This week, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he explains Perek 27 of Tehilim – L’Dovid Hashem Ori, which we say every day during Elul until Hoshana Rabba, wherein we reflect on Hashem’s careful watchfulness – Hashgacha Protis – and are strengthened by this. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s personal trusted secretary, Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
In 2008, Rabbi Mendel and Rachel Zarchi started planning and fundraising for a new facility to house Chabad’s activities on the island of Puerto Rico. Since then, the Puerto Rican government has slipped into a debt crisis.
Chicago supermarket chain Jewel-Osco, which features one of the largest Kosher offerings in the Midwest, held their third annual “Taste of Kosher Food Fair” this past Sunday.
A Crown Heights man who had been prohibited from reading from Judaic texts during a pre-trial hearing found another way to bring his religious beliefs into the courtroom, arriving in Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday wearing a shirt and hat covered with religious writings.
Chabad Shluchim from across Australia gathered in Melbourne for a regional Kinus. They posed for a group portrait in front of Chabad in Melbourne Headquarters, a replica of 770.
The world’s oldest living man, Yisrael Kristal, a Holocaust survivor who lives in Haifa, Israel, is one year older on the record books today, which marked his 113th birthday on Sept. 15.
As a follow-up to yesterday’s Picture of the Day, CrownHeights.info learned that during yesterday’s afternoon recess, the seventh grade class of Lubavitcher Yeshiva-Crown St. put on Tefilin with not one – but two Jewish men!
Writing for the Huffington Post, Rabbi Chaim Bruk, Shliach to the state of Montana, writes about the journey he and his wife Chavie experienced with the adoption of their daughter, Chaya.
At Beth Rivkah Academy in Montreal, one in 10 kids go to school hungry, reports Global News Canada. Two women have come together to change that.
Dr. Mordechai Shani served as the director of the Sheba Medical Center for 33 years. He received the Israel Prize in 2009. Presently he is Professor of Healthcare Systems at Tel Aviv University. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in Tel Hashomer Hospital in March of 2013.
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