Somerset, NJ — The life of a Chabad-Lubavitch shaliach can be isolating. Sent under the mandate of the late leader of the movement, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, to the ends of the Jewish world, these fervently Orthodox emissaries are often the only affiliated Jews for hundreds of miles.
With profound sadness and shock we inform you of the sudden and very untimely passing of Harav Hachossid Hashliach Rabbi Zalman Itkin OBM. Rabbi Itkin was a very dedicated and devoted Shliach in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and was loved and respected by all. He was to have celebrated his daughters wedding this coming week.
THE LEVAYA WILL TAKE PLACE TODAY-FRIDAY, IN NEW YORK AT AROUND 2:00PM @ THE MONTEFIORE BAIS HACHAIM
AD MOSAI! AD MOSAI! AD MOSAI! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WE NEED MOSHIACH NOW!!!!
Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim. Vehukeetzu Veranenu Shochnay Ufur vehu besochom!
Alternate side parking regulations will be suspended on Friday, December 8. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Carnegie Mellon, PA — After a long day of research and lab work, Jewish students in elite universities are pumping up the volume on Matisyahu’s reggae hits and digging into the Chassidic mysteries behind the lyrics in new Chabad on-campus courses.
Brooklyn, NY — When Brooklynites of the Jewish faith light the first candle on the Menorah on December 15th at sunset, they will be participating in a tradition that goes back over 2,000 years.
Fort Collins, CO — U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard will participate in a holiday celebration organized by a Fort Collins Jewish group that disagrees with the city’s policy of allowing only Christmas trees to be displayed on public grounds.
The Rebbes Mazkir R. Leibel Groner and Mashpia R. Shloime Zarchi At the home of Rabbi Shmuel Heber who is sitting shiva after the passing of his father R. Yisroel Tzvi Heber A”H who passed away this week in Kfar Chabad.
Rabbi and Mrs. Mendel and Chaia Cohen of Crown Heights have just moved on Shlichus to Los Angeles, where they will direct the Chabad Mobile Kitchen; and the Ma’alot Chabad Center.
The Cohens were appointed by Chabad of California.
Hatzlocha Rabbah!!
The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail at chaiandmendel@sharingthewarmth.com
Sholom Aleichem is the way we greet each other because within that greeting is found the one thing human beings need most, peace. And when peace is not found in any relationship, one shudders to think of what takes its place.
Our holy community of Crown Heights amongst the entire Lubavitch community the world over is reeling from the violence that has crept into our Holy of Holies, Beis Chayeinu – 770. The Sitra Achara couldn’t beat us using his traditional weaponry of plain jealousy and hatred so he turned to righteous indignation. Imagine Jews, Chassidic Jews, Chassidim of our Rebbe, lifting their hands on one another and considering themselves to be righteous by doing so!
How many times did we hear the Rebbe instruct us not to fight, even when attacked?! The hands of Eisav have infiltrated Yaakov!! Indeed, the policy of our Rebbes and their Chassidim going back to the times of the Alter Rebbe has been not to fight back violently. Teach, inspire, lead! But to hit!! Gevald Gevald!! If we do not stop the craziness now, what will come next? The Aitra Achara is succeeding!!
In honor of Yud Tes Kislev, Rabbi Yisroel Rubin published a Kuntres on the Alter Rebbe vs. the Vina Gaon’s views on the Nusach of Birchas Hatorah [The Blessing of the Torah], its relevance to women, children’s education and many interesting applications.
Click Here to view the Kuntres in FDF format!
The xmas tree on Railroad Avenue won’t be the only large holiday display in a public square this year.
Chabad of Bellingham will host a public menorah lighting ceremony at Fairhaven Village Green Dec. 20, the middle of Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights.
Mayor Tim Douglas is scheduled to speak, and several people will be asked to light the branches of the large candelabra, said Rabbi Levi Backman.
A High-Priest. A South American Indian. Your average guy with a pencil behind his ear…
What do YOU aspire to be?
And this isn’t just one of those “What do you want to be when/if you grow up?” types of questions…
What do you want for yourself in life? What are your ideal circumstances? What goals do you set for yourself?
After twenty-six years of innovative Jewish education, you’d forgive the directors of Tzivos Hashem: Jewish Children International, if they were feeling satisfied. As it happens, no forgiveness is needed. The organization founded by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1980, is as innovative as ever and more than ready to meet the challenges facing today’s youth.
“What makes us want to continue moving forward?” asked Rabbi Yerachmiel Benjaminson, Tzivos Hashem’s executive director. He was speaking to a crowd of 500 at the 26th Anniversary Dinner, December 5, at the Jewish Children’s Museum. “One thing that drives us is ‘The Ourie Factor.’”
More in the Extended Article!
Well, the neighborhood bully, he’s just one man,
His enemies’ say he’s on their land.
They got him outnumbered about a million to one,
He got no place to escape to, no place to run.
He’s the neighborhood bully.
The neighborhood bully just lives to survive,
He’s criticized and condemned for being alive.
He’s not supposed to fight back, he’s supposed to have thick skin,
He’s supposed to lay down and die when his door is kicked in.
He’s the neighborhood bully.
Earlier this week Judge Ira Harkavy, justice in the State Supreme Court placed Yaakov Tahler in contempt of court and gave Merkos and Aguch a temporary restraining order denying him of stepping within 25 feet of 770 (including 784 and 788). This comes after the courts found Thaler and his cohorts guilty of deface and damaging 770 last year. The judge said that this was done “in order to protect its dignity” referring to Thaler violating the terms set forth in June of this year.
This judgment reaffirms what the Rebbe noted to the Hanhola of the Central Yeshiva in 5751: “Take their belongings and their hands and go to Bnei Brak or someplace else”. A hearing to determine the final verdict is set for later this month.
Click Here to view the judgment in a PDF. Or click the Extended Article to view it in images.
ALIYA (Alternative Learning Institute for Young Adults), under the banner of Chabad Inreach, will IY”H be closing on its new headquarters at 525-527 East New York Ave. this month.
These buildings will provide a base out of which we will continue to cater to the needs of our youth who aren’t being serviced by the Yeshiva system.
At the first International Conference of Shluchim — the annual gathering of Chabad rabbis and lay leaders — it took about seven minutes for all the representatives to introduce themselves at the culminating banquet.
On Sunday night, the roll call was a little different; it took more than that amount of time for the program’s emcee, Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, to announce the 72 countries that were represented by the banquet’s nearly 4,000 attendees.
More in the Extended Article!
