Weekly Dvar Torah: No Shofar? Have Some Kugel!
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman looks to the meaning of blowing the Shofar on Rosh Hashana. What is it trying to accomplish? And why on Shabbos is this accomplished in another way?
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A Taste of the Rebbe’s Farbrengens: Rosh Hashana BONUS
The Rebbe held 40 farbrengens on Rosh Hashana. The sichos from these farbrengens span around 300 pages in the Yiddish Hanochos (transcripts) in Sichos Kodesh, and around 50 pages in the 10 English Hanochos published by Sichos in English.
INBOX: Creating a Positive Yom Tov Experience for Your Family
As we prepare and navigate our homes and families through Tishrei, we can do so with intention, asking ourselves: How do I want my children and family to experience Yom Tov, and what do I want them to remember about the Yom Tov they experienced in our family?
Laws and Customs: Machzor Companions For Rosh Hashana
The Machzor Companions are prepared for those davening at home without a minyan. They include an easy-to-follow guide to the Piyuttim along with explanations, annotations and suggested niggunim.
New Kollel L’Lomdei Dach Track Tackles Bitachos and Hishtadlus
A Shliach weighing whether to make one more fundraising call. A businessman deciding how much to hold back for a rainy day. A parent deciding how much to worry. The question underneath all of it is the same one: where does making a natural vessel end, and where does real bitachon begin?
Bus to the Ohel Announces Schedule for Upcoming Week
The Ohel Daily Bus has released its schedule for the upcoming week, including expanded service before and during Rosh Hashanah and throughout the following week.
25 Years Later: The 9/11 Attack on The World Trade Center, The Memories, Miracles, and Documentation of the Event
As we reach the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, CrownHeights.info presents a series of photos, memoirs, and documents from that fateful day.
Tashlich Location Again Opens On The Corner of Montgomery Street and Albany Avenue
As Rosh Hashana approaches, a beautiful space for תשליך is again prepared at the corner of Montgomery Street and Albany Avenue.
Weekly Letter: The Jewish Leap Year
As we are now beginning the new year, 5787, which is a LEAP YEAR – we share a letter where the Rebbe explains to a group of Yeshivah students what the Jewish leap year is, the special lesson it teaches us and gives some practical guidelines.
Wedding: Levi Lubecki – Ora Gueoula Attal
Mazal Tov to Levi Lubecki, son of Chmouel Lubecki, and Ora Gueoula Attal, daughter of Mendy Attal, on the occasion of their wedding in La Verrière, Paris.
BDE: Rabbi Avrohom Lipskier, 86, OBM
With great sadness, we regret to inform you of the passing of Rabbi Avrohom Lipskier OBM, a beloved Chabad educator, longtime Rosh Yeshiva, and pioneering figure in the world of kiruv and Baalei Teshuvah. He passed away on Thursday, the 28th of Elul, 5786.
Here’s My Story: Stop Micromanaging the Cleaning Lady!
Mrs. Chana Gurary lives in Montreal, where she raised her twelve children. In 1978, she had an instrumental role in building a new mikveh in the city, and went on to actively promote the mitzvah of Family Purity for nearly forty years afterwards. She was interviewed in January 2011.
Video: Rov Discusses Halachos of Shofar With 770’s Baal Toke’ah
A recent letter issued by Chabad Rabonim in Eretz Yisroel raised a halachic concern about a common way of blowing shofar, particularly an additional sound sometimes heard at the end of shevarim. According to the letter, when the sound is produced improperly, it may affect whether the listener fulfills the mitzvah at all.
Laws and Customs: Rosh Hashana and Aseres Y’mei Teshuvah
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of Rosh Hashanah and the Ten Days of Teshuva, Blowing Shofar and Tzom Gedalia for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
“Avinu Malkeinu” Sung by Shalom Jacobs
Recorded live with the incredible pianist Yaron Vershavsky, this rendition captures the raw emotion and beauty of these sacred words — Our Father, Our King.
As we approach the Yamim Noraim, I hope this melody inspires you and helps bring deeper meaning to these powerful words.
Rabbi Mendy Minkowitz with the soldier. (Photo taken before Shabbat)
Despite Doxxing and Threats, Elon’s Jewish Students Answer With a Packed House
When Rabbi Mendy and Rivka Minkowitz shared a flyer for their Shabbat program at Chabad-Lubavitch at Elon University in North Carolina on their Instagram story, they were unprepared for the antisemitic hate and threats that would follow.
Apple Unveils iPhone Duo, Its First Foldable iPhone
Apple has officially entered the foldable smartphone market with the introduction of the iPhone Duo, a dramatically redesigned iPhone that opens into the largest display ever offered on an iPhone while retaining a compact, pocketable form when closed.
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