We cannot afford to sit back, to be intimidated by the “big guys” in Albany, or wait for someone else to step forward. The current situation is indeed aggravating, our anguish though must be channeled into action. We can do better for our brothers and sisters, and because we can, we must. Let us stop just fighting what is being built, and start building what we need.
Mendel Paltiel (Crown Heights) to Batya Stern (Johannesburg, South Africa) ) L’Chaim: Sunday, May 31st, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street, Small Hall
Shabbos at the BESHT: Rabbi Aryeh Israeli is a renowned Mashpia and gives lectures on topics of Chassidus and Kabbalah. He will be giving this week’s Shiur on receiving the Torah according to Chassidus.
I am posting this week something that I mentioned last Shabbos in a farbrengen about the Baal Shem Tov’s Yahrzeit which was on Friday, the 1st day of Shavuos.
Each farbrengen is a priceless treasure. It was the highlight of the week for those fortunate to be present when the Rebbe farbrenged. Nowadays, these farbrengens are preserved in thousands of pages, waiting to be relived by every chossid.
Ari Brod (Crown Heights) to Elka Friedman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, June 1st, 8:00pm at The JCM
In line with the new state budget, New York Governor Kathy Hochul and her team have allocated $1 billion toward one-time rebate checks, which will be distributed to over 8 million New Yorkers, Pix11 reported.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman brings the momentum of Sefiras Haomer and Shavuos into the rest of the year, transforming the world into a place of G-d and peace.
Golan Settbon (Charenton le pont, France) to Shoshana Alex (Paris, France)
Hundreds of women participated last Wednesday in the prestigious annual dinner of the “Niflaos Giborot” organization, held at Beis Zlata Hall in Kfar Chabad in support of widows in their senior years.
Having just celebrated Shavuos and the receiving of our Torah – during which we gave Hahsem our children as guarantors – we share a basic letter about chinuch, where the Rebbe clearly explains to a parent the vital importance of […]
Small wonder that when Rabbi Eli Schlanger, a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi from Sydney, Australia met Nikki Goldstein, a secular Jewish journalist and author, he set out to explore with her the meaning and practical application of Judaism’s teachings for the world.
A Jewish couple returning home to New Jersey from Israel didn’t expect the first words they’d hear after delivering their first baby to be “Congratulazioni!” But that’s precisely what happened when their El Al flight was diverted to Rome.
The tiny island of San Andrés, Colombia, sits closer to Nicaragua than to its own mainland. What it lacks in size, it makes up for in foot traffic: nearly 90,000 tourists visit the island year-round. And with thousands of Jewish backpackers among them, Rabbi Mordechai and Hadas Bigio are there to greet them.
The powerful convention will open on Friday morning at the Grand Synagogue of Petersburg, hosted by the city’s rabbi, the shaliach Rabbi Menachem Mendel Pewzner, and organized by the Director General of the Jewish community in Petersburg, the shaliach Rabbi Chaim Shaul Brook, featuring a series of sessions and professional workshops.
Residents of Crown Heights and the surrounding neighborhoods are invited to participate in an upcoming virtual presentation by the NYC Department of Transportation regarding the future of Grand Army Plaza and the surrounding public spaces.
During the first farbrengen of the second day of Shavuot 5749 (1989), the Rebbe instructed Rabbi Menachem Gerlitzky to conduct a siyum on the Rambam’s halachos. From that point on, it became an established custom to mark the completion of each section of the Rambam with a formal siyum. Presented here is a recording of that historic siyum and gathering.
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