Jerusalem, Israel — 3 Hollywood players were on hand along with 40 other guests from all over the world at the inaugural Shabbat Dinner at the Tzemach Tzedek Shul in the Old City of Jerusalem.
This weeks Living Torah clip is from Volume 35, Episode 140, titled ‘A Life Changing Sermon’.
Also available in in Hebrew, French and Russian in the Extended Article!
The Valley, CA — Over a thousand people from three Chabad communities of the greater Valley, Chabad of North Hollywood, Chabad of Sherman Oaks and Chabad of Encino gathered together for 4 hours on Lag B’Omer in Woodley Park.
More in the Extended!
Mineola, NY — Under the leadership of Rabbi Anchelle Perl, Long Island New York, joined the worldwide list of parades in honor of Lag BaOmer. Hundreds of children and their parents gathered from the Chabad Hebrew Schools of Nassau County on Meadowbrook Rd in North Merrick, NY.
More in the Extended
Chabad.org just launched a new section bringing the timeless stories from Dial-A-Jewish-Story of the “Dialing Age” to the “i-Pod Generation”… Enjoy (we know that inner child always missed those stories… so go for it, it’s just a click away – we won’t tell!).
The new “Jewish Story Time” section has been added to the Kids Zone. These short audio clips are taken from the ever popular and timeless “Dial-a-Jewish-Story” service of Tzivos Hashem that for over 15 years has been making these stories available via telephone.
Woodley Park, CA — At the recent Israeli Freedom Day celebration, over 3000 women received decorative tins containing tools for an important mitzvah that’s been passed on for generations. The special tins were FridayLight starter kits, and they held the chance for women to rekindle an important Jewish tradition.
Kharkov, Ukraine — For over 70 years the Jews of the former Soviet Union were denied the right to practice their religion openly. Even after the fall of communism, those same Jews longed to see a proper Lag B’Omer Parade as they had seen in pictures. After days of building, painting and organizing, those dreams came true.
More in the Extended Article.
Registration is now open for the summer Merkos Shlichus program. Register at ms.lubavitch.com, you have to get you application in before May 25th, applications will not be accepted afterwards.
Philadelphia, PA — Swimming under waterfalls in the Galilee, walking the beach in Tel Aviv, squeezing through a water tunnel dug by King Hezekiah’s army more than 2,700 years ago, spending Shabbat in Jerusalem: These activities are just a sample of the offerings awaiting the some 2,500 participants of Mayanot’s Taglit-birthright israel free trips this summer.
Some are even enjoying them right now.
ATTENTION PARENTS: special reminder, Tonight, special joint program of guidance and inspiration for all parents and educators of all boys’ community Yeshivos of our Shchuna grades 5 thru 8 and Mesivta
Title: Is Your Child Safe?
When: Wednesday May 9th – 21st of Iyar
Time: 8:00 pm Sharp
Where: Oholei Torah Ballroom 667 Eastern Parkway
Distinguished mechanchem will address the audience
Chicago, IL –A few seconds before the vehicle turns the corner of Rush and Oak streets in the heart of the ritzy Gold Coast, the unsuspecting pedestrian hears loud music. But this isn’t the thumping bass one usually hears.
Moscow, Russia — Of all the strange relationships that define today’s Russia, few are stranger than the alliance between President Vladimir Putin and an ultra-Orthodox rabbi named Berel Lazar.
Rabbi Lazar is a follower of Chabad-Lubavitch, a Hasidic sect based in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, that is on the fringes of mainstream Judaism. Its devotees are known for their love of the Rebbe, their late spiritual leader. Some even think he’s the Messiah.
Crown Heights, Brooklyn — For the past eight years, the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute has been revolutionizing the way Shiurim are given at Chabad Houses across the globe. At over 200 locations, 72,000 adults have pursued intellectual and spiritual growth through a standardized curriculum, enhanced by dynamic textbooks and dramatic audio-visual presentations.
West Bloomfield, MI — With 62 branches across North America, and another two in Australia, the Friendship Circle is turning ordinary teenagers into extraordinary individuals.
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Shnuer Chaim ben Tovah
Elchonon ben Chasha Miriam, will be undergoing spinal surgery at 9am wednsday EST.
Burlington, VT — It was a late Sunday afternoon and the snow was falling, heavy and sodden as wet cottonballs, when Sara Rosen, a young mother of three, unbuckled her seat belt to tend to her infant daughter in the back seat.
The vibrant smiles on both the children that marched and the parents that stood on the sides and watched, showed just a little bit of how involved every singe attendee was in this parade which only added to the intense success this parade brought about!
In this gallery we have pictures from: Webby, Techie, Laiby Lewis, Shmuly Evers and Nechama Verter!
In the Extended Article there are over 300 pictures for your viewing pleasure!
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