Dr. Shelli Menachemson and her husband had tried everything they could to have a child, including infertility treatment and a blessing from the Rebbe, but there seemed to be no success. After another failed pregnancy, they reluctantly turned to the Rebbe again.
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Thousands of Jews from all across the world came to Jerusalem to celebrate two days of Purim, and many of them utilized their visit to pray at the Western Wall. Chabad was there to read Megilah for them and help the men put on Tefilin.
For the 35th consecutive year, Chabad of South Broward, FL, distributed thousands of Purim gift bags to seniors in dozens of nursing homes and retirement homes and to patients of all ages in hospitals.
Early Wednesday morning, at around 6:45am, a man stormed into the Sunoco gas station at 1412 Eastern Pkwy. in Crown Heights, pull out a gun, and demanded money.
Chabad across Essex, UK, had an amazing Purim, with the greatest number of participants in many years. Some 1500 individuals benefited from its 17 Megillah readings at its centers in Gants Hill and Buckhurst Hill, plus at the local schools and individual homes for the infirm.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Friday, March 6, due to snow operations. All other regulations, including parking meters, will remain in effect.
Rabbi Yonasan Wiener teaches at Yeshiva Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem, where he is in charge of the rabbinic ordination program. He was interviewed for JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his home in August of 2014.
On Friday, the 15th of Adar-Shushan Purim (March 6), there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12 featuring Challah Baking, a raffle and an amazing program. Buses will leave 770 at 11:00am and return at 1:30pm. Transportation will cost $3.
In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, in honor of Purim, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he gives encouraging words to a woman who is making efforts to advance in Torah and mitzvos – connecting her efforts to those of Queen Esther in saving her people. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
From Taipei to Phnom Penh, Bangkok to Hong Kong, Chabad Houses across Asia are gearing up to celebrate Purim with parties big and small.
After TV talk show host Ellen Degenres dared her viewers to post videos of themselves dancing behind unassuming strangers, tens of thousands obliged, resulting in many hilarious – or not so hilarious – videos. In honor of the joyous holiday of Purim, comedian and street-comic Meir Kalmanson filmed his own such video in Jerusalem.
The 16 lucky winners of Hadar Hatorah’s 16th annual Purim raffle, the proceeds of which benefit the Crown Heights Yeshiva under the auspices of the NCFJE, have been announced.
Last Wednesday night, the entire ALIYA family joined together and joyously celebrated the wedding of Shlom Rosner (Postville, IA) and Sara Emily-Simone (Crown Heights) at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Michoel Negin, OBM, a veteran and active member of the Lubavitch community in Stamford Hill, London. He was 80 years old.
Pictures from the L’chaim of Levi Welton (Berkeley, CA) and Chavi Kaufman (Los Angeles, CA), which took place Sunday night, March 1st, at the Skyline Hotel in Manhattan.
Old directories indicate that there was once a functioning mikvah in Bucktown, a Chicago neighborhood just northwest of the Loop—the city’s central business district—now known for its older single-family homes, new builds with edgy architecture and converted industrial loft spaces.
In April of 1988, newly-elected Knesset Member Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Rebbe. The Rebbe said to him: “I had much satisfaction from your first speech in the Knesset. Continue along this approach, for it is the best path to avoid war. You will have to struggle with 119 others in the Knesset, but surely you won’t be intimidated, because G-d is on this side.”
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