of Pesach Erev Shabbos

Beis Medrash

Download: Weekly Kovetz Divrei Moshiach, Emor

Rabbi Yossi Paltiel: The Story Behind Lag B’Omer

FAQs: Growing & Keeping the Beard

The Rebbe’s Four Lag B’Omer Mugah Ma’amorim, Explained

WhatsApp side bar

Opinions

The Endless Spiritual Possibilities in Quantum Physics

Let’s Talk About Rabbi Akiva (Wagner) And His Students

The Silent Test That Elevates the Soul

Op-Ed: Why Lubavitcher’s Should Get Life Insurance

L’Chaim: Wilhelm – Junik

X