Moully Unveils New 3D Shofar Artwork for Rosh Hashanah 5787
As Rosh Hashanah approaches, artist and rabbi Yitzchok Moully has unveiled his latest annual Shofar artwork, continuing a creative tradition that has become a signature of his work.
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Eber’s Tishrei Sale
Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries stand on the now-infamous bridge at Bondi Beach, from where two Islamist terrorists murdered 15 people at the “Chanukah at the Sea” event on Dec. 14, 2025.
Reflecting on 5786, a Year of Defiant Growth, Even Amid Loss
The year 5786 tested the Jewish people in ways few could have imagined—and Jews worldwide lived up to that test, again and again, with resolve, unity and a pride that refused to be diminished.
Rosh Hashanah on the Run
Mendel relented and agreed to depart that night—Rosh Hashanah—for Uzbekistan. In order to observe the holiday as best they could, Dovid hired someone to take their belongings to the station, and the family walked.
Weekly Story: What the Baal Shem Tov Said Before Tekios
As we conclude our 11th (K) year of posting this Weekly Story and the third year of A Taste of Chassidus, I thank all who have taken the time to write me an email or stop and say that you enjoy it. This includes the thought I am posting this week about our footwear at the Ohel. I am not a Rov, and I am not saying Halachah, rather I am noting observations.
Weekly Dvar Torah: No Shofar? Have Some Kugel!
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman looks to the meaning of blowing the Shofar on Rosh Hashana. What is it trying to accomplish? And why on Shabbos is this accomplished in another way?
A Taste of the Rebbe’s Farbrengens: Rosh Hashana BONUS
The Rebbe held 40 farbrengens on Rosh Hashana. The sichos from these farbrengens span around 300 pages in the Yiddish Hanochos (transcripts) in Sichos Kodesh, and around 50 pages in the 10 English Hanochos published by Sichos in English.
Laws and Customs: Machzor Companions For Rosh Hashana
The Machzor Companions are prepared for those davening at home without a minyan. They include an easy-to-follow guide to the Piyuttim along with explanations, annotations and suggested niggunim.
New Kollel L’Lomdei Dach Track Tackles Bitachon and Hishtadlus
A Shliach weighing whether to make one more fundraising call. A businessman deciding how much to hold back for a rainy day. A parent deciding how much to worry. The question underneath all of it is the same one: where does making a natural vessel end, and where does real bitachon begin?
Bus to the Ohel Announces Schedule for Upcoming Week
The Ohel Daily Bus has released its schedule for the upcoming week, including expanded service before and during Rosh Hashanah and throughout the following week.
BDE: Rabbi Avrohom Lipskier, 86, OBM
With great sadness, we regret to inform you of the passing of Rabbi Avrohom Lipskier OBM, a beloved Chabad educator, longtime Rosh Yeshiva, and pioneering figure in the world of kiruv and Baalei Teshuvah. He passed away on Thursday, the 28th of Elul, 5786.
Here’s My Story: Stop Micromanaging the Cleaning Lady!
Mrs. Chana Gurary lives in Montreal, where she raised her twelve children. In 1978, she had an instrumental role in building a new mikveh in the city, and went on to actively promote the mitzvah of Family Purity for nearly forty years afterwards. She was interviewed in January 2011.
Video: Rov Discusses Halachos of Shofar With 770’s Baal Toke’ah
A recent letter issued by Chabad Rabonim in Eretz Yisroel raised a halachic concern about a common way of blowing shofar, particularly an additional sound sometimes heard at the end of shevarim. According to the letter, when the sound is produced improperly, it may affect whether the listener fulfills the mitzvah at all.
Laws and Customs: Rosh Hashana and Aseres Y’mei Teshuvah
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of Rosh Hashanah and the Ten Days of Teshuva, Blowing Shofar and Tzom Gedalia for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Rabbi Mendy Minkowitz with the soldier. (Photo taken before Shabbat)
Despite Doxxing and Threats, Elon’s Jewish Students Answer With a Packed House
When Rabbi Mendy and Rivka Minkowitz shared a flyer for their Shabbat program at Chabad-Lubavitch at Elon University in North Carolina on their Instagram story, they were unprepared for the antisemitic hate and threats that would follow.
A Greeting Letter from the President of Russia and a Flurry of Activity Ahead of Rosh Hashanah in Moscow
The feverish preparations and extensive community work are, as in every year, receiving official state recognition. Once again, a special greeting letter was sent from the Kremlin by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the office of the Chief Rabbi, the Gaon Rabbi Berel Lazar shlit”a.
Living With the Rebbe – Living With the Times
The maamarim and sichos from that year were recently published in four volumes of Toras Menachem – Hisvaaduyos: Volumes 82, 83, 84, and 85. They are available through Kehot branches in Eretz Yisrael and around the world, as well as through Jewish bookstores in Chabad communities and shlichus locations worldwide.
Beth Din of Crown Heights: “Do Not Let Him Into Your Homes”
In advance of the yomim tovim, the Beth Din of Crown Heights has issued a stern alert to residents: Do not invite Shachar Luz to your seudos, allow him to join your minyanim, or even engage in social activity with him.
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