Several decades ago, the veteran Chosid and talented artist Reb Hendel Lieberman, OBM, painted the above picture of the Rebbe leading a Farbrengen in 770, surrounded by hundreds of Chassidim. The painting seems innocuous, save for one unique detail: the Rebbe is wearing a Streimel.
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Some people like a challenge. For example, people like Rabbi Shlame and Miriam Landa, Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in Fairfield, Conn.
In an exciting move, the Kinus Hashluchos Gala Banquet on Sunday, January 31, (21 Shevat) will take place at the massive 69th Regiment Armory on Bedford Avenue between Union and President Streets. This is possibly the last time the armory will host the Kinus, as it is slated for demolition and redevelopment.
The Blue Melody Orchestra and singing star Eli Marcus joined together to bring you the classic Mordechai Ben David ballad, “Mama Rochel.”
Police are investigating the brutal beating and robbery of a 50-year-old Jewish man, which took place in the heart of the Flatbush Jewish community early Monday morning.
Over 100 boys, children of Shluchim from the Western United States, gathered for eight days of chayus, inspiration, chassidishkeit warmth and fun.
“Antisemitism on Campus” is a talk given by Rabbi Dov Greenberg as part of a fast-paced JLI session called “Ten Talks” featuring 10 short powertalks from 10 inspiring speakers, showcasing important ideas that change attitudes, lives, and, ultimately, the world.
With great sadness we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of Reb Yitzchok Abitan, OBM, of Nachlat Har Chabad, Israel, a devoted husband and father of five who went to sleep after the Shabbos meal Friday night and did not wake up the next morning, r”l.
Earlier today, an Israeli Arab stabbed and moderately wounded an IDF soldier near the central bus station in Jerusalem, before he was overpowered by security guards and police. A few hours later, Israeli soldiers shot dead two Palestinians who had stabbed two soldiers at a West Bank checkpoint.
The KGB interrogator just smiled and said, “We have ways of arranging accidents on the road and the American officials will find you dead from a car accident and everyone will think that you were driving too fast on unfamiliar roads, or something like that, and that sometimes accidents happen.”
This week’s Living Torah video is of a sicha delivered to the boys and girls at a children’s rally. It’s amazing to witness the passion with which the Rebbe speaks to the children; while some would think of an address to young kids as an afterthought, the Rebbe clearly attached great importance to such events.
For 14-year-old Shmuely (Silas) Tebbitt, recess wasn’t always his favorite activity. While his classmates headed outside or to the gym, Shmuely had to hang back.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Nochum Kaplan, Director of the Merkos Office of Education, will lead a discussion on the topic – Golus Mitzrayim, Chinuch, and our world.
A Hassidic Jew who was assaulted in the lobby of a New York City office building on Monday said security guards and witnesses in the vicinity did nothing to stop the attack, The Algemeiner has learned.
With the Kinus Hashluchos just one month away, the Kinus office has begun receiving numerous calls from shluchos who very much anticipate attending the Kinus, especially this year, being that it is a Hakhel year, but do not have anywhere to stay.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe handing dollars to ‘tankist’ Reb Chaim Tashkenter to distribute to others doing Mivtzoim. The second photo is of the crowd at that same Farbrengen. Can you identify anyone else at the Farbrengen?
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, as we read in this week’s Parsha about the parting words of Yaakov to his children, we present a letter from the Rebbe about a Jewish will. 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.
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