In his letter, the Rebbe addresses the age-old question of why it is that the wicked prosper and the righteous suffer. Tragedies which our people have endured over the centuries of our history – have not deterred us from fulfilling our mission.
If you’ve ever walked past the warm and brightly lit waiting room of Kamin Urgent Care while walking or driving late at night near Lefferts and Kingston, and noticed the comfortable chairs and large screen playing kosher entertainment and thought “Hmm, that place seems nice” before moving on, today I’d like to invite you to take a second look.
Rabbi Sholom & Dinie Ciment established Chabad in this central Palm Beach County region over 28 years ago. They arrived to a spiritually desolate region with nothing in terms of Jewish infrastructure existing. Now, this Sunday, the Siyum on Sefer Taharah also saw hundreds gathered to dedicate Chabad’s newly remodeled Mei Menachem Young Family Mikvah of Greater Boynton, Florida.
Oholei Torah launches an auction emphasizing the vital importance of a timeless חסידישע חינוך.
Kalman Ezagui (Palm Beach, FL)t o Miri Shanowitz (Crown Heights)
A few weeks ago moments before Shabbos a simple sign was hung on the bulletin board of Yeshiva Bais Shalom Postville “Rabbi Karp will be Farbenging after the Seudah in the dining hall”. That Farbrengen led to a debate on the question, “Does the world really exist?”
A fine bronze coin, dating from the second year of the Bar Kochba Revolt (133 CE), was discovered in the Israel Antiquities Authority archaeological excavations carried out with the help of volunteers in four caves in the Nahal Darga Nature Reserve.
Those who had unlimited data plans with AT&T between 2011-2015 may be eligible to claim a refund stemming from the FTC’s lawsuit against the company for misleading consumers about its unlimited data plans.
On Tuesday the 24th of Tevet, a Farbrengen was held in the city of Be’er Sheva, celebrating the Hiloula of the Alter Rebbe, the founder of Chabad Chasidus, in the magnificent ‘Shabazi’ halls.
Since this is NYS Land which does not require a community board vote, the current situation on Clarkson Ave will happen again and again, first on Albany and then steadily east until Utica Ave, unless we do something about it.
Watch this weeks Shazak Parsha Production, with its spellbinding audiovisual storytelling of the parsha and Shazak style animations.
A native of Jerusalem, Rabbi Chaim Yitzchak Cohen is a veteran communal activist, with close ties to many Chasidic Rebbes and prominent Torah sages in Israel. He was interviewed in his home, in 2012.
Yankel and Mushky (nee Grossbaum) Wilansky from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
CTeen, is working to ensure that no Jewish teenager is denied the opportunity to attend its summer programs due to financial constraints. This year, the organization is offering a number of scholarships to Jewish teenagers worldwide, to attend any of its summer experiences.
Party City has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after struggling with rising prices and a pullback in customer spending.
Mendy and Mazal Sternbach from Lagos, Nigeria had a baby boy!
The Nefesh Academy of Chassidic Psychology, founded by Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh in Israel in 2008, held its inaugural full-day workshop in the United States on Sunday, January 15th, in Los Angeles, California.
