Laws and Customs: Selichos
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs for the period of Selichos for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs for the period of Selichos for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
As we approach the awesome day of Rosh Hashana – taking to heart the Rebbe’s letter where he explains the significance of this day, will help us prepare for this unique day and appreciate our role in the scheme of things.
Food prices have skyrocketed, and with three sets of three-day Yomim Tovim this year, many families are feeling the strain.
Rabbi Berel Lazar, the Chief Rabbi of Russia, currently visiting the United States, was honored with a visit to the Satmar Rebbe Horav Zalmen Leib in Williamsburg.
Chabad of Cambridge, Massachusetts, has filed suit against that city and its Board of Zoning Appeal, alleging religious discrimination over its denial of a zoning variance to renovate its Chabad House.
As is the yearly custom, a Tishrei guide in Russian was published to help the hundreds of thousands of Jews across Russia celebrate Tishrei and the Yomim Tovim
Rabbi Zushe Winner is a Chabad emissary in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, as well as the rosh yeshivah at Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim – Chovevei Torah. He was interviewed in May of 2021.
We present a guide of laws & customs and selected sichos for the month of Tishrei, 5784. Part I covers from the 20th of Elul 5784 – until the 13th of Tishrei 5785.
Members of the Vaad Hatmimim’s Tishrei operations team meet with Shmeilach Rosenfeld and Moishy Reichman of Oholei Torah ahead of the onset of Tishrei, to plan for the 1400 bochurim who will be eating daily meals in the Oholei Torah Ballroom.
A South Florida rabbi is in a religious dispute with his homeowners association after, he said, they are restricting him from expressing his religious views ahead of the Jewish holiday.
Jews have called Vancouver Island, British Columbia, home for 160 years. Now, for the first time ever, its Jewish children are able to receive a formal Jewish education in their hometown. Kineret Tamim Academy of Victoria—Vancouver Island’s capital city—opened its doors this September, welcoming its inaugural kindergarten class of 10 students.