Video: The Rabbi’s Shofar and the Pooch
Back in 2009, Rabbi Benny Zippel of Chabad of Utah hosted a workshop on the upcoming Jewish New Year. While blowing the Shofar, family dog Chewy decided to join in and add his voice to the mix.
Daily Archives: September 2, 2013
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A Jewish Thought on Labor Day
It’s Labor Day once again, which brings up some very important questions: Where is the best Labor Day sale? Where did I put my dark hats?
Video: Rabbi Benny’s Rosh Hashana Thought
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thoughts on the coming holiday of Rosh Hashana, titled ‘Happy Birthday World!’
Rabbi Y. Gutnick
Court Orders Gutnick to Pay Fellow Lubavitcher $1M
Mining magnate Yoseph Gutnick, one of Australia’s most senior Chabad rabbis, has been ordered to pay one million Australian dollars after a judge found him guilty of “misleading and deceptive conduct” in a business deal with a fellow Lubavitcher in Melbourne.
Haaretz
Selichos Program Inspires Beis Rivka Students
A special Selichos program for the students of Beis Rivka took place on Motzei Shabbos.
Urgent Call to Restock Shaitel Gemach
With the High Holidays quickly approaching and too many people feeling the pinch of the economic downturn, more women than ever have been calling the Pesha Leah Shaitel Gemach, desperate for what is likely to be the only new item they’ll acquire for Yomtov.
Crown Heights Shomrim Nab Borough Park iPhone Thief
On Thursday, Crown Heights Shomrim received a call from a Borough Park resident, who requested assistance with the retrieval of his stolen iPhone.
Shootings, Stabbing Reported at Labor Day Parade
The Labor Day/West Indian Day Parade in Crown Heights has been marred by violence again, as police were investigating multiple shootings and a stabbing near the route before the parade even began Monday.
CBS NY
Laws and Customs: Week of Selichos
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of the week of Selichos, Erev Rosh Hashana, and Eruv Tavshilin, for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
1-Year-Old Child Shot Dead in Brownsville
A 1-year-old boy was killed by a bullet in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Brownsville, neighboring Crown Heights to the southeast.
Melbourne Achieves Achdus Through Torah
Over 500 Melbourne fathers and sons packed the Werdiger Family Hall this past Motzai Shabbos for an incredible and unprecedented Torah event.
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