On Thursday night, May 18th, the Jewish Children’s Museum hosted its Sixth Annual Dinner, celebrating over one million kids in six years since opening, and gave guests a special preview of the fourth floor of exhibits – due to open in July.
Men who drink a lot of coffee might feel a bit jittery or high-strung, but those side effects may come with a hidden benefit: prostate health. According to a new study, drinking six or more cups of coffee per day can lower a man’s risk of fatal prostate cancer by up to 60%.
Rabbi DovBer of Lubavitch, would listen to the weekly Torah reading read by his father, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi. One year, his father was out of town for a Shabbos when the Admonition was read. After hearing the Admonition read by the substitute reader, the child was so emotionally upset that even a month later he had not fully recovered. The child was later asked, “Why were you not disturbed this way when the Admonition was read in past years?” The child replied, “When father reads, no curses are heard.”
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –The Veitzner Rav, R’ Tzvi Hersh Meisels, was a skilled Shofar blower, who somehow managed to smuggle a Shofar into Auschwitz with him.
Undercover police arrested a man for allegedly selling cardboard tubes filled with makeshift explosives in a shopping center parking lot in Co-Op City, Bronx Thursday.
The evening of Wednesday, May 18th featured a special evening program at the Aleph Institute in Pittsburgh, as ten rabbinical students and a handful of volunteers gathered for dinner and words of inspiration.
Marking the beginning of Lag Baomer, a communal Bonfire will be lit once again on Kingston Avenue in front of the Wingate Highschool – 600 Kingston Avenue – starting at 10:00pm.
The Avner Institute would like present a series of Photos of the Rebbe at Lag B’omer parades over the years, with special thanks to the Schildkraut and Klein families.
From Oholei Torah’s marching band, to Lubavitcher Yeshiva’s float, From NCFJE’s headquarters to 770, hundreds of volunteers have been putting in thousands of hours in preparation for the upcoming Lag BaOmer Parade this Sunday.
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