Accident Victim Memorialized at Mega Challah Bake
On Thursday evening, Sept. 18, over a 100 women from Florida’s First Coast gathered at Chabad of Jacksonville’s Mandarin Headquarters to unite, be inspired and most of all learn to make Challah.
Daily Archives: September 19, 2014
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Video: The Honey Bucket Challenge
In the latest episode of Jew-bel-ish, Lubavitcher comedian Mendy Pellin shows off the brand-new apples for Rosh Hashanah, and does a new, sweet spin on the outdated Ice Bucket Challenge.
The aftermath of Hurricane Odile in Cabo, Mexico. Inset: Rabbi Benny Hershcovich.
The Story of a Young Family’s Survival of Deadly Storm
“For almost two days, I couldn’t contact my brother Benny,” writes Zvi Hershcovich, editor-in-chief of Bill 613, a Montreal Jewish community news website. Zvi describes in great detail the harrowing ordeal of his brother and sister-in-law, Rabbi Benny and Sonia Hershcovich, who recently survived a devastating hurricane that ravaged the town of Cabo S. Lucas, located at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, where they serve as Chabad emissaries.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe davening Mincha, circa mid 1980s.
Shabbos at the Besht: The Head of the Year
This Shabbos at the Besht, Oholei Torah Mashpia Rabbi Michoel Seligson will lead a discussion on the topic – The Head of the Year.
Gemara Comes to Life at Oholei Torah Mesivta
Last week, Oholei Torah Mesivta had the honor of hosting Rabbi Moshe Leiberman from Boston. Being that the bochurim are learning Gemara Mesechtes Gitin, and Rabbi Lieberman is an authority in this field, he came to show the boys how the laws of divorce that are discussed in the gemara are applicable today.
Laws and Customs: Week of Selichos
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of Selichos, Eruv Tavshlin and Pruzbul for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
United We Stand: Can Individuality and Unity Coexist?
“Unity,” what a beautiful thing. Its virtuous qualities are echoed by politicians and clergymen as well as leaders, activists and ordinary folk of all ilk and class. The word conjures up fuzzy images of an idyllic state of existence – a world in which there is no strife – where humanity is bound by a single objective and a single mind and heart.
by Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov - Jax, FL
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