The Long Road Back
Years later, at a farbrengen in shul, the man called Rabbi Raichik one of his best friends. Only then did Rabbi Raichik feel that his efforts had finally succeeded and that their relationship had been fully repaired.
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Thousands of Children Join in “Rosh Hashanah Opening Day”
Leading up to Rosh Hashanah, more than 6,000 Jewish children at over 200 Chabad centers around the world took part in Rosh Hashanah Opening Day, a sports-themed pre-Rosh Hashanah experience developed and supplied by CKids International, a program of Merkos 302.
Photo credit: Pinny Lew
From the archives: A 1964 press release by Lubavitch News Service
From the archives: A 1964 press release by Lubavitch News Service reporting on a special Yom Kippur mission to a remote US Air Force Base in Greenland, at the instructions of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Chabad History With Rabbi Dalfin – Friends in Lod Chabad Yeshiva, Garelik, Raskin, Landa, Friedman
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Chasidic historian shares interesting facts, many revealed for the first time. The purpose of his program is to inspire all but especially the youth. Watch another installment here on CrownHeights.info.
Baby Boy!
Mechy and Dini (nee Riechman) Weiss from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Rebbetzin Chana
Weekly Stoty: Vov Tishrei – Rebbetzin Chana
As yesterday (Thursday) was Vov Tishrei – the 62nd Yahrzeit of the Rebbe’s mother, Rebbetzin Chana, I decided to note part of her biography.
Weekly Dvar Torah: A Yom Kippur Prayer Written in Scars
In this week’s Dvar Torah, Rabbi Katzman looks deep into every Jew’s soul, finding the spark that can never be extinguished and burns bright on Yom Kippur.
The Chief Rabbi of Russia, HaGaon Rabbi Berel Lazar, Voted in the Parliamentary Elections
“Participating in the vote is not merely a right—it is a civic duty,” the Chief Rabbi told journalists after casting his ballot. “Every individual’s vote shapes the future of the entire nation. It is no coincidence that the elections are held in such close proximity to Rosh Hashanah; one must internalize that so much hinges on their personal choices.”
Picture of the Day
As the scaffolding comes down, the before-and-after picture tells an incredible story. Lubavitcher Yeshiva has literally doubled in size.
New Sefer Torah Dedicated to Jewish Community of Dnipro
A new Sefer Torah was completed and dedicated to the Jewish Community of Dnipro in a moving ceremony held at the “Levi Yitzchak” Synagogue, bringing together community members, rabbonim, philanthropists, and guests for an evening of Torah, joy, and unity.
After a vandal tore down two mezuzahs on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, more than 40 Jewish students at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, are responding by placing dozens of mezuzahs back up. File Photo / The Rohr Chabad Centre for Jewish Life in Waterloo
At Wilfred Laurier University, Mezuzah Vandalism Meets Its Waterloo
More than 40 Jewish students at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, will be placing mezuzahs on the doors to their rooms after a vandal destroyed two mezuzahs on campus on the first day of Rosh Hashanah.
Weekly Letter: Regarding A Neder/Vow
With Yom Kippur comes the well-known prayer of Kol Nidrei – a prayer about vows. We present a letter to a businessman regarding his neder/vow – where the Rebbe shares his halachic insights.
New Engagement!
Srulik Perlman (Canadensis, PA) to Shoshi Wertheimer (Queens, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at the JCM Upper Level
New Engagement!
Mendel Kopf (Nice, France) to Haya Touitou (Yerres,France)
Rabbi Levi Loewenthal leads a Sukkot celebration in Aarhus, Denmark’s second-largest city. This year, Loewanthal, together with his wife Chana, opened Chabad-Lubavitch of Jutland (Jylland) this past January, Aarhus’s first address for living Judaism in decades.
Denmark’s Mainland Gets High Holiday Services—and First Jewish Center in Decades
Aarhus, Denmark’s second-largest city, is a Viking-founded port of some 350,000 people about three hours by train from Copenhagen that calls itself the “world’s smallest big city.” It is also the largest city on the Jutland peninsula, which juts north from Germany and makes up most of Denmark’s mainland.
New Torah Scroll Welcomed With Joy in Kaliningrad Ahead of Yom Kippur
Amid the solemn atmosphere of the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Jewish community of Kaliningrad gathered for a joyous and memorable Hachnosas Sefer Torah at the city’s Great Synagogue.
Here’s My Story: My Mother’s Whisper
Rabbi Shmuel Lew has been serving as an educator and Chabad emissary in London since 1965. He was interviewed five times, in the years 2007, 2009, 2020, and 2021.
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