Empire Shteibel Hosts Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen
Marking Yud Tes Kislev, the Kehilah of Empire Shteibel hosted a Farbrengen along with a Siyum and Chlukas Hashas in honor of the auspicious day.
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Mother Reunited with Injured Son
The mother of Levi Rosenblatt, the 22-year-old rabbinical student who was stabbed in an attack inside 770, arrived this evening on a flight from Israel. She has since been reunited with her son, who is on the mend in Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan.
Video: The Real Power of the Jewish People
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayeishev. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is the real power of the Jewish People?
Jesse Kaufman with Rabbi Mendy Schapiro, co-director of Chabad Jewish Center of Monroeville, Pa. The 13-year-old was looking to do a bar mitzvah "mitzvah," instead of a typical project.
One Hero to Another: Teen Gives $5,000 From Bar Mitzvah to a Sick Friend
Jesse Kaufman was approaching his bar mitzvah this past August at the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroeville, Pa., and while he was prepared in most ways, he was missing one thing: a meaningful project.
Leshana Tovah Belimud HaChasidus ve Darchei HaChasidus, Tikosaivu VeTichosaimu!
Today, Yud Tes Kislev, “The Rosh Hashanah of Chassidus,” marks 216 years since the release of the Alter Rebbe, R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chasidus Chabad, from prison in the year 5559 (1798). This year also marks 202 years since the Alter Rebbe's Histalkus. In honor of this auspicious day, which is referred to by Chasidim as the “Holiday of Holidays," Farbrengens are being held around the world!
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Leshana Tovah Belimud HaChasidus ve Darchei HaChasidus, Tikosaivu VeTichosaimu!
Today, Yud Tes Kislev, “The Rosh Hashanah of Chassidus,” marks 216 years since the release of the Alter Rebbe, R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chasidus Chabad, from prison in the year 5559 (1798). This year also marks 202 years since the Alter Rebbe’s Histalkus. In honor of this auspicious day, which is referred to by Chasidim as the “Holiday of Holidays,” Farbrengens are being held around the world!
Left: Parliament of Poland (Sejm). Right: EJA Director Rabbi Menachem Margolin.
Poland’s Ban on Shechita Overturned
Poland’s constitutional court on Wednesday overturned a ban on the ritual slaughter of animals which had affected the Jewish and Muslim communities and eliminated a $620 million a year industry.
Bridge Scaling Tourist Sentenced to Community Service
Yonathan Souid, the 23-year-old Jewish college student from France who was arrested last month for scaling the Brooklyn Bridge at the end of his trip to New York for a Chabad-sponsored Shabbaton, was sentenced yesterday to 240 hours of community service.
Cops: No Terror Link in 770 Stabbing
Police said the stabbing that occurred early Tuesday morning in 770 Eastern Parkway was not believed to be connected to terrorism, reports the Associated Press. An attorney representing suspect Calvin Peters’ family says he was bipolar.
Tens of thousands of students have learned Mishne Torah online with Rabbi Yehoshua B. Gordon, pictured here with his daily class in Encino, Calif.
Worldwide Celebration: Completing the Mishneh Torah
In one of the country’s smallest Jewish communities—in a breathtakingly beautiful area known for its dude ranches and ski slopes—Rabbi Chaim Bruk recruited several men to be part of a worldwide task of learning MosesMaimonides’ landmark compendium of Jewish law, the Mishneh Torah.
Police Meet with Merkos Officials to Discuss Security
Police officials and representatives of Merkos met this morning to discuss yesterday’s incident where Levi Rosenblat, a 22 year-old rabbinical student, was stabbed and critically injured. At the meeting police were thanked for their handling of the incident, and concern over copycat incident was raised.
Kolel Menachem to Host Friday Night Farbrengen
As Yud Tes Kislev, the Rosh Hashana of Chassidus, begins tonight at sundown many Shuls and Yeshivos in Crown Heights and around the world will begin hosting Farbrengens and events in honor of this auspicious day. Kolel Menachem will be hosting Rabbi Eliyahu Landau for a Friday night Farbrengen following Shabbos meals.
Photos: Shluchim Menachem Avel the Israeli FM
A delegation of Shluchim and Lubavitcher Askonim visited the home of Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Leiberman, who is sitting Shiva following the passing of his mother.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Tzvi Hirsh Slavin, 94, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Slavin, OBM, a devoted Chossid and veteran member of the Crown Heights community. He was 94 years old.
Mayanot Comes Together to Write Its 3rd Sefer Torah
A unique and joyous celebration took place at the Mayanot Shul in Jerusalem when the community united for a recent Hachnasas Sefer Torah. Members took part in a historic moment by participating in the welcoming of a new Sefer Torah to the shul.
Photos: YU Students Visit the Ohel
A group of Yeshiva University students visited the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens Sunday evening, accompanied by a few of their acquaintances who are students of Oholei Torah in Crown Heights.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Reuven Sirota, 83, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Reuven Sirota, an elder Chosid who ran an underground Matzah bakery in Tashkent and was the Rebbe’s Matzah baker. He was 83 years old.
Dramatic Improvment in Wounded Bochur’s Condition
Levi Rosenblat, the 22-year-old rabbinical student that was stabbed and critically injured early Tuesday morning in 770 Eastern Parkway, has awakened, is conscious and alert and has spoke with his parents late last night.
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