Israeli Health Minister Rabbi Yaakov Litzman arrived at the Tel Hashomer Hospital in Tel Aviv to pay a visit to Rabbi Mendel Deutsch, a Chabad activist who was brutally beaten in Ukraine after Rosh Hashanah.
Tens of thousands of Jews flocked to the Western Wall today for Birchas Kohanim – the priestly blessing – sung in unison by hundreds of Kohanim.
The largest Sukkah in Europe, built in the courtyard of the Marina Roscha Synagogue in Moscow, hosts thousands throughout the holiday of Sukkos, including Yom Tov meals with Rabbi Berel Lazar – Russia’s Chief Rabbi. The Sukkah is also open for anyone around the clock and stocked full of food and drink.
Taking Jewish classics and remixing them with modern electro-dance beats and sounds, Shimi Levy of Levyticus has released a lively dance track that Jewish communities all over the world are free to download and use for their Simchas Beis Hashoeva events.
For the 5th year, the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens will be hosting a special tour of it’s Daled Minim plants and will display its unique collection of the Ketores plants.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vezos Habracha. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we achieve the greatest happiness?
A special Simchas Beis Hashoeva for children will take place tonight before the regular programming, featuring free cotton candy, music and dancing. It will begin at 7:30pm, and will be followed by the regular children’s program at 8:30pm.
Videographer Mendel Grossbaum builds a Sukkah for his parents, who serve as Shluchim in Livingston, NJ, and shows how to do it in record time.
From dusk to dawn, crowds of Chasidim and Jews from all walks of life danced joyously to live music played by Avi Piamenta and Eli Marcus at Simchas Beis Hashoeva on Kingston Ave. in Crown Heights.
Building on the immense success of previous years, residents living in 762 Empire Blvd, an apartment building on the corner of Troy Ave, celebrated Simchas Beis Hashoeva true to their Yemenite heritage.
