The New York City Department of Emergency Management has reached out to the Jewish community to notify them that the city is expecting strong winds due to Hurricane Joaquin as early as tonight, Thursday, and this is expected to continue throughout Friday and Shabbos. Sukkahs that are not properly secured, especially those on high balconies, can pose severe danger.
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Rabbi Arieh Raichman, Shliach to Manaus, the capital city of Brazil’s vast and isolated Amazon region, related the following story about his nail-biting quest to obtain a set of Lulav and Esrog before the onset of Yomtov, which he acquiesced to share with our readers.
It is not a new idea to us Chabad Chassidim that the Internet and technology can be used for disseminating our deep teachings, bringing our tradition to thousands across the globe, in a tangible way.
On Friday before Sukkos, a unique Grand Kinus Hakhel took place in Beis Rivkah of Montreal, for all its 500 students and teachers together, starting from 18-month-old “taf” in the pre-school, through Kindergarten, Elementary and High School.
Steady rain drenched much of the East Coast on Wednesday, flooding roads, closing schools and forcing some people from their homes. And forecasters say the worst is yet to come.
Rabbi Pesach Fishman is presently the educational director of Torah Academy Boys High School in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in August of 2014.
According to a recently-conducted poll, 1 in 3 American adults say they would have said “no” if asked to hide a Jew were they around during the Holocaust.
The corner has turned, a new year has begun; there is a special distinct aura in the air. This year is different; it is a Hakhel year.
A Jewish convert from the US who made aliyah to Israel had her conversion rejected by the Chief Rabbinate’s department for matrimony and conversion earlier this year, who said it was invalid. The rejection of the Giyur raised many eyebrows, since it was performed by senior Chabad emissary and veteran rabbi Moshe Feller of Minnesota, under the auspices of the Beth Din of America.
Roughly 800 students and faculty members packed the Science Center Plaza this past Friday evening for “Shabbat 1000,” a massive dinner co-organized by Harvard’s Hillel and Chabad organizations. Organizers said the event was the largest of its kind in Harvard history.
Yeshiva World News published this photo of a Chabad Chossid in Moscow International Airport en-route to New York City. Not wanting to eat outside of a Sukkah, the man devised a makeshift Sukkah using luggage trolleys and a bamboo mat.
A man is in the hospital after he was run over by a tractor-trailer on Utica Avenue in Crown Heights.
Thousands participated in a Simchas Beis Hashoeva celebration Monday night in Beitar Illit, Israel, joyously dancing until the early hours of the morning to music by musician Simcha Friedman.
Crown Heights Musician Aron Niasoff has created a Sukkos Dance Track, which he graciously recorded for the community to stream or download free of charge. The music is perfect for Sukkos parties, Simchas Beis Hashoeva celebrations, or just your personal enjoyment.
The new year has brought something new to Jewish students of the arts in Philadelphia: a modern, stylish and comfortable space where they can study, socialize and kick back with a cup of coffee while the creative juices flow.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Monday and Tuesday, September 28-29, for Sukkos. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Rabbi Yisroel Labkowski and his wife, Tzipora, have arrived in Northern California from Brooklyn to establish the Bay Area’s newest Chabad center: Chabad of Lamorinda, which will serve the towns of Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda.
