This rare color footage is from a Farbrengen that was filmed for a television program in 1973 called The Spark. The Rebbe asked the children to start a lively Niggun and they began singing a melody composed for the Rebbe’s 70th birthday, B’cha Hashem.
In this weeks letter The Rebbe responds to a question about Chabad’s involvement in various matters, where the Rebbe refers specifically to Chabad’s involvement in Zahal (Israeli Army). Which leads the Rebbe to discuss and encourage the strengthening of the security in our Holy Land, by opposing the surrender of any part of our land. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a photo of The Rebbe during Shachris in 770.
Moshe considered himself very fortunate. The local Poritz (squire) had hired him to manage all of his estates. Not only would his personal financial stability improve, but as the manager, he would now be in a position to hire and help many other Jews in the community. They would no longer have to bribe the officials in order to lease an inn or to acquire any other license.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Fishel Oster, a Maggid Shiur in Oholei Torah, will lead a discussion on the topic of Faith.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on Parashs Tazria – Metzora. This week he answers the question: If good is good can better be better? – based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Eliyahu and Shaindy (nee Holtzberg) Raskin (Crown Heights)
Yudel and Chaya Rader (Crown Heights)
Mendy and Tzipporah (nee Schtroks) Klyne (Detriot, MI)
Shmar and Chava (nee Namdar) Richler (Crown Heights)
Levi and Shterny (nee Sarfati) Wolff (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Moshe Gourarie, director of Chabad of Toms River, with his family at a ceremony completing a new Sefer Torah in 2009. Archive Photo.
A federal district just faulted the Township of Toms River, saying they broke the law in denying a religious use variance to Chabad of Toms River, granting the center permission to operate in the residential home and awarded them a judgment against the township for $122,000.
A four-day regional Kinus of Shluchim in Asia and their families, recently concluded in Bangkok, Thailand.
Anthony Scaramucci is an American financier, entrepreneur, and former White House Communications Director. In is private life he is a man of religious faith and a supporter of Israel and the Jewish people. After meeting a few months ago at an event, “The Mooch” sat down with Rabbi Pinchas Taylor, a Shliach in south Florida, to discuss his convictions. Video link of the interview below.
Crown Heights residents and Shluchim are preparing for JLI’s annual Shabbaton, “Shabbat in the Heights” taking place next Shabbos, Parshas Acharei-Kedoshim.
When the Rebbe introduced the idea of starting women’s learning classes in 1955, Mrs. Reba Sharfstein, then a newlywed and newly minted Shluchim in Ohio, didn’t consider herself ready to be one of those teachers. Through the urging of another Shliach she launched the first “Women’s Study Group” with just three participants.
Over 700 guests gathered on Monday evening, at the Robert Treat Center in Newark, to celebrate the Rabbinical College of America’s National Founders Gala.
A Jewish student from the University of Sydney won the Jewish Academic Innovation Award this weekend during the Sinai Scholars Academic Symposium at the University of Chicago.
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Tzvi Greenwald OBM, a longtime educator and from the elder Chassidim in Kfar Chabad, Israel. He was 85 years old.
This weekly fast moving — yet inspiring — 1-minute video on the weekly Parsha is created by Yitzchok Schmuckler, a Bochur from Montreal. This week’s video for Parshas Shmini is titled: Aarons Advantage – continued.
Nachie Smetana (Crown Heights) and Chanie Baumgarten (Crown Heights)