In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, in preparation for the new school year – as yeshivos open their doors to welcome their students – we present a letter of the Rebbe about the obligation of schools to open their doors to all who come to learn Torah. The letter was written in English through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
American voters oppose 57 – 28 percent, with only lukewarm support from Democrats and overwhelming opposition for Republicans and independent voters, the nuclear pact negotiated with Iran, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released recently.
The head Shliach of Texas, Rabbi Shimke Lazaroff, sings ‘Mir Zainen Shluchim fun Rebbin’ during a bedside visit to Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz, Shliach in Temecula, California, who is battling ALS.
If you do the grocery shopping in your house, you have probably noticed that egg prices are going up again. A dozen large eggs on average costs about $2.76. That’s nearly double the cost they were sold for in April and May. It’s being blamed on an outbreak of bird flu.
For some, this is the reason they come to camp; for everyone, it is a highlight: Color War in Camp Gan Yisroel-NY.
Driving down the tree-lined Rashi Street in this upscale suburb of Tel Aviv, before turning onto Rav Yitzhak Nissim Street one will find a well-kept neighborhood with people out tending their lawns. A short way later there’s a lovely playground and beautiful yard, part of the Ilan Rimon School, where Rabbi Eliyahu and Sima Shadmi run the local Chabad-Lubavitch day camp. Their welcoming countenances extend to both children and adults; their warmth and wide smiles belie the enormous amount of energy humming beneath the surface.
The friends of a 22-year-old Bochur whose health situation is extremely critical after he was diagnosed with the dreaded illness over a year ago have banded together and launched a campaign, whereby people are encouraged to take upon themselves a Hachloto Tova (good resolution) in his honor.
The past president of Chai Riders, a Jewish Motorcycle Club, David Himber lives in Sea Gate, Brooklyn. He was interviewed in the My Encounter Studio in May of 2014.
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