New York Governor Kathy Hochul visited the Ohel of The Lubavitcher Rebbe on Friday, paying tribute to the Rebbe’s enduring legacy and honoring the memory of Ari Halberstam, who was murdered in an antisemitic terrorist attack on the Brooklyn Bridge 32 years ago.
Our custom is that on Simchas Torah, and Shabbos Bereishis and for the next few weeks we announce ויעקב הלך לדרכו – which means “And Yaakov began going on his journey. “ The reason we announce it is to stress, that while the month of Tishrei is coming to an end and the multitude of yomim tovim have concluded, nevertheless, they have infused us with so much vitality that we have packed suitcases and trunks of inspiration.
This Sukkos, Talmidim of Tomchei Temimim took to the streets of New York, giving thousands of Yidden the opportunity to make a Bracha on the Daled Minim.
The Rebbe held 42 farbrengens on Shabbos Parshas Bereishis. The sichos from these farbrengens span around 770 pages in the Yiddish Hanochos (transcripts) in Sichos Kodesh, and around 120 pages in the 14 English Hanochos published by Sichos in English.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman explains the continuance of the month of Tishrei, with all its celebrations and highs, into the month of Cheshvan, where the infused energy becomes real.
Mendel Matuf (Crown Heights) to Mushka Fajnland (Herndon, VA)
Families come together for a joyful day of rides, Jewish tradition and community spirit overlooking Sydney Harbour.
Mayor Denise Grant of Lauderhill, Florida, hosted a moving candlelight vigil commemorating October 7, bringing together Jewish community leaders, members and supporters to honor the victims of the tragic attacks in Israel, remember those whose lives were lost, and stand in solidarity with the Jewish community.
Eli and Ruty (nee Brand) Steinhauser from Fairlawn, NJ had a baby girl!
With the beginning of the new school year – we are sharing an important letter of the Rebbe in which he gives clear principles and directives regarding the education of special needs children.
Author and Historian Rabbi Chaim Dalfin gives a tribute to Rabbi Yisroel Rubin OBM, The Rebbe’s Shliach to Albany for 52 years.
Shmuly and Geula (nee Katzman) Gniwisch from Houston, TX had a baby girl!
Members of the Jewish community of Vinnytsia, Ukraine, together with guests, rabbis and dignitaries, gathered during Chol Hamoed Sukkot for a moving celebration marking the dedication of a new Torah scroll to the community.
A special Tshurah with letters and Maanos from the Rebbe was distributed to attendees of the Engel-Simon wedding this week.
Rabbi Moshe Weiss serves as the director of Chabad of Sherman Oaks, California. He was interviewed in September 2011.
A new English book titled Understanding Niggunim, takes readers on a journey into the meaning, history, and spiritual power of Chabad Niggunim.
Maurice Shnaider carefully affixed a mezuzah to the doorpost of the newly renovated playroom at Chabad-Lubavitch of Ulster County in Kingston, N.Y.. The room, filled with toys and games for the Jewish community’s youngest members, is named for his great-nephews, Ariel and Kfir Bibas.
