Video: A Word on the Parsha with Rabbi Minkowicz
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Metzora. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is holiness?
Daily Archives: April 1, 2014
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From Days Gone By: Merkos Shlichus in the Early ’50s
A group of students of the newly established Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in 770 pose for a group photo prior to their departure on Merkos Shlichus, circa late 1940s. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
Video: The Making of a Matzah
From harvest to packaging, this video takes us through all the steps involved in the making of Shmurah Matzah for the Yomtov of Pesach.
Video: Brooklyn Band’s Logo Stirs Controversy
The logo of a local hip-hop group has been showing up as graffiti around Midwood, a largely Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn. Many residents are up in arms, as they say the logo resembles a swastika.
Hanoi, Vietnam.
Radical Relocation: Chabad Couple Moves to Hanoi
They both grew up blending in easily—he in Brooklyn, she in New Haven. Jewish schools, kosher stores, family and like-minded friends aplenty. Now, with a grant from the Rohr Family Foundation, Levi and Mushky Laine, with their 11-month old baby girl Rivkah, have left it all behind for Hanoi, Vietnam.
Darchei Menachem Launches Fundraising Campaign
Yeshivas Darchei Menachem of Crown Heights has launched an ambitious campaign to raise $50,000 to support the education of their students today, April 1st.
Did you say the ‘Nasi’ Today? (Alef Nissan)
From the Safer Haminhagim: Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, one reads the passage that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. Yehi Ratzon in the Extended Article.
Reb Leibel Scheiner’s Shopping List
Today marks the Shloshim since the passing of Rabbi Leibel Scheiner, Shliach of the Rebbe to Brighton, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. In honor of the occasion, we present the following article on Reb Leibel’s unwavering dedication to his Shlichus, written by his nephew Dovi Scheiner.
Video: Edible Flowers to Make Your Meals Bloom
Appearing recently on Fox 10 News, Sara Chana Silverstein, a Lubavitcher herbalist and alternative medicine specialist, gave some tips on the health benefits of edible flowers – just in time for spring.
Lessons I Learned from Behind Bars
It felt (smelled) like the entire kitchen came out to hug me! But it turned out to be the Mashgiach of the place who after many hours of working in the kitchen carried a blend of aromas on his person. Grilled meat, onions, spices, you get the point. What really made the moment so enjoyable was the fact that one of the last times I’ve seen this guy was him in an orange jumpsuit, in a county jail.
by Rabbi Avrohom Brashevitzky
Photos by Meir Alfasi
PM Netanyahu Visits Kfar Chabad Matzah Bakery
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was the guest of honor at the Kfar Chabad Matzah Bakery this morning, where he visited for a pre-Pesach tour.
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