The Yahrtzeit of Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson, a feminine role model of Jewish activism and proponent of Jewish scholarship, mother of the Lubavitcher Rebbe and wife of Rabbi Levi Yitzchok, was marked today, Shabbos, the 6th of Tishrei.
With nine people dead, 2 million homes without power, and extensive flooding and property damage from Florida to North Carolina, Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries reached out to their communities after the conclusion of the Jewish Sabbath to begin to assess the massive help that will needed. Hurricane Matthew continues to threaten the region with storm surges and torrential rains.
On Friday morning, Rabbi Mendel Deutsch, a prominent Chabad activist from Jerusalem, was savagely beaten nearly to death in the Ukrainian city of Zhitomir. After Shabbos ended, the Shliach to Zhitomir, Rabbi Shlomo Wilhelm, gave an update on his situation.
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