I heard this story a few weeks ago from Rabbi Nissan Mangel Sheyichye at his weekly Shabbos farbrengen in Ksav Sofer. And I decided, being that it is a story of the Baal Shem Tov, I will publish it on the Shabbos before the first day of Shavuos, which is the Baal hem Tov’s yahrzeit.
Wednesday night’s global Mivtzah Chinuch event, hosted by the Menachem Education Foundation with the Merkos Chinuch Office, gathered nearly 4,000 people from around the world to hear about how each person can fulfill their role in Mivtzah Chinuch.
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman takes on an age-old question: what makes a Jew special? What about the Jewish Nation unites them as one?
A Tshura was distributed at the Nemes – Mishulavin wedding, and is presented it here for the wider Chabad community.
On Tuesday evening, hundreds of community members gathered at MS 61, located at 400 Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights, for a heated town hall meeting regarding a proposed 140-bed single adult men’s psychiatric homeless shelter for formerly incarcerated individuals expected to open in two weeks at the Ramada by Wyndham in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
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.
Rabbi Shimon Rivkin, Executive Director of CTeen International at Merkos 302 and Mashpia in Oholei Torah Mesivta, heads to Melbourne this weekend to lead a grand Shabbos Achdus program ahead of Shavuos, marking forty years since the Rebbe’s call for Shabbos Achdus.
The slain soldier is named as Staff Sgt. Negev Dagan, 20, of the Golani Brigade’s 12th Battalion, from the southern community of Dekel.
Shuki and Chaya Sara (nee Marasow) Friedman from Baltimore, MD had a baby boy!
To answer the call of shluchim and community leaders worldwide, the Moshiach Office at Merkos 302 has prepared resources in the spirit of “One Shabbat to bring Moshiach” (Yerushalmi Taanis 1:1) for use in communities this Shabbos.
As we are counting the days and the weeks now – days between Pesach and Shavuos, we share a fascinating letter of the Rebbe on the very unique quality of TIME.
Mrs. Channa Arnold was a Judaic-studies teacher in Los Angeles for over forty years. She was interviewed in September 2011.
To commemorate the second yahrtzeit of Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky ע״ה, CYP International at Merkos 302 is offering their special Shavuos curriculum free of charge for shluchim worldwide l’ilui nishmaso.
Parents of soldiers serving in the Nahal Brigade responded to the sentence handed down to the soldier who was caught by the IDF Chief of Staff wearing a “Mashiach” patch on his uniform.
Shabbat 250 marks the first time in American history that a sitting president has invited the Jewish community to observe a dedicated Shabbat.
After all necessary restoration work was carried out at the National Sofrut Center, the Torah scroll was handed over to a delegation of the Kremenchuk Jewish community led by its leader, the Chief Rabbi of the city, Shlomo Salamon.
Aaron Ouanounou has traveled to the Rebbe’s Ohel every year for decades, but one particular visit left him—and a complete stranger—in tears. What started as a simple favor to a friend turned into a life-changing moment for an entire family.
