From year to year, the number of participants in the special journey of Moscow’s Marina Roscha, who travel to spend “Shabbos Selichos” in proximity to the Ohel of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, זי”ע, and to recite the first Selichos in his holy home in Crown Heights, continues to grow.
Each year, our office is contacted by countless passengers who encounter difficulties that could have been avoided with advance preparation. The following reminders will help ensure smooth and pleasant travel.
This past Thursday, September 11th, Rabbi Levi Stein was honored to deliver the Invocation at the state assembly in the Wisconsin State Capital.
The Head Shliach of Paris, Rabbi Mendel Azimov, led a large group Anash in Motzei Shabbos Selichos in the 17th Arrondissement of Paris.
This Tishrei, over 500 families in Crown Heights need our help with food, wine, and Yom Tov basics.
Users of the popular children’s app Toveedo turned on their phone Motzei Shabbos to messages from the MUTTARif hacking group, pushing anti-Israel messages about the ongoing offensive in Gaza.
“Now there is at least someone in front of whom” – referring to the man himself – “to be ashamed,” that his daily conduct is not as it should be.
Menachem Farkash (Issaquah, WA) to Maya Rozenson (Jerusalem, EY) L’Chaim: Sunday, Sept. 14th, 8:00pm at The JCM Downstairs
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.
The daily Ohel Bus service that leaves from the Dreidel in Crown Heights has released an updated schedule for the coming year, spreading out the bus route to leave every three hours.
This Motzei Shabbos we begin saying Selichos, and in the custom of Lubavitch, farbrengens will be held leading up to the unique preparation for Roch Hashana. Rabbi Shalom Charitonov will be farbrenging live starting Motzei Shabbos at 10:00pm.
Nearly 400 attendees reveled in an evening of music and masterful production, to benefit one of South Florida’s quietest yet most impactful organizations: JGifts.org.
The shocking murder of Charlie Kirk, carried out on ideological grounds, should set off alarm bells for all of us. This kind of violence is not confined to faraway streets. Right here, in 770, we are witnessing the same phenomenon – not in murder, but in raw violence, threats, and intimidation.
Askonim work their magic by currying favor with politicians: the promise of support, the promise of votes, the promise to answer the phone when they call. To that end, askonim are afraid to back anyone who might rock the boat of that relationship, especially without the guarantee that they’ll win.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs for the period of Selichos for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Being that this Shabbos is two days after Chai Elul and is the Shabbos before the final Shabbos of the year, which is erev the birthday of the Rebbe the Tzemach Tzedek, I decided to post a saying of the Rebbe the Tzemach Tzedek about light, which as mentioned last week is the concept of Chai Elul.
Yosef Aharon Karpilovsky (Toronto, CA) to Chayale Silberstein (London, UK)
