INBOX: Keeping the Seder in Yeshivos During and After Kislev
There’s a running joke that in Lubavitch, Yeshiva only functions properly from Cheshvan until Kislev. It’s funny, but unfortunately, there’s enough truth to it that we should be concerned.
Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Donates Company Equity to Support Chabad of Monticello
In a unique initiative aimed at strengthening Jewish communal life and expanding assistance to those in need, Chabad of Monticello is set to benefit from a donation of equity in a technology startup, helping support plans for a new Shul and community kitchen in Sullivan County.
All of Torah Ohr and Likkutei Torah, in English and Explained, Free and Open to All
A new free website, LikuteiTorah.com, opens the Chassidishe Parsha to every learner: all 412 maamarim of the Alter Rebbe’s Torah Ohr and Likkutei Torah, in the original Hebrew with an English translation and an explanation of every section.
Chabad History With Rabbi Dalfin – Rebbe’s Advice, Buying A House, In-Laws, Survivors, and Business
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
Pegisha Kicks Off With Almost 2,000 Students
Pegisha is underway. Almost 2,000 participants from more than 160 universities across six countries are in Crown Heights this weekend for Pegisha, hosted by Chabad on Campus International.
HY’D: Two IDF Soldiers Die In Terror Attack Near Chevron
Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Roytman, aged 23, from Ashkelon, a squad commander in the Ari Battalion (775), Search and Rescue Brigade, and Sergeant Yuval Shai Svilem, aged 20, from Hod Hasharon, a combat soldier in the battalion, fell in combat during the shooting attack on Friday morning at the Judea Junction.
Baby Girl!
Shui and Sheva (nee Tennenhaus) Kastel from Hollywood, FL had a baby girl!
Weekly Story: Chitas #2
The response to last week’s article about our custom of saying Tehillim, and when it should be said, was much more than I anticipated. Many people emailed me or spoke to me personally asking me for details and when should they say their personal Tehillim. So this week, I am following up with an article about the history of learning the daily portion of the Parsha.
Weekly Dvar Torah: Go to Yourself, Change the World – From Noach’s Ark to Avraham’s Journey
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman shows how Hashem has given us the “roadmap” to life. It may be counter intuitive, but it works.
Alongside the busy Eastside Trail of Atlanta’s BeltLine, Chabad Intown has opened 'Milk and Maple', a new kosher café and place for Jews to connect.
On Atlanta’s BeltLine, a Kosher Coffeehouse Is Brewing Jewish Connection
The cafe on the center’s ground floor looks like any other stop along the trail. Everything on the menu, however, is kosher, down to the chalav Yisrael dairy and pat Yisrael baked goods.
You Never Know Where A Workday Will Take You – The Chabad Version
The officer kept encouraging him. And right there on the sidewalk, in the middle of an ordinary day, he put on tefillin.
New Engagement!
Menahem Mendel Bredoire (Paris, France) to Haya Mouchka Sebag (Paris,France)
Terrorists Eliminated, Two Critically Injured in Shooting Attack Near Judea Junction
The IDF reported on Friday morning that five Israelis were injured, two critically, in a shooting attack near Judea Junction near Hebron.
Baby Boy!
Menachem and Rivka (nee Kamnitzer) Rotenberg from East Flatbush had a baby boy! Sholom Zachor: 663 Lenox Rd
A Day After Midtown Stabbing, Young Rabbi Is Back in Diamond District
Less than 24 hours after a woman followed him along a Manhattan sidewalk and stabbed him in the back, Chabad rabbinical student Yosef was back in Midtown dropping in on Jewish merchants and craftsmen in the Diamond District to help them don tefillin.
Weekly Letter: The Essence of Jewish Monotheism
As we learn now about Avraham, father of the Jewish people, who began to teach and spread the idea of monotheism, we are sharing an essential letter of the Rebbe where he explains to a scientist the essence of Jewish monotheism, with a clarification of the concept of unity.
BDE: Chaya Menucha Borenstein, OBM
With great sadness we report the untimely passing of Chaya Menucha Borenstein OBM, the young daughter of Reb Yakov Dovid and Esther Ahuva Borenstein. She passed away suddenly on Thursday, the 11th of Cheshvan, 5787.
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