The TTOP Campus was filled with pride and joy at Tomchei Tmimim Ocean Parkway this past Sunday, as the Pre1A talmidim celebrated their milestone Chagigas Siddur. Standing proudly on stage, the young boys welcomed parents and family members through a levedike song and thanked them for coming.
Through farbrengens, publications, and Shabbos programs conducted in heimishe Yiddish, the organization has drawn hundreds of participants from communities across Monsey, Williamsburg, Boro Park, Lakewood, and beyond who are seeking inspiration, clarity, and a deeper connection to Yiddishkeit.
On the topic of shlichus – as we learn in this week’s parsha of the sending of emissaries by Moshe Rabbeinu on a mission – our letter this week deals with shluchim of the Rebbe – and a basic and clear guideline for them in connection with Chabad shlichus.
In what is almost certainly a first for the 78-year-old sport, the Pocono Raceway will be introducing a kosher concession stand at the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series race this weekend.
CGI Parksville marks the milestone with Seventy Years Strong, featuring alumni Avraham Fried, Benny Friedman, Bentzi Marcus, Boruch Sholom Blesofsky, and Eli Marcus.
Five renowned speakers will present focused 15-minute talks exploring the depth, originality, and enduring relevance of the Rebbe’s Torah.
A new chapter was written in the ongoing mission to spread the wellsprings of Chassidus to every corner of the globe as a Tanya was printed in the African nation of Chad for the very first time.
Rabbi Shalom DovBer Levine is an author, historian and researcher, who has published many books pertaining to the Chabad Movement and its leadership. He serves as the director and curator of the Chabad-Lubavitch Library. He was interviewed three times – in 1994, 2007 and 2023.
It began with a simple conversation with Rabbi Aaron Margolin of the Chabad House of Virginia. He told me that nearly 25 years ago, he had conducted a levayah for a Yid—but to this day, there was still no matzeivah. No marker. No name on stone. Just silence.
In Episode 65 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, reporter/producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Peretz and Rebbetzin Chanie Chein, Chabad emissaries to Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. The Cheins’ shlichus includes campus outreach, of course. But it also includes a dynamic new program, an approach to inner work modeled on a famous Maamer of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Seizing the opportunity to create an unforgettable mitzvah moment, Rabbi Minkowicz helped him put on Tefillin for the very first time. At 66 years old, the grandfather not only celebrated the Bris of his grandson, but also experienced a personal milestone—his own spiritual “Bar Mitzvah” moment.
The initiative forms part of CBDChabad Sydney’s ongoing effort to make Jewish learning, networking and community accessible throughout the city and downtown area, providing local residents, Jewish professionals and members of the wider Australian community with opportunities to connect, learn and build meaningful relationships during the workday.
It took some of the conference-goers two flights and a layover in Europe just to get there. One flew from his home in Abuja, Nigeria to Paris and then on to Kinshasa, the capital and largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Another took the Accra to Amsterdam flight, before turning around and flying to Kinshasa.
The season opened the weekend of May 15, with two Shabbatons running at once on opposite ends of the hemisphere.
Levi Stambler (Ukraine) to Musi Goldberg (São Paulo, Brazil)
