With sadness we inform you of the passing of Hagon HaRav Yisroel Belsky, OBM, one of the Roshei Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in Flatbush, and a leading Posek in the United States. Rav Belsky is renowned as one of the most brilliant Torah minds of our generation, with a grasp of virtually the entire Torah and instant recall and knowledge all across the spectrum. He was 77-years-old.
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Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm, Menahel of the Oholei Torah Mesivta, together with Maggid Shiur Rabbi Moshe Halperin, took a group of Bochurim for a tour of the OK Lab offices on Troy Avenue, just up the block from the Mesivta building.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yehuda Clapman, world-renowned Sofer and lecturer, will lead a discussion on the topic – Chof Beis Shvat: Stories and encounters with the Rebbetzin.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe giving l’chaim to someone during a Farbrengen, circa early 1960s.
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, in honor of Parshas Yisro, we present a clear, deep and concise letter of the Rebbe on the topic of the Aseres Ha’dibros. The letter was written in English through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
New York City health officials say three New Yorkers have contracted the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which can cause severe birth defects. All three had recently returned from countries in Africa and South America that have experienced an outbreak.
Lieba Rudolph, a well-known writer and longtime member of the Chabad community in Pittsburgh, wrote the following article in advance of the International Kinus Hashluchos, which was published in The Jewish Chronicle.
This photo, published by the UK’s Daily Mail, shows a sign placed on the corner of Albany Ave. and Crown St. in Crown Heights, bearing the following message the paper describes as passive-aggressive: “This path was made by an unknown young woman with her own shovel and no help from anyone. Thanks for making this crossing possible.”
Marking Shnas Hakhel, Chaya Mushka Seminary of Montreal will have a reunion for its alumnus. This kinus Hakhel will take place in the FREE banquet hall, 1383 President Street, on Motzaei Shabbos Yisro, 20 Shevat, January 30th. Considering that most of the Seminary’s alumni are in town to attend the Kinus Hashluchos, the program will begin at 7:30 and end at 9 pm, enabling the Shluchos to join the Kinus’ Melave Malka after the reunion.
Hundreds of people, families and children of all ages, braved the cold Canadian January weather to trek downtown for Chabad of Markham’s monthly “Tikkun Olam” event.
This coming Sunday, January 31, 2016, thousands of children and their families will be coming together for the 12th annual Family Adventure Day at Jungle Island in Miami, Florida. The event features a live concert with the world’s most famous children’s singer and entertainer, Uncle Moishy.
The 36-year-old Lubavitcher Chosid who was repeatedly stabbed outside a gas station in Givat Ze’ev, just north of Jerusalem, was upgraded to stable condition Thursday morning after surgery at Shaare Tzedek Medical Center.
Mrs. Jenni Unterslak has been part of the Chabad community in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the last thirty-seven years. She was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in August of 2014.
A Lubavitcher Bochur is in a bind. He “graduated regular” yeshiva and is now looking directly at the goal of getting smicha. But he is faced with a dilemma, an existential conundrum of sorts.
A man and woman were shot and wounded by an assailant on Carroll Street near Utica Avenue Monday night.
A Chabad Shlucha in the Russian city of Nizhni Novgorod recently gave birth to a baby boy at a local hospital. When she went to pick up her baby from the hospital’s nursery, she was shocked to see how the babies were being kept.
The newly elected mayor of Kfar Chabad, Rabbi Shimon Rabinovitch, made a special visit to New York, first and foremost to visit the Rebbe’s Ohel for Yud Shvat on behalf of all of the village, as well as to meet with local community leaders for idea-sharing, inspiration and guidance.
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