In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, we present a letter from the Rebbe on the question of government involvement in religious practices – which the Rebbe says must resolutely be rejected as an interference with religious liberty. 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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Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson, of righteous memory, led an intensely private life. Yet one time she would permit herself to be publicly seen was on Lag Ba’omer, at the grand parade of Jewish unity and pride.
Over 700 people attended Sydney’s largest Lag Ba’omer Bonfire at the Tzemach Tzedek Community Centre Wednesday night.
Rabbi Yisroel Bernath is from Chicago, but after moving to Montreal to open Chabad of NDG he was “converted” into a Montreal Canadiens fan. Congregants taught him the rules of hockey and took him to games. When Hal Gill played for the Canadiens, he lived just off Monkland and Rabbi Bernath developed a friendship with the large defenseman.
Cheder at the Ohel held its 5th annual Lag Ba’omer parade and rally today in Valley Stream, NY.
With agreements in hand, most already signed, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new coalition government is on its way. Following is a look of what the new government will look like.
Join the Tzivos Hashem Lag Ba’omer rally, which is currently taking place in front of 770, from anywhere in the world!
Mrs. Miryam Swerdlov has taught history in Jewish schools for more than 30 years. She directs a camp for American teenagers in Israel and conducts tours of Israel and the Former Soviet Union with a focus on Jewish history. She was interviewed in the My Encounter studio in New York in December of 2014.
With the body of 22-year-old hiker Or Asraf in the airport en route to Israel, Rabbi Chezky Lifshitz, co-director of Chabad of Nepal, says the grisly work of searching for Jewish remains continues in the wake of the April 25 earthquake that crippled the South Asian nation.
Lag Ba’omer at the Sydney Yeshiva Centre – Chabad NSW HQ this year was a wonderful experience. Live Music accompanied by the voice of Cantor Yehoshua Niasoff filled the air as the first logs of the bonfire began to catch fire. People came from all around Sydney to participate in this family-themed event, this year’s first Lag Ba’omer celebration in the world.
This new song from Jewish music star duo 8th Day, titled ‘Celebrate,’ will have you on your feet dancing and singing joyously along. It was released just in time for Lag Ba’omer, when the custom to refrain from listening to music during Sefirah is put on hold.
After a hiatus last summer, when it closed for the first time in 40 years due to insurmountable budget constraints, Camp Gan Israel (Gan Izzy) of Morristown, NJ, is set to reopen this summer under new leadership.
A photo of a unique headstone has been making its rounds on social media. The Matzeiva, belonging to a man named Ezra Mualem who passed away back in 2009 at the age of 79, reads: “he merited to see the Lubavitcher Rebbe.”
There is a special hum that begins to vibrate throughout the Land of Israel in the days preceding Lag BaOmer. In each big city and small village, in every neighborhood and street, boys can be seen toting wood to gather into piles for the bonfires they will be lighting, while girls get their outfits ready for the big parade.
Watch the great Lag Ba’omer parades as they progressed through the years, from 1956 through 2014, in this captivating video gallery compiled and edited by JEM.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Emor. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one focus on his/her mission?
Rockland Community College President Dr. Cliff Wood, along with several Jewish students of the college’s chapter of Hillel, poses for a photo at the Chabad of Suffern Friendship Circle walk this past Sunday, May 3rd.
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