I am still in shock and pained by the recent loss of my mother, Mrs. Chaya Basha Shuchat of blessed memory. It is not just me, as well thousands of people that she has touched. While we were sitting shivah we heard countless stories told by those she has inspired and continues to inspire.
At a rally for children who had just returned from summer camp, a song composed by the children is presented. 28 Tishrei 5741 — October 8, 1980.
A Crown Heights couple is taking an airline to task after flight attendants insisted that they face their infant’s car seat toward the front of the plane, despite FAA recommendations that babies be placed in a rear facing safety seat when flying.
Oholei Torah Mesivta has concluded two special learning projects that ran through the entire year.
Last night, Thursday, June 12, dozens gathered at The Creative Soul Gallery in Crown Heights for the opening reception of its first solo art show, featuring the powerfully vibrant works of Italian artist David Ariel de Guglielmi.
As the year’s studies come to a close, students of United Lubavitcher Yeshiva on Ocean Parkway were treated to a day out on the sea, where they fished for kosher seafood.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Dr. Yosef Wolf, PhD, will lead a discussion on the topic – The quantum soul: Refining one’s middos by utilizing quantum physics.
In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present a letter written by Rabbi Nissan Mindel on behalf of the Rebbe to the editor of a Jewish newspaper who advocated for Yeshiva Bochurim to go to college. The letter was made available for publication by Rabbi Mindel’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
Israeli security forces are scanning the Bethlehem and Chevron area in the West Bank today after three yeshiva students, age 17-19, went missing Thursday night. Police are also checking whether there is any connection between a burnt car that was discovered near Chevron and the disappeared Bochurim.
One of life’s perpetual struggles is where to draw the line between faith in G-d and the need for human intervention – when to step back and let G-d work His magic and when to step forward and take responsibility for the changes needed in our lives, via calculated action. Even after consulting Judaism and its vast theological text, the line tends to remain obscured.
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