Major Gen. Rabbi Mordechai Piron, chief rabbi of the Israel Defense Force during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, as well as a strong advocate for war widows and orphans, passed away on May 27. He was 93 years old.
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This Shabbos, the Besht will be hosting a ‘Shabbos Achdus,’ with a lecture by Rabbi Efraim Mintz, executive director of the Jewish Learning Institute.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe entering a children’s rally in the early 1970s.
Should we all abstain from physical pleasures in order to become more “Holy” before the Almighty?
Carjacking has become disturbingly common in the Tri-State Area, with hundreds of cases terrifying drivers. As CBS 2’s Kathryn Brown reported, experts said everyone should be aware of the new modus operandi that criminals are using to get their cars.
In honor of 20 years since Gimmel Tammuz, a number of Shluchim are spearheading the publication of a beautiful new magazine, specifically geared toward Jews who have made contact but not yet fully engaged with Chabad.
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, we present a letter of the Rebbe in which he responds to the question – Why Learn Chassidus? The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by his son-in-law Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
A group of Bochurim learning in 770 have gotten together and created a program in honor of the upcoming 20th anniversary of Gimmel Tammuz. The program sees to it that – somewhere in the world – Inyonei Geulah Umoshiach are being studied non-stop, 24 hours every weekday.
The students who are soon to graduate the Morristown Smicha Program, headed by Rabbi Chaim Schapiro and Rabbi Avraham Hirsh Levin, posed for a year-end group portrait today.
The Crown Heights-based Jewish Learning Institute has created a brand new game for Jewish families wanting to spend meaningful time together – and learn something new while they’re at it.
Beri Weber, a rising star in the world of Jewish music, has just released this instrument-free hit single for the final days of Sefira, titled: Chabatzkapella! The song is a modern twist on the Niggun Talmidei HaTzemach Tzedek, popularly known today as the “Chabadsker Niggun,” with an accompanying video of Beri “behaving like a Lubavitcher.”
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Chaya Bashe Shuchat, OBM, wife of Reb Kalman Shuchat, OBM, a Crown Heights resident for many years. She was 76 years old.
In terms of Jewish life, Florida is hotter than ever. And that applies to the student situation as well.
The following op-ed was written by a Lubavitcher mother, who shares her thoughts after a frustrating experience signing up her young child for his first year of school.
Rabbi Berel Shemtov, head Shliach of Michigan, won a small victory in a state appeals court last Thursday, when the judges overturned a lower court’s dismissal of his lawsuit against the Chabad Torah Center in West Bloomfield, led by Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg. The lawsuit has been reinstated and can now go forward.
In an unexpected move, the Israeli Knesset voted this morning to dedicate a session to discussing the life and legacy of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, on the day marking 20 years since his passing.
A town in Guatemala has asked its Jewish residents to register with the municipality and warned that they face expulsion, reports the JTA. Approximately 30 Jews live in San Juan La Laguna, in the state of Solola, in a population of under 10,000.
