This Weeks Shalom Zochor List
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Shabbos Parshas Nitzavim:
Daily Archives: September 27, 2019
Weekly Story: From Hashem’s Hands
As we are preparing for Rosh Hashanah, and klal yisroel should be blessed with a kesiva vchasima tova Lshana tova umesuka from aleph through tuhf with all their meanings, I decided to share a thought of the Rebbe’s father Harav Levi Yitzchok which I heard from Rabbi Dovid Dubov in the days following chof av.
Bnos Menachem Distributes Fish to Staff for Yom Tov
With the help from parents and Raskins Fish, Bnos Menachem School for Girls in Crown Heights distributed cases of gefilte fish to their staff to help with the Tishrei expenses.
Cincinnati Yeshiva Poses for Group Photo
As the Elul zman ends, Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati posed for a group photo 5780.
Darchai Menachem Bochrim Get Up Close and Personal With Shechita
Monday afternoon, Darchai Menachem Bochurim of Mesivta traded their pens and paper for gloves and aprons and moved their classroom outside. Shochet Rabbi Mendel Marozov and 15 chickens awaited the Mesivta for an all-inclusive Shchita demonstration. Bochurim would take the chickens, hold them for the Shochet, de-skin and carve them, watch the Shochet determine if they were Kosher, salt them, and then barbeque them on the following day for lunch.
Rabbi Shmarya Katzen with one of his children receiving honey cake from the Rebbe on the eve of Yom Kippur. (Photo: JEM)
Rabbi Shmarya Katzen, 76, Dedicated and Beloved Teacher of Generations
At the age of 20, Rabbi Shmarya Katzen was at a crossroads in life. An engineering student enrolled at the University of Maryland in 1964, he was filled with a strong sense of yearning for a deeper sense of purpose in life. An Obituary.
Laws and Customs: Rosh Hashana and Aseres Y’mei Teshuvah
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of Rosh Hashanah and the Ten Days of Teshuva, Blowing Shofar and Tzom Gedalia for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Nairobi Hotel (Illustration Image)
Body of Jewish Millionaire Found After Missing for Two Months
The body of Tob Cohen, a 71-year-old Dutch-Jewish businessman and millionaire, was found hidden a week and a half ago in his home’s sewage drain in Nairobi, Kenya.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe.
BDE: Perel (Paula) Efros, OBM
With great sadness we report the untimely passing of Perel (Paula) Efros OBM, a longtime resident of Crown Heights who devoted her life to the Rebbe’s Mivtzoim.
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