Being that last week, I wrote extensively about what the Alter Rebbe’s liberation on Yud_Tes Kislev means to us, I decided to post this week, a little less-discussed aspect of Yud-Tes Kislev, which is the day of the Maggid’s Histalkus.
This Chanukah, look outside at a dark, sometimes frightening world, and then look back at the dancing lechtelech. Remember that we were always weaker and fewer, yet we are the ones who are still here, still singing.
Mendel Baumgarten (Buenos Aires, Argentina) to Gitty Lishner (Crown Heights)
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman tells the fourth part of a special story regarding the Rebbe’s institution of the 12 Pesukim, 50 years ago.
On a freezing December night in 1986, a young rabbi stood in a Baltimore suburb trying to light a seven-foot wooden menorah he’d built himself. He didn’t know it then, but this simple act would transform not just his community, but generations of Jewish families for decades to come.
Boruch Hashem I found what I was looking for. I see there’s a group of likeminded people, who don’t want to continue the literal “lip service”.
A new fund committed to as one of the Hachlatas HaKinus this year, will make it possible for Jewish children worldwide to attend Jewish overnight camps.
This year, a group of five Chabad Rabbinical students will embark on their most ambitious journey yet, bringing the light of Chanukah to Jews scattered across Colorado’s remote mountain communities.
In celebrating Chanukah – we celebrate the miracle of the pure undefiled olive oil which was miraculously found and used for the kindling of the menorah. Why is this so important?
This is your final opportunity to secure your tickets for the 2025 RCCS Unreal Auction! The drawing will be held on Thursday, December 11, 2025, and you won’t want to miss your chance to win incredible prizes while supporting an important cause.
The Crown Heights Beis Din has released a Day-to-Day Halachah Guide for Chanukah 5786, which includes Hey Teves and Asarah B’Teves.
Sometimes a child carries their father with them in ways nobody else can see.
Izzy Clapman’s Mom tells her story about growing up and her tips on educating her kids. She is also an author and writer in the N’shei Magazine. Most importantly, she tells the secret behind Clappy’s success.
Menachem Nelson (Tzfas, EY) to Rivky Popack (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at The JCM
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Chanukah for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
The Upper Pomona community celebrated Yud Tes/Chof Kislev with a grand fleishig farbrengen in Bais Levy Yitzchak Shul with Rabbi YY Bukiet and Rabbi Moshe Gourary.
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Munitz is a mashpia (chasidic mentor) in the local community and a part-time teacher in the Ohr Temimim yeshivah of Buffalo. He was interviewed in June 2025.
