Rabbi Shimon Posner, Shliach to Nashville, TN, wrote the following op-ed on what it means for a Chossid to be Mekushar to his Rebbe, taking an example from his recently deceased father, Rabbi Zalman Posner, OBM.
Chabad of Hallendale, FL, directed by Rabbi Raphael Tenenhaus, hosted a Gimmel Tammuz gathering Monday night, with over 200 people from all over southern Broward County in attendance. Also in attendance were reporters from local affiliates of ABC, CBS and Fox News, who were there to gauge the Jewish community’s reaction to the horrific news of the murder of the three missing Israeli teenagers.
Gimmel Tammuz is upon us again, and in honor of this special day, JEM is at long last sharing with the family of Chassidim the much-anticipated beta release of their photo archive site, www.thelivingarchive.org.
The Morozow family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their mother, Etta Devora, OBM, at 571 Montgomery St. [between Brooklyn and New York Aves.]. Shachris – 7:00, 7:30, 8:00 and 9:00. Mincha – 7:00, 7:30, 7:45, 8:00 and 8:15. Maariv – 9:10, 9:20 and 9:30. […]
In honor of Gimmel Tammuz, marking 20 years since the Rebbe’s Histalkus, we present two stories of the Chabad Rebbeim of yore that may help today’s Chassidim find perspective on this somber day, as written by renowned author Rabbi Sholom Dovber Avtzon.
Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, author of bestseller “Rebbe: The Life and Teaching of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History,” appeared on the Steve Malzberg Show to discuss the life and legacy of the Rebbe, and how he transformed a small Jewish movement into a worldwide phenomenon.
Hundreds of Jews of all colors and stripes gathered Sunday evening in the holy city of Tzfas to mark Gimmel Tammuz with a show of unity. The event was organized by the Rebbe’s Shliach to Tzfas, Rabbi Chaim Kaplan.
In anticipation of Gimmel Tammuz, marking 20 years since the Rebbe’s passing, the Jewish community of Moscow, Russia gathered at the Marina Roscha Synagogue for a ‘Day of the Rebbe.’
While an airplane waited on the tarmac at JFK airport to take him back to the Holy Land, Israeli Chief Rabbi Dovid Lau paid a visit to the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Ohel tonight, a visit he was expecting to make tomorrow, on the 20th Anniversary of Gimmel Tammuz.
The Creative Soul, a Crown Heights art gallery, is hosting a unique show titled ‘This Is My Rebbe,’ marking the 20th anniversary of the Rebbe’s passing on Gimmel Tammuz.
At least 21 people were shot across New York City over the weekend, one of the bloodiest for the city in recent years. The shootings took place in all of the city’s five boroughs: Nine people were shot in Brooklyn, five in Manhattan, five in the Bronx, one in Queens and one on Staten Island, police said.
140 Chabad educators from around the world posed for a group photo at the annual Kinus Hamechanchim, which is taking place today in Danbury, Connecticut. The conference, which is being held today and tomorrow, is organized by the Merkos Chinuch Office under the leadership of Rabbi Nochum Kaplan.
Senior members of Agudas Harabonim met yesterday with newly-appointed chief Ashkenazic Rabbi of Israel Rabbi David Lau in the New York office of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, OBM. Among those present were Crown Heights Rabbis Moshe Bogomilsky and Noach Fox, both members of the Agudah.
At around 12:30 EST today, we received the devastating news that the bodies of the three kidnapped Israeli teens – Eyal Yifrach, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Frankel, 16 – were found by soldiers of the IDF in Chalchul, a Palestinian town about 1km north of Chevron. All three were killed by their captors, r”l.
On Thursday, 28 Sivan, Rabbi Levi Feldman and his team of dedicated staff, with the onset of staff training, took the first step of embarking on a summer-long mission to give the talmidim of Yeshivas Kayitz Tannersville the most safe, fantastic, and exuberant summer experience.
On Sunday, hundreds of Crown Heights residents spent their day off work on Governor’s Island, a recently-opened recreation area on the East River. One of our readers captured this photo of a Chabad family learning Chitas together on one of the island’s benches.
Several buses filled with eager campers left Crown Heights last Tuesday and headed to familiar campgrounds in New York’s Catskill Mountains. With anticipation and excitement in the air, the campers were introduced to their counselors and new friends, and settled down for what promises to be the summer of a lifetime.
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